Gas Prices

Jim, you disgusting little punk, and I do mean little, because you have to be little to fit into those stupid little cars. At 6'2", I am unable to get into, let alone drive, any of the new little toys you people call cars. I've got a family, too. Not only would we not fit into one of those sardine cans, I wouldn't put them in one for safety's sake. When will you socialist understand that one size does not fit all. Even clothing makers have stopped using that term and are saying "one size fits most." And solutions you may require for unique problems in California do not apply to most of the rest of the country, so shut up with the "as goes California, so goes the nation" mantra!

I will buy one of these when Air Force One is replaced with a hang glider.

Europeans also all live in the major cities, not the suburbs like Americans. Some of us have to commute 30, 40, 50 miles each way to work. If I tried that in a DumbCar my kneecaps would fall off.

Thats great Jim, but those of us who "did build that" need big trucks to support bigger heavy equipment. Dinky little cars won't help anybody build anything and industry in this country uses the majority of the energy. Here come even higher prices. This country is still the best on earth but our government just plain sucks.

Exactly! How do the CAFE spouting socialists get away with completely dismissing the impact fuel prices have on logistics? You can fit most (perhaps all, I don't have their measurements in front of me) European countires into a U.S. state. We have an enormous country with enormous transportation needs. When fuel is expensive prices go up on everything. Their refusal to see that is infuriating.

you have to admit most non-business people don't need a big SUV or PU-truck.
That is just what they "feel safe" driving.(but really are not safe)
For when they DO need a large vehicle,they could just rent one,like people do for moving,they rent a U-Haul,they don't buy one and drive it daily.
Many of today's small cars fit a large person comfortably. I can recall 1980's Honda Civics that had a huge amount of room in them,and super mileage. People should not be driving "tanks" as ordinary transportation. Those are WORK vehicles,not passenger cars.

Bologna. I drive a crew cab Silverado. The "crew cab" portion is for me, my wife and 3 kids. If I had rented a U-Haul or similar vehicle every time I had a use for the pick-up bed I'd be broke. Speak to your own life experience, Jay, for you have zero insight into mine.