Need small truck with good gas mileage

[JUDE]

I don't know if yall have seen the stats on it.... but think about buying american when you buy.... even though some of chevy and ford are assembled out of the country they are still mostly made in the USA....
last thing this country needs is to support another country more than we already are.
Bill Woods

[PREACHERS KENNEL]

the solution is boycoting if we dony buy they must come down we need gas but we donty gotta buy from exonn i have started an exon boycott in my area to drive prices down!

[bushytail man]

T.C., now you're talking! Fire all the congressman and senators that don't do as their told, that don't help the people! We are the Bosses and they are the employees, but they think they are the masters. It is time for a wake-up vote for all the bums!
Ross Perot said this over 20 years ago, it was true then and it is true now!
Demand that Congress put some controls on the oil Co's. They are raping the world! Look at their profits.
Let the auto co's know what type vehicle you are willing to buy.

[APFII]

All I'm saying is whining won't solve a thing and I still haven't heard a single solution in any of these posts other than wait and see what the government will do for me. I'm not judging anyone, I am simply challenging your way of thinking.

If any of you who are attacking me because I dare to say it how it is have some solutions then let's hear them.

Your Magesty,I am not worried about what the government can do for me.I am pissed at what they are doing to me! Solution ; new polititions.

[Pine MT Beagle Runner]

I've been watching this post for several days now. Since almost everyone seems to be stuck in the gas price rut as opposed to the origional subject of the post. I'll add my 2 cents also. TC has a good plan. See he is targeting one company, not just refusing to buy gas on just one day from all the companies. Here in Manchester, the gas prices soared almost $.30 per gal at some stations the day after the "gas out". The oil barrons more than made up the the one day capital loss.

If we target one company, eventually, they will have to bring their prices down or face a sustained major loss in capital. When their prices come down to an acceptable range, then buy only from them. The other companies will have to follow suit.

If every one can e-mail say 10 people they know to boycot Exxon and their subsidiaries(spl) tens of millions of people could be reaches in a very short time. Imagine the impact we could have.

But still, I am happy with my S-10 4X4 at 16-20mpg vs. The F-150 I had at only 6-8mpg.

Smart thinking TC
Chris Chandler

[JUDE]

6-8 miles per gallon that may be worst than the Dodge Dakota I use to own .


Buddy

[danny vansickle]

i live is scioto county ohio,i don't know if this is going on anywhere else but there are flyers all over the area asking everyone to not buy gas on may 31st.i know i am boycotting that day,it has been in the newspapers,radio ect. so pass it on!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[TomMN]

I'm like most, I don't have any extra money laying around that I don't know what to spend it on. When gas prices jump, I have to cut back somewhere else. Multiply that by millions of people and it is bound to have a negative affect on the economy, meaning fewer jobs, less overtime, less work for people who have their own business, and higher prices for everyone.

On the other hand...

The reason the car makers make and sell lots of gas hogs is because that is what people want. Drive down the freeway or to the store and you see lots of people all alone, driving big 4 wheel drive SUV's. Everyone in the suburbs has at least one parked in their three stall garage. That is the only thing that has kept Ford and GM afloat this long, they can't compete with Toyota and Honda on selling cars. Americans like to have big trucks and big houses. Most of us buy bigger than we need.

Someone mentioned Europe and diesels, the reason they have them is because they have a high gas tax. "Europe has an average fuel economy for its new-car fleet of more than 40 miles per gallon. The European Union years ago amassed support among members for high taxes on gasoline, which drove a swift migration from big cars to smaller cars and to diesel fuel."

Until something like that happens here don't hold your breath, things probably won't change much. The government doesn't have near as much to do with it as you and I do, and I will disconect the internet and get rid of this computer before I will stop loading my dogs in the pickup to go hunting