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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:07 PM Original message |
Troubles fail to drive down Hummer owners' passion |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
1. You can't cure stupid. eom |
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Muttocracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. yep, my grandfather used to say "you can't make brains" nt |
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ThoughtCriminal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:11 PM Response to Original message |
2. If I ever had to drive a civilian Hummer |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:28 PM Response to Reply #2 |
11. I'm humiliated even driving my economical Civic. |
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eleny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:12 PM Response to Original message |
3. They're free to go broke |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:14 PM Response to Original message |
4. They have pretty much disappeared from the streets of Marin County. |
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tularetom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. Imagine their disappointment when they discover |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. They've made a lifestyle choice. It's their choice to make. |
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OwnedByFerrets (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:26 PM Response to Reply #6 |
8. Its that choice that helped get us into the |
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carlyhippy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:06 AM Response to Reply #8 |
41. Some people don't have a choice, they have to have a big vehicle |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #8 |
45. Not Just the Fault of Hummer Owners |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:27 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Choose a classic !!! |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:49 PM Response to Reply #9 |
15. 2001 Audi S8 - $21.5k two years ago. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:57 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Hows the fuel milage on those S8's? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:12 PM Response to Reply #18 |
24. 14 city, 21 highway. I average 17mpg. |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:58 PM Response to Reply #24 |
32. Have you checked out the new Pontiac G8? |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:04 PM Response to Reply #32 |
34. A friend's looking at one...if he gets it, I get to drive it :) |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:01 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Ah, man! For half that money you could have a bugeyed Sprite or a MGA 1600 |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. They're sweet cars. |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:21 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. Well, I have two cars (and my wife has the minivan) |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:23 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Agreed. There's nothing like a brisk drive through some twisties to clear one's head. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. "It's not stupidity, it's a choice." |
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MercutioATC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:54 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. True, but making an informed choice that others don't agree with isn't "stupidity". |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #17 |
22. I was merely commenting on the false dichotomy |
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donco6 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:49 AM Response to Reply #6 |
37. And it's our choice to make fun of them. |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:57 AM Response to Reply #6 |
39. A choice is a choice. And everyone's free to make them. |
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sagetea (471 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 10:15 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. Yes everyone is free to make a choice |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
7. The local Hummer dealer here was running ads leasing for $259 a month. |
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bulloney (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
10. Cost of owning and operating a Hummer aside, I never could see the appeal of those things. |
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LiberalFighter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Still be out there at $10 a gallon? That would require $320 to fill up. |
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DailyGrind51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Two kinds of people still drive these things: |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 05:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. I dont see the point in bashing Hummers, honestly, |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Reply #16 |
20. Mileage |
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bumblebee1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:12 PM Response to Reply #20 |
48. Ah!!! Your brother was passing everything but a gas station. n/t |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 06:17 PM Response to Reply #16 |
47. We were *this close* to bashing you brother |
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cliss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
21. My wish for the Day: |
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Tab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:08 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Lost you on the last part, but we could give them to the troops |
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CRF450 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:03 PM Response to Reply #23 |
33. WHAAAAAT?!! |
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jaybeat (729 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 02:32 PM Response to Reply #23 |
46. Support the troops... DONATE your HUMMER! |
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madrchsod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:24 PM Response to Original message |
28. the local bison ranch owner has one |
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ellie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
30. Yea, it's so cool to waste money. |
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Q3JR4 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
31. There's a yellow hummer that |
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Doctor Cynic (965 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 07:55 PM Response to Original message |
35. dupe |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jul-26-08 08:05 PM Response to Original message |
36. Meanwhile, those who worked on the Hummer line at the GM plant |
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Pale Blue Dot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 09:54 AM Response to Original message |
38. Hey, penises don't grow on their own! |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message |
42. Lack of penis now watch me drive. Deedeefuckingdee. |
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erpowers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:52 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. More Female Hummer Drivers |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-27-08 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
43. Again? |
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