penny wise, pound dumbass
An article in the CSM today is entitled Drivers seek ways to save at the pump. What struck me were these two lead-in paragraphs:
Liane Adduci, a public relations consultant, lives 50 miles from her office in Chicago. She and her husband carpool to work and leave at 3:30 a.m. to beat rush-hour traffic. Still, she estimates they pay from $800 to $1,000 a month for gas.
They now have signed up for a free Speedway SuperAmerica loyalty card that saves them 5 cents per gallon. With gasoline currently at $2.79 a gallon at her neighborhood station, Ms. Adduci pays $50 to fill her SUV. Her husband pays $70 to fill his truck. She estimates the card saves her family hundreds of dollars a year.
Holy smokes! Why on earth do you need an SUV and a truck when living in Chicago of all places (one of the most suburbanized hell holes on earth)? Here’s an idea: sell one or the other (I can understand the need for a big car for doing things like home improvement projects or whatever), and spend that money on something gas efficient. If a Toyota Prius is too expensive, get a Honda Civic, which gets mileage in the high 30s or low 40s.
I seriously wonder what kind of thought process (if any) people like this have before making decisions. Sure, high gas prices suck, but there are ways to solve this problem that do not involve waking up at 3:30 AM.
Here’s to the $hundred barrel.
August 31st, 2005 at 6:14 pm
NOt to mention they GET UP AT 3:30 AM!
August 31st, 2005 at 9:42 pm
I will choose not to address your hell-hole comment. But as far as the gas thing goes, yes, that is absurd. And you didn’t even mention the fact that driving into the city is asinine to begin with. As much as I hated living in the suburbs and taking the Metra, it’s still a hell of a lot more efficient than driving.
September 1st, 2005 at 1:27 pm
Ummm, I concur. I Will not address the hell-hole comment either. I do, however, have a LOT of people who attempt talking to me from an adjacent lane at 50 mph in traffic about my Prius and if I like it or what kind of mileage I actually get. Had 2 people this week ask and then follow-up with “I’m gonna get me one!”
Could always be worse… could be Texas…
September 1st, 2005 at 3:44 pm
Watch gas prices SOAR. I guess the price of oil and the supply of refined gas has already trickled through the system in 3 days since the hurricane, huh? Sheeesh.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050901/ts_nm/weather_katrina_gasoline_dc