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Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs
I gave up SUV's a long time ago, I don't find them all the useful
personally. Now pickups on the other hand, I've always owned a PU truck and probably always will. Can't get around my neck of the woods without one. I also own a Prius that I strictly use to commute. Weekly miles driven prius = 620 miles per week pickup = average miles 5 miles per week Prius gas mileage actual average 57 mpg dodge PU 4x4 1983 = 11 to 14 mpg My prius is almost paying for itself but so has my truck. Both vehicle types have their uses. |
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Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs
"Modat22" wrote in message ... I gave up SUV's a long time ago, I don't find them all the useful personally. Now pickups on the other hand, I've always owned a PU truck and probably always will. Can't get around my neck of the woods without one. I also own a Prius that I strictly use to commute. Weekly miles driven prius = 620 miles per week pickup = average miles 5 miles per week Prius gas mileage actual average 57 mpg dodge PU 4x4 1983 = 11 to 14 mpg My prius is almost paying for itself but so has my truck. Both vehicle types have their uses. And if you can afford both, it sounds like sense. A curmudgeon might question whether the resources consumed -- including the energy involved in manufacturing the two vehicles -- justifies having one parked in the garage while the other is driven. As I was thinking about Gunner in his truck it occurred to me that he may be doing it the most efficient way possible: he needs the truck, and there's no separate pile of sheet metal sitting useless in the garage while he drives it. -- Ed Huntress |
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Edwards: Americans should sacrifice their SUVs
On Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:08:18 -0400, "Ed Huntress"
wrote: "Modat22" wrote in message .. . I gave up SUV's a long time ago, I don't find them all the useful personally. Now pickups on the other hand, I've always owned a PU truck and probably always will. Can't get around my neck of the woods without one. I also own a Prius that I strictly use to commute. Weekly miles driven prius = 620 miles per week pickup = average miles 5 miles per week Prius gas mileage actual average 57 mpg dodge PU 4x4 1983 = 11 to 14 mpg My prius is almost paying for itself but so has my truck. Both vehicle types have their uses. And if you can afford both, it sounds like sense. A curmudgeon might question whether the resources consumed -- including the energy involved in manufacturing the two vehicles -- justifies having one parked in the garage while the other is driven. As I was thinking about Gunner in his truck it occurred to me that he may be doing it the most efficient way possible: he needs the truck, and there's no separate pile of sheet metal sitting useless in the garage while he drives it. I also now own a big..big 1 ton Ford E-350 van. The 351 in it may get 12-15mpg..but its only gonna get used when I have to haul a big machine or the "moble supply room" Im building, to job sites, the rest of the time, its gonna be parked. The client will pay the extra costs for its use. Gunner |
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