In Carpool Lanes, Hybrids Find Cold Shoulders

In Carpool Lanes, Hybrids Find Cold Shoulders
[url]http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-hybrids10apr10%2C0%2C4636957.story?coll=la-home-headlines[/url]

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your best, last and only line of defense-a Cohort of Roman Heavy Infantry

People cannot accept the inevitable - be it on highways or in parking lots.

The final days of the SUV, RV, or relic ICE powered vehicle are approaching
and their owners will be assimilated into the hybrid fold.

At least Consumer Reports made some minor adjustments to their hybrid cost
savings errors in the latest issue. The bigger adjustments will be when the
RV and SUV crowd finds depreciation to be at at record rate for them while
the hybrid appreciates. Seems even the CR mentality is stuck in the same
mindset of the U.S. auto manufacturers.

Here comes the $4 per gallon gas.

In article <gIO_f.8973$YT1.1640@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net>
[email]bent_peg@worldnet.att.net[/email] "B. Peg" writes:
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> Here comes the $4 per gallon gas.[/color]

At least USians can still say "here comes...". The UK had (in US
terms) $6/gal petrol by mid-2005. (Mind, we don't have your long
journies, mostly, so it doesn't itch quite so much.)
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Andrew Stephenson

In article <123n8bh79pteub8@corp.supernews.com>
[email]gordian238@hotmail.com[/email] "Jim Higgins" writes:
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> your best, last and only line of defense-a Cohort of Roman
> Heavy Infantry[/color]

Ave! Er, the shops were sold out. What to use instead, in heavy
traffic? They only had a rabble of Goths and assorted Assyrians.
--
Andrew Stephenson

"Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:1144766822snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk...[color=blue]
> In article <123n8bh79pteub8@corp.supernews.com>
> [email]gordian238@hotmail.com[/email] "Jim Higgins" writes:
>[color=green]
>> your best, last and only line of defense-a Cohort of Roman
>> Heavy Infantry[/color]
>
> Ave! Er, the shops were sold out. What to use instead, in heavy
> traffic? They only had a rabble of Goths and assorted Assyrians.
> --
> Andrew Stephenson
>[/color]

A herd of Mongolians substitues nicely.
Or is that Mongoloids...?

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
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>
> "Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1144766822snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk...[color=green]
>> In article <123n8bh79pteub8@corp.supernews.com>
>> [email]gordian238@hotmail.com[/email] "Jim Higgins" writes:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> your best, last and only line of defense-a Cohort of Roman
>>> Heavy Infantry[/color]
>>
>> Ave! Er, the shops were sold out. What to use instead, in heavy
>> traffic? They only had a rabble of Goths and assorted Assyrians.
>> --
>> Andrew Stephenson
>>[/color]
>
> A herd of Mongolians substitues nicely.
> Or is that Mongoloids...?
>[/color]

Aren't mongoloids what you get from too much Sichuan food, you know, the
kind that burns twice?
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Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

"Hachiroku" <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote in message
news:y2S_f.2743$hf2.2073@trndny05...[color=blue]
>
> "Andrew Stephenson" <ames@deltrak.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:1144766822snz@deltrak.demon.co.uk...[color=green]
>> In article <123n8bh79pteub8@corp.supernews.com>
>> [email]gordian238@hotmail.com[/email] "Jim Higgins" writes:
>>[color=darkred]
>>> your best, last and only line of defense-a Cohort of Roman
>>> Heavy Infantry[/color]
>>
>> Ave! Er, the shops were sold out. What to use instead, in heavy
>> traffic? They only had a rabble of Goths and assorted Assyrians.
>> --
>> Andrew Stephenson
>>[/color]
>
> A herd of Mongolians substitues nicely.
> Or is that Mongoloids...?
>
>[/color]

Sorry that Caesar's personal legion, Legio X, is booked solid.

"B. Peg" <bent_peg@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:gIO_f.8973$YT1.1640@bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...[color=blue]
> People cannot accept the inevitable - be it on highways or in parking
> lots.
>
> The final days of the SUV, RV, or relic ICE powered vehicle are
> approaching and their owners will be assimilated into the hybrid fold.
>
> At least Consumer Reports made some minor adjustments to their hybrid cost
> savings errors in the latest issue. The bigger adjustments will be when
> the RV and SUV crowd finds depreciation to be at at record rate for them
> while the hybrid appreciates. Seems even the CR mentality is stuck in the
> same mindset of the U.S. auto manufacturers.
>
> Here comes the $4 per gallon gas.
>[/color]

I think when the price of gasoline goes up everyone offsets it by looking
for deals on food and clothing. But we're just kidding ourselves because we
would have looked for a good deal anyway. It means though that less will go
into savings. I'm an avid saver and it bothers me to know the bottom line is
losing it's value.

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