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XJ drove me to buy a Corolla

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#1 ·
I know that everyone on here is well aware of how bad the price of gas is and how much it hurts some days to be driving a Jeep, especially if it gets 12 or 13 mpg. I've figured out that I've been spending the better part of $70-90 a week on gas for the last few months. Today I did something to change that. I decided that my XJ is no longer going to be my DD, as I went out and bought an 09' Toyota Corolla. Basically I've decided to apply the money that I've been spending on gas into a car payment. Granted, I will still be purchasing gas for the new car, but now it will be 1/3 as often, AND I get to keep the Jeep. Now I can finally dismember my vehicle w/o worrying about getting it back together right away, which is a relief for me.

I don't know about the rest of your guys'/girls' opinions, but having a Toyota means that I have a car that starts every single time and will run forever. I've had one before and I work on them all the time; they just don't seem to have problems. Buying a fuel efficient vehicle has been a long time coming for me, as I hate contributing to America's overuse of oil, yet I've been contributing every day that I drive a lifted Jeep with mud tires that I only off-road once or twice a month in. I encourage every one to try and take a similar path or find a better alternative. Take the bus, ride you bike, WALK somewhere for heaven's sake!
 
#54 ·
Yes, we pay less in the US for oil than SOME countries. Don't forget, we're also the country going out and saving other countrie's a$$eS when they get attacked by someone, or have a catastrophe happen (tsunami?) on THEIR soil. Who donated to the US when Katrina hit? We SHOULD get cheaper gas as our military and our funding is out there keeping the world safe. Makes me sick when WE'RE losing soldiers DAILY to an oil rich country, yet other countries want to complain about their prices. When was the last time you saw Canada, or an Australia do ANYTHING to help out the rest of the world??? Give me a freakin break.
 
#59 ·
This post is so wrong in soooo many ways. The last war the US was involved in was started by the US, no protection going on anywhere. The main reason the US pays less for gas is refinery capacity. Pretty sure Canada lent a hand with Katrina, took over the majority of the combat role in Afghanistan. Whose *** have you saved when they get attacked ( in the last 10-15 years)?

So if the US should get cheap gas for being the world policeman, Canadians should pay next to nothing since we have a massive amount of the oil and gas reserves, right?
 
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