Subject	this is what's sad, is people don't "get it".
Posted by	SactoTodd on April 08, 2005 at 6:53 PM
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In Reply To	Great explanation (n/m) posted by ENVYMYZ on April 08, 2005 at 06:41 PM
Message	And by "get it", I mean the long term thinking about money and saving and spending it. Let's say someone owns a '99 Ford F150, with the bigger 5.4 v8. Probably gets in the neighborhood of 15 mpg. Let's say it's worth about $11,000. This someone could sell it, and then buy a $20k civic, that gets 40 mpg. Insurance goes up, since the new car is worth more. In Ca, registration goes WAY up, since it's based on the value of the car. But the biggie is the $9k that the person needs to come up with to pay the differnce between $11k selling price of the truck, and $20k purchase price of the higher mileage car. That $9k would buy 3750 gallons of gas @ 2.40 gallon, which would take the F150 56,250 miles of travel. Capiche? Plus, I'd wager that most people owe money on their current car, and would have to finance the new car, making the whole money thing worse. I'm done being nice...some of you are just plain fucking stupid lately - SeedyROM 16:38:52 02/10/05
Follow Ups	So gas prices are up to $2.80 a gallon for premium, boy do I - Need4SpeedZ 17:15:01 04/08/05 boohoo (n/m) - scottinald 17:18:32 04/08/05 One of my client has a Ford Excursion.to fill up - nowayout 17:18:36 04/08/05 Ya those tanks can hold like 40'ish gallons. Insane! (n/m) - zeddiea27 17:28:13 04/08/05 They need that big of a tank because they guzzle it. - paradox77(Austin) 17:46:26 04/08/05 Gas or diesel? my F-250 powerstroke is around 65 (n/m) - Tissan© 17:47:26 04/08/05 gas V10! (n/m) - nowayout 18:04:24 04/08/05 gas V10! (n/m) - nowayout 18:21:42 04/08/05 boo get glow plugs or go home (n/m) - Tissan© 18:53:07 04/08/05 Don't get me started on diesel prices - Good2Zya 20:31:59 04/08/05 $90 or so for my K5 :-( (n/m) - PIRANHA 19:45:25 04/08/05 Good, maybe people will stop driving SUVs and drive - AzHeat 17:21:57 04/08/05 Yep! Seem like every has to have an SUV that gets - nowayout 17:28:32 04/08/05 Funny this came up this morning i had to take a picture - paradox77(Austin) 17:57:28 04/08/05 wow I should take a pic of all the SUV's here (detroit area) (n/m) - 90BlkZ18 18:27:35 04/08/05 I dont get the pictures... - mds2004 11:21:34 04/09/05 my Jeep gets 22MPG...... - Zluster(Project Platypus) 20:57:29 04/08/05 Not going to happen when your president - TARGETZ 17:30:42 04/08/05 You sound like a liberal. - ssm300z 17:38:10 04/08/05 I would never vote liberal. - TARGETZ 17:46:17 04/08/05 Oh canadian, that explains everything. - ssm300z 17:49:24 04/08/05 cute glad you feel that way : ) (n/m) - 90BlkZ18 17:53:56 04/08/05 Yeah, I'm just full of answers today. - ssm300z 17:58:36 04/08/05 someone needs to be hanitized.... (n/m) - Darkness Z32 (WMZClub.com) 18:20:31 04/08/05 Which one served in Vietnam? (n/m) - Rodger 18:33:49 04/08/05 The same one that wants to take my tax money and give it - Z32Nizzan 18:35:50 04/08/05 You wouldn't be glad if you were in Iraq dying in vain... (n/m) - dpjax 19:37:11 04/08/05 Haliburten has to make money somehow LOL (n/m) - PIRANHA 19:43:07 04/08/05 Yes he would. Most want to go back when their term is up - Waco300zx 19:47:25 04/08/05 And we are fighting for what over there? South Korea - PIRANHA 19:49:30 04/08/05 Uhh, NORTH Korea. and Iraq was believed and IMO - Waco300zx 19:51:54 04/08/05 Iraq is going to go down in history as W's Failure. - dpjax 19:53:28 04/08/05 Iraq was NEVER a threat to us... it's all about the oil. - PIRANHA 19:55:52 04/08/05 Then why didn't they just cooperate if they were - Waco300zx 19:59:24 04/08/05 Would you want some one coming to your home telling you what - CrazyGreek 20:04:29 04/08/05 No, but every time I've been stopped by cops, and given - Waco300zx 20:12:33 04/08/05 A little bit differnt, but I dont care any more. (n/m) - CrazyGreek 02:00:14 04/09/05 Would we cooperate if some country wanted to invade us? - PIRANHA 20:07:49 04/08/05 I understand your point, but there was enough evidence - Waco300zx 20:14:46 04/08/05 as if this is the place for a politics debate.... - Zrevolver 20:49:49 04/08/05 OK, I'll leave up to an expert like you. (n/m) - PIRANHA 21:25:49 04/08/05 2nd..."hey here comes the bandwagon..lets all jump on!" (n/m) - Unluky (MO) 22:29:24 04/08/05 Yeah...oil and maybe the 100,000 people he slaughtered..... - Unluky (MO) 22:28:12 04/08/05 How many people die in Africa every day? (n/m) - PIRANHA 01:29:56 04/09/05 And the UN is there trying to stop it.... (n/m) - Unluky (MO) 09:16:36 04/09/05 yeah, & where is Assama(sp?) b. Laden? Trail is COLD... (n/m) - quikz 22:21:04 04/08/05 Osama... hmm maybe Saudi Arabia? (n/m) - PIRANHA 01:31:38 04/09/05 I meant NORTH, but we can't edit our posts. (n/m) - PIRANHA 19:58:53 04/08/05 W/E, get your shit str8, BITCH! - Waco300zx 20:02:06 04/08/05 I respect that, now lets talk about Zs LOL! (n/m) - PIRANHA 20:09:19 04/08/05 agreed ;) - Waco300zx 20:15:54 04/08/05 Most don't want to be there, GO BACK!?! (n/m) - maglito 05:11:30 04/09/05 RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY! He sounds like a LIBERAL Ahhhahahahh ;) (n/m) - CrazyGreek 20:02:35 04/08/05 Sad but true, and I'm even a republican. (n/m) - PIRANHA 19:40:07 04/08/05 Don't you thinkt that would border on some kind of - Waco300zx 19:57:51 04/08/05 bush is a MORON... - PakiHomBoy 21:58:45 04/08/05 you said it...nice Z btw. (n/m) - quikz 22:28:27 04/08/05 Im pretty sure he blew up a nice chunk of the pumps - Red October 01:06:26 04/09/05 Its my american right to buy a SUV and guzzle gas! - Magnum 17:39:06 04/08/05 Im going to ignore your ignorance. =( Its just sad.... (n/m) - paradox77(Austin) 18:01:23 04/08/05 What ignorance, I can afford gas prices so i don't care - Magnum 18:27:45 04/08/05 Your right! If your willing to buy the truck then your - nowayout 18:35:59 04/08/05 You sicken me... (n/m) - paradox77(Austin) 19:22:31 04/08/05 you are clearly a tree hugging idiot. (n/m) - Spee 21:01:13 04/08/05 LMAO! (n/m) - Unluky (MO) 22:31:48 04/08/05 EXACTLY, you like a lot of other people DON"T CARE and that - PIRANHA 20:18:17 04/08/05 Its called supply and demand - Magnum 05:57:11 04/09/05 ROFL Its called supply and demand - TARGETZ 08:05:37 04/09/05 Let the market economy take care of that right. When - AzHeat 18:03:30 04/08/05 hahaha ITs GOING to be GREAT lol (n/m) - paradox77(Austin) 18:04:27 04/08/05 HA HA HA....cuz my Z gets badass mileage.......sigh (n/m) - Zrevolver 20:53:15 04/08/05 Damn we can guzzle gas but can't buy prostitutes... (n/m) - PIRANHA 19:47:36 04/08/05 Speak for yourself. (n/m) - Snoguitar 22:17:22 04/08/05 2nd... - tyler@boostpro.net 20:45:10 04/08/05 BUT - SactoTodd 17:40:34 04/08/05 What are you talking about? (n/m) - ENVYMYZ 17:42:50 04/08/05 It's a financial thing (n/m) - SactoTodd 17:48:57 04/08/05 I understand. (n/m) - ssm300z 18:01:05 04/08/05 Great explanation (n/m) - ENVYMYZ 18:41:22 04/08/05 this is what's sad, is people don't "get it". - SactoTodd 18:53:15 04/08/05 or you could buy a 98 4cyl accord? - tyler@boostpro.net 20:44:25 04/08/05 I payed 8k for my 2000 insight last May. (n/m) - maglito 05:18:46 04/09/05 96 Geo Metro LSI - 3cyl. - 49mpg :-p (n/m) - Fuzznutz 18:03:39 04/08/05 2.54 a gallon is outrageous - 90BlkZ18 18:10:15 04/08/05 thats diffrent =) (n/m) - paradox77(Austin) 18:11:34 04/08/05 Lot of teh rest of the world has been paying that 4 decades> - my91z 18:38:09 04/08/05 2nd, overseas, Gas can be 3-4.00 a LITER - Waco300zx 18:53:41 04/08/05 Also, milk is almost 4.00 a gallon. - Waco300zx 18:59:51 04/08/05 I don't buy 30 gallons of milk a week....... (n/m) - Spddracer 19:08:09 04/08/05 point taken (n/m) - Waco300zx 19:12:29 04/08/05 Its mainly taxes also they have a real good thing called - paradox77(Austin) 19:25:08 04/08/05 ur right, but also dont forget... - naZeer (Houston) 19:37:56 04/08/05 ugh... (n/m) - Spee 20:58:44 04/08/05 cry. - Whiteghoztt (MD) 19:13:09 04/08/05 Its still cheaper now than it was in the 70s considering >>> - KaZ (VaBch) 19:26:22 04/08/05 Here is a link i used to do my project... good read!! - paradox77(Austin) 20:12:31 04/08/05 VTD... .my gas gripe with useful 411 was nuked by the - SpeedyZX 21:07:26 04/08/05 Blah (n/m) - SpeedyZX 15:54:37 04/09/05 This (n/m) - SpeedyZX 02:09:16 04/10/05 thread (n/m) - SpeedyZX 02:10:27 04/10/05 sucks (n/m) - SpeedyZX 02:11:33 04/10/05 All the more reason to run 100 octane all the time. :-) - Only1Z 21:34:02 04/08/05 Good point! (n/m) - KaZ (VaBch) 22:42:16 04/08/05 Re: You can be very happy ;-) - chrisq 01:18:26 04/09/05 my DD gets 60+ MPG, suck it SUV owners! (n/m) - maglito 05:15:54 04/09/05 $3.17/gallon 91 Octaine Shell in Oakland CA. (n/m) - CowBoy -- $$$ PiTT 06:56:50 04/09/05
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