[Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO
Ron Porter
ronporter@prodigy.net
Thu, 25 Aug 2005 14:48:08 -0400
Yep. It's a slow news day, obviously, as the biggest front-page story in
today's Detroit news is "The High Cost Of Commuting", with the fuel cost of
various vehicles for different distances.......DUH!!!
I guess the assumption is that the Detroit schools never were good at basic
math and how to use a calculator, so the reporter had 1/2 of the front page
to fill
Of course they would never have an article about the TOC (Total Cost Of
Ownership) issue where a tree-hugger sells an old 20 mpg Volvo, spends
$25K+trade-in+finance charges for an oh-so correct Prius and actually spends
an additional $300/month for payments/insurance/etc above& beyond what is
saved in fuel, and how the break-even point is something like 5 years down
the road. Too complicated for most people (and reporters) to understand!!
Ron Porter
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Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO
Sure, I know for us this particular subject is about as welcome as talking
about Big Macs at a vegetarian convention. But I got a tickle out of it
anyway.
Our local news was showing a segment on the increase of gas-stealers due to
the horrendous price jumps. They were interviewing an attendant who got
dragged by a car when he tried to stop them from leaving. At the pump
behind the
guy, someone's tanking up a ...
... rare green Gen2 just like mine ...
yup, uh-huh, I know the feeling ;-)
Oh yeah -- then of course we have these idiots on TV that try to "ease our
pain" by comparing the price of a gallon of gas to a gallon of Chanel #5,
etc.
Same old lame analogies, they need some new ones like a gallon of K-Y, 55
gallon drum of hash oil, etc. Let's spice up the late news a little, the
kids are in bed.
cheers,
Mark LaBarre
94 atx 130k
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