Smasharoo wrote:
No, they'll tell you that they're "safer" than small cars. Meaning they'd rather kill your kid when they hit your small car with their barely maneuverable truck they can hardly drive.
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That's my reason for putting bull-bars on the front of every shopping cart I use in supermarkets.
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AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
Singdall wrote:
AshOnMyTomatoes wrote:
Everyone saw this coming, ***.
hmm no you did not, in fact most of you were not even here at the time i started posting about this. goes back to Chirstmas 99 when gas jumped from roughly $1/gal to $1.40/gal over night. (i think it was 99, might of been 02, been a long time either way) and i stated that even $0.40 was a lot of money and that things, like we are seeing today, were going to happen.
like food prices getting out of hand.
price of gas to be more then the average family can afford on their current income.
etc...
so who has the ego? hmm that would be the moron attacking someone without knowing what he is talking about. get lost.
Jophiel wrote:
Singdall wrote:
in fact most of you were not even here at the time i started posting about this. goes back to Chirstmas 99 when gas jumped from roughly $1/gal to $1.40/gal over night.
just the few who were here bashing me as there are still several here that do post from that time frame.
just the few who were here bashing me as there are still several here that do post from that time frame.
So how much did you invest in Oil futures in 99?
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thats almost twice as much as i pay to power my house 24/7 in miami with AC running day and night.
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it fucking stupid how humans move to hot places like Miami or wherever 'for the climate' and then spend zillions of dollars on A/C.
"If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're gonna get selfish, ignorant leaders". Carlin.
Not as stupid as people who move to the arid southwest and then determine that they need to divert water from all over the continent to keep their golf courses green.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
Smasharoo wrote:
just the few who were here bashing me as there are still several here that do post from that time frame.
So how much did you invest in Oil futures in 99?
not as much as i should. *grins*
/rude to the fools who think camping my karma matters.
Edited, May 31st 2008 6:56am by Singdall
Jophiel wrote:
Not as stupid as people who move to the arid southwest and then determine that they need to divert water from all over the continent to keep their golf courses green.
My city is pretty bad about that.
Though I only spend about $30-$40 a month on gas(will probably triple that next month with a planned trip out of town).
The only SUV-like vehicle that an argument can be made for is a Suburban, and then only if you regularly transport 10 people at a time.
And you charge them $1/ride. Each way.
And you charge them $1/ride. Each way.
a little more food for thought.
we tried to trade in our 2 year old suv for a honda. trade in value was over 20k, but the dealer was only going to give is 12k. even chevy wouldnt give more than 14k on their own pos even if i bought another chevy, which would defeat the purpose of trading it in to begine with.
cliff notes, we would have to pay about 9k down on the truck to trade it in. i could almost buy a kia out right for that. no point in trading it in. 9k would buy another car almost outright, or buy a heck of alot of gas.
thats the delima most people are in. we are going to keep it but i really feel for the insurance companies as they still pay book retail for thefts. ours will be paid off in two more years, we will just keep a 35k suv for a yard / boat truck sitting in the yard with minimum insurance.
really looking foward to battery powered cars. japan has their hydrogen fuel cell/electric vehical here in the US for lease in california, DC, and new york this year. the 500 to 600 bucks they are charging which includes insurance BTW, would be a wash for my fuel bill alone. chevy is looking at 2012 for their volt.
now congress is starting to look at how oil gets pumped out of the ground for 8 dollars a drum but hits over 100 bucks a drum by the time it gets to the pump. HELLO, McFly/ because they can mabe? same reason you pay 70 to 100 bucks a month for cell phone service mabe? same reason my insurance company went from a 250 deductible to 600 deductible from 2007 to 2008 mabe? same reason my house insurance company has a 5 percent deductible mabe?
we need a recession. we need electic cars. hybrids are not worth the money. a honda civic gets almost as good gas millage for 10k less. hybrids only ensure the energy companies rapeing us financially get to keep rapeing us by giving us less product for more money. we need electric. and i will pay a few hundred dollars more to never have to drive to a gas station again.
we tried to trade in our 2 year old suv for a honda. trade in value was over 20k, but the dealer was only going to give is 12k. even chevy wouldnt give more than 14k on their own pos even if i bought another chevy, which would defeat the purpose of trading it in to begine with.
cliff notes, we would have to pay about 9k down on the truck to trade it in. i could almost buy a kia out right for that. no point in trading it in. 9k would buy another car almost outright, or buy a heck of alot of gas.
thats the delima most people are in. we are going to keep it but i really feel for the insurance companies as they still pay book retail for thefts. ours will be paid off in two more years, we will just keep a 35k suv for a yard / boat truck sitting in the yard with minimum insurance.
really looking foward to battery powered cars. japan has their hydrogen fuel cell/electric vehical here in the US for lease in california, DC, and new york this year. the 500 to 600 bucks they are charging which includes insurance BTW, would be a wash for my fuel bill alone. chevy is looking at 2012 for their volt.
now congress is starting to look at how oil gets pumped out of the ground for 8 dollars a drum but hits over 100 bucks a drum by the time it gets to the pump. HELLO, McFly/ because they can mabe? same reason you pay 70 to 100 bucks a month for cell phone service mabe? same reason my insurance company went from a 250 deductible to 600 deductible from 2007 to 2008 mabe? same reason my house insurance company has a 5 percent deductible mabe?
we need a recession. we need electic cars. hybrids are not worth the money. a honda civic gets almost as good gas millage for 10k less. hybrids only ensure the energy companies rapeing us financially get to keep rapeing us by giving us less product for more money. we need electric. and i will pay a few hundred dollars more to never have to drive to a gas station again.
shadowrelm wrote:
we tried to trade in our 2 year old suv for a honda. trade in value was over 20k, but the dealer was only going to give is 12k. even chevy wouldnt give more than 14k on their own pos even if i bought another chevy, which would defeat the purpose of trading it in to begine with.
Belkira wrote:
Wow. Regular ol' Joph fan club in here.
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Posted: May 31 2008 at 6:40 AM, Rating: Sub-Default, (Expand Post) I could have told you that back in 2005 or so when I went car shopping and everyone begged me to look at their glut of SUVs and pick-ups.
My business 101 teacher said to me these words i'll never forget: "The cheapest car to have is the car you already own." Since you own an SUV, and gas is getting rediculous, I'm starting to think he was kinda wrong in this circumstance.
laviont wrote:
My business 101 teacher said to me these words i'll never forget: "The cheapest car to have is the car you already own."
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paulsol the Righteous wrote:
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it fucking stupid how humans move to hot places like Miami or wherever 'for the climate' and then spend zillions of dollars on A/C.
Heating a house all winter costs money too. Not as much as A/C granted, but on a visceral level I'd rather spend the extra money to live in a warmer climate and not have to deal with Midwest winters.
laviont wrote:
My business 101 teacher said to me these words i'll never forget: "The cheapest car to have is the car you already own."
Nah, the cheapest car to have is someone else's. Especially if you get their credit card at the same time.
trickybeck wrote:
paulsol the Righteous wrote:
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it fucking stupid how humans move to hot places like Miami or wherever 'for the climate' and then spend zillions of dollars on A/C.
Heating a house all winter costs money too. Not as much as A/C granted, but on a visceral level I'd rather spend the extra money to live in a warmer climate and not have to deal with Midwest winters.
that is one reason why i moved from the St. Louis area to Florida.
trickybeck wrote:
paulsol the Righteous wrote:
Is it just me, or does anyone else find it fucking stupid how humans move to hot places like Miami or wherever 'for the climate' and then spend zillions of dollars on A/C.
Heating a house all winter costs money too. Not as much as A/C granted, but on a visceral level I'd rather spend the extra money to live in a warmer climate and not have to deal with Midwest winters.
My electric bill in the winter is always more than it is in the summer. And I'm in the south. AC isn't always more expensive.
A modest $80 a month, own a Ford Focus, using premium at $4.50 a gallon.
Nadenu wrote:
Elne, if I could take a bus I would. But where I live, there is no public transportation. The area's just not large enough.
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My electric bill in the winter is always more than it is in the summer. And I'm in the south. AC isn't always more expensive.
I wasn't particularly reffering to the financial cost, more the environmental cost.
Open a few windows or something.
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paulsol the Righteous wrote:
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My electric bill in the winter is always more than it is in the summer. And I'm in the south. AC isn't always more expensive.
I wasn't particularly reffering to the financial cost, more the environmental cost.
Open a few windows or something.
You do realize that it's normally cooler, or at least less humid, inside in the southern US, right?
Or at least it used to be, back when I lived there. You know, in the 80s.
Archfiend MDenham wrote:
paulsol the Righteous wrote:
[quote] Open a few windows or something.
You do realize that it's normally cooler, or at least less humid, inside in the southern US, right?
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NaughtyWord wrote:
A modest $80 a month, own a Ford Focus, using premium at $4.50 a gallon.
Why oh why are you wasting money putting premium in a Focus?
paulsol the Righteous wrote:
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My electric bill in the winter is always more than it is in the summer. And I'm in the south. AC isn't always more expensive.
I wasn't particularly reffering to the financial cost, more the environmental cost.
Then you shouldn't have mentioned spending "zillions of dollars."
And when talking energy for heating/cooling homes, the financial cost is an indicator of the environmental cost anyway. Unless you're using solar panels.
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