Message Forum: Re: gas prices and collectors

Re: gas prices and collectors

Posted By: Howard, on host 65.6.33.142
Date: Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 21:06:29
In Reply To: Re: gas prices and collectors posted by Calvin on Sunday, March 20, 2005, at 20:53:45:

> > I have never understood why people who use a vehicle for a car often buy a truck-like monster that drinks gasoline. Some of them have 4-wheel drive that is never used. I could understand why someone who pulls a heavy trailer, or has a big family, or lives at the end of a long muddy road, would need such a vehicle, but a high percentage of American drivers could get by with a small 4-cylinder car.
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> I am still driving my small 4-cylinder Toyota and have found a way to save a little on my gas.
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> For each $100 I spend at my local Kroger Grocery I will receive 1 trip to the Kroger Fuel Center for 10 cents off per gallon. I just use my Kroger Plus Card to receive my discount automatically. On March 4 I filled up my tank for just $16.00!
> Calvin

Don't you just love a Toyota? Ours has an 18.5 gallon tank and we go 550 to 600 miles between fill-ups. It has a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder engine and it has plenty of zip. The truck is a four too, but has a smaller tank. It still goes about 350 miles between fill-ups. Toyotas don't give much trouble.
Howard

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Message:	> > > I have never understood why people who use a vehicle for a car often buy a truck-like monster that drinks gasoline. Some of them have 4-wheel drive that is never used. I could understand why someone who pulls a heavy trailer, or has a big family, or lives at the end of a long muddy road, would need such a vehicle, but a high percentage of American drivers could get by with a small 4-cylinder car. > > > > I am still driving my small 4-cylinder Toyota and have found a way to save a little on my gas. > > > > For each $100 I spend at my local Kroger Grocery I will receive 1 trip to the Kroger Fuel Center for 10 cents off per gallon. I just use my Kroger Plus Card to receive my discount automatically. On March 4 I filled up my tank for just $16.00! > > Calvin > > Don't you just love a Toyota? Ours has an 18.5 gallon tank and we go 550 to 600 miles between fill-ups. It has a 2.2 liter 4 cylinder engine and it has plenty of zip. The truck is a four too, but has a smaller tank. It still goes about 350 miles between fill-ups. Toyotas don't give much trouble. > Howard
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