# Buy a full size SUV, get gas at $1.99 a gallon

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**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [May 24, 2006, 7:32am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-full-size-suv-get-gas-at-1-99-a-gallon/12455 "2006-05-24T07:32:58Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 24, 2006, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/buy-a-full-size-suv-get-gas-at-1-99-a-gallon/12455/8 "2006-05-24T08:54:13Z")

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it was on the history channel, and it was about the international scout and the jeep grand wagoneer. and they specifically stated the scheme behind what we all know and love as an SUV was to put a car on a truck frame to avoid development for better gas mileage as there was some kind of law thingy passed about it

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