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Originally Posted by Steppenwolf1980
See, I do care about gas pricing, even though it is because of environmental issues. I live in a small town over here, about three miles from city center. When I need to go to the supermarket or the lake in summer, I usually take the bicycle. When I go shopping downtown, I park the car once and take a footwalk to all shops that I need to go. When I have to stop before a closed railroad crossing or a long term red traffic light, I even turn off the car's engine. I know that I SHOULD HAVE bought a different car than the Camaro, but I couldn't help because it is so beautiful. So at least I try to make a change with thinking about how to avoid unneccessary rides or keeping the engine running if there is no need for.
I don't have a personal benefit out of increasing gas pricing, not at all. I do work in the automotive industry (I design alloy wheels for a German brand), but this doesn't stick to the gas price. Probably a low gas price would increase our sales, because people have more money to spend on our wheels then. Anyway, when you say that the Europeans think that the U.S. citizens give a crap about what we are paying, maybe you're right. I remember my last visit in the United States a couple of years ago, where I took a rental car and headed for some nature-sanctuary anywhere around Tennessee. I stopped at a panorama parking area, turned off the car, stepped outside and enjoyed the scenery, the woods and the fresh air. Then a young hillbillie couple arrived with their 30-year old pick-up, throwing tons of smog and dirt out of its muffler. They parked right next to me, got out of the car and stared down the valley for approximately 15 minutes. During this they kept their frickin engine of their frickin old trash car running all time. Right inside that sanctuary. Nobody cared. If that would happen somewhere here, all the other visitors would lynch these two at the next tree. But don't worry, sometimes I also see people over here waiting in their car with the motor running. As long as this is still happening, the gas price is imho way too low.
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I'm sure you will have to replace the starter much sooner than anyone here.
Considering the amount we buy, what we buy, and sometimes the distance we have to travel, it is unrealistic for any of us in the US to ride a bicycle to the market.
$0.80 per gallon is still too high. I don't see how you could think that $3.50 is way too low.
If that guy in Tennessee left that old truck running, maybe he left it running because he'd have trouble starting it back up again. I've been in that situation.
I have an even older truck that runs cleaaaaaaaaaaaan.
But anyway, like I said... I don't care what Euros or Canucks do, or have to spend for what we get at an even lower price - though we don't want to pay as much as we do.
Americans don't have a short memory.