Author Topic: I bought my first brand new vehicle this last weekend. (Read 1250 times)

Frosty1 · « **Reply #15 on:** February 06, 2001, 10:15:00 AM »

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Originally posted by StSanta:
Cool karnak!

Cars are el cheapo in the US, and gas too. one reason to move there (that and the 200 dollar bills)

ha...HA!!!! _Cheap_ gas, now that's a good one Santa.

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mrfish · « **Reply #16 on:** February 06, 2001, 10:19:00 AM »

hmmmmm.......let's see:

1. lives in the bay area
2. can afford a new car

you are a drug dealer karnak!

Ripsnort · « **Reply #17 on:** February 06, 2001, 10:42:00 AM »

..."and a social and environmental liberal."

So shouldn't you be riding a bicycle? Add hipocrit to your list...

-lynx- · « **Reply #18 on:** February 06, 2001, 10:47:00 AM »

Hehe - we bought a Z3 for my gf just after Xmas. It was a 99-registered with 6,000 miles on the clock. She's still going out "just to look at it" and washes it at least once a week.

Congrats on your new toy!

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straffo · « **Reply #19 on:** February 06, 2001, 10:53:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Frosty1:
ha...HA!!!! _Cheap_ gas, now that's a good one Santa.

Beat that : 3.5$ the gallon in France

if in dont mess in the convertion it's 6.20 Francs per liter...

Ripsnort · « **Reply #20 on:** February 06, 2001, 11:00:00 AM »

With all due respect, Santa, Straffo, the U.S. doesn't have the extremely high taxes associated with fuel prices of Europe...(you're also closer to the source)..I should say, we don't have the high taxes associated with it YET...

SOB · « **Reply #21 on:** February 06, 2001, 11:50:00 AM »

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Originally posted by Frosty1:
ha...HA!!!! _Cheap_ gas, now that's a good one Santa.

LOL! Gas-guzzling Chevy Tahoe here. I'm happy to pay $1.45 for Unleaded Plus locally. Well, not happy exactly, but happier than paying European gas prices. Lesse...I've got a 30 gallon tank. At the $3.50/gal that Straffo mentioned, that'd only be $105 a fill-up! Yikes!

To stay on topic, this is my first vehicle with a V8 too...all the rest have been 4-banger pickups. Ain't it nice to hit the pedal and actually go somewhere?

SOB

Karnak · « **Reply #22 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:08:00 PM »

MORA,
It cost about 1,100 months of Aces High.

Ripsnort,
Kinda, but I'm not a vegan radical envionmental liberal, and:

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Originally posted by Karnak:
Because it uses more fuel I'm going to be driving to the ferry landing in Marin (the county where I live, north of SF) and then taking the ferry in to San Francisco. I'll bike from the ferry building in SF to work.

I want to do that at least 2 or 3 times a week.

So I will be using a bicycle some of the time. The new truck's emissions are also lower than my '95 Nissan pickup's, even though it has worse milage and twice as many cylinders.

SOB,
Yes it is, yes it is.

22 Imperial Gallon tank on the Tundra, I think that's a 26.4 gallon US tank. I haven't had to fill it yet. I'm not looking forward to that shock.

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Ripsnort · « **Reply #23 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:20:00 PM »

"Ripsnort,Kinda, but I'm not a vegan radical envionmental libera.."

Well, this may shock you, but most moderate republicans (the majority of Repubs) are also environmentally aware...thus I believe you are a Republican in Dem clothing so to speak...its just 'fashionable' in your part of the country to be a liberal and peer pressure would put you outside the circle of most of your co-workers/Friends.

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Karnak · « **Reply #24 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:42:00 PM »

Ripsnort,
I've been told that before.

What really pushes me away from the Republican party is the social agenda that they push. Its just too Christian for an agnostic like me. I also don't like how the Republicans nominated to run seem to never share the moderate envionmental views of their voters. My Republican friends are also moderate enivironmentalists (a bit more moderate than I am, but still environmentalists) and I know that the lack of concern or note of this issue by those higher up in the party irks them as well.

Odd that we have to start with a totaly unrelated subject to have a reasoned discussion on these things. Or maybe it was just common ground.. I do enjoy reasoned discourse on these things because it makes one think. Yelling at each other doesn't do that, it just makes one more resolute in ones position.

<S> Ripsnort.

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Sisu
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Ripsnort · « **Reply #25 on:** February 06, 2001, 12:46:00 PM »

The Christian right is as small of faction (but well heard) as the left wing Animal rights liberals are to the left (also well heard)...hardly seems an arguement to not be involved with that particular party...it would be like me saying I stay away from the left because the Gay majority votes there....however, I vote the issues, independantly, and my voting reflects one of lesser of two evils IMO.

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Odd that we have to start with a totaly unrelated subject to have a reasoned discussion on these things

I like to compare it to putting a mirror in someones face to show them their relection.

<S> Karnak!

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Karnak · « **Reply #26 on:** February 06, 2001, 01:11:00 PM »

I too vote on the issues. It seems that we have slightly differing views on some issues (I have no problems with gay rights because it won't have any effect on me, I say "let it be their personal business" I frankly don't want to think about it) and we put different weights on some issues.

I suspect that you might vote for a Democrat who isn't pandering to the left fringe just as I may vote for a Republican who isn't pandering to the right fringe.

Unfortunately, they mostly seem to love to pander themselves, regardless of their political leanings.

Hey, at least we vote. Thats something that half of all eligible Americans don't do.

Above that, it seems that we both pay attention and think about why we are voting the way that we do rather than punching the party line.

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We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;
For he to-day that sheds his blood with me
Shall be my brother

Sisu
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Ripsnort · « **Reply #27 on:** February 06, 2001, 01:30:00 PM »

Let's stop posting, Karnak, I think I may be beginning to like you...(No! Not in THAT way!) ..hehehehe!

TheWobble · « **Reply #28 on:** February 07, 2001, 04:59:00 PM »

If I got a tundra the first thing I would do it drive through water that was halfway up to the doord, why? BECAUSE I COULD!

Ive got a 95 nissan 4x4 with a 4.0 "high output" straight six and a jeep cherokee automatic trans. on that rather small truck its rather fast but i get horrid gas milage. I would LOVE a Tundra. they are PPPUURRRTTYY.

CONGRATS! now go run something over!

StSanta · « **Reply #29 on:** February 07, 2001, 05:19:00 PM »

Rip, I got no problem paying for something that pollutes. but there HAS to be LIMITS!

Here, there are taxes on the TAXES on gas.

Hope it doesn't turn out that bad in the US, right now, you got el cheapo gas compared to the rest of the western world.

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Author Topic: I bought my first brand new vehicle this last weekend. (Read 1250 times)

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