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Automotive News & Views How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
2183 messages, Last post on Nov 21, 2009 at 5:13 PM
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 17, 2008 9:19 am) "I like seeing $35 tanks instead of the $61.94 tank I paid for on August 6th. " Say it aint' so Joe, say it aint' so. We like it too, if only the ancillary didn't bite .Larry are you a monetarist or a keynesian and your opinion on credit default swaps ? Thanks 
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 17, 2008 6:17 pm) Are you saying the economy will recover and gas will be at $4.50 by summer? Now I have to hope you are wrong. If gas gets to $4.50 diesel will be over $5.00 and trucking will just about roll to a standstill. People will have to think about picking up something that will tow because you will need a trailer to haul the money it will take to get out of the grocery store.
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 17, 2008 9:32 pm) Well if the economy starts to recover and gas shoots up to $4.50 again it will stiffel any recovery. But I am pretty sure the economy will not recover by then, if it does it will be sluggish. People will have to think about picking up something that will tow because you will need a trailer to haul the money it will take to get out of the grocery store. No while it would make price adjustments inevitable we won't see any hyper inflation.
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Replying to: snakeweasel (Nov 18, 2008 4:49 am) I hope the news doesn't concentrate on fuel waste now that gas is still only barely affordable. I fully expect the media created recession to be ignored as much as possible by the media, and for things to return to being percieved as they really are. Global warming might return to the forefront. We have to be doing well to afford green technology, so soon we will be told we are doing well. |
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Replying to: boaz47 (Nov 17, 2008 9:32 pm) By NEXT summer? No. I think we can be confident that the economy will have recovered by summer 2011 or 2012, and THEN summer gas will be $4.50 or more. And if you were to buy a new vehicle this year or next, that summer 2011-2012 time period will arrive WAY before you sell that vehicle you bought. In fact, you will be stuck with that vehicle and high gas prices for several more years...
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Replying to: nippononly (Nov 18, 2008 1:20 pm) To me $4.00 gas simply proved the consumer is being bamboozled by the manufacturers and the government. We don't need to see the world the way Europe or Asia does. We need to have our lifestyle supported with solutions that work in the US not Japan or France. If we must, fuel can be subsudised to keep the prices down, after all we can afford a trillion to bail out wall street. We as consumers can decide what kind of vehicle we want to buy and we don't need a tree hugger, the government, or anyone else telling us what we "should" drive. California and CARB let us down when they dropped the requirement for EVs. CAFE let us down when they played with fuel standards and then left a hole big enough to drive a Hummer through. They shouldn't be given another chance and should be abolished. Let the manufacturers make the vehicles and let the consumer decide what they can afford to buy and drive. If the government wants to help then let them provide public transportation to ease vehicle use. How did $4.00 gas effect me? It angered me because I suspected it was a scam. The manufacturers angered me because they offered cars like the Smart that should have been able to get 70 MPG and it gets 40. They made a whole line of economy cars called Scion and they don't even do as well as a Smart. They sent us a whole selection of new sub compacts that didn't get better fuel mileage than the Corolla or Civic we already had. New and improved has the be "improved" not just new. $2.00 gas will at least take the edge off of my disappointment.
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Won't be long now. No steak dinner 'eh? Well we'll all have to pile in our SUVs and head over to Texas on turkey day. I hear there's a bird or two at someone's relatives house. 
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Replying to: larsb (Nov 17, 2008 7:55 am) Could someone please check the archives? I vaguely recall something about a steak dinner from lars. Maybe, he bribed one of those hosts to have that post pulled. With the "tens" and "twentys" of people who read these forums... sure would save him a bundle. Besides, I've already gotten a reservation at Ruth's Chris SteakHouse. I'd hate to cancel and end up somewhere like Sizzler's or Ryan's. 
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Replying to: jipster (Nov 18, 2008 5:07 pm) (Thanks for the steak buddy)
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Replying to: steve_ (Nov 18, 2008 5:46 pm) hummph... I thought it would have been somebody like kirstie or tidester taking that bribe.... not you steve. I regretfully submit my Edmunds resignation effective immediately.  (just kidding)  P.S Don't forget to put any leftover meat scraps in that compost heap of yours. |
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