It's easy to be judgmental of people whose life is different from ours. I'll admit I have an Excursion (no longer even made) with a V-10 engine and it gets 11 - 12 MPG. I bought it to pull our 4 ton camper. My other car is a 30-MPG Fusion. The excursion is 8 years old and now has 38,000 miles on it so it has averaged < 400 miles per month including all the trips we've taken in it. Last year I filled it up with gas once. This next week I'll have to use it to take a Steinway "D" lid to the refinisher, and pick up the action. It will then sit idle until the next time I have to transport something large. I will get dirty looks from the supercilious set when it's out. It really does pull that camper well though! dp David M. Porritt, RPT dporritt at smu.edu -----Original Message----- From: pianotech-bounces at ptg.org [mailto:pianotech-bounces at ptg.org] On Behalf Of David Ilvedson Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:19 PM To: pianotech at ptg.org Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?) I don't no where the 300% panic reaction comes from? The billion dollar buying spree is/was already happening except more efficient cars. The best thing to happen, in my opinion...a little kick in the pants... David Ilvedson, RPT Pacifica, CA 94044 ----- Original message ---------------------------------------- From: "Ron Nossaman" <rnossaman at cox.net> To: "Pianotech List" <pianotech at ptg.org> Received: 7/10/2008 9:01:53 PM Subject: Re: hypermiling? (OT?) >> It seems like a great concept Holly, and I find it fascinating that $4 a >> gallon seems to have been some kind of line in the sand or psychological >> flashpoint. At $3.50 people were still buying gas hogs, and now you can't >> give a big SUV away. >> >> Kerry Kean >Interesting, isn't it? A 15% increase in gas price triggers a >300% panic reaction, and a billion dollar shopping spree for a >more fuel efficient vehicle. It's sort of a forced upgrade by >no longer supporting previous versions. >So who's the architect of the fuel price increase, the oil >producers' stockholders, or the auto industry? >Rhetorical question. >Ron N
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