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Gas Guzzling Blues -- Douglas Chick

I have an Infiniti FX 35 that gets 18 miles a gal, and Land Rover that gets 13 miles a gal, and a Jeep Cherokee that get around 17. The Infiniti is the best of the 3 on gas, but at 18 miles a gallon, at near $4 a gallon, I may as well drive a Sherman tank.  

(This sounds like a country song, doesn’t it?)

The SUV trend that saved the American Car makers is quickly sending them to the grave. Because dealers are offering little for a SUV trade in, (because they can’t get rid of them) the remaining value leaves you upside down on your car loan. This balance is then placed on top of the already over priced fuel efficient cars loan, combined, you really don’t save any money.

Will the high price of gas put the final nail in the American car maker’s coffin, or force them to be more fuel efficient?

...not withstanding, why are all the hybrids so damn ugly?

Douglas Chick

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quirkeejames read my blog view my photos
May 19, 2008 | 10:18 AM

Why are they all so ugly? Beef up the hybrid engines and put one in my truck!

The cost of gas vs. the cost of paying for a new hybrid is ridiculous. The only thing gained is the use of less gas but not less money. Hopefully the tables will turn on the prices as they start to produce more hybrids.

Just don't make them so ugly!

brer-fox read my blog view my photos
May 31, 2008 | 3:37 PM

It sort of makes you feel like we're the "primitive" proletariat out here with Fred Flintstone gas-gusslers reminiscent of foot-propelled cars with square stone wheels - doesn't it?

mathman read my blog view my photos
Jun 3, 2008 | 11:32 PM

"Caught with your pants down" is apropos for this situation. We confidently let government "deal" with the problem and this is what they came up with as a solution. And we're surprised? As with anything they do, I predict it will continue to become worse until they are restricted by the American people to the restrictions outlined in the constitution. Keep the military up, fix the roads...and go home. Fire them all in the next election and it will go a long way to us fixing our own problems.

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