[Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

[Dan Hockey]

My 04 Dodge Cummins 3500 averages about 14-15mpg going to work and back, my
97 caravan used to get 12-13mpg when I used to drive it to work. With the
price of diesel being cheaper then gas I bet you can guess which one I'm
driving;~) besides, It's funny to see the hog riders get out of my way when
they hear me, my caravan doesn't have that affect.
-dh     

-----Original Message-----
From: cialug-bounces at cialug.org [mailto:cialug-bounces at cialug.org] On Behalf
Of David Champion
Sent: Friday, May 25, 2007 1:05 PM
To: Central Iowa Linux Users Group
Subject: Re: [Cialug] O.T. Who Killed The Electric Car ?

Some people that own a big truck do need it - for work, or because they
frequently haul things or tow with it. But a lot (I'd argue the
majority) of truck / suv owners don't need them. The could get by with a
smaller vehicle. How many people with a 4x4 truck or SUV have ever had
them off-road?

As Dan J. once pointed out to me, you can rent a truck when you need it,
and doing that is much cheaper than actually owning a truck.

Of course... I don't "need" my convertable sports car either. :)

-dc

Dave J. Hala Jr. wrote:
> You could also argue that if cars were cheaper, you could own a 1 ton
> truck and a fuel efficient car and then only drive the truck when you
> need it. Which a lot of people would actually do.
> 
> Problem is that you when you need a big truck, and have to choose, the
> big truck usually wins.
> 
> On Fri, 2007-05-25 at 12:17, Tim Perdue wrote:
>> Brandon Griffis wrote:
>>
>>> That and too many people are buying 1 ton trucks for their daily commute

>>> to the office.
>> This is really caused by gas being way too cheap for too long. Even at 
>> $3/gallon, my wife is really wanting to get a new SUV, which I am 
>> putting the kibosh on.
>>
>> Bottled water is still more expensive than gas, even now.
>>
>> Tim
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