Re: Beater economics

From: Terrible Tom (SilverEightynine@aol.com)
Date: Sat Apr 07 2007 - 13:54:26 EDT


Jason Bleazard wrote:
>
>
> It's been getting between 17.5 and 20 mpg lately, depending on the
> weather. That's not bad for winter.

Thats pretty good for combined city/highway, actually.

>
>> Also dont expect 30+ mpg in town with gasser 4 banger cars. Guy i
>> used to work with back at AZ had a 9-s civic, and got 22-25 mpg in
>> town and with a stickshift. They do great on long steady highway
>> drives... not that awesome in town. (granted 22 city is better than
>> 15-16 city), but enough to sell the Dak?
>
>
> My commute is about 2 miles getting to the freeway, then 30 miles on the
> freeway, then 3 miles getting to the office. Mostly highway miles.
>
>
> I have to admit,
> part of my motivation for wanting to use less fuel is so I can give The
> Finger to Petro Canada, Exxon, Shell, and the whole lot of 'em. Friggin
> oil companies are professional pirates, and I'm tired of helping out so
> much with their constant string of record profits.
>
> Sorry. Rant over.
>

I hear ya loud and clear. I'm also tired of this political fuel game.
I just was told what my raise will be this year - and I'm rather
dissapointed. Damned fuel costs will just eat that right up. I need to
get out of retail auto parts. Theres no damned future in it unless I
open my own store or move into upper mis-management and that is not for me.

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