Cost of gas in your area?

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Perhaps I can get a good price for the Prius I am selling.

Someone outside of California driving a Prius? C'mon, you don't expect us to believe this! Does it run on snake oil?

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Penguin

Someone outside of California driving a Prius? C'mon, you don't expect us to believe this! Does it run on snake oil?

I love my Prius. The only reason I am getting rid of it is because of my dog rescue stuff. I needed something a little bigger in the cargo area.

Comfortable car and the WORST gas mileage I ever got was 40.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I love my Prius. The only reason I am getting rid of it is because of my dog rescue stuff. I needed something a little bigger in the cargo area.

Get a Ford Ranger in a 4 cylinder. You buy American and get 29 highway in one fell swoop.

In related news:

Gas price surge reaches the 2-week mark

Gas prices have risen nearly 15 cents so far this month. That's on top of a nearly 27 cent increase in February.

California continues to have the highest gas prices in the nation, with drivers there paying an average of $3.908 a gallon. Hawaii had the second highest average price at $3.89 a gallon, while Alaska came in third at $3.845 a gallon.

http://money.cnn.com/2011/03/08/news...my/gas_prices/

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I love my Prius. The only reason I am getting rid of it is because of my dog rescue stuff. I needed something a little bigger in the cargo area.

Comfortable car and the WORST gas mileage I ever got was 40.

just wondering, never saw a Prius outside CA...
40mpg is about the best I get , but only when i travel at constant speed about 60/65 mph, but I drive a small car (cliché european )

[Platapus]

Originally Posted by Penguin

just wondering, never saw a Prius outside CA...
40mpg is about the best I get , but only when i travel at constant speed about 60/65 mph, but I drive a small car (cliché european )

I don't know where you have lived, but in North Virginia there is a cubic buttload of Prius. In my office complex there are about 10 between the three buildings.

If you want to be invisible here, drive a silver Prius. You will blend in.

[Penguin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I don't know where you have lived, but in North Virginia there is a cubic buttload of Prius. In my office complex there are about 10 between the three buildings.

If you want to be invisible here, drive a silver Prius. You will blend in.

When crossing the border from CA to NV all Priusses suddenly disappear...
To be fair, I've been to the States also prior to the Prius age, lived there only for a short time, but even then I had the feeling that people in Beetles, Escorts or other small cars get hunted down merciless

What's the deal with silver btw? Same in Germany, all cars are black, white or silver, people don't like colour anymore... That's my the Pengumobile is yellow: easy to spot at a parking lot.

[Gerald]

Mine is steel gray,not black or other colorful colors found in Germany.

[Ducimus]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

We've been pretty much doing that for at least equally as long if not longer and don't forget we are also an 'oil producer'.........pro rata of course.

yeah that's been well established. The thing is, i'll wager you guys don't use nearly as much gas as we do. The majority of the US has no mass transportation, and where people live, and where people work are far flung. We are VERY dependant on our cars here. Lets be clear. If you don't have a car, you cannot go to work.

Right now, i live 27 miles from work. So i drive 54 miles a day. Thats not bad. I used to live 37 miles from work, and driving 74 miles a day. The company i work for is planning on moving another 15 miles south of where it currently is. I am not looking forward to driving 42 miles to work, and driving 84 miles per day.

I live where I live because it is affordable. Picking up and moving to certain locales closer to work is out of the question when due to rent increases that would add another 500 to 900 dollars on top of what im already paying.

Subway's? In New york maybe.
Buses? Thats laughable. They either do not run where you need to go, or have a route that adds 4 hours to a one way commute.
Commuter trains? Not always an option, their existance is relatively new. From where i work and where i live, this is NOT an option, nor is a buss.

That leaves cars.

[Jimbuna]

Then I guess it's well nigh near the time to lobby those you elect and get them to implement a feasible transportation infrastructure don't you think....after all you are the richest economy on the planet.




*simply yanking your chain*