05-27-2008, 12:12 PM
You know Securb, I know exactly where you're coming from with that. I myself am a big fan of sports cars. I don't drive big muscle, but I do drive an inline 6, which I'm about to sell for another inline 6. Both require a minimum 91 octane, so I get to pay the premium too. Fuel efficiency is second to performance, as far as I'm concerned, and driving should be a pleasure, not a torturous way of spending your time everyday.
That being the case, I do try to keep my level of bitching about gas prices to a minimum. It is a choice I made to stick with something fun to drive and a little harder on the gas. If I was really that worried about the price of gas, I'd have bought a Hyundai Accent and been on my way. But that's not the choice I want to make, so I accept the consequences. If I feel the economic pinch, I usually make other lifestyle choices to compensate (taking lunch to work instead of eating out everyday, not going to bars 3 times a week, renting movies instead of buying them, so on). Really, when you adjust your lifestyle, gas isn't so bad.
But again, we have it good. The rest of the world is hurting much more than we are right now. I say enjoy the cheap fuel while we still can. It won't be long before the world realizes that gasoline-powered vehicles aren't a sustainable mode of transportation anymore and do something about them. Unfortunately we're not in the position to change this ourselves, the economic forces at work do a great job of wringing every last ounce of usefulness out of gasoline before it will let us move on. (Anyone ever wonder what happened to the electric car? It didn't die because it wasn't viable...)
That being the case, I do try to keep my level of bitching about gas prices to a minimum. It is a choice I made to stick with something fun to drive and a little harder on the gas. If I was really that worried about the price of gas, I'd have bought a Hyundai Accent and been on my way. But that's not the choice I want to make, so I accept the consequences. If I feel the economic pinch, I usually make other lifestyle choices to compensate (taking lunch to work instead of eating out everyday, not going to bars 3 times a week, renting movies instead of buying them, so on). Really, when you adjust your lifestyle, gas isn't so bad.
But again, we have it good. The rest of the world is hurting much more than we are right now. I say enjoy the cheap fuel while we still can. It won't be long before the world realizes that gasoline-powered vehicles aren't a sustainable mode of transportation anymore and do something about them. Unfortunately we're not in the position to change this ourselves, the economic forces at work do a great job of wringing every last ounce of usefulness out of gasoline before it will let us move on. (Anyone ever wonder what happened to the electric car? It didn't die because it wasn't viable...)