So the truth comes out. Hippies are afraid but can't bring themselves to drop the golf cart and get real vehicle, so they are going to take away ours.

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

I wonder how fuel efficient it will be to transport bricks in a Smart Car.

I'm seriously considering an SUV for my next vehicle for several reasons. It'll hold more if I have to evacuate, I have three grandkids, I prefer trucks over cars and to piss people off as they wonder why some little 5'2" 110 lb. woman needs such a gas guzzler!!!

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

If you only need to carry 3 bricks, it's much more efficient than using an 18 wheeler...............

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

I hope that good feeling keeps the smile on your face as the pump goes by $100 without slowing down. I guess you'll get a warm fuzzy feeling knowing that Hugo Chavez needs the money.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Oh, gee, thanks, Goob! What was I thinking? Nobody ever needs to transport bricks in quantities larger than 3!

And when they do, they're obviously fat cats driving the most expensive cars!

Not a problem. I don't commute so even when the price of gas went up to $4, it really didn't affect me.

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

Personally, I'd love to tailor the vehicle I'm driving to the task at hand. But there's simply no disputing the need for large vehicles for some things people need to do.

And there is no chance in hell I'm driving something where my chin is over the steering wheel.

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

So we can expect that you will be taking a cab?

Read the paper. The days of the gas guzzler are numbered.

With three grandkids and family vacations, the larger vehicles are definitely a must. When 12 of us went to Orlando (only one grandchild went that time), we took four vehicles though two of us flew since we had to come back early. As it is now, one grandchild (14 mos.) is still in a car seat, one (4 yrs.) in a booster seat and the oldest one (10 yrs.) sits in the front because I drive an Altima and it's just too crowded in the back. I also have two step-grandchildren (ages 13 yrs and 5 yrs.) and there's just no way I can take them all anywhere at one time.
I'll never own anything smaller than the Altima I have now. As it is, I've been meaning to have the airbag disabled in it because as short as I am, it'd probably do more harm than good in a crash. My next vehicle will have adjustable pedals!!!!!

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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Chardonnay in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and screaming "WOO HOO, What a Ride!"

And thats suppose to save the planet, pay someone else to drive me around? Sounds a lot like "carbon credits". Cabs don't come to my house anyway.

You can pry whatever vehicle I choose to drive out of my cold dead hand. And your going to need something a lot bigger than a midget mobile to do it.

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin

Actually Abrams tanks are far more dangerous than ordinary cars.
If you hit a solid object in a tank, such as a bridge piling, you are going to die in a tank.
The tank becomes as stationary as the bridge piling, and your head makes contact with it with enough energy to kill you, even at slow speed.
That is why tank crews wear padded helmets, and still have a high mortality rate from accidents.

That is foolish.
The cause of the injuries when a 18 wheeler hits a motorcycle is the weight of the 18 wheeler.
If we all drove cars as light as motorcycles, then there would be far fewer deaths.
And smaller cars also are much better at avoiding the accidents in the first place.

This is easily proven by Europe and Asia, where cars are much smaller and there are far fewer fatalities per driver.

So you use a Cadillac to transport bricks?
What does transporting bricks have to do with passenger vehicles?
If you need to transport a couple of tons of bricks at a time a truck capable of carrying a couple of tons of bricks would make sense.
You can't carry that many bricks in an SUV, you'll wreck the suspension with the weight of the bricks before you get anywhere near filling the cargo area.

I'm just saying that gasoline is going to cost a lot more than it does now and most people will have smaller cars than they do now.
And people are arguing with that.

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“ The subjects of every state ought to contribute towards the support of the government, as nearly as possible, in proportion to their respective abilities; that is, in proportion to the revenue which they respectively enjoy under the protection of the state.”

Adam Smith , The Wealth of Nations 1776

"We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics"
FDR's second Inaugural Address

Do they drive over 40?

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January 21, 2013: The End of an ERROR.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become more corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters."
"When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic."
"The Constitution only gives people the right to pursue happiness. You have to catch it yourself."
---Benjamin Franklin