[larrybuck]

Many, many good thoughts I'm reading here.

I started driving when gas was pretty cheap . (early 70's)
Being young, I wasn't super concerned about mpg, but still somewhat conservative.

My first car had a small block V8. I already didn't want to pay big block fuel rates.

I had a couple big blocks later, but not as only cars.

Its like a healthy diet bank account: Eat healthy 90%, enjoy the other 10%
You are allowed to make FUN withdrawals from your account.
(I actually food wise, am 99.9% healthy only now, because I want to be in great shape, versus average shape)

I enjoyed having a Pantera, but could only afford to drive it about once every month or so; a Datsun 510, or a smallish motorcycle were my daily drivers.

$$, and the lack of it, were my early causes of conservative driving.

Later, it became my comfortable normal.

There is this thing about facts when you realize them. They don't go away!

Once that I learned that going over 55mph. would start dropping my mpgs quickly,
I accepted my education.

I've always had more time than money.

I also don't like to see blatant waste!

Its very easy to judge others, but some of us aren't critical enough to ourselves.

If you learned somehow that you were going to die in 6 weeks; would you still be doing 50mph on the freeway, or would you be canyon carving somewhere?

I'm wired pretty conservatively. It's a nice thought to want everyone greening
for future generations, but it is my belief that the future time here as we know it right now, is not a lot longer.

World events, and human behavior aren't pointing to a happy days modern '50's
everythings coming up roses reality.

Green is ok, but the Nazi Green isn't, and I hope that most of you know the difference.

I have been driving DOUBLE GREEN for many, many years, now!

If I suddenly become rich, I might build cars where I could go normal (un-ecomodder
speeds on freeways) speeds like the UNcivilians out there, but still knock down
well over 50mpg.

My vote was a 6, because my life has more than 1 dimension to it!