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Automotive News & Views Are gas prices fueling your pain? 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 02, 2008 1:23 pm) During the pizza delivery days, were you in the habit of leaving the car idling while you went to the door at each destination? I remember working delivery for about a year for this video place, driving my old Corolla, and I always used to leave it idling in the drive while I went to the door, unless I was in a dubious area. Just thinking about wasting that much gas now makes me slightly ill...  Of course, that was close to 20 years ago. Gas was a whoooole lot cheaper then! I am sure now those delivery jobs are becoming not worth the money. Soon we will see a new result of the soaring gas prices: delivery surcharges for pizza.
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Replying to: fedora (Jun 02, 2008 2:06 pm) This is coming from someone who had previously lived in WI, so I'm a bit picky about my seasons!
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Replying to: phinneas519 (Jun 02, 2008 7:15 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 02, 2008 7:24 pm) In order to avoid a total thread derailing, my fiancee and I both had one car each. Our answer to rising gas prices was for me to find work that was 1.5 miles from home and we sold the second car. With that money, I bought a used '89 Yamaha Jog scooter with 3k miles on it - only $395. It gets about 80mpg and I'll be using that to "commute" to work. We try to avoid any unnecessary trips, etc - at least our car is a versatile wagon that gets 23/30mpg.
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Replying to: phinneas519 (Jun 02, 2008 7:35 pm)
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 02, 2008 7:46 pm) Being a recently graduated college student, I am satisfied with the basics in life - decent food, a warm home, reliable transportation, a good internet connection and ingredients for home brewing beer.  Beyond that, though, my fiancee and I try to evaluate our buying decisions and have realized that the best things in life are almost always free. For the sake of contrast, my fiancee's father brings in six figures and although he has everything he needs and then some, I look at his stuff and say, "That's nice, but I don't think I'd be any happier if I had these things." Either way, the key is using restraint and financial smarts. Keeping up with the Joneses looks great until your car is repossessed and you put your kids through heck because you'll lose your house to a subprime mortgage. Whatever mode of thought that puts people in that sort of position blows my mind, though that excludes those who have lost their jobs due to no fault of their own. 
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 02, 2008 3:15 pm) I had that happen to my Seville when I first had it. I was driving out to a Penn State game and it happened. It turned out to be the sender unit which was replaced under warranty. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Jun 02, 2008 6:54 pm) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Jun 02, 2008 6:38 pm)
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Jun 02, 2008 5:38 pm) Very true! But with gas at $4/gal., I suspect that the only place most folks are going is their back yard. And that's a real big change in the American lifestyle. Speaking of changes, who else here agrees with me that RVs are going the way of the dodo bird?
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