# me? buying american?

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**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/me-buying-american/200680 "2008-11-14T16:13:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![69camaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/69camaro/32/6046_2.png) [@69camaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/69camaro)\
**Post date:** [November 19, 2008, 5:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/me-buying-american/200680/29 "2008-11-19T17:20:52Z")

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> [@Spent a week in vegas...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/spent-a-week-in-vegas/38700/38):
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> I don’t fault someone for looking at gas mileage as the main concern.
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> We can’t live without transportation in this country.
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> I drive about 30000 miles a year. With gas at 4 dollars a gallon that adds up to big money spent on fuel.
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> I drive a chevy cavalier, it gets 33 mpg in my driving. This allows me to afford to drive to do the things I want to do, see the things i want to see, and not have to think if I can afford it. That is more important to me than having a bigger nicer car.
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> My next car will probably be a chevy cruze, or a toyota corolla, but that will be quite a few years off.
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> I can’t see having a gas guzzler as a daily driver, even with gas here in VA at 1.70 at some stations it won’t last when the economy picks back up. When things get better it will probably go higher than ever.
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> I drive a cheap econobox that gets 33 mpg so that I can afford to live life apart from cars and also afford to drive my “fast” car that gets 1 MPG.

i agree 100%. drive a cheap \*\*\*\*ty econobox daily so you can afford to drive your toy on the weekends

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