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America's love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia
http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2008/jul/06/travelandtransport.usa ^

Posted on 07/08/2008 2:44:53 PM PDT by traumer

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1 posted on 07/08/2008 2:44:54 PM PDT by traumer
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Schadenfreude


2 posted on 07/08/2008 2:46:50 PM PDT by traumer
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I think designers of the smaller “green” cars have it right: you can’t love an ugly car and you will avoid driving it in public whenever possible.


3 posted on 07/08/2008 2:49:55 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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"He has even altered the engine of his car to boost its mileage. "

As long as he "alters" it back to spec come smog check time!

4 posted on 07/08/2008 2:50:57 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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“America’s love affair fades as the car becomes burden of suburbia”

...I don’t know who this putz is talking about, but don’t include me. I just bought an ‘09 Acura TSX and I LOVE it! I also have a big ass Toyota Sequoia that I’m quite partial to.


5 posted on 07/08/2008 2:51:05 PM PDT by albie
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Oh please. We LOVE to drive. We hate the price of gas.
Maybe the Brits have lost THEIR love of driving considering those b***-ugly boxes they call autos.

But us? No.


6 posted on 07/08/2008 2:52:47 PM PDT by Right Cal Gal (Abraham Lincoln would have let Berkeley leave the Union without a fight)
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I bought a full sized van right after the start of the first gulf war. Got it really cheap.

Maybe it is time to trade in the Scion xBox for a Hummer! ;)


7 posted on 07/08/2008 2:52:55 PM PDT by RobRoy (This is comical)
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Global warming is real
Well known conservatives are supporting Obama
Americas love affair with the car is ending

yawn,,,,


8 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:08 PM PDT by icwhatudo
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I still drive. But the burden ain't too much when all I need is about a mile's drive from home.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

9 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:15 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever)
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Today’s press...

Finding that one wingnut in a sea of “normals”


10 posted on 07/08/2008 2:53:21 PM PDT by xcamel (Being on the wrong track means the unintended consequences express train doesnt kill you going by)
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"But now, faced with petrol costs that have tripled, he is taking action."

Instead of buying petrol, Adam now purchases gas.

11 posted on 07/08/2008 2:54:02 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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"Like many Inland Empire residents, he commutes a huge distance: 100 miles a day. "

I drive 160 miles a day (1 hour each way) in a 12 year old salvaged vehicle that still gets pretty decent milage.

12 posted on 07/08/2008 2:56:14 PM PDT by Brian S. Fitzgerald
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To: traumer
What a dumbass.

Our love affair with $4 cups of coffee may be over. Our love affair with $100 haircuts may be over. Our love affair with 350 channel cable and satellite TV may be over. But our love affair with cars will never be over!

13 posted on 07/08/2008 2:56:14 PM PDT by Dems_R_Losers (Obama is a Neocommunist)
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"He has even altered the engine of his car to boost its mileage. "

LOL! The love affair remains strong, it's just moved into the "nip & tuck" stage!

14 posted on 07/08/2008 2:57:47 PM PDT by Jagman
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“I still drive. But the burden ain’t too much when all I need is about a mile’s drive from home.”
....that’s a good point...many company offices have moved out to the suburbs...there’s really little reason to go downtown in lots of metro areas....home, office, groceries, banks, movies, malls are all out in suburbia.


15 posted on 07/08/2008 2:58:34 PM PDT by STONEWALLS
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this article is full of supercilious, contemptuous and arrogant language. it was written by an environmental wacko, i think.


16 posted on 07/08/2008 2:58:46 PM PDT by wildwood
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More blame the prosperous citizen news: It is Liberalism that has become the burden of those who live in suburbia.


17 posted on 07/08/2008 2:59:08 PM PDT by theBuckwheat
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18 posted on 07/08/2008 2:59:08 PM PDT by Jeff Chandler (Tagline Removed by Moderator)
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Just means I’ll work closer to home... But I’ll still hump my car whenever I need to rekindle my “love-affair.”

By the way, britains love affair with freedom past about a decade ago. They make the CCCP look like a land of freedom.


19 posted on 07/08/2008 2:59:34 PM PDT by Porterville (I hasten karmic justice through revenge.)
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On the other hand, maybe what is really happening is America’s love affair with the environmental whackos has come to an end.

Drill here, drill now!


20 posted on 07/08/2008 3:01:01 PM PDT by Bluebird Singing
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