Comments on: Lotta Poor Man Make a Five Dollar Bill

By: Terry

Terry — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:18:57 +0000

Having lived thru this before in the 70’s and seeing the ilk that Detroit pushed out in terms of Chevettes, Pinto’s Vegas (Cosworth Vega aside)and 4 cylinder Mustangs of all things, I am not going to get swept up in it again. My 15 mpg Dodge Ram blows, but I am not going to get stressed into buying a car that gets 20 mpg.. Fuel efficiency isn’t the issue, fuel cost is (well, efficiency is an issue, true, but cost is more significant if you factor in tractor trailer fuel costs which impact on the price of goods…you aren’t going to get alot of VW trucks on the road) I remember my buddy in the late 70’s lamenting the falling stock he held in Winnebago…Those RV dinosaurs seemed to come back a decade later, much to my surprise….I imagine that they are selling like lead balloons now…. I just believe that we are at the whim of profit inspired capitalists who have the fuel and auto design market figured out far beyond our collective abilities to respond. I don’t believe that the customer drives the market in this case..rather the market seems to drive us (no pun intended)…

By: Denizen

Denizen — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:14:07 +0000

By: STEEL

STEEL — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:44:20 +0000

We need congress to step in and pass subsidies on the resale of gas guzzlers.

By: Ben Franklin

Ben Franklin — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:55:18 +0000

Keep him happy all the time,

some other fella’s make nothing at all,

and you can hear him cry.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 07 May 2008 11:43:44 +0000

The real sad story is the suv’s you see waiting at Tim Horton’s drive thru every morning, can’t you just get your ass out of bed a little early and make a pot of coffee? Good luck with you VW, I went to the Suburu wagon since 98 when gas was still 99 cents.