The Geo Metro is BACK!

[Gothgar]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog

Originally posted by: OdiN
If you read the article:

"With her 100-mile commute to and from work each day"

To me, that says 100 miles each way. But if it's only 100 miles per day, then it's an even worse decision as at that mileage it will take almost 7 years to reach any sort of return on her $7300 investment. Okay maybe more like 5 if you count the fact that prices will rise. But what about maintenance on that older car, etc.?

Point is that it wasn't a very wise purchase at all and is actually costing her more money at the moment.

Like many, she prefers one initial shock of payment in order to make all the following smaller shocks less shocking than they'd be otherwise.

Foolish mortals.


Also, I'll be shocked if she still has it in two years.

shocking.

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: jpeyton

Originally posted by: TruePaige

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: JLee

Originally posted by: Citrix

Originally posted by: jpeyton
Glad to see some Americans finally changing their habits.

Still crossing my fingers for some $6/gallon gas so we can make even bigger changes. More carpooling, more mass transit, less SUVs/trucks.

:roll:

yea paying 6 bucks for a dozen eggs, and 5 bucks for a loaf of bread is great!!!!!


:roll:

Apparently he doesn't have to buy heating oil either.

oh yeah. its going to suck. i really hope we have amild winter. glad i got anew furnace put in. also hopeing to get the rest of the windows done this summer.

I'm dead this winter...

Are you guys un-American or something? Exxon is a US-based company. How do you expect them to clear $15 billion a quarter in profits if everyone gets cheap gas?

You calling others "un-American" is rather ironic...

 

[Pepsi90919]

Originally posted by: Zenmervolt

Originally posted by: CPA
metro-utopia.

That contradicts itself. Cities are hellish places to live. I can't stand them. Too many people, no elbow room. Loud. Stinky. Dirty. Full of vagrants. No wilderness areas. Anyone who actively wants to live in an urban area should have his head examined.

ZV

wikipedia:

Bellevue is a rapidly growing city in King County, Washington, U.S., across Lake Washington from Seattle. Long known as a suburb or satellite city of Seattle,[3] it is now categorized as an edge city or a boomburb.[4] In 2003 the Census Bureau estimated the city had a total population of 112,344, making it the fifth largest city in the state and the largest on the Eastside of King County. According to the Washington State Office of Financial Management's April 1, 2006 estimate, the city has a population of 117,000.[5]

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: Fritzo
I just bought a new HHR---damn thing is a wagon and gets 30MPG! With all the rebates now, I got it for $17K, where a used one was $15800, so it was a no brainer to go new. Anyway, GM needs to flood the market with cars based on it's 2.2L Ecotec engine. It's super efficient, clean, and cheap. If they did this instead of focusing on making their huge SUV's get 18mpg instead of 16, they'd be back on top again.

Speading that much on a car that old is stupid---they're probably spending more on the car than the extra gas is going to cost

30mpg highway rated != is the cover story you tell everyone for the actual city/highway mileage that you get.

Your vehicle is rated a highly mediocre 20-22mpg around town depending on the engine/trans. My 1994 Honda Accord wagon does better than that.

The truth isn't the truth unless it's the whole truth.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Here's hoping the politicos will approve drilling in our domestic oilfields and restore the US to self-sufficiency.

You need to read up on our oil situation, so you don't make such an obviously uniformed statement again. It makes you look bad.

 

[Budmantom]

Originally posted by: Perknose

Originally posted by: FeuerFrei
Here's hoping the politicos will approve drilling in our domestic oilfields and restore the US to self-sufficiency.

You need to read up on our oil situation, so you don't make such an obviously uniformed statement again. It makes you look bad.

We as a country are far more concerned about the (non) endangered Polar Bear, we don't have time to worry about oil.... and self sufficiancy. We have solar and wind and the power of HOPE, who needs oil...

 

[jpeyton]

Originally posted by: 0roo0roo
now you see what kind of elistist jerks support obama.

That's a hollow argument for two reasons:

1) I've been making the same elitist comments for years, far before this Presidential election. Search my old posts if needed.

2) I vote for a straight Democratic ticket. Doesn't matter who wins the nomination (Hillary, Obama, Edwards, Kerry, Gore), I'd rather pour acid over open wounds than vote Republican.

Oil has surged to $135/barrel in after hours trading. That's a jump of $4 in one day. My local gas stations upped their prices by 5 cents today alone.

If you think $6/gallon gas isn't going to happen, think again. It's coming, whether you and your SUV/truck/long-ass-commute want it or not. Either prepare for it now, or get caught with your pants down.

 

[Perknose]

Originally posted by: jpeyton
$6/gallon gas

Either prepare for it now, or get caught with your pants down.

And that hose just pumping away. :Q