Comments on: Dw. Dunphy On… Your Friend, the Gas Guzzler http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/ your daily dose of pop culture Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:14:52 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: steve http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-41680 steve Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:10:40 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-41680 Warm fuzzies contiue<br><br><a href="http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080801/earns_gm.html" rel="nofollow">http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/080801/earns_gm.html</a> Warm fuzzies contiue

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]]> By: MatthewF http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-18063 MatthewF Fri, 01 Aug 2008 11:24:14 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-18063 I don't know what it's like in the states but in London the size of the 4x4 (as we call 'em) seems to be inversely proportional to the size of the child being ferried around in the back. Parents have got it into their heads that these are safer and they owe to their children to drive them around in tanks because the roads are dangerous. and they are dangerous, because they're filled with 4x4s. I don't know what it's like in the states but in London the size of the 4×4 (as we call 'em) seems to be inversely proportional to the size of the child being ferried around in the back. Parents have got it into their heads that these are safer and they owe to their children to drive them around in tanks because the roads are dangerous. and they are dangerous, because they're filled with 4×4s.

]]> By: Leon http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-18062 Leon Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:22:56 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-18062 as Lee Iacocca said, "Mini-cars mean mini-profits." The way things have been going with the economy, it's like watching a freight train hit a car at 10 mph - the conductor is trying to stop, but it's still going to drag for about a half mile. Painful to watch, and I think the next five years will be very interesting to watch how things go. as Lee Iacocca said, “Mini-cars mean mini-profits.” The way things have been going with the economy, it's like watching a freight train hit a car at 10 mph – the conductor is trying to stop, but it's still going to drag for about a half mile. Painful to watch, and I think the next five years will be very interesting to watch how things go.

]]> By: ozarkmatt http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-18061 ozarkmatt Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:14:06 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-18061 Well, since the Land Rover has been around pretty much since the end of WWII, I'm not quite sure what were going for there. But that is what I get for reading any post around here that doesn't deal with pop music. <br><br>It's always fun to read the rants though. Keep it up! Well, since the Land Rover has been around pretty much since the end of WWII, I'm not quite sure what were going for there. But that is what I get for reading any post around here that doesn't deal with pop music.

It's always fun to read the rants though. Keep it up!

]]> By: Ted http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-18060 Ted Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:26:37 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-18060 I have a neighbor who works for Toyota, and I was asking him how business was going for them -- 'cause, you know, they have that whole Prius line that's selling well. He said it's horrible because they have all these gas guzzler trucks, jeeps and SUVs they can't unload. Plus, in order to "adjust" to the economic realities of high gas prices, it will take Toyota a decade because of all the R&D they have in the pipeline. As my neighbor put it: "People think you can flip a switch and we (Toyota) can start stamping out hybrids and electric vehicles. But once the investments are made, it's really difficult to change course when the complexities of all those contracts is factored in." So, the long and the short of it is that it gas guzzlers are here to stay for the near future -- at least for Toyota I have a neighbor who works for Toyota, and I was asking him how business was going for them — 'cause, you know, they have that whole Prius line that's selling well. He said it's horrible because they have all these gas guzzler trucks, jeeps and SUVs they can't unload. Plus, in order to “adjust” to the economic realities of high gas prices, it will take Toyota a decade because of all the R&D they have in the pipeline. As my neighbor put it: “People think you can flip a switch and we (Toyota) can start stamping out hybrids and electric vehicles. But once the investments are made, it's really difficult to change course when the complexities of all those contracts is factored in.” So, the long and the short of it is that it gas guzzlers are here to stay for the near future — at least for Toyota

]]> By: steve http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/comment-page-1/#comment-18059 steve Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:12:32 +0000 http://popdose.com/dw-dunphy-on-your-friend-the-gas-guzzler/#comment-18059 You da man DW. Great piece. I still snicker, and it gives me warm fuzzies to see the (supposed) downfall of the SUV. But don't hold your breath, gas prices went down 15 cents nationally, they're starting to reconsider. Five more cents down and they'll start selling Hummers again.<br><br>I too see your point about the autoworkers. But hey, they can work on other cars (American will alway need cars), and let's let the market play out. If Ford and GM are that stupid and have virtually no ability to look forward beyond their noses, then let them fail. New companies that are smarter will replace them. Let the Toyotas and Hondas build more US plants and give those workers jobs, and let more fledgling US car companies who actually have business savvy spring up. Capitalism has a wonderful way of letting all that happen.<br><br>I stop feeling sorry when I think of the greedy, shallow, vain, status-based, keep-up-with-the-Jones', fiscally irresponsible American consumer who created this situation for themselves. And now they wine about it. Boo fuckin hoo. I'm laughing at them, not with them. You did a great job touching on this, but I'll use more abrupt language. The fucktards who bought $40,000 SUVs when they earn $50,000 a year - and there are millions of them - now may reap the consequences of their irresponsible personal behavior. Many of the same aforementioned 'tards are the same who bought $500,000 homes (with no money down!) and interest-only loans (that they didn't read), and now we're bailing these shitbags out.<br><br>A poll on CNN not too long ago asked "Who's to blame for high gas prices?". Only 15% of responses said "consumers". Yeah, 15%. Most said "Congress" or " Big Oil" or whoever. But not me, as I pull away in my 12mpg Tahoe. If every American vehicle since 2000 just got 1 (one) mpg more - just one mile-per-gallon! - we could have saved billions of gallons of oil this decade alone. But "Big Oil" Is to blame. Right. I guess you could say Big Oil is to blame in the sense that they're not pumping the stuff fast enough so they can match the pace that the irresponsible, ignorant, entitled American consumer can waste it.<br><br>I hope gas goes to $10.00 a gallon. You da man DW. Great piece. I still snicker, and it gives me warm fuzzies to see the (supposed) downfall of the SUV. But don't hold your breath, gas prices went down 15 cents nationally, they're starting to reconsider. Five more cents down and they'll start selling Hummers again.

I too see your point about the autoworkers. But hey, they can work on other cars (American will alway need cars), and let's let the market play out. If Ford and GM are that stupid and have virtually no ability to look forward beyond their noses, then let them fail. New companies that are smarter will replace them. Let the Toyotas and Hondas build more US plants and give those workers jobs, and let more fledgling US car companies who actually have business savvy spring up. Capitalism has a wonderful way of letting all that happen.

I stop feeling sorry when I think of the greedy, shallow, vain, status-based, keep-up-with-the-Jones', fiscally irresponsible American consumer who created this situation for themselves. And now they wine about it. Boo fuckin hoo. I'm laughing at them, not with them. You did a great job touching on this, but I'll use more abrupt language. The fucktards who bought $40,000 SUVs when they earn $50,000 a year – and there are millions of them – now may reap the consequences of their irresponsible personal behavior. Many of the same aforementioned 'tards are the same who bought $500,000 homes (with no money down!) and interest-only loans (that they didn't read), and now we're bailing these shitbags out.

A poll on CNN not too long ago asked “Who's to blame for high gas prices?”. Only 15% of responses said “consumers”. Yeah, 15%. Most said “Congress” or ” Big Oil” or whoever. But not me, as I pull away in my 12mpg Tahoe. If every American vehicle since 2000 just got 1 (one) mpg more – just one mile-per-gallon! – we could have saved billions of gallons of oil this decade alone. But “Big Oil” Is to blame. Right. I guess you could say Big Oil is to blame in the sense that they're not pumping the stuff fast enough so they can match the pace that the irresponsible, ignorant, entitled American consumer can waste it.

I hope gas goes to $10.00 a gallon.

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