| # | Author | Message |
101
| DyGDisney
Thu 5/8/2008 12:02p | Okay, I just checked. I guess they can cost around $3000, but are expected to last most if not the full life of the vehicle. Also, most have an 8 to 10 year warranty. |
102
| wonderingalice
Thu 5/8/2008 12:51p | <<Are you saying our planet isn't worth a little inconvenience???>>
*LOL* fodd!
I'll let our tourists shoulder the mass transit responsibility - LV accommodates THEM very well. ;-) |
103
| RoadTrip
Thu 5/8/2008 2:33p | <<I'll let our tourists shoulder the mass transit responsibility - LV accommodates THEM very well. ;-)>>
You can get from the Grand to the Sahara by monorail. What else could anyone need??
;-)
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104
| wonderingalice
Thu 5/8/2008 4:27p | ^ That's Vegas, baby! ;-) |
105
| SingleParkPassholder
Thu 5/8/2008 4:47p | We were looking into Toyota and Lexus hybrids last weekend. We were told the batteries last about 100,000 miles and would cost about a grand to replace them. "Would cost about a grand to replace" means that in about six or seven years, if a person puts around 15,000 miles a year on a car, they'll be somwhere around 100,000 miles. The cost of batteries in six or seven years is estimated to be about a grand. When people are looking into replacement costs, they are told what it would cost NOW, and a person isn't replacing them now because they're new. So factor that in when checking things out. |
106
| davewasbaloo
Thu 5/8/2008 4:49p | Ok, this has improved dramatically since I last looked in detail. |
107
| mrkthompsn
Thu 5/8/2008 8:10p | [<<You can invest in Exxon and share the wealth. You can't invest in the sheiks.>>
Not really. If you are paying $1 more per gallon of gas it costs you and extra $15/week or $750/year. In order to earn that much in cash dividends from Exxon Mobile (XON) you would need to own about 500 shares. That would cost you about $45,000.
I think most people that are concerned about paying $750/year more in gas don't have $45,000 lying around to invest annually just to offset ever-increasing oil prices.]
You did not discredit my comment. You can invest in Exxon and share the wealth. You can't invest in the sheiks. |
108
| mrkthompsn
Thu 5/8/2008 8:17p | It's funny that people jump to conclusions to blame the president on colluding with oil companies with the benefits gained by high prices. This "everybody-knows-it" perception is just plain crazy.
I guess you're right.
Directly east of the Oval Office there exists an old broom closet. In that closet, President Bush has access to a secret computer. On the screen of that computer are three windows: Regular Unleaded, Mid-Grade and Supreme. Each window shows the price of each flavor of gas for that day. Above each window is an up-arrow. Below each window is a down arrow. Each morning, President Bush wakes up, drinks his coffee, proceeds to the broom closet and pushes the up-arrows above each window. This increases the price of gas each day.
Yep. He's definitely in on it. |
109
| SingleParkPassholder
Thu 5/8/2008 9:41p | I suspected as much. |
110
| EighthDwarf
Fri 5/9/2008 8:50a | <<You did not discredit my comment. You can invest in Exxon and share the wealth. You can't invest in the sheiks.>>
Invest in the sheiks?? You can't invest in the CEO of Exxon Mobil either so what's your point?
If you're talking about sending money overseas to the countries that produce oil then yes of course we are "investing" in them. But what do you think they are doing with their excess cash? Ever hear of sovereign wealth funds? They are investing the cash they got back from people like us where they see investment opportunities - like the US.
Welcome to globalization. |
