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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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Abunai read my blog view my photos
May 14, 2008 | 1:51 PM

The hyrids are ugly because their derived from a european style car. Only thing that could get even more ugly would be if we brought back the Plymouth/Chrystler guys to design a car again! I am convienced that if you want to see who the first people were to smoke crack,dope, and drink at work just take a look at some of the stuff they came up with!! We had finally got rid of them until the first industry bail out with good ole Lee came and saved them!

But no monopoly was had, as we all remember the GM line of Grimlins,Hornets,chevettes,Pacers,hatchback Pintos, Vegas came out! Ford did have the maverick and a bout with drugs with their ridiculous remodeling of the mustang for a few years. I tell ya we had birth control on wheels for a while there!

Gorilla read my blog
May 14, 2008 | 9:41 PM

LoL...
I get like 12 in my new truck, but its a clean whip though...

I think my favorite car so far is the clk 430s 99 -01

Sageman read my blog
May 14, 2008 | 11:29 PM

I loved the Pinto myself. Yet I would remind everyone beauty is in the Eye of the Beholder. If I were to ask you what girl you thought was the most beautiful in the world, you would first mutter your wife or girlfriends name as obligatory then whisper the one you truly think is the hottest. Same with cars some think the hybrids are beautiful because they mix form and function. That to me is beautiful in itself.

Oh yeah I think Katherine Heigl is the hottest! I'm not married and I don't have a girlfriend so I can bypass the obligatory mate statement.

For cars, you cant beat the new Camaro, though I think the gas milage is somewhere near 18 mpg, which makes me want to cry.

Abunai read my blog view my photos
May 15, 2008 | 1:41 PM

New Camero! Forget it! New 600hp Corvette coupe! Look, gas prices and speculators will be corrected soon enough. I'm taking advantage of people jumping out of their gas hogs and get the SUV or sports car now!

Feel free to purchase that tiny little death trap, and when the hurricanes or tornados pass we will look up in the trees for your car....

If I could find a way to put headers and a blower on a golf cart Id do it!!

Sageman read my blog
May 15, 2008 | 9:46 PM

I like the Corvette but I really like the look of the new Camero. It's definitely got that old school feel to it. My first love is the '68 Camero and a close second the '76 Camero.

I would really like to see them redo the Nova retro too. I always loved the late 60's Nova's.

Ericjhach read my blog view my photos
May 16, 2008 | 5:22 AM

Boss 302 Mustang now that was a hot car.

How many of you remember the gas shortage in the 70's? It was just a plow to raise the price up to over $1.00 a gallon. Now that they greedy oil companies know they got us by the you know whats they are just getting greedier.
Back in the 70's there was an inventor who made invented an engine that got 80 mpg and who do you think bought the patton, the oil companies.

Sageman read my blog
May 18, 2008 | 10:23 PM

I know some "hippies" who have old car's and still run them. Don't confuse hippies with environmentalist's they are two different things. Hippies typically just like to get stoned and watch Pink Floyd the Wall on their new 52" plasma TV, the Who if it's Thursday night. All the while burning popcorn in the microwave because they are too stoned to know the difference between 30 minutes and 3 minutes. Then when you point this out to them they are all like, "Whoa dude, Chill man, you're harshing my mellow." Then you're like, "You're 38 years old and you're still getting stoned! What is wrong with you???" Then it just snow balls from there. Live and let live I say. Also don't get a hippie roommate.

signal12 read my blog view my photos
May 19, 2008 | 7:53 PM

All new cars are reverting towards european styling.....

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My name is Douglas Chick, author, computer engineer, and creator of The Network Administrator a popular website for computer people.

Member Since: 8/16/2006