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Originally posted by Randy Webb
Same here - but I think it will affect value -- a lot of people drive their 911s a lot -- or think they want to when buying.
For the rest of us, the weekly gas bill can be hugely reduced if you:
- work at home (or retire at home)
- telecommute
- live near transit
- walk or bike
I've done them all. Using a car for recreation (more or less only) makes my life a lot nicer.
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Randy, you & I disagree on the "value" thing. Old, but mint muscle cars, with their poor gas mileage, are currently raking in auction bids beyond the $125K or so I've seen real RS's get. These are hardly economy cars.
It's your prescription for "the rest of us" that puts a bee up my ass. I live miles from the nearest store of any kind, a mini mart.
I'm supposed to walk 8 miles to buy a quart of milk?
IMHO, you share the views of our admitted pedophile ex-Governor of Oregon. That is, bike or walk or mass transit for the unwashed peons...only bureaucrats or politicians allowed to use the roads. "Neil" blocked the building of the Mt. Hood Freeway, insisting that the $$ be spent on "light rail" in the Portland area instead. I wonder if he'd have gotten what he wanted if the people of this state knew he was porking a supporter's 14 year old daughter? Elitism at it's highest...or perhaps it's lowest? Sorry, but I get really P.O.ed when people living in a state's major population areas tell we who live in the sticks how we should live or cope. Eugene? Is that now number 2, or is it 3rd of this state's most populous areas? I'm not sure. Do lemme know the next time you're coming through my area...I'll be sure to tell all the locals to put on their Lil' Abner and Daisy Mae costumes for your amusement...
