Author Topic: Are you an economist freak? (Read 5071 times)

Havok · « **on:** October 10, 2005, 10:31:38 am »

I guess since some us here are pro fuel efficiency, anti-SUV, that makes us freaks. It's a shame some of us care about the future we leave for our children, and that makes us freaks. Discuss...

Stingray · « **Reply #1 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:39:03 am »

I can't afford to pay $75 to fill up a gas tank. If that makes me a freak, you can just throw it on the pile of other things that also make me a freak.

-S

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #2 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:58:35 am »

my car probably gets about the gas milage of an SUV.... but its a lot faster than an SUV =P

missioncontrol · « **Reply #3 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:02:49 am »

But can you take it off road......

oh wait my bad, most these SUV's aren't designed for real offroad like a real truck....

My Bronco rules

Havok · « **Reply #4 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:16:50 am »

Quote from: missioncontrol on October 10, 2005, 11:02:49 am

But can you take it off road......

oh wait my bad, most these SUV's aren't designed for real offroad like a real truck....

My Bronco rules

Shape D. · « **Reply #5 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:17:27 am »

Quote from: Stingray on October 10, 2005, 10:39:03 am

I can't afford to pay $75 to fill up a gas tank.

I only pay $40. I think SUV's have a use in some cases. but theres also people out there who drive them because they think they are cool.

Example:

Whats the point of a utility vehicle thats starts at $51,433. * MSRP. Tax, title, license, dealer fees and optional equipment extra. Images may include optional equipment.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2005, 11:23:03 am »

BYOAC - headquarters of SUV h8ers

nullb0y · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:02:35 pm »

i dirve a 4 cyl stick shifting truck that i keep tuned so i dont pay crap for gas and i also drive a moped

Samstag · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:21:02 pm »

Man, I totally thought this thread was going to be about Greenspan Groupies.

Economist?

<Inigo>I do not think that word means what you think.</Inigo>

Stingray · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:24:47 pm »

Quote from: Samstag on October 10, 2005, 12:21:02 pm

Man, I totally thought this thread was going to be about Greenspan Groupies.

Economist?

<Inigo>I do not think that word means what you think.</Inigo>

The term was lifted from a blanket insult hurled at the users of these forums in general. It was in another thread.

-S

shmokes · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2005, 12:51:31 pm »

A thread, I might add, that said insult hurler took it upon himself to lock hence the appearance of a new, seamingly out-of-the-blue thread. It also prompted me to start a thread in the Board Discussion forum asking why one has the ability to lock a thread just because one started it.

RayB · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:05:27 pm »

Hey, God will provide. Use up everything you can. Cut down all the trees. It will all magically come back.

Jess-- · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:06:12 pm »

have to admint that I love my range rover (SUV i think) and also like the power I have available from its V8 engine,

Should say that I regularly have to haul 2.5 ton trailers out of ploughed fields so I do have justification for running it, company I work with uses the old 4 litre jeep cherokee's and is always breaking axles / gearboxes etc, my 20 ish year old machine just carries on.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:06:29 pm »

And as we wind on down the road
Our shadows taller than our souls
There walks a lady we all know
Who shines white light and wants to show
How everything still turns to gold
And if you listen very hard
The tune will come to you at last
When all are one and one is all
To be a rock and not to roll
Woe oh oh oh oh oh
And she's buying a stairway to heaven

shmokes · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:45:16 pm »

Quote from: Sephroth57 on October 10, 2005, 01:06:29 pm

There walks a lady we all know

That seems like a sweeping generalization.

Havok · « **Reply #15 on:** October 10, 2005, 01:59:17 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on October 10, 2005, 12:24:47 pm

Quote from: Samstag on October 10, 2005, 12:21:02 pm
Man, I totally thought this thread was going to be about Greenspan Groupies.

Economist?

<Inigo>I do not think that word means what you think.</Inigo>

The term was lifted from a blanket insult hurled at the users of these forums in general. It was in another thread.

-S

Yup - and I won't lock the thread...

rampy · « **Reply #16 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:10:06 pm »

"Re: Are you an economist freak?"

Dissapointed... this thread has nothing to do with economists at all!

shmokes · « **Reply #17 on:** October 10, 2005, 02:49:08 pm »

Rampy, you'd have to look here to understand.

AtomSmasher · « **Reply #18 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:13:39 pm »

I call you freaks because driving fuel effecient cars won't save your children. It might help your children's children but children shouldn't be having sex so we won't have to worry about our children's children.

Anyways, my two cars are an '04 GTO which gets about 16mpg city and 20 highway, and a '74 Ford F-100 truck which probably doesn't even get 10mpg highway

Stingray · « **Reply #19 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:16:10 pm »

I don't have any children, I'm just too poor to buy more than six gallons at a time.

-S

rampy · « **Reply #20 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:22:47 pm »

Quote from: shmokes on October 10, 2005, 02:49:08 pm

Rampy, you'd have to look here to understand.

can one even use economists in that context. shouldn't it be economizersists?

Economist freaks are dudes with pocket protectors, excell sheets, and a mohawk

Havok · « **Reply #21 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:24:55 pm »

Quote from: AtomSmasher on October 10, 2005, 03:13:39 pm

I call you freaks because driving fuel effecient cars won't save your children.

shmokes · « **Reply #22 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:29:42 pm »

Quote from: AtomSmasher on October 10, 2005, 03:13:39 pm

...won't save your children. It might help your children's children...

That seems kind of nit picky

PetitMorte · « **Reply #23 on:** October 10, 2005, 03:39:35 pm »

is a good video about how wonderfully the Hummer2 performs as an off-road vehicle.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #24 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:11:56 pm »

Speaking of the Hummers, I saw one a week or so ago with a custom tag his said "ozone" I chuckled on that one.

wish I had my digital camera with me.......

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #25 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:14:11 pm »

lol, i was hanging out with this girl last week and i said something about the ozone layer, forget why. and shes like "the o-zone, isnt that the black hole?" and she was dead serious, i just cracked up laughing and shes like , what?

whew, blondes

Stingray · « **Reply #26 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:18:53 pm »

Did you show her your ozone face?

-S

Havok · « **Reply #27 on:** October 10, 2005, 04:23:51 pm »

Quote from: Stingray on October 10, 2005, 04:18:53 pm

Did you show her your ozone face?

-S

Is that the new chick from Logistics?

sgfootball2006 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 10, 2005, 05:55:05 pm »

Alright guys I am sorry for my words and actions. Thread being discussed is back up with another apology.

clanggedin · « **Reply #29 on:** October 10, 2005, 06:43:28 pm »

FYI... The hole in the Ozone is getting smaller according to the newest reports... As for SUVs they are making Hybrid ones and Chevy has a new V8 that gets 28 MPG.

If compaines didn't make SUVs then dealerships like us would have nothing with a high enough book value to absorb all of your negative equity that you have from buying that new car that is now worth $4000 less than what you currently owe on it.

missioncontrol · « **Reply #30 on:** October 10, 2005, 06:49:12 pm »

Quote from: clanggedin on October 10, 2005, 06:43:28 pm

FYI... The hole in the Ozone is getting smaller according to the newest reports...

missioncontrol takes his keys and runs outside... Starts truck and revs engine for 5 minutes then runs back inside....

how bout now???

NoOne=NBA= · « **Reply #31 on:** October 10, 2005, 07:34:40 pm »

There are alot of people I know that NEED to have a big vehicle.

My sister upgraded from a 9-passenger Suburban several years ago, and just upgraded from a 12-passenger to a 15-passenger van.
They haul their trailer all over with it, have 4 kids, and do alot of activities with the Jr. High group at their church.

Have you ever tried to take Mom, Dad, Grandpa, Grandma, 4 kids, 4 of their friends, and an Aunt and Uncle somewhere in a Civic?
You'd need FOUR Civics to do it.
Even at 40 MPG, you'd be using MORE gas, creating several times more pollution, taking up FOUR TIMES the parking spaces, and creating more traffic.

sgfootball2006 · « **Reply #32 on:** October 10, 2005, 08:00:55 pm »

amen!

Samstag · « **Reply #33 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:09:33 pm »

Since the other thread is open again, can Rampy and I use this one to discuss Alan Greenspan?

EDIT: Also monetary policy?

TOK · « **Reply #34 on:** October 10, 2005, 09:17:25 pm »

Quote from: Havok on October 10, 2005, 10:31:38 am

I guess since some us here are pro fuel efficiency, anti-SUV, that makes us freaks. It's a shame some of us care about the future we leave for our children, and that makes us freaks. Discuss...

I tow, have a child, and also have two elderly parents that sometimes travel or run errands with me. I need a vehicle with some space. I have a crew cab pickup truck, but I think they're probably disliked by the same people that dislike SUV's. I do have a little 4 cylinder standard cab pickup for the day-to-day running around though.

What makes you a freak is that you think you need to write "Discuss" after a post on a discussion forum.

Tailgunner · « **Reply #35 on:** October 10, 2005, 10:04:27 pm »

I've a 24' gas powered box truck that has averages about 6 miles to a gallon. In my truck I can see clear over any SUV, and can squash it like a bug should the need arise.

I once got stuck behind a Prius in rush hour traffic while driving the truck through Atlanta. There are damned few vehicles that can't out accellerate my truck from a stop when it's loaded. The Prius isn't one of them.

Havok · « **Reply #36 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:16:05 am »

Quote from: TOK on October 10, 2005, 09:17:25 pm

Quote from: Havok on October 10, 2005, 10:31:38 am
I guess since some us here are pro fuel efficiency, anti-SUV, that makes us freaks. It's a shame some of us care about the future we leave for our children, and that makes us freaks. Discuss...

I tow, have a child, and also have two elderly parents that sometimes travel or run errands with me. I need a vehicle with some space. I have a crew cab pickup truck, but I think they're probably disliked by the same people that dislike SUV's. I do have a little 4 cylinder standard cab pickup for the day-to-day running around though.

What makes you a freak is that you think you need to write "Discuss" after a post on a discussion forum.

Sephroth57 · « **Reply #37 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:51:33 am »

SNL FTW

Stingray · « **Reply #38 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:53:39 am »

Okay, I confess. In addition to my beloved Mini, I also own a 3/4 ton 5.7 liter Chevrolet pickup. I tried getting my boat to the lake with my Mini, but it was doomed to not end well.

-S

Bones · « **Reply #39 on:** October 11, 2005, 08:58:11 am »

Your Mini has the same engine capacity as my bike.

Not that there is anything wrong with it........


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