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Why not stick it to them often and take the bus to work every few days. In a lot of cases the argument that public transportation sucks is not true. I live in LA, a city with one of the worst Mass transit systems ever and I take the bus at least 4 days a week (wife's pregnant so we have at least one appointment a week that I need to drive to). I drive to the park and ride (~2 miles) then I take the Commuter bus in to work. Granted I don't have to go anywhere during the day normally so that makes it easier for me but still. The first month I started taking the bus we saved ~$180 in gas including my bus fare ($32.00 a month). In the event that I want to meet the wife for dinner somewhere after work there are a ton of buses I could take. I've taken the bus on the way home to Westchester, Marina Del Rey, Santa Monica, etc...

It isn't as much fun as driving the porsche but when I drive to work I rarely get out of second gear which is quite lame. So, on the way to work and on the way home I take a nice little 20 minute nap or I read a little or talk to whomever is sitting next to me.

Seriously, if you want to reduce the price reduce the demand.

CArpool, take the bus and get a car that gets better gas mileage in town.

RANT

Honestly - Do we really think the GWB has NOTHING to do with the price of Gas these days? I find it truely remarkable that I rarely hear anything regarding this man's connection to the price of oil. For crying out loud he's an oil tycoon. Why would he want to reduce the price of oil in any way shape or form? Now, not only is he making money off of it but he's collecting more taxes for it as well.

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