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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: dieselone (Oct 14, 2009 2:59 am) Not too many cars slower than 10 seconds to 60 mph any more either. Indeed, today's Sentra gets to 60 mph in about half the time of the 80s model. Now you know where a good portion of our fuel economy went. And this in a model that is basically the definition of commuter car. What's all that speed for? Anyone notice that oil rose above $75/barrel yesterday, and winter gas prices do not seem to be materializing? I am paying within $0.20 of the price I was paying on July 1 for a gallon of gas.
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 14, 2009 6:51 am) And what definition might that be? I just tried looking it up in my dictionary (a real dictionary, not some online thing like Wikipedia or urbandictionary.com) and it's not even in there. And this is a very comprehensive dictionary that even covers curse words, racial slurs, etc. "econobox" is a slang term. And it's going to mean different things to different people. To me, a Fit is in every sense of the word an econobox. Now it's much better than something like an old Chevette, Corolla, VW Bug, or whatever, but it's still a small car, with a focus on economy and low price. |
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 14, 2009 6:51 am) How about a cramped ugly little sardine can that gets poor mileage for its size and should not be allowed to visually offend the other drivers on the road? Honda should have name it the mini Aztek. |
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Replying to: nippononly (Oct 14, 2009 7:30 am) You can thank our current Congress and Prez for that. Oil has not gone up. The $Dollar has gone down. Look at Gold at $1069 per oz. You cannot print $Billions of dollars in worthless paper and expect people to give it the same value it had last year or the year before. Better get your wheelbarrow out. You may need it to carry enough money to buy a loaf of bread.
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Replying to: larsb (Oct 14, 2009 6:51 am) |
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 14, 2009 8:01 am) The president and congress are not the ones who really control monetary policy.
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Replying to: fintail (Oct 14, 2009 8:14 am) Subcompacts - a Versa will sticker out under $10k MSRP, but you can't look at a Fit until you get almost at $15k. $15k isn't an "econobox" price in my mind, even if the rest of the car fits.
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Replying to: steve_ (Oct 14, 2009 8:18 am)
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Replying to: gagrice (Oct 14, 2009 8:53 am) That surprises me, but they seemed a bit overpriced when we shopped them late last year. The Fit Sport we liked (ok the one I liked) stickered over $18,000. Not all that much cheaper than a Prius II. Cheap gas has probably hurt sales too. |
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| or not so Smart is off by more than 31 percent and gas is dropping in my area as well. Suzuki is bleeding to death. Still unless they offer something better than the Fit and Smart at Kia and Hyundai prices I will drive my old Pontiac 4 banger and my Tahoe till the wheels fall off. And I am driving even less this year than last year. If they offered a Diesel SUV or Pickup at a much more reasonable price point I could see going back into the market. Looking at car sales I can see I am not alone with my disenchantment with the auto industry and fuel prices. | |
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