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

[Jennifer Dozar <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

I would consider at least 20mpg decent :)  hmm my car, when working
properly, gets anywhere from 27-38mpg... I WOULD LOVE a Honda Insight with
like up to almost 80mpg :) but i an't really afford one right now. *sniff*

I would use an SUV off road and for hauling things! :) it's like my
parents, when the bought a Grand Cherrokee. my dad took it off roading in
IOWA and my mom freaked out!!! So she's got the Jeep now in Las Vegas,
driving street :P and my dad's in Connecticut playing in the mountains
with a shit ford ranger ;) hahahaha.  (trust me, that truck is a
POS!!!)

guess that's all i wanna say for now. 


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On Thu, 3 May 2001, Spurling, Shannon  wrote:

> I have a question to use as a basis here for this discussion. What do you
> consider decent gas mileage?
> 
> Also, the thing with the mini SUV's ( Sportage, tracker/vitara, CRV, Rav-4,
> and liberty) is it's a hybrid between having a small truck and a car. In a
> car the size of the trunk and back seat limits you in what you can haul,
> even if you have a hatchback or wagon. In a truck, it gets really
> interesting trying to get more than 2 or three people in the cab. Now if you
> take a Sportage or Tracker, you also get a truck based vehicle ( the CRV,
> and the Rav-4 are based on cars, and aren't meant for off road use, just
> rough road use) that can go off road ( no, I'm not smoking any thing). I
> swear it's true. There are people who take their trackers and sportages off
> road all the time. I've done it, and it's cool how well they drive off road!
> What I think is funny is that there are a lot of people who buy them that
> would be just as well off with a station wagon. Not me, I would have had a
> hard time getting that clothes washer in a station wagon. Same thing with
> the small freezer. Same thing with the 12000 GSR, the APC bypass panels (
> those were beastly!), the 1/2 ton of batteries... And then there was the one
> time when I went home and hauled 5 adults across three fields and through
> two creeks to go see the neighbors ( Don't ask :-)
> Thing is, they are useful... I just don't see many people putting them to
> good use.
> 
> Shannon Spurling
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jonathan King [mailto:EMAIL:PROTECTED]
> Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:56 AM
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> Subject: RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] Gas prices.. was a weird forward.. 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 3 May 2001, Spurling, Shannon  wrote:
> 
> > I bought a mini SUV, a kia sportage, and I think that you can't even
> > compare these with the monster suburban that I see out there.
> 
> Probably not, and I'll have to admit I never understood these weird little
> vehicles.
> 
> > Did you also notice all the wannabe cowboys out there in full sized
> > trucks? How many times have they almost run you off the road? Happens
> > more frequently to me than with SUV's.
> 
> I think the most likely vehicle to run you off the road around here is
> indeed an F-350.  But a lot of this does have to do with your location. In
> San Diego, the total roadhogs more generally drove Toyota Landcruisers,
> and, I can assure you, *nothing* can put you up on the sidewalk like a
> Humvee suddenly deciding to change lanes.  So far, I have only seen two
> Hummers in Columbia, but I'm fearing for the future.  Ah, I can see it
> now: An F-350 doing 65 on Scott Blvd. meets a Humvee doing the same
> thing going the other way...who said jousting is dead? :-)
> 
> > Also, what about all the small vans? Those things get horrible gas
> > mileage too. What do you expect? They are rolling bricks.
> 
> Actually, that depends on the model.  The new truly huge Honda Oddysey is
> a beast, but other minivans actually get semi-reasonable mileage.  And the
> saving grace there is that they, unlike the ridiculous empty pickup
> trucks, are at least usually carrying more than one person, so the
> effective mileage per person-mile is often pretty decent.
> 
> kjking
> 
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