Home, South Georgia 2.84$
Jacksonville, Fl 2.92$
Ft Meade, Baltimore 2.69$
Just outside Ft Meade, 3.02$
Hagarstown, Maryland, 2.97$
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Naimah had this to say about Optimus Prime:
$10k over MSRP for a prius is kinda insane. However, if you can get MSRP for one it is a great deal. The term economy car really is a misnomer in those. People see economy and think they are getting a Geo Metro or some such, but priuses are actually surprisingly spacious and they have tons of gee wiz type of gizmos in them like keyless ignition. The fact that you get 55mpg out of a Prius is a selling point, but the car as a whole is a very good deal if you are looking for something that will do a very good job of going from point a to point b.
Oh I know, while they don't look the best (IMO), they are quite roomy and nothing like a typical economy car. I think it is classified as a "mid-sized" vehicle in most articles I've seen.
Supposedly they were selling so fast they couldnt keep up with supply, so the sticker price kept rising post-hurricanes last year.
Though you won't be getting 55mpg out of them unless you drive entirely in the city. Any sort of balanced driving between highway & city will push you down into the 40s, which is still good of course.
http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/toyota-priusths.html Reynar fucked around with this message on 04-25-2006 at 06:09 PM.
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How.... Snoota.... uughhhhhh:
This is totally not the type of thread I was expecting when I saw a thread by Karnaj titled, "Let's talk gas."
I'm surprised it took so long for someone to comment on it, honestly.
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Verily, Reynar doth proclaim:
Oh I know, while they don't look the best (IMO), they are quite roomy and nothing like a typical economy car. I think it is classified as a "mid-sized" vehicle in most articles I've seen.Supposedly they were selling so fast they couldnt keep up with supply, so the sticker price kept rising post-hurricanes last year.
Though you won't be getting 55mpg out of them unless you drive entirely in the city. Any sort of balanced driving between highway & city will push you down into the 40s, which is still good of course.
http://www.greenhybrid.com/compare/mileage/toyota-priusths.html
My dad drives farm to market roads (read: sustained 55 mph) every day and gets 55mpg. Those people probably just don't understand the way the car works and are attempting to drive it like a normal car. When my dad first started driving he was seeing mid to high 40s, now he can get right around 55 without too much trouble and has pushed it well into the 60s when he was just seeing how high he could push it.
I do not leave my condo.
Lyinar Ka`Bael, Piney Fresh Druidess - Luclin
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
On one hand, generally speaking I'd be all for it. It tends to turn up interesting things and the threat usually helps with price inflation to go down.
On the other hand, it's Bush's administration doing the investigating. Might as well, potentially, be going through the motions for all the good I think it'll do.
On the first hand again, it's an election year and there has to be some sacrificial lamb to appease voters. Might as well be the big gas companies.
On the other hand, the proposed freakish earnings tax (like a windfall tax; specifically aimed at companies like oil companies which have posted freakish profits over normal) will just end up back in the same peoples' hands anyway. It's not like the taxpayers will see that money with the heinous deficit we're running.
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I hope we don't have to spill our blood along the road to pay for the gas.
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Nae got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
I am not looking forward to driving cross-country this next week. We are flying to St Louis, and driving back in a car UBT's parents are giving him.I hope we don't have to spill our blood along the road to pay for the gas.
There are... other ways to pay...
UBT has a sweet ass, right?
Diesel is only like $2.65, though.
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Kaiote had this to say about Captain Planet:
There are... other ways to pay...
UBT has a sweet ass, right?
Oh yes, most definately! But we are on a tight schedule.
Gas makes me hate my car. WTS '66 Chevy C10. 
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Nae had this to say about Robocop:
I am not looking forward to driving cross-country this next week. We are flying to St Louis, and driving back in a car UBT's parents are giving him.I hope we don't have to spill our blood along the road to pay for the gas.
zomg! When will you be in StL?
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The logic train ran off the tracks when Led said:
$2.69 on base.It was only like $2.30 a few months ago
heh... a few months before that it was only $1.50
How quickly we forget.
Converting that to US/UK prices:
US: $4.07/gallon
UK: £2.74/gallon
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There was much rejoicing when Aury said this:
zomg! When will you be in StL?
Tomorrow.
*openly weeps*
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So quoth Nae:
Tomorrow.
FUCK AND I DONT HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND I'M OFF TODAY
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Nae's unholy Backstreet Boys obsession manifested in:
Oh yes, most definately! But we are on a tight schedule.
See, you just gotta think ahead.
repeat after me... Bunny Ranch 
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Nae had this to say about Tron:
Oh yes, most definately! But we are on a tight schedule.
Tell them to skip the foreplay then.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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Aury stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
FUCK AND I DONT HAVE YOUR NUMBER AND I'M OFF TODAY
I have tried to tell you in several other threads that we were coming to St Louis, but you didn't pay attention.
In your birthday thread, and another thread that you were talking about St Louis in. We are landing there in the afternoon, then going to his parents house in Bonne Terre for a couple of days. Then we are off to Arkansas, then back to Bonne Terre, then road trip back to Vegas Monday.
Wee? 
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
It's kinda like discovering a huge crap on someone's pillow, then offering to wipe it off: as well-meaning as you are, there's still shit everywhere.
I mean, what happens when gas is $5 a gallon? Do we get $250 back?
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
quote:Remember that tax rebate ($300 if I recall correctly, but the odds of that are slim) that the new administration pushed through in 2001 (iirc)? Yeah, same thing, different excuse.
Ninety-nine bottles of Karnaj on the wall, ninety-nine bottles of Karnaj...
A $100 gas rebate.It's kinda like discovering a huge crap on someone's pillow, then offering to wipe it off: as well-meaning as you are, there's still shit everywhere.
I mean, what happens when gas is $5 a gallon? Do we get $250 back?
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Nae had this to say about Tron:
Then we are off to Arkansas
Don't forget to stop in Bald Knob.
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Bent over the coffee table, Naimah squealed:
Interesting stat I read: Exxon paid 25 billion dollars in taxes during Q1 of 2006. That is they payed 3 times more in taxes then they made in profits. Makes me wonder who is really responsible for the high gas prices.
No. . .it means their before-tax profit was a little more than $32B. Not exactly the same thing.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
South Park also lampooned people who own them with their "smug" episode. Meanwhile Prius owners are reportedly egging SUV's. I like my SUV it gives me an excellent view of the road, and I feel safe in it. (wither I actually am or not Fuel economy really isnt that much of a concern to me, sure id like the gas to go back down to $2.00 a gallon, but if it stays at $3.00 I'm ok with that.
Maybe they will open a few new refineries or start nationwide hydrogen distribution network, possibly get other alternative fuels into the main stream. Bush is asking for the authority to raise the fuel economy standards of passenger cars. I see this as a positive thing.
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Bloodsage had this to say about John Romero:
No. . .it means their before-tax profit was a little more than $32B. Not exactly the same thing.
If they wern't having 75% of their profits taxed maybe they wouldn't need to have prices as high as they are. Hasn't Europe taught us anything?
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How.... Karnaj.... uughhhhhh:
A $100 gas rebate.It's kinda like discovering a huge crap on someone's pillow, then offering to wipe it off: as well-meaning as you are, there's still shit everywhere.
I mean, what happens when gas is $5 a gallon? Do we get $250 back?
and what is the new gov of Jerz looking to do? drop the speed limit to 55 and allow self serve.
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Naimah startled the peaceful upland Gorillas by blurting:
If they wern't having 75% of their profits taxed maybe they wouldn't need to have prices as high as they are. Hasn't Europe taught us anything?
That doesn't even make any sense. Taxes are levied against earnings, which are a different thing entirely.
Exxon's earnings before taxes for 2005 were just under $60B, and it paid $23B in taxes. . .for an effective tax rate of 39%.
So not only have you got your facts wrong, but even Pollyanna wouldn't think that lowering corporate taxes on oil companies would affect the price of gas in any meaningful way. Even cursory research shows that Exxon's corporate profits weren't driven by the sale of gasoline, but were boosted more by other sectors of its business (mainly exploration and development).
Please to be researching the topic before making sweeping generalizations not founded in fact.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj isn't in Kansas anymore:
Ultimately, these rising gas prices are good for the country. The sooner oil shale and oil sands becomes feasible, the sooner we can mitigate our need for foreign oil. Let China and India deal with OPEC.
On one hand, it will be nice when we aren't reliant on foreign oil.
On the other hand, it will suck for those first 10 years when we're paying 4.00 a gallon for it.
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The propaganda machine of Blindy.'s junta released this statement:
On one hand, it will be nice when we aren't reliant on foreign oil.On the other hand, it will suck for those first 10 years when we're paying 4.00 a gallon for it.
Well, by then we'll be past Peak Oil anyway (some people actually place Peak Oil at 2005 or 2006, but whatever) so we'll be, hopefully, on our way to eliminating oil entirely as an energy source.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
