Monster-truck driver sees the light...
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From: Lewisville (Dallas), Texas
Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
This has been said in a variety of ways, but ag4ever may have said it best:
The #1 thing that wastes more gas than anything else is people that feel they have to impress themselves or others with what they drive. It's one of those open secrets nobody confesses to.
....I don't get the respect because I drive some huge truck that makes them feel I am better than they are. If that is what you think you need to get respect, then you obviously don't know what you are doing, and would not get the respect regardless of what you drive....
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Okay, I live in TX and on the news it is illegal to leave a car idling and unattended. In fact if your car was stolen while it was idling and unattended the police will give you a ticket, which is what happened to one recent person on the news who's car was stolen with their kid in it.
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From: Carless in Curacao, Netherland Antilles
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And to further be a wet blanket about "monster" trucks and SUVs...I understand and applaud the "just rent a truck when you need one" philosophy against truck and SUV ownership, really I do, but that doesn't fit everyone's needs...The SUV fit a need, and fit it well...Throw two dirty mountain or road bikes in the back of a Prius or Civic? Probably not gonna happen...Carry enough cement to get the job done without having to make multiple trips to Lowes/Home Depot/etc? Need a truck or SUV for that...There's a reason there are so many types/styles of vehicles on the roads. Just because we all find our "one true vehicle" doesn't mean that it inherently is the one that fits every other Tom, Dick and Susan....
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So I guess it's really not a secret, since GM is exploiting that to get people to buy hummers. The commercial actually makes me laugh and kept the brand name "Hummer" in my head -- the commercial is actually good --- it just makes me glad that there's another reason why dont buy hummers.
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Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
To put a twist on some old car commercials, I feel "comfortably in command" in my Prius!
Harry
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Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
Okay, I live in TX and on the news it is illegal to leave a car idling and unattended. In fact if your car was stolen while it was idling and unattended the police will give you a ticket, which is what happened to one recent person on the news who's car was stolen with their kid in it.
When we went to the lake, we would often go to steak joint afterwards, but we had our dog with us. To keep him from getting to hot, we would leave the truck running with a/c on, but with the doors locked. (The F250 allows you to lock the doors with the key fob while the engine is running.)
We don't have this problem anymore, as our poor dog was put to sleep for medical issues this last year.
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My Google-fu is failing me (or the local news is misconstruing a law) but everything that I was able to pull up deals more with clean air than the prevention of stolen vehicles (though you wouldn't believe the amount of cars stolen with the keys in the ignition). I think your case is okay since it is locked and it is for the well being of the dog. Wouldn't surprise me that the police would use this clean air provision to scare people not to leave their car running unattended, less stolen cars, less anxiety if said stolen car happen to have someone's kid in the back seat like in the news story that I originally heard this from.
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Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
WASHINGTON — President Bush will call for a slash in U.S. gasoline consumption by up to 20 percent in the next 10 years as part of new energy proposals in his sixth State of the Union address Tuesday night.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245555,00.html
Will wonders never cease?
Harry
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,245555,00.html
Will wonders never cease?
Harry
Maybe in 20 years we won't have to worry about any of them anymore anyway...they're getting old.
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From: Frisco, Tx
Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
You can try the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles for a start. I can confirm it is illegal to leave your car running and unattended here in Texas.
But here in Texas if people don't like the law many, many of them just ignore it (Speed limits, etc).
But here in Texas if people don't like the law many, many of them just ignore it (Speed limits, etc).
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From: Lewisville (Dallas), Texas
Re: Monster-truck driver sees the light...
Isn't that the truth!!!
