I guess I'm like a lot of people these days; the ridicuously high price of gasoline is effecting my lifestyle. MDB and I traded in our Highlander, which was getting around 18 mpg, for a Ranger pick-up that gets better than 26 mpg. We're thinking of parking the F-150 (have to keep it to tow our trailers!) and getting another vehicle that will do as well or better on gas than the Ranger. All that was precitable; it goes in line with the whole global warming greenhouse gas reduction conspiracy that I wrote about before. What DOESN'T make sense is the way some folks DON'T seem to be affected!
My Ranger has a 4 cylinder engine that, quite frankly, doesn't "get up and go" like a larger engine; that's one of the trade-offs for better fuel economy. So, why does it seem as though I've got some Yehu in a Hummer breathing hot on my back bumper every time I take off from a red light who, when convinced that I'm just not going to burn rubber to get out of his way, takes off around me like a winged mammal from across the River Styx! Is gas cheaper a couple of miles away? Perhaps someone else is buying Mr. Hummer's fuel? I guess that's okay if Mr. Gas-hog can afford it, but who on earth can afford to run a Hummer, or one of those "Hemi" Dodges, or almost any full-sized SUV? More power to them, I suppose, if they CAN afford it, but I'd really appreciate it, Mr. Hummer, if you'd stop riding my bumper as I try to do my part for global warming!
We're looking at getting a Corolla. They get 35 mpg and they last FOREVER!!! In a previous life, I had a Geo Prism which was essentially nothing more than a Corolla. Like most GM products, everything else fell off long before the engine was ready to give up, but the engine had about 140,000 miles on it when I sold it. Anyway, I think a lot of people are doing the same thing (just as the global warming alarmist conspirators wish!), which means that demand for gasoline will drop significantly for the next couple of years and the price will go down. Can't happen too soon, as far as I'm concerned!
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