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Old 07-20-2008, 08:12 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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YOU Smart owners are to blame!!

Many thanks to all you Smart owners for buying a fuel sipping automobile. Now since less gas is being bought that means less federal gas tax money is coming in ,our brainless politictions answer to this is to raise the per gallon federal tax a dime!! I have always said when a politiction has told us to "conserve" gas,he didn't really mean it. Well i'm guilty also. In the last year I sold the 16mpg SUV and replaced it with a 32mpg Cavalier. And just a month ago my wife found 3 other people to carpool with. So look at the fuel savings there. So much for the gas tax holiday. Now they want us to pay more! Gee are you now convinced there are many,many people who don't want to see the electric car?

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Old 07-20-2008, 08:43 PM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Looks like we got a hater here.. who is in no fashion a Smart fan. Either he hates the Smart Fortwo.. or he just jealous of our wonderful little car.
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Old 07-20-2008, 08:49 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Many thanks to all you Smart owners for buying a fuel sipping automobile. Now since less gas is being bought that means less federal gas tax money is coming in ,our brainless politictions answer to this is to raise the per gallon federal tax a dime!! I have always said when a politiction has told us to "conserve" gas,he didn't really mean it. Well i'm guilty also. In the last year I sold the 16mpg SUV and replaced it with a 32mpg Cavalier. And just a month ago my wife found 3 other people to carpool with. So look at the fuel savings there. So much for the gas tax holiday. Now they want us to pay more! Gee are you now convinced there are many,many people who don't want to see the electric car?
I've been convinced of it for years.

As far as the gas tax going up ... well, duh. If you don't buy it, they're raise the taxes and say they're doing that to save jobs.

You think oil changes are expensive now ... just wait 'til the cheapest one is $120 Jiffy-Lube special with a coupon. It's coming...

Glad I'm not the only person who saw this coming.

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we had electric cars through gm and toyota once, but they took that away in a heart beat. yeah all the EVs were sucked up so quick and guess who bought the car companies out???? big surprise, big oil. just like gm took away all the electric trolleys and replaced them with gas guzzling buses. when it all boils down to it it's about what makes the most $$$$.
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Gas taxes are supposed to go to road maintainance. You want a holiday from good roads I suggest you buy a horse - or get that SUV back because cars won't handle crappy roads too well.

I'm completely missing the point if this post.
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we had electric cars through gm and toyota once, but they took that away in a heart beat. yeah all the EVs were sucked up so quick and guess who bought the car companies out???? big surprise, big oil.
Really? That's wrong.

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just like gm took away all the electric trolleys and replaced them with gas guzzling buses.
Really? That explains all the hybrid buses that GM is producing...

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when it all boils down to it it's about what makes the most $$$$.
Really? And all this time I thought it was about what people would buy...

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Old 07-20-2008, 09:22 PM   #7 (permalink)
 
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yes this did happen. does this mean gas will remain our number #1 source for cars???...in the future probably not, because more and more people are demanding other sources. yes this did happen...and yes people wanted to buy EVs, but they were only allowed to lease them and we forced to give them back. then the car companies like gm destroyed the cars, yes destroyed them for no reason (big oil).
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Really? That explains all the hybrid buses that GM is producing...



Really? And all this time I thought it was about what people would buy...

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yes this did happen.
No, it did not.

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does this mean gas will remain our number #1 source for cars???...in the future probably not, because more and more people are demanding other sources.
Funny ... people are demanding reasonable fuel prices or higher mileage cars. They're not demanding non-gas vehicles. I know that I'd rather not ever buy an electric car. I can rent one at a golf course whenever I want.

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yes this did happen...and yes people wanted to buy EVs, but they were only allowed to lease them and we forced to give them back. then the car companies like gm destroyed the cars
Wait a minute ... weren't you talking about Toyota and Honda. Now you're talking about the experiment that GM did?

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yes destroyed them for no reason (big oil).
Nope. They destroyed them because the experiment was over. Big oil had nothing to do with it at all.

Big oil ... that's just an idiotic phrase.

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sorry i disagree with you. im just an idiot anyway.
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Funny ... people are demanding reasonable fuel prices or higher mileage cars. They're not demanding non-gas vehicles. I know that I'd rather not ever buy an electric car. I can rent one at a golf course whenever I want.



Wait a minute ... weren't you talking about Toyota and Honda. Now you're talking about the experiment that GM did?



Nope. They destroyed them because the experiment was over. Big oil had nothing to do with it at all.

Big oil ... that's just an idiotic phrase.

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The original post was a joke, wasn't it? Wasn't it?
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