I agree, I hope that gas prices will drive SUVers off the road. The damn
things are gettin scary. The new Escallade commercial brags about the car
weighing 5100lbs. Yesterday I filled up the 71, looked at the pump that
said $1.72 per gal, said 'god damn' to myself and started pumping. It is
all justified if it drives the SUVs away.
James Nazarian
'71 B roadster
'71 BGT rust free and burnt orange
'74 BGT going by-by soon
'63 Buick 215
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Keith Wheeler wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Fuel prices. Come on, get over it. If you don't want a high
> fuel bill, drive less. Mow your yard with an electric mower.
> Petroleum products carry a high price. Sorry.
>
> Personally, I don't care. I'm not saying I like paying a lot
> for fuel, I'd rather spend less. But, 1) I pay $5 a gallon
> for fuel. (Yes, it's special use fuel, but so? That's what
> I pay for some of the gasoline that I use). 2) Maybe it'll
> mean fewer people on the roads.
>
> Gee. What a shame. I could actually *enjoy* driving my MG
> on the back twisty roads without coming around a corner, at
> the speed limit, only to be faced with some huge gas guzzling
> RV going 15 MPH.
>
> Again, (and I don't care if you flame me, my suit is SFI 3.2A/5)
> petrol carries some price. If you don't like it, there are
> tons of options. Electric cars. Bicycles. The bus. Walk.
> Car pool.
>
> I mean, really, for most of us the even if fuel went up another
> 10 cents/gallon it'd still be less than $20 a month more than
> what we're spending now. Plenty of folks burn up much more than
> that on tobacco, horrible fast food, bad beer and other things that
> are neither as much fun nor as healthy as a spin in an MG.
>
> -Keith Wheeler
> Team Sanctuary http://www.TeamSanctuary.com/
>
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