Posted on 05/23/2008 12:48:59 PM PDT by KeyLargo
Seven Ways To Save On Gas This Memorial Day Weekend
http://jalopnik.com/392957/seven-ways-to-save-on-gas-this-memorial-day-weekend
A good common sense article.
That elephant looks particularly uncomfortable to sit upon.
Maybe if 90% of everyone on the road wasn’t driving a gas guzzling SUV (that the vast majority of them don’t need for any reason except to impress the neighbors) the country wouldn’t be facing such a gas shortage to begin with.
I bought a $7500 Kia Rio so I wouldn’t wear out my $30,000 truck when I had to commute a 100 miles a day for a while. I kept it after that was over and now I’m glad. That car has kept my fuel bill at a manageable level. Now I only drive the truck when I need to do truck things. Other than that, it’s the Kia or my Harley.
Many dealers are stocking up on high mpg cars especially the used car side. These vehicles are bringing a premium at the auctions today with all the dealers looking for them. In reality the article makes good points about life cycle costing of the purchase but many if not most buyers fail to make that analysis, imo.
Yeah!
It's not like demand has gone up in China or India in the last few years. And certainly the nice people in the middle east are pumping the oil as fast as they can, right?
It's all the fault of the evil American SUV! /sarc
The nice thing about freedom is that we each get to choose what is best for us and not have it determined for us by Pravious.
Well, if the trends continue, who are they going to damn when rationing sets in?
Unless we start developing our domestic oil sources, and building of nuclear plants to replace significant oil and natural gas use, rationing is inevitable!
I will just laugh at my measly ration of 15 gallons a month and they can push their gas guzzling kiddy muscle cars home...
So then you are a Prius owner?
Overheard in men’s shower: “It’s MY Prius and I’ll wash it as often as I want to!”
What are you doing on FR?
Is is true that you can get wheels for it a any store that has grocery carts?
http://boomerang.blogs.com/optimist/2006/06/the_prius_gas_g.html
he Prius gas-guzzler vs. the SUV planet-saver
http://video.aol.com/video-detail/prius-jokes/2701653601
Maybe 50%. I recall that Congress made SUVs possible by making them "a truck". No clean air standards to meet—that smaller cars did have to meet.
It was a sop to Detroit that we're paying for NOW!
“The nice thing about freedom is that we each get to choose what is best for us and not have it determined for us by Pravious.”
What would a “Conservative” do?
My husband tried to use the high MPG to justify getting a motorcycle. I asked where he’d fit the car seats.
A Conservative would choose what's best for him and his family knowing that others will choose differently as their needs and wants dictate.
Tell him to buy a 2nd one so you will have a ride also....
lol....
I’m not attempting to curtail your freedom to buy a truck, pretend it’s a car, and spend twice as much fuel feeding it.
I’m just saying if so many people hadn’t bought those stupid things, there would be more fuel to go around, and it would be at a lower price for everyone.
I’m not arguing that anyone else tell you how to live your life.
I’m just asking if it is conservative to use more of a product that is currently in limited supply knowing that a portion of the money is going to your enemy?
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