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too larry

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I never thought I would see gas this cheap again and from what I'm hearing we're about to get a new gas tax so it'll never be this price again....
I've wanted a higher gas tax for years. 18 cents is crazy low. It's the best way for the folks who use the roads to help pay for it. And if it's high enough, it will have an impact on fuel economy. The worse thing about cheap gas, everyone drives SUV's.
 

curious2garden

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I've wanted a higher gas tax for years. 18 cents is crazy low. It's the best way for the folks who use the roads to help pay for it. And if it's high enough, it will have an impact on fuel economy. The worse thing about cheap gas, everyone drives SUV's.
LOL come to CA and you too can have crazy prices :D They still drive SUV's here. Somehow they find a way.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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i drive my bosses prius occasionally, and it's not a bad little vehicle for the mountains, lot of torque, good take off, only thing i don't like is the small wheel diameter, you can get stuck on a patch of wet leaves......if they stuck slightly larger, beefier tires on it, i wouldn't have any complaints
 

too larry

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i drive my bosses prius occasionally, and it's not a bad little vehicle for the mountains, lot of torque, good take off, only thing i don't like is the small wheel diameter, you can get stuck on a patch of wet leaves......if they stuck slightly larger, beefier tires on it, i wouldn't have any complaints
I love the '05. Really nice car. The wife's '15 is the smaller C class and I do not like it at all. No arm rest, no cruise control. I didn't know they still made cars without cruise control.
 

Bareback

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I've wanted a higher gas tax for years. 18 cents is crazy low. It's the best way for the folks who use the roads to help pay for it. And if it's high enough, it will have an impact on fuel economy. The worse thing about cheap gas, everyone drives SUV's.
I drive a four cylinder toyo truck most of the time, but also have a 3/4 ton and I can't afford to drive the big truck unless it's paying for it's self. I live in the country and it's a ways to go to get to anything.... so higher price gas only means more expenses just to live. For me anyway, my friends who live in town might buy gas once a month but I fill up 2-3 times a week.
 

too larry

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I drive a four cylinder toyo truck most of the time, but also have a 3/4 ton and I can't afford to drive the big truck unless it's paying for it's self. I live in the country and it's a ways to go to get to anything.... so higher price gas only means more expenses just to live. For me anyway, my friends who live in town might buy gas once a month but I fill up 2-3 times a week.
I have a little rice beater truck too. I'm not sure how it happened, but it's 21 years old.

My views on gas taxes are not popular anywhere. But taxation is a good way to change usage. Tobacco usage being the best example here in the states. There should be an exemption for farm vehicles and the like. We used to buy untaxed gas for the farm, and payed tax on 25% of it for use in the other cars and trucks. The best part it was a higher octane.
 

Roger A. Shrubber

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We have about 18 inches of snow, waiting for it to stop before going out to freeze my ass off (wind chill is negative) if only, damn it would be nice to come in after shoveling and plowing to find I lost 30 pounds ;)
we got a dusting.....it's in the teens....i've lost 30 pounds over the last two years...if you find them, tell them to come back.....my pants are falling off
 

too larry

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it kind of makes my head hurt....so aching is accurate in a way
I've been jonesing for hiking vidoes, so re-watched Night Crawler's PCT hike the last couple of weeks. When he was almost to Canada, SOBO's were talking about the huge piles of shit in the pit toilets. He said they were just not used to piles of shit of any size yet, being so new to the trail. Those were not in any way out of the ordinary.

So you want to be a hiker. . . . . .
 
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