Do Not Buy Gas May 19, 2004!!

[funky]

Quote from DHOHHI:

I can't understand why people whould CHOOSE to buy something that gets 10 mpg.

because they spend their entire lives at work. this basically strips them of any individuality, or character. this, in turn, causes the need to express themselves -- to fill a gap in their emotional being.

it also gives them an excuse for working so hard. they can look at their purchases and say that they earned it by working that hard. all of this is beautifully gift-wrapped by our government, which knows that if you keep people in debt from consumption, you keep them working -- a government which would be devasted if the majority of americans didn't work for 90% of their lives.

 

[DHOHHI]

Quote from indahook:

I was getting fuel for my VW (25mpg + on cruise control) on Sunday and heard two guys bitching about the cost. "fuck me man...I filled up my suburban twice this week for $70 bucks a pop" "yeah I hear yah man...I have a Tahoe..its killing me".

You know what..F YOU and your gas guzzling, small penis compensator. You want to drive that monster you have to pay the price....freaking housewives driving H2`s to bring little Johnny fatass to Baskin Robbins is way over the top.

You forgot that they need to drive 'lil Johnny to his soccer game too ...

If not mistaken, one reason Ford has decided to quit making the Excursion (which was bigger than the Expedition ... which was bigger than the 'lil old Explorer), is that the damn things didn't fit in some garages.

 

[lilboy716]

dumb idea. this is not walmart boycotting one of their supplier. a few people now filling up today will fill up the next day. nothing will be effected.

heres the deal: GWB has a hydrogen car program that put tons of gov money into fuel cell research. in another word, break hydrogens off octane molecules. what kind of dumb f**k would do that isntead of using hydrogen fuel directly? that's one of his policies to enrich his oil buddies.

 

[lilboy716]

haha... i drive a 97 honda civic dx. if i get avg of 35mpg over 45k i've driven on this 2nd hand car. if i drive 60mph on the freeway consistently, i can get closer to 40mpg.

when i see people sitting in their SUV alone commuting to work, i like to step out and punch them in the face.

why do kids like trucks? its a uselss piece of junk unless you're hauling something at least 1/4 of the time. it has leaf springs, dated back to the model T, too much weight.

Quote from FireWalker:

Logic? There is no logic here. Routine, mindless, emotional feel-good liberalism.


I sold the gas-guzzling, rapidly depreciating Grand Cherokee and prestigious Audi and am now seriously considering a $14,000 Civic. We drive around in these idiotic status symbols displaying our status to people we see once in our lifetime while sitting at a stop light. These status symbols are immaterial to the interactions with the relevant people at work, in bars, on the golf course, etc. and a pointless waste of resources. Spend the money on a good haircut and tailor instead.

That would be substantive change.

 

[funky]

Quote from lilboy716:

hey, if there's an public transportation system that works well & reliabily, i would use it.

there are railways on the 105 freeway that stop short of LAX, who thought of that? a train that goes no where.

lol, just this year BART in the bay area was connected to san francisco international airport. the thing was there for a few decades before this ingenious step was taken. why wasn't it done before (and why is the railway stop short of LAX)? money. it just wasn't fiscally feasible until now (for BART). the federal government just doesn't allocate it to local governments that need public projects like this. why is that you ask? there are people who think government subsidies and grants like this won't work.

even when these projects are completed, there is absolutely no enticing on the government's part to use new forms of transportation....instead they spend a billion dollars making commercials about how weed is going to destroy your kids.

 

[waggie945]

now up to $2.33 to $2.38 for regular.
Big spike over the Weekend.

 

[Nolan-Vinny-Sam]

Quote from waggie945:

now up to $2.33 to $2.38 for regular.
Big spike over the Weekend.

And on that note we all seen the news last week, Exxon just surpassed GE as the largest multinational Corp. Was it an extra 10 billion in revenues due to hiked oil prices? Note that the cost to produce out of the ground remained the same or fell due to Iraq's oilfields control

Give it some time to hit 50 hehe, the rest of the sisters will clinch the 7 top spots.

With that kind of windfalls you can VERY EASILY buy errrr... influence errr.... lobby errrr.... ahhh got it, campaign contribute to the same gov't that resulted in your profits. Not bad, not bad at all.

 

[aphexcoil]

$1.97 for 87 octane in Bel Air, Maryland.
$2.11 for the premium

BJ's gas is $1.92.

 

[mbradley]

Just to clarify my point. This is completely illogical. It does not and cannot hurt the oil companies for a day. The gas is already sold. The oil was sold in the pits months and years ago, sold at drill head months and weeks ago, sold at the refinery weeks ago, sold to the gas station days ago. You not buying today and waiting to buy tommorow only hurts the Quicky Mart guy because he cant get you for a Super Big Gulp while you are filling up.

I dont want to have to explain this to you self-hating left wingers again.

FWIW, I think the highs in crude where hit Sunday night.

Best,

Mike

 

[Nordic]

Quote from lilboy716:

haha... i drive a 97 honda civic dx. if i get avg of 35mpg over 45k i've driven on this 2nd hand car. if i drive 60mph on the freeway consistently, i can get closer to 40mpg.

when i see people sitting in their SUV alone commuting to work, i like to step out and punch them in the face.
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I would like to know just what " sport" the average monster SUV driver participates in? Camping, hunting, fishing.....NOT more like going to the mall, work, Mc Donalds. Its a joke. A high clearence pickup is your best SUV