Speaking of addictions to petrol...

[jsbowden]

I saw a big ole SUV bearing the following plate Tuesday night:

EETS GAS

I'm pretty sure that, yeah, your 70k Land Rover Discovery with the Big Assed V8 does in fact, go through gas like it was free, but hey, it's your wallet.

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[rimrunner.livejournal.com]

When the hybrids first started appearing on roads here, I saw one with a license plate reading "60 MPG".

I'm toying with getting one for my next car. I love my pickup, but speaking of eating gas...

[jsbowden.livejournal.com]

If you do any sort of long distance highway driving, the hybrids aren't much more efficient than standard gasoline engines, they get their best mileage sitting in traffic. Then there's the fact that over the life of the vehicle, the difference in cost between the hybrid and the non hybrid won't be made up for in gas savings. And hey, have you seen Toyota's recent recall? Fucking things have firmware bugs. Let's hope you never run across one while driving down the road at speed. Gotta love that. Ah, and if it ever gets in an accident and catches on fire, the batteries burn holes through the pavement. Pouring water on them just makes them burn pretty.

For all that 8mpg SUVs really annoy me (mostly because the people who drive them tend to be sef centered assholes), hybrids have their own set of problems that I don't see justifying even looking at one.

[silmaril.livejournal.com]

I saw that car. I totally saw that car.

Had visions of a bumper sticker vandalism involving the phrase "Damn right," too.