Date:         Sat, 5 Mar 2005 08:46:54 -0800
Reply-To:     "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         "Chris S." <mrpolak@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: gas prices - LONG LIVE MY TDI!!!!!!
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That's why I quit using my Vanagon as a daily driver.  I went
from 17 mpg to 40 mpg in the city when I bought my New Beetle
TDI - NO BATTERIES REQUIRED.  I get very high 40's on the
highway.


Yes, fuel costs the same, in adjusted dollars, now as it did in
1950, but in 1950 you could support a family on a single income
and you WALKED to the corner store to buy groceries before you
MADE dinner.  Children WALKED or RODE THE BIKE to school.  You
PATCHED torn clothes or socks (!) and FIXED your shoes.  You did
NOT own several TVs, A Mocrowave oven plus a convection oven
plus a regular oven, a VCR, DVD player, computer, X-box,
surround sound system, have clothes closets the size of bed
rooms.  We buy 3 cars and whine about the demise of public
transportation.  Who's to blame?  WE are.





Chris S.

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'01 NB TDI -> http://www.knology.net/~vw/Beetle.jpg

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