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^^^$47 as of right now
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/..._ge/oil_prices
In my personal opinion, drive whatever you want for whatever reason as long as you can afford it. It not about you shouldn't buy an SUV, because you don't need it. Drive whatever if you want to as long as you can afford it. To me, if you buy an SUV that get 10-15mpg DON'T YOU DARE B*TCHING ABOUT HIGH GAS PRICE. That like an NFL running back complaining about getting hits(legal hits) during a play.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081202/..._ge/oil_prices
In my personal opinion, drive whatever you want for whatever reason as long as you can afford it. It not about you shouldn't buy an SUV, because you don't need it. Drive whatever if you want to as long as you can afford it. To me, if you buy an SUV that get 10-15mpg DON'T YOU DARE B*TCHING ABOUT HIGH GAS PRICE. That like an NFL running back complaining about getting hits(legal hits) during a play.
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Originally Posted by UmarS2K,Dec 1 2008, 04:30 PM
Well, you actually have a use for the truck. There are people who buy SUVs/trucks just because they want to. I mean, sure, that's a good reason to buy something; it's not like anyone will say, "You have no use for that Cadillac Escalade. Go buy a Honda Fit instead", but when gas prices start rising again, these same people who purchased SUVs/trucks for no real reason will be the ones attempting to sell/trade-in their vehicles for smaller and more fuel efficient economy cars.
That would be akin to telling sports car owners that they better be hauling a** and sliding around corners at every opportunity or they should have just bought a Camry. People buy vehicles because it fits them for whatever reason be it physically, emotionally, financially, mentally, etc.
I bought my SUV because I could afford it and I like it. I don't care if gas if $2 or $6/gallon as the marginal cost variance won't induce me into trading down and taking the disadvantages that come with that move.
Any idiot that buys a car where the price of gas will affect their ability to drive it probably shouldn't have bought it in the first place.
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What QUICKAG said. Difference between $4 and $2/gallon gas for something getting 10mpg (huge SUV driven by a stoplight rabbit) is only $3000 a year. For someone considering a $40,000+ purchase I don't imagine $250 a month is a huge factor. Or rather, it shouldn't be.
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