[Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO

[Ron Porter]

Well, there's a lot of reasons for wanting a new car, but to try and justify
it on a gas-saving rationale is not reasonable.

When gas was unavailable during the first crisis in the mid 70s, it may have
mattered (but that was short-lived). Now, its available...ya just gotta
pay!!

Ron Porter

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Mark Nunnally
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:13 PM
To: Ron Porter; shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO

yeah I've never understood the logic of selling the "old" car and buying a
new "gas saver"!  It'll be a long time till you "break even".  20k buys a
lot of gas, even for a gas guzzler!

I like folks when they justify a new vehicle with various excuses.  Just
admit it...you just wanted a new car  :)   

mark



-----Original Message-----
From: Ron Porter <ronporter@prodigy.net>
Sent: Aug 25, 2005 2:48 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Gas 'n' Go, complete with SHO

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

-----Original Message-----
From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of MonsieurBoo@aol.com
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2005 1:37 PM
To: shotimes@autox.team.net
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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