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Fed Up With Filling Up

Discussion in 'Prius, Hybrid, EV and Alt-Fuel News' started by jkash, Jun 20, 2004.

  1. jkash

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    Fed Up With Filling Up

    Newsweek

    Detroit used to think that consumers wouldn't worry about gas prices until they hit $3 a gallon. But sales of hulking SUVs are suffering, and hybrids are the new "it" car.

    John Luber reached the breaking point when he took the family SUV for a fill-up recently and the pump didn't stop spinning until it hit $65. When the Cincinnati-area dentist got home, he sat down with his wife and did the math. With their GMC Yukon getting only 13mpg and gas at $2 a gallon, they discovered their monthly fuel bill was more like a car payment: $385. So last month the Lubers doubled down. They traded in one guzzling SUV for two sipping Hondas. The new math: the family gas bill is slashed nearly in half. "We don't miss the big SUV," says Luber. "Not at all."
     
    #1 jkash, Jun 20, 2004
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    Gee! Too bad that so many SUV owners who CAN switch over to a more economical vehicle don't have the willpower or don't want to give up their addiction to OPEC's heroin. Three Cheers to John Luber for making an intelligent common sense decision! :D
     
    #2 randalla, Jun 21, 2004
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    "Detroit artist Alice Frank just ditched her Mercedes SUV for a white Prius. "With the Mercedes, you could watch it guzzle," she says. "When I first got the Prius, I was concerned that the gas gauge wasn't working.""

    Heh. That was an awesome article. Thanks jkash.
     
    #3 Sun__Tzu, Jun 21, 2004
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