easysurfer
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Also, I might have to dust off my bicycle for short errands.
Will you drive less, more, or the same, in lieu of gas prices. I have actually seen cars and SUVs driving slower on the highways around me, had not seen that since $4+ gas a couple years ago.
Lots of speculation and money going into energy stocks and ETF's. Maybe we have finally hit "grin and bear it" territory??
My driving will alter soon because I will FIRE. Maybe the cost of working is going up!
Cities 3.490 3.561 3.661 0.100 0.900 3.756 3.933 4.098 0.165 1.048 3.552 3.746 3.849 0.103 1.035 3.393 3.457 3.533 0.076 0.829 3.467 3.580 3.699 0.119 0.993 4.060 4.092 4.188 0.096 1.066 3.701 3.786 3.857 0.071 0.918 3.605 3.676 3.766 0.090 0.955 4.044 4.080 4.176 0.096 1.067 3.775 3.804 3.873 0.069 0.818
Um no. I mean those countless SUVs, pickup trucks, and minivans blocking my view and creating a hazard from their mere size and presence (and for the pick-up trucks, blinding me at night even when the headlights are not on high-beam settings).
Will you drive less, more, or the same, in lieu of gas prices. I have actually seen cars and SUVs driving slower on the highways around me, had not seen that since $4+ gas a couple years ago.
Lots of speculation and money going into energy stocks and ETF's. Maybe we have finally hit "grin and bear it" territory??
Also cannot understand the angst when the DOT-compliant OEM headlights on my pickup truck "blind you at night, on the low-beam setting", since admittedly you know it will be a problem for you when you venture out in your little ecobox at night. Do you think that by choosing to drive a small car you should expect special accommodations from everyone else, ie the outdoor enthusiasts, contractors, and soccer moms, et al, driving their vehicles of choice??)
Personally, in our ever-litigious society, I worry more about people on the road who choose economy over safety and drive those tiny cheap-to-operate cars, knowing they can't see over the countless SUV's, pickup trucks, and minivans. Little ecobox cars are difficult to see in traffic, "creating a hazard from their mere size and presence"..i.e. the eco-warrior trying to force a Smart Car struggling to do 45MPH on the ramp into freeway traffic that is doing 75 MPH... being blown willy-nilly from one lane to the other by every passing semi truck, white-knuckled driver and wide-eyed passenger undoubtedly scared sh*tless in traffic... but, hey, they're saving [-]the planet[/-] money!
Also cannot understand the angst when the DOT-compliant OEM headlights on my pickup truck "blind you at night, on the low-beam setting", since admittedly you know it will be a problem for you when you venture out in your little ecobox at night. Do you think that by choosing to drive a small car you should expect special accommodations from everyone else, ie the outdoor enthusiasts, contractors, and soccer moms, et al, driving their vehicles of choice??)
Maybe it's just me, but any use of the term "hit" in association with a motorcycle makes me cringe...Usually I get ~45mpg but have hit 50mpg.
One has to look at the guys who have ridden 300k miles without a scratch. What do they do differently than than the ones who become organ donors? They pay attention to traffic, they are meticulous about maintenance, they stay sober (even at age 17 I knew that!), and they essentially avoid placing themselves in harm's way and stay out of predictably hazardous circumstances. In short, they drive like everyone is "out to get them". Which isn't a bad position to take for anyone.