Posted on 02/29/2008 6:15:45 AM PST by Diana in Wisconsin
It’s all about the future traders. CNBC has been telling people that oil is long buy at $100 this week. Speculation may send it to $4.00 briefly this summer. I can handle the increase as well as I’ll simply drive out less. Work is only 11 miles round trip for the wife and I so that’s not too bad and I get around 28 mpg in the city.
A full size SUV weighs 1500-2000 lbs more than a minivan and drops about 5 mpg which translates to a 40% higher gas bill.
The only thing a real SUV will do the minivan won’t is tow other luxury toys - large boats, horses, campers, etc.
Which isn’t to say that SUVs should be restricted in any fashion, just that the people who buy them have forfeited the right to complain about gas prices.
They wouldn’t be allowed to raise other taxes to compensate. Also, although I’m sure this is not the case in reality, aren’t the taxes on fuel allocated to a different “pocket” from other taxes? And therefore only to be used on road projects etc?
Fish Fry. There’s your Million Dollar Idea! Start pestering a local restaurant to start that tradition in SD and make yourself and the restaurant a nice chunk-o-change within the year.
Fish isn’t always cheap, but fries/baked taters and coleslaw certainly is! Throw in an Old Fashioned and you’re aces, LOL! :)
Brilliant! And as the owner of a Dodge Ram diesel, I would sign on to that in a heartbeat. :)
“It may take $5/gal to do it.”
Darlin’? It’s going to take the cancellation of The Indy 500, The Daytona 500 and my local Friday Night drag track to get most Joe & Josephine Six Packs to sit up and take notice!
When your favorite NASCAR race is canceled due to a lack-o-fuel, or the expense thereof, you let me know. Until then, I’m not worrying about gas not being available. Expensive? Most likely. Not available? Nope. ;)
P.S. Matt Kenseth Rocks! :)
Thanks! I’m going bigger and better on my next purchase. My kids are grown and I’m basically a victim in my small sedan against other SUVs on the road.
I’m in the market in the next few years to buy something used and beefier. With flames on the side and all the extras. ;)
“And it is not so much about money as about principle.”
Amen! I’d put you and me and those of our ilk up against ANY EnviroWacko any day of the week to see who lives more “lightly” upon this Earth!
Keep up the good work. I have always been cheap. It has served me well. And that’s why the Left p*sses me off so much! They can’t possibly conceive, in their tiny little pea-brains, that people like us put the “Conserve” in “Conserv”ative. :)
For the truckers that work for large firms, yes. The independents don't have that luxury.....
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