Posted on 03/22/2006 5:50:00 PM PST by wagglebee
I proudly made the list, as did 90% of my family
Do you drive trucks or $250K+ exotics?
No matter how much money I had, the day I ever have a driver to drive for me is the day I've lost.
With an unlimited budget, I'd drive this, or one like it.
The only time anyone drives for me is if I have had a drink or ten.
Well Rush has said a number of times that he doesn't drive an SUV, I think he's probably too big for a Lamborghini or Ferrari, so that leaves the Maybach or the Bentley. My guess is that he probably has one of each.""
Somehow I think he drives a HUMMER. I can see him in that. Maybach or Bently too easy to spot and have the losers looking hard to see who is driving. Hummers more common. Wish I could afford the Dodge truck which is at the top of the list. It pulls great, and it probably wouldn't even notice my 4 horse trailer behind it......
And proud of it.
Sometimes, I just have to shake my head in wonder at what our grandchildren will be thinking when they read this sort of stuff fifty years hence wondering how could it be that many Americans could not see that this was not just - or even mostly - about tweaking some liberal's nose or enjoying the perks of personal success, but that instead it was about the survival of the US as a country able to chart it's own economic fate and freely able to act against those who wish to destroy us.
Power plants burn fuel to create electricity. Often that fuel is coal, which causes pollution, just like the internal combustion engine. Different inputs at different points.
Somebody needs to run the numbers of Ms. David's claims. The numbers just seem out of whack.
If the Dodge SRT truck is there, why isn't the Dodge Viper? A ten cylinder engine and it doesn't make the list? What the devil am I saving for if I can't have one of the top ten meanest myself?
Gee, I bet his money had nothing to do with her marrying him.
Okay, that makes sense, I was thinking far enough up the line. I am familiar with hydroelectric dams and some companies use large turbines but not sure what they run on.
trucks and SUV's
playin in the dirt
Looks like Elaine married George. George won the lottery, or his parents died and went to Florida. I had a crush on Elaine, she was cute. Just whacko.
We have one of those vehicles too...we feel like Rush does. :)
Personally, I like direct-injected Turbo-Diesels.
I've ridden in a Dodge SRT pickup. It was nice but has a short wheelbase for a bumpy ride and doesn't tow enough for my needs.
My 2004 Dodge Cummins 3500 TDI with 305hp and 610 lb-ft. of torque on the other hand... it will tow the horse trailer with Merlin (our 2 y/o 1500 lb. Percheron) here in the mountains of SE Idaho with ease. It gets 12mpg towing and 17mpg solo highway cruising. Not bad for a 1 ton-rated 6 passenger pickup truck that WILL burn Bio-Diesel if it is available.
BTW - I went to the Dodge National Championship Rodeo in Pocatello, ID last Saturday and had a ball watching the cowboys, saluting our flag, and ogling the 2006 Dodge Mega-Cab 3500 TDI which has 325hp and 610 lb. ft of torque... I wish they would stop improving that truck because now I want THAT one!
I don't remember where I read it, but I think he does a lot of reading needed for his job on the way to work, thus the need for a large luxurious car and driver.
For someone at his income level, with these demands on his time, it has a postiive return on investment; he needs more time to work and relax than he does the money it takes to get a luxury car and driver.
Also, I don't think it's a lot of fun to drive in NYC. You certainly wouldn't want a Canterham (is that what that is?) in NYC weather, either.
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I'm all for people driving whatever the hell they want.
That said, why doesn't everyone conserve all they can? There's nothing wrong with CFLs. I got tired of replacing bulbs all the time and switched out to CFLs in about 75% of my sockets. NJ has subsidies(probably the only damn thing I get for my taxes in this state), so you often can get them CHEAPER than regular bulbs.
Also of note, saving electricity doesn't affect our oil imports much at all if any, but who doesn't want to save a few bucks on their electric bill?
I think we need to go entirely to clean coal and Nuclear and ramp it up a whole bunch. Plug-in Electrics will work for some proportion of people and we should encourage that. The more we can use electricity for transporation, the more we can flip the bird to external suppliers of oil.
As soon as he got to NY, I pretty much wrote him off, so I may never know...
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