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Cybargs wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

American gas prices are far cheaper than what we pay for petrol here. Whenever I hear an American complain I just think "man, get some perspective".

but remember america is full of suburbs and to get anywhere its 20-30 minutes away, its a lot more spread out.

How many 4 lanes each way highways do they have? A 30 minute drive for us on the weekend is clear across another major county.  There's is the next town.

Jay wrote:

Macbeth wrote:

Jay wrote:

Because it takes land away from food production causing food prices to skyrocket. It is just as weather dependent as food. Bad drought and you have no food AND no fuel. And you're still burning carbon.

The only people that like ethanol are farmers.

lol predictable.

Yeah, next time I'll make stuff up since facts are boring.

Have you heard of the milk lakes and grain mountains of the 80's?
Farmers were paid with subsidies on how much they made. They ended up making as much as they could to get as much money. The UK over-produced BIG time. We have to pay our farmers to leave a percentage of their land un-used.

that road passes through all sorts of horrid protestant villages. good drive on a good sunny day though. west coast road to kerry is probably the nicest

globefish23 wrote:

I got a Citroen Grand C4 Picasso.
When folding down both rows, I can fit 2 dishwashers in there.

Epic 4-5 hour drive to Vegas with at least 5 adults on that car.  Go.

Should've nuked China and India in the 90s

Jaekus wrote:

HITNRUNXX wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

Yeah, that doesn't really contradict with me thinking "man, get some perspective".

True, perspective would be one of your bills suddenly spiking 600%, and me saying "Don't complain, it is still more expensive elsewhere."

"Suddenly spiking"? 25 years isn't exactly "sudden". Historically the trend is just swinging back upwards where it has been before

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/infl … lation.asp

It's not like US gas prices jumped and it didn't happen anywhere else. It was a global phenomenom.

Again, when I started driving, $0.63/gallon. Now $4ish. So I guess when you say get some perspective, you only mean get YOUR perspective, and you are not willing to get MY perspective.

Someone with a gas guzzling SUV complains to me about their gas costs, I reply "that sucks" and go on. Not lecture them about their choice in vehicles or tell them it could be worse...

Last edited by HITNRUNXX (2012-03-12 16:44:55)

Ilocano wrote:

Cybargs wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

American gas prices are far cheaper than what we pay for petrol here. Whenever I hear an American complain I just think "man, get some perspective".

but remember america is full of suburbs and to get anywhere its 20-30 minutes away, its a lot more spread out.

How many 4 lanes each way highways do they have? A 30 minute drive for us on the weekend is clear across another major county.  There's is the next town.

you lucky fucks. point is americans drive a long distance erry day coz of surburbia

HITNRUNXX wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

HITNRUNXX wrote:

True, perspective would be one of your bills suddenly spiking 600%, and me saying "Don't complain, it is still more expensive elsewhere."

"Suddenly spiking"? 25 years isn't exactly "sudden". Historically the trend is just swinging back upwards where it has been before

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/infl … lation.asp

It's not like US gas prices jumped and it didn't happen anywhere else. It was a global phenomenom.

Again, when I started driving, $0.63/gallon. Now $4ish. So I guess when you say get some perspective, you only mean get YOUR perspective, and you are not willing to get MY perspective.

Someone with a gas guzzling SUV complains to me about their gas costs, I reply "that sucks" and go on. Not lecture them about their choice in vehicles or tell them it could be worse...

Again, it's not like US gas prices jumped and it didn't happen anywhere else...

-Sh1fty- wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

globefish23 wrote:

If you can, buy a car from a pensioner who didn't drive much with it and now can't drive it at all.
You'll most likely end up with a car that has been sheltered in a garage and well-maintained.

Very true. As long as it hasn't been sitting the garage for more than 12 months without the engine being turned over you'll get a sweet deal most of the time.

And where would I find such a vehicle?

I work at a retirement apartment complex where a lot of old folks have cars and rarely drive them. I wonder if I could get one there from somebody.

Put up a notice
"Sensible young USMC applicant looking for an old car which is no longer needed, will love and cherish it for ever and ever"
Don't put a price on, they'll fall over each other to sell to you.

But old, barely used cars have a whole different set of problems...

Last edited by Dilbert_X (2012-03-13 05:50:56)

Jaekus wrote:

HITNRUNXX wrote:

Jaekus wrote:

"Suddenly spiking"? 25 years isn't exactly "sudden". Historically the trend is just swinging back upwards where it has been before

http://inflationdata.com/inflation/infl … lation.asp

It's not like US gas prices jumped and it didn't happen anywhere else. It was a global phenomenom.

Again, when I started driving, $0.63/gallon. Now $4ish. So I guess when you say get some perspective, you only mean get YOUR perspective, and you are not willing to get MY perspective.

Someone with a gas guzzling SUV complains to me about their gas costs, I reply "that sucks" and go on. Not lecture them about their choice in vehicles or tell them it could be worse...

Again, it's not like US gas prices jumped and it didn't happen anywhere else...

Again, perspective means more than just a one-sided "shut up and accept it."

Not saying you did. I just said what I thought and then when challenged I backed it up. If you don't see how by merely expressing that opinion, you are telling an entire country how wrong they are for complaining, then all I can say is you're misreading what your intended point was - which was to express an opinion than other people are doing something wrong.

Get a crx