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Old 04-08-2008, 02:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Truely feeling the gas crunch..

Saw this person on the freeway..

He's making it work.. I recoignize the guy and he used to drive a burgandy 1500 chevy with a yard and landscaping magnetic sign on the door.
out of state plates were on both vehicles.. (I figure so he doesn't have to pay to smog them)

Doing what hes got to do, he gets serious props!



hes also hypermiling doing 55mph on the freeway

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Old 04-08-2008, 02:32 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Old 04-08-2008, 02:33 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Old 04-08-2008, 02:35 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Old 04-08-2008, 02:56 PM   #5 (permalink)
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those 2.2 engines are great..

I can always pick one out in a crowd when I hear the sound of one starting up..
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Old 04-08-2008, 03:23 PM   #6 (permalink)
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Chris D -

If I met him I would shake his hand. If I saw him on the freeway, I would follow him to "protect" him. Turtles gotta crawl in packs.

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Old 04-08-2008, 06:45 PM   #7 (permalink)
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I'll bet that won't be the last we see of things like that.
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Old 04-08-2008, 11:39 PM   #9 (permalink)
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If I met him I would shake his hand. If I saw him on the freeway, I would follow him to "protect" him. Turtles gotta crawl in packs.
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Yeah we do, it was only a few months ago that I was flipped off by a toddler in a car seat as a mini-van passed me for driving 5 under .
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Old 04-08-2008, 11:54 PM   #10 (permalink)
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