| $5 a gallon | 28% | 28% - 24 | ||||
| $8 a gallon | 10% | 10% - 9 | ||||
| $10+ | 23% | 23% - 20 | ||||
| No choice, gotta drive for work | 23% | 23% - 20 | ||||
| Driving is my god given Right damn it, I'll never stop | 13% | 13% - 11 | ||||
| Total: 84 | ||||||
Good.Turquoise wrote:
We probably will see a major drop in SUV sales over the next few years though.
Meanwhile, truckers are already fucked. Diesel is about $4.50/gal.Protecus wrote:
In the latest AAA poll as oil hits a a record $117 a barrel and gas gets closer and closer to $4 a gallon, more and more drivers are doing just the opposite and shelfing their keys.
I know, right? heh... I sold my Jeep Liberty for a Saturn Astra (the same as an Opal Astra).Bertster7 wrote:
Good.Turquoise wrote:
We probably will see a major drop in SUV sales over the next few years though.
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The same as a Vauxhall AstraTurquoise wrote:
I know, right? heh... I sold my Jeep Liberty for a Saturn Astra (the same as an Opal Astra).Bertster7 wrote:
Good.Turquoise wrote:
We probably will see a major drop in SUV sales over the next few years though.
You can drive that? As a new driver?Canadianloser wrote:
sucks for me because we are picking up a new vehicle tmrw (nissan xtrail) and i'll be paying for the gas since i get my license on monday. *sigh*
Kuwaitis are probably mad about it too.Spazz wrote:
wowz gas is 50 cents a gallon in Saudi Arabia and 75 cents in Kuwait
SenorToenails wrote:
School and work are not within walking distance and not on bus routes. I don't have much of a choice.
You know Prius's's's's's's are actually worse for the environment than Hummers?beerface702 wrote:
I own a 2007 Black prius, and is one of the best car's ive ever owned. Gettin 49.6 life time avg off the MFD display..usually get 525 mi to a tank..if i got more into hypermiling i could easily pull 60+ like some guys are doing with proper driving technique.
and prius isnt a sissy car, unless your driving silver pine mica..lol Mine is black, and has a kickin sound system in it to boot. Great thing abour prius is you can really throw some nice 10's in with alot of watt's goin to them. The car battery/hybrid system handles alot of power draw and has no affect. One guy online is running 2 class D monoblocks at 1500w each for over 3 years with no ill effects, no need for extra batteries or a rewound alternator..the prius owns.
next gen 3 prius body, will have 1.8l turbocharged, and hopefully 20% more FE. Rumour is litium ion batteries, but we'll see. I would like to see higher capacity NIHM at least, they had them in the EV1 which could go roughly 120mi on a charge. Now what they need to do instead of rumoured plug in for 2010, is do solor panels built into the roof, like one of the cal car prius on youtube..no need to plug in, with Regen and hybrid recharge+solor..120MPG easy.
http://www.hybridcarnews.org/images/toyota-prius_72.jpg
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The same as a Holden AstraMek-Stizzle wrote:
The same as a Vauxhall AstraTurquoise wrote:
I know, right? heh... I sold my Jeep Liberty for a Saturn Astra (the same as an Opal Astra).Bertster7 wrote:
Good.
Are you saying that American consumers have no choice?The#1Spot wrote:
You have cars that get 3 to 4 times the gas mileage as we do not.
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Almost yes. Name 10 production vehicles that are on US soil that makes over 50mpg.mikeyb118 wrote:
Are you saying that American consumers have no choice?The#1Spot wrote:
You have cars that get 3 to 4 times the gas mileage as we do not.
Well in the UK the focus is not just on good mpg, instead more on suitability. Driving a 4x4 that will never see a field is going the way of unacceptable (City Moms). Simple things like choosing a saloon car instead. I rarely see a Prius.The#1Spot wrote:
Almost yes. Name 10 production vehicles that are on US soil that makes over 50mpg.mikeyb118 wrote:
Are you saying that American consumers have no choice?The#1Spot wrote:
You have cars that get 3 to 4 times the gas mileage as we do not.
Well that's what you damn Canucks get for using the metric system!calamity wrote:
currently in winnipeg, canada we are paying roughly $1.20-1.25 per litre, i remember back in 2000 gas prices had gone as low as .32 cents per litre here, that year i owned a firebird, and my buddy owned a vette, my dad had an old 300 gallon tank sitting on the yard, and we took advantage of it and filled it with premium gas for the summer for our cars, lasted the whole summer. Paid roughly 400 bucks split 2 ways to keep our cars filled for the year, totally worth it, and i love driving, gas could be 3 bucks a litre and i would still drive all the time. And yes i drive a gas gussling suv but the 4x4 is totally worth it in winter.
Poseidon wrote:
You know Prius's's's's's's are actually worse for the environment than Hummers?
Green cars my ass.
http://www.ncpa.org/sub/dpd/index.php?Article_ID=14304
What it takes to produce a product is an entirely different argument than the fuel economy of said product. The majority of their argument is them attacking the factory where the batteries are made. Now, the battery is merely one part of a thousand piece automobile, but by golly, its gonna sink the whole damn thing.Conflicted Interests wrote:
the total combined energy to produce a Prius (consisting of electrical, fuel, transportation, materials and hundreds of other factors over the expected lifetime), is greater than what it takes to produce a Hummer
