I bought my first brand new vehicle this last weekend.

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Get a real car get a VW beetle  

[1776]

I remember gas wars and $.16/gallon gas

My dad,rest his soul, used to say"let's go for a car ride,gas will never be this cheap again".  Needless to say he just loved to drive around and go just about anywhere on a whim

[funked]

Trucks are fast... LOL!

An environmental liberal... using a 4000lb+ V8 for single person commuting... LOL!

#1 Vehicle seen upside down on the median around here during snowstorms:  4x4 Suburban Useless Vehicle... LOL!

[TheWobble]

actually the Tundra doesent drink gas that bad, i bet it gets better milage than mine, and mine is a straight 6.

EDIT: the tundra 4x4 SR5 is rated at 16-18 city, and 20-23 highway.  that is about even with me, and I have half the weight, and only 4.0 litres (tundra has 4.7litre)

[This message has been edited by TheWobble (edited 02-08-2001).]

[straffo]

 

Originally posted by Ripsnort:
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...

That's why our car have a lower consomation than the average US car (as far as I know) and why it's the 3rd factor in buying a car (after security and confort)
As StSanta said we have the pleasure to have tax on tax for 80% of the 3.5$/gallon.

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Wobble you have a 2250 lb pickup?  LOL!!!

[Karnak]

Funked,
I use it to carpool, not single person commute.  Further I will be riding a bicycle 3 days a week.  All in all I will be using significantly less fuel than I did with my 4 cylinder '95 Nissan pickup.  Even if I used it every day I would still have lower emissions than I did with the old truck.  The V8 Tundra qualifies as a "Low Emission Vehicle".

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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
-Karnak

[funked]

Karnak, I'm glad you are carpooling.

Despite LEV status it is still a huge, gas slurping, road sloth.  If you were REALLY serious about the environment you could find something a bit more efficient in which to carry your carpool.  I think we should downgrade you from an environmental liberal to an environmental moderate.  

[Karnak]

Funked,
OK, I can live with that.

I'm a Fiscal Conservative, Environmental Moderate and a Social Liberal.  

I did look at the Toyota Prius and my responsible side argued for it, but it can't carry enough and had a 6 month waiting list.  My "I wanna have fun!" side won out this time.

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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
-Karnak

[This message has been edited by Karnak (edited 02-08-2001).]