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Gas guzzlers a hit in China

Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:21 PM
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Is it really a shock that as people have more disposable income in their lives they tend to want more luxurious items?
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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*is glad his car isn't fat*
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Old Apr 24, 2008 | 07:39 PM
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At China's rate of economic growth, they will face fuel rationing before we do; the resultant hit to their transport infrastructure would make their economy falter. The Chinese should be encouraged to buy as many huge SUV's as they can afford; make them collapse before we do.
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 05:30 AM
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Originally Posted by Superluminal
Did you read my post?

Yes, did I quote you or something?
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Old Apr 25, 2008 | 01:45 PM
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Originally Posted by redcoats1976
lovely...while some of us are finally getting smart the rest of the world is getting dumber.only upside to this is the land i own 15 miles from the beach may be beachfront in my grandchildrens lifetime...
Not to pick on you personally but no one is 'getting smart.' American dumbasses bought Escalades to impress others otherwise they would have bought an Avalanche or a Tahoe for the same utility. Why should the Chinese be any different? A couple of years ago when the last gas crunch hit dealers could hardly give SUV's away. Once gas prices went down the SUV sales went back up.

There was no 'getting smart.'
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