Gas Taxes

[rwh11385]

^ What's with heeter always showing up with proof to back his claims?

Yeah, who knows... Corvallis should start reading more and actually having information correct.

Icing on cake:

http://fizzcorp.com/blog/badge-value/

“In fact, more than half of the Prius buyers surveyed this spring by CNW Marketing Research of Bandon, Ore., said the main reason they purchased their car was that “it makes a statement about me.”

"I really want people to know that I care about the environment," said Joy Feasley of Philadelphia, owner of a green 2006 Prius. Mary Gatch of Charleston, South Carolina, chose the car over a hybrid version of the Toyota Camry after trading in a Lexus sedan.

“I felt like the Camry Hybrid was too subtle for the message I wanted to put out there,” Ms. Gatch said. “I wanted to have the biggest impact that I could, and the Prius puts out a clearer message.”

At least some Prius owners are also interested in “preaching the Word” of environmental responsibility and see ownership of a Prius as a more effective non-verbal way of doing that than other hybrid options.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/04/bu.../04hybrid.html



Higher MPG was NOT the top reason for buying a Prius. Not just a generalization, but actual data and facts to support opinion!

Corvallis: Try it! Or being informed at all, ever.

[mrsleeve]

^ What's with heeter always showing up with proof to back his claims?

Some of us have demanding jobs where we dont have time to educate the hippies and do the leg work for them

[CorvallisBMW]

You have entirely too much time on your hands Heeter, maybe you should get back to work

[rwh11385]

You have entirely too much time on your hands Heeter, maybe you should get back to work

I don't work as much as sleeve (probably 96% of the nation doesn't), I work 40 hours. Part of my job revolves around cars so actually being informed about them is pretty easy (and expected), and my old job was to research and find data to back claims so that comes easy as well.

Saying that I have too much time on my hands because of my ability to prove how little you know or how wrong you are assumes that it is time-consuming to find information to back claims or difficult to remember facts / details. I know, for you, not being ignorant is a challenge... but that doesn't mean it is an excuse for you to go about life being a moron.

Does the job you ditch out on to go on pub crawls not care how inaccurate you are?

[mrsleeve]

I don't work as much as sleeve (probably 96% of the nation doesn't), I work 40 hours.

Lol thanks

Yeah 40 hours is less than part time for me. Fuck today I got in at 6:30 and didnt get done till 10:30pm. and have to be back on site at 5am.

I am gonna get a quick little break here in a few more days, then it will be balls to the wall again till xmass

[antil33t]

over 40% of our petrol price is in Tax.

They even made a 5c tax increase for Aucklands roads :S Roads I'm never going to drive on.

Now with the 2.5% Goods and Services tax increase (now 15%)

Even with a shitty USD (which should make our fuel cheaper) it's still about $2.20/L