Price of gas update...
#2656
Re: Price of gas update...
Not even remotely. US vehicles still decades behind European ones. The new VW Golf launched here doesn't even have the 1.4 TSI engines. Minimum is a guzzler 1.8TSI which something stupid like 200bhp. Totally unnecessary. But Americans don't grasp the concept that small engine can == fast and efficient engine.
#2657
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Re: Price of gas update...
I use my vehicle for work which usually means I am moving lots of bulky materials around, in my case a dinky little hybrid just won't do what I need it to.
1. That you are required to buy a hybrid to obtain good mpg. It's that type of dimwitted American attitudes that are half the problem and;
2. That you should have to use your gas guzzler work vehicle for your family trips. Work vehicles should be used for the purpose for which they are purcased: i.e., commercial work use.
This trip we have to take the big guy and the trailer as we are picking up our new kitchen. We are still saving big on delivery charges and thankfully the gas downstate is cheaper than it is here so our return trip cost less.
Love how people are so judgemental :\
#2658
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Re: Price of gas update...
No. Of course one doesn't, but that's exactly my point: America is wedded to gas guzzlers.
#2659
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No. Absolutely I do not believe this. I believe people buy what is right for them in line with their finances. Whether they make the correct decision, of course, is something I could probably easily dispute.
#2660
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#2662
#2664
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Re: Price of gas update...
Well, that's just your perception. Mostly everything is junk compared to high end German appliances, remember. I had to use a friends top loaders once out in Vegas, and OMG the damn thing managed to rip one of my t-shirts. Yet I still speak to Americans who swear by these awful things. They genuinely believe that a shorter wash is a good thing. Honestly, that type of mentality is so backward.
#2666
Re: Price of gas update...
Well, that's just your perception. Mostly everything is junk compared to high end German appliances, remember. I had to use a friends top loaders once out in Vegas, and OMG the damn thing managed to rip one of my t-shirts. Yet I still speak to Americans who swear by these awful things. They genuinely believe that a shorter wash is a good thing. Honestly, that type of mentality is so backward.
#2669
Re: Price of gas update...
Back in the UK, my mum might moan about petrol, but then a tank lasts her a month and she can get on the bus for 10p as a OAP...the same OAP here doesn't usually have that option.