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Too many people.
What we need is...
...a visit from these guys:
Too many people.
What we need is...
What we need is a fast jump in prices to get people to drive less. Otherwise they just get used to it.
People have gotten used to ridiculous traffic jams. If you live in the boonies for a while and then go back to a population center, you think "WTF, people do this every day? It's not possible.". Too many people.
IOW, retire?...to get people to drive less.
The worst traffic I ever see is in rapidly growing semi-rural trading centers. I took a buddy who has a disability and can't drive up Mt Vernon. Ye gods, College Way is almost impassable. When I visit my GF on Friday afternoon I have an easy light traffic drive to the Freeway, where northbound traffic may be heavy or light but always moving. Then I exit onto the mess that runs along the north of a regional shopping center. Sometimes I just prefer to take a bus, even though the trip home will take me a while and I'll have to stand at less than lovely spots either in the U District or Downtown.What we need is a fast jump in prices to get people to drive less. Otherwise they just get used to it.
People have gotten used to ridiculous traffic jams. If you live in the boonies for a while and then go back to a population center, you think "WTF, people do this every day? It's not possible.". Too many people.
I feel like that whenever I'm accidentally on the road during rush hour.... you think "WTF, people do this every day? It's not possible.". Too many people.
Free air offsets the gas price? How much air does your car use?!? Or how little gas does it use?(he is my mechanic, and lets me get free air from his non-free pump which offsets the gas price).
I use the air pump every other visit which is about once every 6-7 weeks. Usually one or two tires need some air. The pump costs 75 cents so if he is charging 7-8 cents per gallon more than other stations (none of which are as conveniently located as his), then the breakeven point is 10 gallons which is about what I buy per visit. So the free air offsets half the overall cost (not the total cost, if I implied that).
It is pretty well established that at a certain gasoline price threshold the US economy struggles at best. All the allegedly smarter European governments with very hefty gaoline taxes are much more geographically compact than the US, and have well established public transportation. In our country, when gasoline costs go up, so do welfare, food stamp and unemployment costs. The working poor are most damaged, as mom and dad need to get to a job that is often far off, sometimes with split shifts, in old cars.Count me in as one more who thinks gas is way too cheap.
And I don't see why $6/gallon would really cause any change...
I've been about to buy a Prius for many years, seem to have the "one more year syndrome" on that front. If my 2003 Honda would just have a catastrophic breakdown, that's all it would take...Every time I hear of skyrocketing gas prices, I can't help but search about gas efficient cars. The latest one I have an interest in is the new Toyota Prius C.
2012 Toyota Prius C [w/video]
Not that I'm about to buy yet, but it doesn't hurt to stay informed.
You can keep an eye on it at PriusChat.com, too. The engineers there are quick to give an unbiased estimate.Every time I hear of skyrocketing gas prices, I can't help but search about gas efficient cars. The latest one I have an interest in is the new Toyota Prius C.
2012 Toyota Prius C [w/video]
Not that I'm about to buy yet, but it doesn't hurt to stay informed.
Yikes.I use the air pump every other visit which is about once every 6-7 weeks. Usually one or two tires need some air.
Crawl over broken glass to talk to their elected officials. Predictable correlation with consumption as expected...That hollow, distant laughter you can here is your European friends, all of whom would crawl over broken glass to be allowed to pay $4, or indeed $6, for a gallon of gas. Today in Germany, I saw some kind of super-mega-premium grade - which, to be fair, you'd have to be an idiot to put in your car anyway, not least because you'd need an idiot's car *cough* Porsche Cayenne *cough* to want to - at $9.50 per US gallon. Regular gas is still bumping along around the $8 mark here.
Yikes.
I put air in my tires once or twice a year. You appear to have leakage issues.
I've been about to buy a Prius for many years, seem to have the "one more year syndrome" on that front. If my 2003 Honda would just have a catastrophic breakdown, that's all it would take...
You can keep an eye on it at PriusChat.com, too. The engineers there are quick to give an unbiased estimate.
From what I've seen, the c will have essentially the same mileage as the regular Prius. I'd rather have the extra space. Evidently the c will cost quite a bit less, but about the same mpg.From what I've read thus far, the only negative which I see on the Prius C is it's small gas tank size (only 9 gallons). Of course at 50mpg, that's still 450 miles before a fill up.
From what I've seen, the c will have essentially the same mileage as the regular Prius. I'd rather have the extra space. Evidently the c will cost quite a bit less, but about the same mpg.
If high mileage is a goal then a Honda 250cc motorcycle is a viable choice. A guy at work has one and in an effort to get 100 mpg with it he did get 99.5 mpg stock, no modifications. Close enough. They're popular worldwide for that reason.
Like last time though, motorcycle sales will soar.
That's the whole g*******ed problem with riding a two-wheeler in the US!...The trick is not to get run over by an SUV or bus. The driver of the other vehicle would probably never know he hit anyone and only assume he had hit a chuck hole.
I use the air pump every other visit which is about once every 6-7 weeks. Usually one or two tires need some air. The pump costs 75 cents so if he is charging 7-8 cents per gallon more than other stations (none of which are as conveniently located as his), then the breakeven point is 10 gallons which is about what I buy per visit. So the free air offsets half the overall cost (not the total cost, if I implied that).
We have something similar here...Here in California, if you buy any gas they have to give you free air.