OT – High Gas Prices to Kill the Exurbs?

[Coronita]

[quote=DataAgent]Sounds like a good time to buy oil stocks.[/quote]

I kept saying that for some time.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN]If you drive a car that get 40 mpg, not that hard to do, a lot of new small cars gets that much now. We’re talking about 650-780 gallons/year. Even if gas goes up to $10/gal, we’re talking about $6500-7800/year. Do you think another $4-5k/year is going to make those areas less attractive?[/quote]

I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN]If you drive a car that get 40 mpg, not that hard to do, a lot of new small cars gets that much now. We’re talking about 650-780 gallons/year. Even if gas goes up to $10/gal, we’re talking about $6500-7800/year. Do you think another $4-5k/year is going to make those areas less attractive?[/quote]

I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN]If you drive a car that get 40 mpg, not that hard to do, a lot of new small cars gets that much now. We’re talking about 650-780 gallons/year. Even if gas goes up to $10/gal, we’re talking about $6500-7800/year. Do you think another $4-5k/year is going to make those areas less attractive?[/quote]

I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN]If you drive a car that get 40 mpg, not that hard to do, a lot of new small cars gets that much now. We’re talking about 650-780 gallons/year. Even if gas goes up to $10/gal, we’re talking about $6500-7800/year. Do you think another $4-5k/year is going to make those areas less attractive?[/quote]

I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.

[briansd1]

[quote=AN]If you drive a car that get 40 mpg, not that hard to do, a lot of new small cars gets that much now. We’re talking about 650-780 gallons/year. Even if gas goes up to $10/gal, we’re talking about $6500-7800/year. Do you think another $4-5k/year is going to make those areas less attractive?[/quote]

I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]High gas prices ain’t gonna kill nothing here in the good old USA. People will pay $6 a gallon to drive their ultimate behemoth SUVs 50 miles every day to and from work. They will just switch to even lower quality food to make up the difference, they will quit their gym memberships, stop saving money for college, end their 401K contributions, etc…

But they won’t cancel their cable TV. It will get interesting when there is nothing left to cut from the budget, their diet is 100% generic corn chips, bulk string cheese and cola from Costco. What will they do then? Drive less or get rid of the cable? I predict they will just start siphoning their neighbor’s gas to avoid making the choice.[/quote]

I had a good laugh with this one. Scary, but I think that you’re right.

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]High gas prices ain’t gonna kill nothing here in the good old USA. People will pay $6 a gallon to drive their ultimate behemoth SUVs 50 miles every day to and from work. They will just switch to even lower quality food to make up the difference, they will quit their gym memberships, stop saving money for college, end their 401K contributions, etc…

But they won’t cancel their cable TV. It will get interesting when there is nothing left to cut from the budget, their diet is 100% generic corn chips, bulk string cheese and cola from Costco. What will they do then? Drive less or get rid of the cable? I predict they will just start siphoning their neighbor’s gas to avoid making the choice.[/quote]

I had a good laugh with this one. Scary, but I think that you’re right.

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]High gas prices ain’t gonna kill nothing here in the good old USA. People will pay $6 a gallon to drive their ultimate behemoth SUVs 50 miles every day to and from work. They will just switch to even lower quality food to make up the difference, they will quit their gym memberships, stop saving money for college, end their 401K contributions, etc…

But they won’t cancel their cable TV. It will get interesting when there is nothing left to cut from the budget, their diet is 100% generic corn chips, bulk string cheese and cola from Costco. What will they do then? Drive less or get rid of the cable? I predict they will just start siphoning their neighbor’s gas to avoid making the choice.[/quote]

I had a good laugh with this one. Scary, but I think that you’re right.

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]High gas prices ain’t gonna kill nothing here in the good old USA. People will pay $6 a gallon to drive their ultimate behemoth SUVs 50 miles every day to and from work. They will just switch to even lower quality food to make up the difference, they will quit their gym memberships, stop saving money for college, end their 401K contributions, etc…

But they won’t cancel their cable TV. It will get interesting when there is nothing left to cut from the budget, their diet is 100% generic corn chips, bulk string cheese and cola from Costco. What will they do then? Drive less or get rid of the cable? I predict they will just start siphoning their neighbor’s gas to avoid making the choice.[/quote]

I had a good laugh with this one. Scary, but I think that you’re right.

[briansd1]

[quote=CONCHO]High gas prices ain’t gonna kill nothing here in the good old USA. People will pay $6 a gallon to drive their ultimate behemoth SUVs 50 miles every day to and from work. They will just switch to even lower quality food to make up the difference, they will quit their gym memberships, stop saving money for college, end their 401K contributions, etc…

But they won’t cancel their cable TV. It will get interesting when there is nothing left to cut from the budget, their diet is 100% generic corn chips, bulk string cheese and cola from Costco. What will they do then? Drive less or get rid of the cable? I predict they will just start siphoning their neighbor’s gas to avoid making the choice.[/quote]

I had a good laugh with this one. Scary, but I think that you’re right.

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.[/quote]
How many exurb do you know? Comparing a CRX to modern cars is quite ridiculous. Do you know why your CRX got such good gas mileage? I bet you a CRX w/ modern day engine making 70-90HP and weight ~1800lb can get even better gas mileage than the old CRX.

Care to tell me what a 4000+lb 420 HP vehicle 25 years ago that can get in highway mileage? Currently, you can expect around 25MPG highway.

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.[/quote]
How many exurb do you know? Comparing a CRX to modern cars is quite ridiculous. Do you know why your CRX got such good gas mileage? I bet you a CRX w/ modern day engine making 70-90HP and weight ~1800lb can get even better gas mileage than the old CRX.

Care to tell me what a 4000+lb 420 HP vehicle 25 years ago that can get in highway mileage? Currently, you can expect around 25MPG highway.

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.[/quote]
How many exurb do you know? Comparing a CRX to modern cars is quite ridiculous. Do you know why your CRX got such good gas mileage? I bet you a CRX w/ modern day engine making 70-90HP and weight ~1800lb can get even better gas mileage than the old CRX.

Care to tell me what a 4000+lb 420 HP vehicle 25 years ago that can get in highway mileage? Currently, you can expect around 25MPG highway.

[an]

[quote=briansd1]
I know of very few people who drive a car that gets 40mpg. My Honda CRX used to get more than that 25 years ago. I don’t think that we made much progress in fuel efficiency.[/quote]
How many exurb do you know? Comparing a CRX to modern cars is quite ridiculous. Do you know why your CRX got such good gas mileage? I bet you a CRX w/ modern day engine making 70-90HP and weight ~1800lb can get even better gas mileage than the old CRX.

Care to tell me what a 4000+lb 420 HP vehicle 25 years ago that can get in highway mileage? Currently, you can expect around 25MPG highway.

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