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Automotive News & Views Are gas prices fueling your pain? 
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Replying to: larsb (May 01, 2008 7:29 am) You are lucky that you can do that. I was thinking of that, or a scooter or something. But I am about to move way out of the ways of doing something like that. |
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Replying to: lemko (May 01, 2008 5:23 am) A tourist in Orlando was robbed at gunpoint and his vehicle hijacked. When the perps were caught their reason 'We needed his vehicle, ours was out of gas.' In Mass there has been a rash of 'fuel tank drillings.' The inside release gas cap solved a lot of the 70's problems of siphoning. What these new thieves are doing is drilling a hole in the bottom the gas tanks of trucks and SUVs. The owner comes out and it's bone dry. Trucks and SUVs sit up higher. |
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Replying to: steve_ (May 01, 2008 6:29 am) This is slightly off of the thread but related to the topic here. The owner of a national storefront quickie loan chain was on WLW radio explaining how they're being mistreated by legislation to reduce the amount of money they take. He explained over and over how ruthless the banks were compared to the PayDay loan types. I almost feel like I need to take a bath after listening to the sleezy explanation. They even had people call in to explain that with gas prices going up, they need to be able to borrow at 300% interest or whatever the total fees end up being. Odd, if you can't afford the gas now, how can you afford to borrow $100 and pay back $200 in fees over a few months. Somehow I think the callers were plants.
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what will I do differently? not much the oil industry is pretty good at creeping prices up and then having them fall back, only to surge the following year. This strategy keeps us believing the price might go back to where it was and has us trained to adjust our income to just deal with it. Who am I to complain about gas prices? Americans consume too much of everything. The main reason the Chinese are consuming so much energy is to feed our insatiable appetite for products made with their cheap labor. I do ride my bike more, bike the kids to school more. But I'm not going to cancel the summer road trip - no way. Just say NO to ethonal!
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Replying to: tpe (May 01, 2008 7:24 am) Good point. |
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Yes, last go round I got a locking gas cap for my GTI. Come out in the morning, find a puddle of gas under the car - in a garage with a gas-fired water heater  Got rid of that cap (which I bought from the VW dealer) immediately. So be careful if you get one!
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Replying to: aspesisteve (May 01, 2008 7:42 am) The Chinese are drilling for oil in the Gulf off of Florida because the Floridians voted to not allow offshore drilling. The Chinese bought the rights from Cuba to drill for the same oil we could be getting under the Gulf. Somehow there's something wrong with this picture. Our gas prices go up and Floridians vote to not allow drilling.
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Replying to: texases (May 01, 2008 7:45 am) Anyone know for sure?
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Back in the day, Ford made a concept car for yes, a nuclear powered car. It was called the Nucleon... Seems kinda crazy and makes me think of Doc Brown and the Delorean, but who knows... Maybe it would have been the most awesome technology for the ordinary consumer, or maybe people would grow extra arms and legs after a crash. You be the judge. "The Nucleon would be able to travel 8000 km (5,000 miles) or more, depending on the size of the core, without recharging." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Nucleon">link title
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Replying to: steve_ (May 01, 2008 7:55 am)
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