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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:36 AM Original message |
Here we go again: SUVs lead U.S. auto sales growth |
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physioex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 05:53 AM Response to Original message |
1. Meehhhh.... |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:19 AM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Have no choice but to pay it |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 06:48 AM Response to Original message |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:23 AM Response to Reply #2 |
6. A compact car with a lightweight folding 4' x 8' trailer behind it can carry as much as a pickup.. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:34 AM Response to Reply #6 |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:00 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. The great majority of pickups drive around empty or nearly so virtually all the time.. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
9. Mine is 11,000 pounds |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:22 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Yep, you have need of a truck.. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:18 AM Response to Reply #11 |
15. Not a 5th wheel |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:47 PM Response to Reply #15 |
37. The Hensley Arrow Hitch--Guaranteed Trailer Sway Elimination! |
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Ezlivin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:01 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Or try the PullRite |
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Kolesar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:15 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. High ground clearance (in a pickup) makes sense for people who farm |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #10 |
13. About two percent of Americans live on farms.. |
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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:41 PM Response to Reply #10 |
36. My grandpa was a farmer. He'd split a gut seeing the spit-polished, overly-chromed |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:23 AM Response to Reply #8 |
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marmar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
17. "The great majority of pickups drive around empty or nearly so virtually all the time" |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Nice if you're not a female driving to work. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:53 PM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Umm.. That's a tow vehicle designed to slip through traffic.. |
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Kalyke (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:57 PM Response to Reply #27 |
39. And I should have been more clear. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:11 AM Response to Original message |
3. It took less than three months after $4.00 gasoline for the F150 to regain most popular vehicle.. |
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charlie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:27 AM Response to Reply #3 |
12. That's my neighborhood |
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customerserviceguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 07:21 AM Response to Original message |
5. When gasoline plunged back down |
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TheCowsCameHome (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
14. $4+ a gallon gasoline will take care of that. |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 09:58 AM Response to Original message |
18. Woopsie. |
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rhett o rick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
19. SUV's should be called ROV's, Roll Over Vehicles. nm |
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Spyderama (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:27 AM Response to Original message |
20. Americans Never Learn |
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fascisthunter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
21. status symbols |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
22. Can't everyone see the high gas prices on the immediate horizon? |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 11:46 AM Response to Original message |
23. Gotta have 'em here too.... |
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FLPanhandle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:09 PM Response to Reply #23 |
26. That is so cool. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. I know..sometimes people in the "city"... |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 02:50 PM Response to Reply #33 |
41. Well here in Greater Phoenix that describes most of them. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:19 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. Greater Phoenix... |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:52 PM Response to Reply #23 |
38. Considered a Subaru? |
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Shandris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 12:02 PM Response to Original message |
25. What pisses me off about the gas guzzlers SO FUCKING MUCH... |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:03 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. You wouldn't have to FUCKING PAY those gas prices if you'd get off your lazy ass and get a bike |
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Hello_Kitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
45. I'm hopeless on a bike. I would get myself killed trying to commute on one. |
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Better Believe It (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:05 PM Response to Original message |
29. So what? I like SUV's. |
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adigal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:24 PM Response to Reply #29 |
31. So do I....but they are bad for the environment |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:16 PM Response to Original message |
30. Look, anytime a family of four gets T-boned while riding in a Focus, it's big news. |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:35 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Speaking of being T-boned... |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. Fuel mileage is ultimately determined by wind drag and weight.. |
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old mark (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
32. Our SUV - an old Hyundai Santa Fe-gets around 22 MPG, which is better than most, |
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cbdo2007 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
43. We love our Toyota Rav4. |
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quiller4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Dec-31-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
44. When you drive as little as we do, gas prices impact car buying decisions less |
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