Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:44 PM
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Holy feck! How do SUV drivers afford the gas? |
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I mean, I always knew it was expensive, but today I got my first taste of it. I rented an SUV because I have relatives in town, and we needed the room for a family outting (out of town--all will ride in one vehicle) tomorrow.
It cost me $60 to fill up the beast. SIXTY DOLLARS. I'm starting to wonder if that'll last the two days I have the vehicle, or if I'll have to put more gas in it.
I don't see how people who own these things can afford the gas. K-rist.
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:45 PM
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1. I don't know how people commute. |
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I use $30 gas every 2-3 weeks, and that make me cringe. How does everyone do it?
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:48 PM
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4. I commute about 90 miles each way, three times a week. |
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I use about $45 to $50/wk in gas. I know a LOT of people who do commute in SUVs, and they aren't making any more money than I am. I don't know how in the hell they do it. My car gets roughly 25-30 MPG. This SUV, I bet, will get about 15. I can't imagine putting $100 in the gas tank every week.
Just blows my mind.
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:46 PM
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2. My car gets between 25-30 MPG and it's expensive enough. |
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Forget SUVs, what about the HUGH mega-pickups CITY GUYS drive.
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:50 PM
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I have yet to come across the big-ass trucks...I see duallies all the time. (Like the bitch who tried to run over me at the Pizza Hut drive through. :grr: ) But not those that are becoming popular...
And I see those wretched Hummers everywhere. People buy them for their TEENAGERS. They must be paying out the ass for insurance and gas. I can't even imagine.
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:52 PM
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7. Ugh...Hummers just symbolize wretched excess for me. |
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I usually don't cast aspersions on big trucks, especially if they're dirty. I figure the driver needs it for something. But Hummers are just another story for me. Just a visceral reaction...
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:56 PM
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8. Shitboxes on cheap chassis. |
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I hate them.
Yeah, I don't begrudge anyone for driving a truck. I drive one half the time--but not for a daily vehicle.
I gotta say, this SUV I rented (Dodge something-or-other) is SWEET inside and out. But JESUS who can afford it...I guess I'll keep driving my tired little car and putting money in MMjr's college fund--I don't see how you can save a penny when you drive something that expensive.
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:58 PM
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9. Heh...they are nice inside, ride nice, and have all the toys. |
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But my gas card is cringing just thinking about filling that thing up.
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:14 PM
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14. I saw an '07 H2 for sale on a used-car lot the other day - |
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the icing on the cake was the fact that it was the school-bus yellow one!! I couldn't help laughing my ass off!!! :rofl:
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:16 PM
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15. People hate Hummer drivers...it's just a fact. |
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But driving a loud yellow one would really piss people off.
:D
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:47 PM
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:52 PM
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25. Ever seen a camo one? |
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There's a teenager in town here who drives a brand-new camo H2.
Nasty.
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Tue Apr-03-07 11:12 PM
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29. I pass a yellow one often on my morning commute with an "H2COOL" |
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vanity license plate...what a way to start the day! I just think to myself, "Apparently, 'DOUCHEBAG' was already taken!!"
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Wed Apr-04-07 10:53 AM
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48. (maybe they feel pride) |
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(over wasting that much money and energy, it is SHAME they really need to feel. I have No respect for anyone who bought one of those. And before anyone accuses me of high-horsing this issue let me assure you I know and I do not care. Nothing excuses such a waste anymore.)
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:47 PM
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3. i am in a toyota camry and just took a job with an hour commute |
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one way....guess what
i put applications in at hospitals within a 20 mile radius today
i can NOT afford the gas and i am in a camry
how do they DO IT???
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:51 PM
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6. If I had to make the commute every day, I couldn't afford it. |
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I don't know how they do it. Credit cards? I know that these people aren't millionaires...not even hundredthousandaires.
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:00 PM
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11. well, i work 3-12 hour shifts and my mother lives there. sometimes |
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i stay with her but, still 450 miles a week (if i don't stay at my moms).
i feel like i am pouring my paycheck into my gas tank :wtf:
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:09 PM
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I'm under no contract in the summer. I was asked to teach a class this summer...I said N-O.
I would have put everything I made into the gas tank, driving back and forth every day. Seriously, I would have cleared NOTHING, and that's with my car that gets decent mileage.
If I were teaching two or three classes, I would consider it, but not for what was offered to me to teach on class as an adjunct. Nope.
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Wed Apr-04-07 10:28 AM
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They pull out the cc and pay 28% interest on that 80.00 they just pumped for the third time this week.
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Wed Apr-04-07 01:04 AM
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35. Get a corolla; they are better on gas |
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Wed Apr-04-07 07:04 AM
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41. i just bought this car--i am not sure it would be cost effective to |
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trade it in right now. it is an '04 with fairly low mileage and the payments are within my budget. yes, i know the corolla gets better mileage...thanks :)
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Wed Apr-04-07 09:32 AM
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44. Im getting close to 40MPG in a carolla |
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Wed Apr-04-07 09:51 AM
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46. I've got a 93 Corolla w/ over 185,000 miles & it's a great little car. |
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I did my part for gas conservation the other day: 4 full grown friends and I along w/ a mini dachshund squeezed into my Corolla for a daytrip to a nearby town for a birthday party. The folks in the back were big, tall people and were squeezed in like sardines but we made it! :)
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Wed Apr-04-07 11:25 AM
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Wed Apr-04-07 11:52 AM
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51. Thank goodness for the Carolla! |
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I have an '03 that I got brand-new (4 years this May!). I spend less than $30 a week on gas, and I'm glad! I couldn't afford any more than that.... I am trying to save up $$$ for school!
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Tue Apr-03-07 08:59 PM
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10. i'm feel'n you there Maddy, we pulled up to a pump and the price on the register was... |
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$87.45, from the hummer that just drove away...we just looked at each other :wow:
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:06 PM
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Can you imagine that???
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:18 PM
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16. I filled up today and it cost $30, |
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I thought that was alot, that gas will last me for awhile.
Glad I have a small truck.
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:23 PM
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I had a toyota back in the nineties...that thing would go for two weeks on a tank. If I were looking at new vehicles, I'd certainly look at the Tacomas.
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:34 PM
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19. I like my little truck, |
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I keep it tuned and the tires full.
I have almost 200,000 miles on the truck and it is still in great shape.
All it needs is new paint job.
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Maddy McCall
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:43 PM
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20. You can get a paint job |
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for what SUV owners pay for a month's worth of gas.
:D
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:46 PM
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22. I can't make up my mind about the color. |
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I now have it down to 3 colors to pick from.
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:51 PM
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24. You'll be so proud when you get it painted. |
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Nothing like a fresh paint job on a vehicle. We had to get our 94 Ram repainted after an accident...it looks so nice with the paint. It's got 265,000 miles on it. (It's a gas guzzler, though--I only use it for haulin' stuff around or going to the lake).
G'night, tw. :hi:
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:54 PM
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:hug:
The old truck will be looking sharp then.
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:32 PM
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18. They tapped into their 401k |
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Tue Apr-03-07 09:59 PM
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27. I rented a KIA SUV to drive to DC a few weeks ago.... |
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Two tanks to get there and back...
Better mileage than my 1999 buick...
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Tue Apr-03-07 11:07 PM
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28. Getting a new car; first looked at price, then gas mileage. |
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Looking at a Toyota Corolla; high 30's for mileage.
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Tue Apr-03-07 11:49 PM
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30. makes me happier and happier |
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driving my new 2007 Prius rather than the 2005 Cadi I had. Good riddance. I've been averaging about 45-49 miles per gallon so far.
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Tue Apr-03-07 11:54 PM
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31. I know 4 people with own a Prius. |
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I would like to have one but I need a pickup.
My little truck can get 40 miles per gallon on the highway, 35 in town.
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Wed Apr-04-07 12:05 AM
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32. thats not bad at all texanwitch |
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You can actually get a lil better mileage on the Prius if you drive slower, etc but I'am happy with the average I'm getting. It only holds 10 gallons also so filling up is not so expensive. But the prius is actually a really nice car, very roomy, is a smooth ride and its quick lil car. I named my car Zippy.
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Wed Apr-04-07 12:13 AM
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If I had the money to spare I would buy one and have two cars.
We drove to Dallas and back in my friend's Prius, used very little gas.
The backseat has lots of space, and the ride was smooth.
It was fun watching the dashboard.
We had no trouble passing other cars, lots of speed.
I would love to have one.
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Wed Apr-04-07 12:49 AM
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34. My father has a 2006 F-150 |
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and it takes almost 100 to fill the tank and he can't get better than about 14MPG, but he needs the truck so what are you going to do, they drive my mom's ride when they don't need the truck.
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Wed Apr-04-07 01:07 AM
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36. They always whine loudly when TV reporters interview them |
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at the pump when there's a price rise. I laugh each time I see them. If they can spend all that $$$$ on those pigf----rs, they can afford the gasoline prices.
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Wed Apr-04-07 01:11 AM
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37. But they need a big car to haul around all the junk they carry. |
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The newer SUVs are much smaller now, I wonder how they are on gas.
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Wed Apr-04-07 11:24 AM
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49. A friend of mine bought this enormous Dodge Durango |
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about 2 years ago and now she keeps it in the garage, never drives it because of gas prices. But she won't sell it. I think to her it's like a trophy car. She'd rather not eat than part with it
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Wed Apr-04-07 01:39 AM
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38. a number of people, many of them SUV-driving, |
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mcmansion-owning, w-sticker-displaying asswipes,
seem to have way plenty of dough for anything they want to spend it on
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Wed Apr-04-07 01:58 AM
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39. Limited and careful driving, keeping their vehicles in good repair, |
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Only filling up at stations with the best prices, etc.
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Maddy McCall
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Wed Apr-04-07 02:06 AM
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40. My uncle does all of that... |
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but, really, what's the difference in an $80 fill-up and an $82 fill-up?
And, even with limited driving, they cost a lot more to operate than sensible vehicles. I'd rather have a vehicle that I can jump in and go whereever I want without having to worry about the gas needle and pump price. That's like enslavement to a vehicle, which is ridiculous. "I want to own a big-ass vehicle so that I can limit the things I enjoy doing." The vehicle becomes a ball and chain.
My uncle has an Expedition. He said that he gets 12 MPG around town, and 17 highway. He's obsessive about oil changes and maintenance--seriously, this guy checks his on utility meters and keeps a log so that he doesn't get cheated by the meter readers. That's how anal he is.
I just don't see how, when presented with the choice, people can choose a vehicle that is restrictive to them. Give me a car with good gas mileage so that I can go where I want without having to fret about the cost of gas.
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Wed Apr-04-07 09:16 AM
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42. If you want to carry lumber, tow a trailer, or ride unpaved trails, |
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A lack of ground clearance is far more restrictive than the price of gas.
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Wed Apr-04-07 09:20 AM
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43. i see a few hummers in midtown manhattan. its very confusing to me. |
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is midtown a war zone? and if so, why hasnt someone told me? seriously? why doesnt anyone tell me anything?
:rofl:
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Wed Apr-04-07 09:43 AM
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45. Conspicuous consumption. |
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The fewer other people who can afford it, the more fun it is.
Then again, many SUV owners may be trapped. Unable to afford a new, more efficient vehicle, they might struggle to fill the beast for as long as possible.
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