RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gas prices.. was a weird forward..

["McFarland, Jason M." <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

After having to pay well over $35K to buy a truck that can safely haul five
horses and a trailer you really expect these people and go out and buy
another car that you aren't "against"?  Unfortunately the prices in the
truck market are highly inflated by the posers out there, but not too many
3/4 and one ton class trucks are driven by people who don't need them.

And why do you think that a Corvette is "ridiculous?"

-----Original Message-----
From: Neil Bradshaw [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 2:56 PM
To: EMAIL:PROTECTED
Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gas prices.. was a weird forward.. 


I am generally against any vehicle that guzzles gas and is only used to do
simple city things.

SUVs chug gas and are designed to go off-road and handle dangerous driving
conditions. I hardly think a few snow storms and a lot of grocery trips
merits a vehicle like this.

Trucks are meant to haul things around. I get severly annoyed when I see
people with F350s hauling it like they're the cowboy kings of the
road.

And how many families really need minivans? If you only have two kids, a
full size sedan will do just fine. A full sized van is even more
ridiculous.

The point I was trying to get at is that Americans have this "bigger is
better" attitude, and they have to buy the fastest, biggest, most-rugged,
oversized vehicles on the planet even though the will never actually use
it to its fullest.

I'd be happy if I had a solid car with enough power to accelerate up hills
without power and enough room to seat four people. Something like a
Pontiac Grand Prix. It has power, but it's not ridiculous like a Corvette,
and it's not severly oversized like an SUV, Van, or Truck.

I'll stop ranting about cars now.

Regards,
Neil


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