Re: Rights vs. Responsibility

My big, full sized motor vehicles weighed around 3,000 pounds
with terrible MPG.  I sure wasted a lot of money fueling those.
The little cars got 40-50 mpg.  Even those are costly.

My bicycles save me $1.50 each time I take one to town for errands.
A velomobile sure would be nice if I could save the money.

-Mark Hoagy


On 2/7/2011 6:38 AM, Gene Floyd wrote:
> When I was based at Sawyer, many folks had one of those. We called it "a beater with a heater".
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> If its that bad out in the winter with icy conditions I stay put.
> Snow isn't so bad riding on.  The front wheel drive little cars
> work good over the years.  Now I got this 3200 pound Cavalier
> monster for errands with piss poor fuel mileage.  Payed $450 for it.
> Can't afford to crash it so I also drive slow during icy, snow
> packed, winter conditions when warrantied.   -Mark Hoagy
>
> On 2/7/2011 5:39 AM, Gene Floyd wrote:
>> At that point, I'd be more worried about someone sliding into me and would prefer the steel cage around me. If the roads were that bad, I'd use chains front and rear and drive real slow in 4wd.
>> Gene