Author Topic: Gas $$ Questions (Read 4321 times)

Nilsen · « **Reply #165 on:** September 04, 2005, 10:50:33 AM »

Ok lazs..

Then heavy smokers are heroes because when they get sick they highlight a problem..

..and

You should always vote for the party you least agree with so everyone sees how bad they are if they get elected.

Everyone! Go to a fastfood place and eat junk there for a few years. Then sit outside with a sign that says "hey, look at what happens when you eat here"

Hangtime · « **Reply #166 on:** September 04, 2005, 11:06:07 AM »

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Everyone! Go to a fastfood place and eat junk there for a few years. Then sit outside with a sign that says "hey, look at what happens when you eat here"

didn't they just do a movie....

lazs2 · « **Reply #167 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:02:53 PM »

well... every situation is different... we were talking about energy... if you want to talk about something else.... name it.

I'll start.... fast food? what's the problem? I don't see a problem.. if they are hiding something they need to come clean... if you can't figure out that eating it to excess can make you fat.... well... chances are even god can't help your dumb ass.

just like the boozers that can't figure out that it makes em fat and destroys their lives and their livers when done to excess.. none of my bussiness..

anything else on your mind?

lazs

lazs2 · « **Reply #168 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:08:42 PM »

Oh... and hang... that is exactly what I am saying... I would be glad to put those bumper stickers on a couple of my "cars"..

hey... when those sensitive women find out that their hair dryer won't work..... they will withold sex and be shrill and unbearable until them men get a couple thousand nuclear powerplants up and running..

lazs

Lazerus · « **Reply #169 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:44:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Holden McGroin
Econ 101:

High supply + low demand = low price

Low supply + High demand = high price

Consumption = demand

Therefore

Consumption drives the cost.

Exactly what I was saying. Our supply of refined crude oil (gas) is restricted severely. Change this and the supply:demand ratio will dictate lower costs.

Lazerus · « **Reply #170 on:** September 04, 2005, 12:54:17 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
Hah - the ultimate motoring icon - a 1969 Ford.

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Originally posted by beet1e
drive a 10mpg car powered by a big block V8 hemi engine,

The 1969 Hemi powered Ford El Camino, the epitome of motoring pleasure.

beet1e · « **Reply #171 on:** September 04, 2005, 02:04:36 PM »

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Originally posted by Lazerus
The 1969 Hemi powered Ford El Camino, the epitome of motoring pleasure.

If so good, why don't they still make them?

Lazerus · « **Reply #172 on:** September 04, 2005, 02:20:47 PM »

Hell, beats me....I can't remember the last time I saw one.

vorticon · « **Reply #173 on:** September 04, 2005, 02:25:04 PM »

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Originally posted by beet1e
If so good, why don't they still make them?

ugly things wouldnt sell...people like cars that look like cars, and trucks that look like trucks

Lazerus · « **Reply #174 on:** September 04, 2005, 04:16:13 PM »

As ugly as you think they may be, I'll bet anything you want that the 1969 hemi powered Ford El Camino uses less fuel than the modern day hybrid car.

bj229r · « **Reply #175 on:** September 04, 2005, 04:27:13 PM »

Was wondering about 'evil SUV's'....MOST are 6-bangers, which cant be considered gas-guzzlers, IMO---my Xterra gets 21-25 on highway, mebbe 18 around town....does anyone know what % of SUV's are those such as Hummers, Escalades, Expeditions, Envoys, etc.?

What exactly IS the cut-off mark, gas milege-wise, for a 'gas guzzler'? APAARENtly, EVERYONE in the US bought one of these about a year ago:) if one listens to the main-stream media, thus creating the current crisis.

(I dont think it's a crisis, personally; gas prices, indexed for inflation, are STILL less then the high-water mark of the late '70's when Jimmy Carter finally erased price controls.)

And Beetle, aside from those cute Minis, who BUYS British cars?

Nilsen · « **Reply #176 on:** September 04, 2005, 04:38:28 PM »

My dad has a British car, and I would not mind an Aston Martin

Lazerus · « **Reply #177 on:** September 04, 2005, 04:54:26 PM »

Mini is made by BMW now.

Hangtime · « **Reply #178 on:** September 04, 2005, 05:34:51 PM »

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Originally posted by lazs2
Oh... and hang... that is exactly what I am saying... I would be glad to put those bumper stickers on a couple of my "cars"..

hey... when those sensitive women find out that their hair dryer won't work..... they will withold sex and be shrill and unbearable until them men get a couple thousand nuclear powerplants up and running..

lazs

Hell, I'd probably sell a million bumper stickers.

As for the women.. man yah got that right. You remember that scene in that harrison ford/ann heche movie where they've crash landed on an island and she gets all beatchy? "well, your a man, why don't you make a shopping mall out of a paper clip or something.."

LOL!

Skydancer · « **Reply #179 on:** September 04, 2005, 07:12:21 PM »

The new Mini was designed by Rover (when BMW owned it) by Brits. Its built in Oxford by British workers. So its quite British even if BMW are the company who financed its design and own the name.