*Batman*

I really wish more people were like you. As it is the roads are overcrowded and your mpgs plummet due to traffic.

<VENOM>

don't they already, expensive to own at any stage of ownership

ecr527

I would consider one of these options:

1) I would ride my bike to the train station and hop on the train.
2) Maybe get a car that gets better mileage.
3) Ask my employer if I could work 4 10 hour days a week, instead of doing 5 8 hour days.

ecstaticSC

iTrader: (3)

Not much would change for me, since I don't drive much. I have an economy car for school/work and I drive my SC300 on weekends. I would be interested to see how much value v8, v10 cars would drop if the gas prices rose to $10 a gallon.

Och

iTrader: (3)

Watch the prices of everything rise up like crazy, including your heating bill. Its bound to happen, life is getting more and more expensive.

UDel

While my car is a rwd V8 sedan it is paid for, relatively reliable, and does not have a lot of miles considering its age so there is no way I would buy something new or more fuel efficient to try to save money unless I could do an even trade. Buying a brand new or slightly used hybrid or electric most likely at a huge premium would make no sense financially and it would cost you much more to do that then any amount of fuel savings.

I would do what I do now, car pool, drive less, try to do as many things into one trip, look for deals and be responsible with what I buy and spend. To deal with the added cost I may cut some things out that I don't need like cable/satelite radio/gym membership/golf/going out to eat as much, etc and would probably have to get a extra job. It will not just be gas that goes up but the price of everything from food, goods, services, etc. High gas prices would quickly destroy the middle class and our economy, hybrids and electrics would not make any difference as everything would go up even the price of electricity to charge those electrics.

lexmenow

There would be riots on the streets. THERE WILL BE BLOOD.

bagwell

NICE!!!!!! but be careful --- I think the gas in your tank will go bad after about 5-6 months (just add stabilizer if you never use it).

DustinV

jadu

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^^^^ rofl!

seanlee

while i greatly appreciate the high level of safety/crash standard, and many lives it managed to save. i, however, think the DMV should completely change its current driving test standard. most of drivers on the road today would not pass European driving test and they should be removed from the road. i would vote for a 5000 dollar driving test and move incompetent drivers away from public road.

bagwell

I don't know about $5000 test but I agree they should give an ANNUAL driving test or at least every 2 years...my Dad is pretty much blind but still has a driver's license (we took the keys away -from his totaled car- after he pulled in front of an Excursion).

NoLFA4U

My Titan. 11mpg FTW!!!!

bitkahuna

iTrader: (20)

rumblings that Isaac hitting the gulf coast will raise gas prices further... good!

mmarshall

I don't think that tougher driving-tests are necessarily the solution (and I say that as someone who was a licensed pilot and having gone through flight-training, which is much tougher than driver-training and also requires medical-clearance and annual or bi-annual flight-reviews). With driving, much of it is simple common-sense, not something that you learn in textbooks or even always behind the wheel itself with miles. I think the best way to improve road-safety, in both the short and long-runs, is to simply have people spend a couple of evenings in the Emergency or Intensive-Care ward of a hospital observing, first-hand, the results of carelessness, excessive speed, alcohol/drugs, driver-impairment, overconfidence, and driver-inattention from electronic-devices. Yes, a few hours of this should open up a lot of eyes real quick.