Thread: Drill ANWAR?
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Old 04-18-2008, 05:06 PM
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And you are sure that the Burb the guy is driving today is his primary vehicle? I can't tell that.
Good point, but a Burb IMO is too gas-guzzling to EVER drive to the office or grocery store, even as a secondary vehicle.

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Then maybe you should go out and buy those gas guzzlers so others don't use them.
If the junkyards paid me enough to cover my costs and then some, I'd do it.


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OK. Fair enough. Tell me about my Excursion that gets 18 mpg. This week I have been driving it alone to work about 75 miles away. Suggest something better for me that will do all it does. It has to carry 4 dogs, tow an 8000# RV and 2 ATVs, do delivery runs here and there for florists and newspapers and take me to work when the wife is at a conference in a different part of the state. Oh, it has to take me to the store for a Coke and Big Mac run every now and then too. Now, here is the important thing, it cannot cost more than what my Ex would cost in maintenance, insurance and space.
You don't have to do any of those things in your Excursion. That's your choice and the kind of wasteful fuel expenditure that I'm talking about.
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