my neighbor has one. It's cute! I'm not buying a car until I have to. People constantly run into me. Always from the back when I'm stopped.

Where I live in the UK unleaded fuel costs £1.20 per litre. That's the equivalent of approx $8.50 per gallon.

you americans have nothing to complain about

you're missing the point, the country is set up differently so it depends on cheap fuel just like limeyland depends on the constant flow of tea.

apples, oranges.

now if you ask me, is the setup of this country fucked up? i'll say most wholeheartedly YES. but millions are literally trapped in such a setup and can't yank their homes from the ground and move into an apartment in an area with high population density overnight.

bad strategy, yes, but it was setup when car companies used to run the government.

The smart car is fucking stupid...and ugly.
For all the space you're giving up you ain't getting enough of a mileage benefit. If you want amazing mileage get a Volkswagon Diesel, or a Toyota Yaris - this way you're riding a real car instead of that yuppie status shit car sold by Mercedes here in the USA.

oh - and comparitive gas prices around the world:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gas_prices

here is the high price and low price in the world.
country - per liter - per gallon

Sierra Leone
$4.87 USD/L
$18.43 USD/G
Venezuela (Caracas)
$0.05 USD/L
$0.19 USD/G

i'm tired of people bitching too. don't drive, take public transportation, carpool, ride your bike, walk......
that too. in europe the gas prices are far higher than in the US.



and also, you guys better get used to it because they're not going down any time soon.

is that what it is? i thought they looked cool, and figured they'd be more efficient than SUVs, but i'm no car expert. yaris? what's a yaris?

a yaris is a toyota hybrid. isn't it?
maybe it's not a hybrid

just look for a car with a good reliable diesel engine and manual transmission and you should be good.

Hot.

you have a kid?!?!

you don;t think floatingslow would hang out for ten years without gettin tap tap tap on that uterus huh?

Well where I live there is essentiallly no public transportation.
Houston is a joke in that regard.

And people have every right to complain about gas prices, if it effects their ability to pay their bills and feed their family, than I'd be surprised if they didn't complain.... and yeah things are only gonna get worse before they get better.

buses, trains and all that shit also run on diesel and gasoline, so it affects them too, and public school transportation, and truckers, and delivey people, and shipping companies,a nd grocery stores and everything

Exactly. Its an epidemic.

Well yeah. I'm nearly 37 and have been married for 12 years. I've got an 11 year old super blond boy.

i am well aware that it affects the price of everything. however if you use any of the aforementioned methods of transportations (ie NOT drive as normal) you will be saving more money.

:D

americans complaining about petrol prices makes me laugh to a point. i feel for you guys but believe me, you aint seen nothing yet. petrol prices here ahve risen stupidly even home heating oil has risen 95% in the last 6 months... so its not all about driving yr flash car or anything its about life itself... its gonna get worse... ireland still isnt as band as the uk tho, its getting there tho. also diesel is much dearer here now than petrol, thats changed from last year when the sales of diesel cars rocketed to combat rising petrol prices...

ive said this before on another thread. if you dont drive or dont have much usage of oil/petrol then fair enough but if you depend on your car for day to day living (we have to run 2 cars here due to kidz, jobs, locallity of living) then you can complain. im tired of people complaining about people complaining and then saying you cant do anything about it.. YES YOU CAN you can vote.........

governments should eliviate the ridiculous tax on fuel for the moment... it may stop a disaster that is imminent.....

as for the smart car.. i wouldnt be able to live with myself driving a car that you have to pull backwards on the carpet to make it go........ also if you get caught in someone elses accident... you are fucked!

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