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The Word is "Excess"

We have a new resident in the University Commons parking lot: the obscenely large tank of an SUV, enemy of all things organic, the one, the only, Hummer 2. I am shocked an appalled.

Apparently, this beast gets about 10 miles per gallon. Yes, you heard right. It also retails for just under $50,000. (Nearly $60,000 after car payments for 72 months.) Let’s compare this to my ‘95 Escort LX, shall we? I bought my car for $2,000, used. I’ve put less than $1,500 into it since I bought it, but let’s be generous. I still say it’s a bargain at $3,500. What’s more, I get 35 to 40 miles/gallon on the highway. It’s not much to look at, but it gets me around, and damned if it’s not economical.

Quick calculations: assuming 10,000 road miles a year and $1.55 a gallon for gas, I estimate I spend $442 a year on gas. The proud owner of the H2 outside my apartment will shell out $1,550 for the same mileage.

Gah, just needed to vent. Thanks for listening. =P

Posted 2003-08-06 at 18:45
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6 Comments

  1. Karl says:

    Bha ha ha, what a ho.  Have you keyed it yet? (:  damn thats fucking tempting one night.  I think I’ll do in next time I get drunk.

  2. ven says:

    Who are you to decide what is excess or not though?.. :P

    Hey MD, ltns.. ;)

  3. Adam says:

    Ven, man. Been a while. I tried to get back on Hotline at the beginning of the summer, but all my old bookmarks are dead. Do people still use it?

    I was looking through some old e-mail, and I found Vampy’s Yahoo! address. I e-mailed her the other day, and she actually replied. Memmmmmmmmmmmoriiiiiiies.

  4. ven says:

    yeah, there are still a thousand or so public servers on the trackers, and quite a few private servers still up. I will send you the addy and access account info later today to a server that a lot of the old boffo people still frequent. I will also tell ian “bbanzai” to give you the info to his server as well.  :)

  5. ven says:

    heh, actually I will need your email addy before I can send you the info, and you use your blog page addy instead of an email addy as your contact info. Can you send me your addy? teenwolftoo@hotmail.com

  6. Mitch Bruke says:

    Great site guys… Keep up the good work :)

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