gas prices - WTF?

supercharged · May 9, 2011

911Fanatic said:

I think you missed my point Sergei. What I was trying to say was that there are some people who will never be able to afford healthcare, let alone a car or taking vacations. Everybody should have access to basic healthcare regardless of what tax the gov't collects to pay for it. It shouldn't be a reserved for those who can afford it. I agree with you that a guy with a shot liver because he's an alcoholic should have to pay for his own transplant or a smoker who gets cancer should have to pay for their treatments but I don't believe in denying people even basic healthcare, when there is so much waste in our government as it is.
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We got Obama figuring out our healthcare...As long as I can afford it, that's all I care about...

supercharged · May 9, 2011

P1et said:

Most people in the US seem to be pretty "guardtrail to guardrail" when it comes to this. The second fuel goes up, everyone dumps their trucks and SUVs and talks about trading them in for Jetta TDIs, Corollas and other small cars. Then when fuel is cheap again, off everyone goes to buy another Expedition.

It's strange how in Europe, that trend does not happen. Because even though fuel is expensive already (due to taxes), it still goes up or down just like it does in the US. But you don't see everyone selling their cars over there the second petrol goes up.

Let's also think about the math behind it all. If you drive a vehicle that gets poor mileage and you buy a car with excellent milage, most of the time there will be a difference you'll have to pay between what your current older car is worth, and what your fuel efficient car is worth. But how LONG do you have to drive your new car around before you break even?
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We all like the power of V8 (and I love my V8!) yet want fuel efficiency of a 4 cylinder...when a car costs $5k+ a year in fuel along, people start scratching their heads...I don't want to sell/buy another one because I don't want to pay sales tax...

Bunky · May 9, 2011

911Fanatic said:

Very true P1et. I think the difference is in the UK, its a lifestyle choice. They know fuel is expensive so they make a decision to drive econoboxes and live with it. Over here, people have so bought in to "you are what you drive" that they continue to drive gas guzzlers but have to balls to complain when gas goes up. Also, you don't have to buy new. We have a 98 Jetta we bought new. I'm driving it now instead of my Passat as it gets almost 3x the mileage. You could buy our Jetta for $4k. If your truck gets 12mpg, you'd make that back in 16 months.
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It is in the US Bill of Rights to have cheap gas.

911Fanatic · May 9, 2011

Bunky said:

It is in the US Bill of Rights to have cheap gas.
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Are you kidding me? You'd have to be a moron to write that into the bill of rights when you rely on other countries for it. Just sayin....

luke093 · May 9, 2011

Bunky said:

It is in the US Bill of Rights to have cheap gas.
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Cheap to those who drive V12 and W16 exotics, sure!

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