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Re: Prius: Statement or Rationality? [rick294] by dmathews3
May 01, 2009 (5:45 pm)
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Replying to: rick294 (May 01, 2009 2:55 pm)

Don't worry GM will be around for a long time just a whole lot lighter. Do you realize what would happen to this country if Gm and Chrysler fail. Chrysler stated the other day on the news that one in every 10 people depend on Chrysler for a job in the U.S. That means the local bar, corner store, etc. get Chrysler money somehow if not from suppliers or dealers then from employees or if a warm weather city it could be Chrysler retired. Just think then what GM must input into the econ. In March GM outsold Toyota by over 20K vehicles so someone likes their cars. Anyway for me I'd go with the CTS as with 2 cars a motorhome and motocycle each one gets about 10K a year put on them. So at $2 a gal say the CTS gets 25mpg and the Prius gets 50. The CTS in my book would burn 400 gal. of gas to 200 for the Prius. So the extra 200 gal costs me $400 a year or about $7.70. At $4 per gal it costs me $800 or less than $15 a week. I'll take the CTS over the Prius anytime and as far as the people overseas living in caves etc. they have been fighting for thousands of years and I bet they fight for another 2K years so I'm not going to drive a small car as it isn't going to do a bit of good and plus at 6'4" I need legroom. Oh one more thing I have no desire to get a CTS if thats what you all think.
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Re: Prius: Statement or Rationality? [dmathews3] by wvgasguy
May 01, 2009 (6:16 pm)
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Replying to: dmathews3 (May 01, 2009 5:45 pm)

far as the people overseas living in caves etc. they have been fighting for thousands of years and I bet they fight for another 2K years so I'm not going to drive a small car as it isn't going to do a bit of good
 
True, and they will continue. But on 9-11 they brought the fight to us
 
If 1 in 10 depend on Chrysler for our jobs then the other 9 must depend on Ford and GM. I really doubt that all of us would not have jobs if the Big 3 went away (not that I want them to)
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Breaks my heart by rick294
May 01, 2009 (7:46 pm)
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It just breaks my heart that all of our own domestic reserves will stay in the ground, untouched during this current administration. And all for purely political reasons. We have considerably more available oil than even Saudi Arabia and the others, but it won't be tapped. The enviros are part of Obama's support group. His energy "czar" is on record as having stated that he (the czar) is in favor of $6 or $8 per gallon gasoline because it will curtail a lot of vehicle use "which contributes to air pollution".
Well, yes it does. Never mind that it would destroy what's left of the American economy. That's not the really important issue. I love our Prius. Even if gas prices go absolutely over the cliff, we would still have at least some ability to get around. It would, however, pretty much destroy America. Almost as though that was what the whole idea was??
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Re: Breaks my heart [rick294] by kdhspyder
May 02, 2009 (5:32 am)
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Replying to: rick294 (May 01, 2009 7:46 pm)

Sorry this is not accurate. We do not have more reserves than anyone. Canada has far more and it's currently being mined. But.... it needs the price of oil to rise to near $75-90 / bbl in order to make it worthwhile to work the tar sand.
 
All our 'easy oil' is gone or near gone. The low-lying fruit has all been picked. Bush's Energy Task Force reported this in summer 2007. You can now get down off your high horse.
 
It's supposed to rain today and golf is cancelled..that is not Obama's fault..even tho the local GOP already has a press release out stating that very fact.
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Insurance More for Prius by oldsarg
May 02, 2009 (6:11 am)
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To my shock I received my policy from my insurance carrier and found out that full coverage on a Prius is $1004.60 per year and $760.30 per year for a Lexus RX330. I called my rep and he said that the Prius would cost more to repair than a Lexus and has proven to sustain more damage. After all the glowing safety reports from the Prius crowd on this site, I was shocked.
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Re: Insurance More for Prius [oldsarg] by kdhspyder
May 02, 2009 (8:19 am)
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Replying to: oldsarg (May 02, 2009 6:11 am)

Safety and damage repair are two completely different issues with the insurance companies. Yes both concern accidents but vehicles are intentionally designed to collapse around the passenger cabin deflecting the effects of a crash around the occupants in order to keep them safe.
 
Your Lexus is several years old also. How old/new is the Prius?
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Re: Ben Stein Expelled by acar1
May 02, 2009 (9:10 am)
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Replying to: rick294 (May 01, 2009 1:30 pm)

This is an intelligent design film, for those of you who appreciate the irony of "intelligent design" as the premise for taking the Bible literally.
 
And no, I don't think Ben Stein has the scientific background to assess whether or not the planet's mechanisms to cope with CO2 can react fast enough to mitigate the current rapid rise in that green house gas. To say nothing of other naturally occurring green house gases, like Methane, that are also rising due to humans.
 
Glad you enjoy your Prius. Hope you aren't teaching your kids that Darwinism led to the Holocaust per Ben Stein.
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Re: Odds & Ends [kdhspyder] by acar1
May 02, 2009 (9:37 am)
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Replying to: kdhspyder (Apr 28, 2009 8:44 am)

4 wheel drive mode, eh?
 
you actually graduated from college?
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Re: Odds & Ends [acar1] by wvgasguy
May 02, 2009 (1:09 pm)
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Replying to: acar1 (May 02, 2009 9:37 am)

I think Bob was applying a little humor to the conversation to lighten it up some
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Re: Odds & Ends [wvgasguy] by kdhspyder
May 02, 2009 (1:32 pm)
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Replying to: wvgasguy (May 02, 2009 1:09 pm)

Ya think?
 
'But the sales guy told me everything was pushbutton, even the 4WD'. Wait, I was the sales guy. Oh yeah that's right I sold it to myself [ acid reaction from the 60's ].

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