OK, It's Not A $47,000 Yukon

[SoonerBorn68]

But, it was a $47K Expedition back in '03. :D

I finally broke down (literally) and bought this last night. I only gave 13K for it.

http://www.geocities.com/soonerborn91/misc/03expedition.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/soonerborn91/misc/47K.jpg

[Rogue]

It's like making $34K!

Nice ride SB. Why do you hate Al Gore's planet?

[jk the sooner fan]

17mpg

scchhaaa right ;)

[SoonerBorn68]

That's highway mileage. To be fair it gets 13 in town. :D

While I was at the dealership yesterday I was looking at a Shelby GT 500 on the showroom floor. It stickered for $48K, had a $1330 gas guzzler tax (Al Gore hates Shelbys), and an additional dealer mark up of $12,000.

[Mongo]

you need to put some spinners on that

[Howzit]

:les: ECO-TERRORIST!!!1


;)

[sooneron]

17 MPG highway? yikers

[usmc-sooner]

nice

[StoopTroup]

I drove the new Ford Edge a week ago...

They are definitely a step up from the Explorer and a little shorter than the Expedition. It was getting 20-21 on the highway with a strong V-6 in it...

Ford really needs to work on their gas mileage.

I won't buy another Ford Truck until they get it well over 20 mpg.

[Boarder]

While I was at the dealership yesterday I was looking at a Shelby GT 500 on the showroom floor. It stickered for $48K, had a $1330 gas guzzler tax (Al Gore hates Shelbys), and an additional dealer mark up of $12,000.


Yeah, but it's a race car!


Man, $47k in '03, it must be hella loaded. And, I'm sure 17k is coasting down a huge hill in neutral. :D

[KABOOKIE]

But, it was a $47K Expedition back in '03. :D

I finally broke down (literally) and bought this last night. I only gave 13K for it.


Saweeeet!

Does it have one of those key pad thingys? Those FRMFFO!!!

[badger]

An inconvenient truth:
You will pay $34K in gas prices this year alone :D:D:D

[Frozen Sooner]

Congratulations on the new ride.

[SicEmBaylor]

You should have got a Miata. It only takes about 35-40.00 in gas or so to get from Waco to FTG which is like 340 miles. I don't know what the MPG would be but that seems pretty damned good.

[royalfan5]

You should have got a Miata. It only takes about 35-40.00 in gas or so to get from Waco to FTG which is like 340 miles. I don't know what the MPG would be but that seems pretty damned good.
Simple division is beyond you?

[sanantoniosooner]

You should have got a Miata. It only takes about 35-40.00 in gas or so to get from Waco to FTG which is like 340 miles. I don't know what the MPG would be but that seems pretty damned good.
and you look faaaaaabulous in it.

[SicEmBaylor]

Simple division is beyond you?
Let's go with that.

[Mixer!]

http://img510.imageshack.us/img510/7020/hahasicemjn4.jpg

[Boarder]

See, here's the deal. If you get something like a 4 door Cavalier or Corolla or something like that you get great mileage. And, it looks like you're just driving something that gets good mileage and you don't care.

With a Miata, you give off the illusion that you think it's cool and gets good gas mileage. When in reality, it just doesn't look right for a guy to drive one.

So, get a little goofy car like the Cavalier and just say you don't care about looks, you're about using less gas. And, you're straight.

[sanantoniosooner]

Cavaliers look like a chick car to me also. Not as bad as a Miata, but definately chicky.

[Boarder]

Goofy, not chicky. Notice I said 4 door Cavalier. No one could possibly buy that one to try and look cool.

[Boarder]

And, notice I didn't say 2 door RS Cavalier with a giant wing on back and tuner wheels. Little cars with wings, we all know about those....

[sanantoniosooner]

Goofy, not chicky. Notice I said 4 door Cavalier. No one could possibly buy that one to try and look cool.
I've seen guys that would buy it and put a $2000 stereo stystem in it.

[SicEmBaylor]

See, here's the deal. If you get something like a 4 door Cavalier or Corolla or something like that you get great mileage. And, it looks like you're just driving something that gets good mileage and you don't care.

With a Miata, you give off the illusion that you think it's cool and gets good gas mileage. When in reality, it just doesn't look right for a guy to drive one.

So, get a little goofy car like the Cavalier and just say you don't care about looks, you're about using less gas. And, you're straight.

But, every Miata I've seen was driven by a guy. In fact, the owner's manual has a picture of a guy driving.

I think you're all ****ting with me.

[Boarder]

They make guy's white leather pants, too.

[sanantoniosooner]

But, every Miata I've seen was driven by a guy. In fact, the owner's manual has a picture of a guy driving.

I think you're all ****ting with me.

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But, every Miata I've seen was driven by a guy. In fact, the owner's manual has a picture of a guy ****ting with me.
I think you're all driving.

simple rearrangement of words yeilds the truth.

[Boomer.....]

17 MPG highway? yikers
I have a 01 Supercrew and would be lucky to get around 17mpg on the highway.

[Okla-homey]

Earth-Raper!;)

[TopDaugIn2000]

yeah, with gas at $2.77 a gallon, that's a GREAT choice!!!!


(BTW, have I said how much I love my camry lately? 30 mpg in town and 38 on road trips. I fill up every 2 weeks and drive 45 miles/day to work. Yeah, that's right, I can get nearly 500 miles a tank. ahhhhh)


:P :D :P

[OUAndy1807]

yeah, with gas at $2.77 a gallon, that's a GREAT choice!!!!


(BTW, have I said how much I love my camry lately? 30 mpg in town and 38 on road trips. I fill up every 2 weeks and drive 45 miles/day to work. Yeah, that's right, I can get nearly 500 miles a tank. ahhhhh)


:P :D :P
some of us don't pay for our own gas.
:P :D :P

[Harry Beanbag]

yeah, with gas at $2.77 a gallon, that's a GREAT choice!!!!


(BTW, have I said how much I love my camry lately? 30 mpg in town and 38 on road trips. I fill up every 2 weeks and drive 45 miles/day to work. Yeah, that's right, I can get nearly 500 miles a tank. ahhhhh)


:P :D :P


I can get nearly 500 miles out of tank in my truck too. :P

Of course the tank is probably bigger than your car.

[Mongo]

I'd be willing to drive a camry if they made it a diesel 4x4 w/ enough ground clearence and a truck bed on it

[ultimatesooner1]

miata is short for me outta bought a different car

[bluedogok]

some of us don't pay for our own gas.
:P :D :P
....and some of us just don't worry about it.

I have a 2000 F-150 Supercab with the 5.4L engine, I get about 15-17 in town and about 20 on the highway. My wife has a 2004 Ford Escape and it gets about 22 in town and on our vacation this year it was getting around 26 on the highway. My motorcycle gets about 45 in town and 55 on the highway.

[OUAndy1807]

....and some of us just don't worry about it.

I have a 2000 F-150 Supercab with the 5.4L engine, I get about 15-17 in town and about 20 on the highway. My wife has a 2004 Ford Escape and it gets about 22 in town and on our vacation this year it was getting around 26 on the highway. My motorcycle gets about 45 in town and 55 on the highway.
whatever you say Mr. Moneybags.:D

[soonerboomer93]

yeah, with gas at $2.77 a gallon, that's a GREAT choice!!!!


(BTW, have I said how much I love my camry lately? 30 mpg in town and 38 on road trips. I fill up every 2 weeks and drive 45 miles/day to work. Yeah, that's right, I can get nearly 500 miles a tank. ahhhhh)


:P :D :P

It's $6 a gallon over here so quit bitchin

oh, and high gas prices keeps oil companies willing to spend on exploration/drilling/field development/platform deployment et al which keeps me employeed. high gas prices = good

[TopDaugIn2000]

I can get nearly 500 miles out of tank in my truck too. :P

Of course the tank is probably bigger than your car.

heh, probably. I think I have an 18.5 gal tank. Haven't ever let it get COMPLETELY empty though.

[sooneron]

I have a 01 Supercrew and would be lucky to get around 17mpg on the highway.
So this has become a "I get the suckiest gas mileage evar and prud of it" thread?

Brilliant.
I can see not caring about taking it in the keister and it being wasteful when you need that vehicle for business, but not just cuz someone likes driving a big truck- there's always that emission thing too.

[Boomer.....]

I only live 5 miles from my work and am about to sell it soon. :P

[sooneron]

I only live 5 miles from my work and am about to sell it soon. :P
I don't mean to jump all over you, I was looking for why someone would drive a vehicle that is so wasteful.

[C&CDean]

I don't mean to jump all over you, I was looking for why someone would drive a vehicle that is so wasteful.

Because. They. Can.

In a country that lets Fred Phelps protest and Hillary Clinton run, owning a gas pig shouldn't be a big deal. You know, the whole freedom thingy?

[sooneron]

Because. They. Can.

In a country that lets Fred Phelps protest and Hillary Clinton run, owning a gas pig shouldn't be a big deal. You know, the whole freedom thingy?
I know what you're saying, I just don't think freedom and irresponsibility should run amok together. I know that you have a farm and need a truck. I'm referring to a large percentage of peeps that have guzzlers just cause they want to. Is it keeping up with the Joneses? Is it trying to keep a macho cowboy image? If it's for the occaisional trip to Home Depot, you rarely need a 1500 Ram or F250. I did it all the time with a Nissan Frontier that got around 27-28 on the highway.

[C&CDean]

I know what you're saying, I just don't think freedom and irresponsibility should run amok together. I know that you have a farm and need a truck. I'm referring to a large percentage of peeps that have guzzlers just cause they want to. Is it keeping up with the Joneses? Is it trying to keep a macho cowboy image? If it's for the occaisional trip to Home Depot, you rarely need a 1500 Ram or F250. I did it all the time with a Nissan Frontier that got around 27-28 on the highway.

It's no different than people who get their teeth whitened, get boob jobs, get plastic surgery, or even go on diets. They want people to look at them and find them "attractive." Or "wealthy." Or "cool." A guy that buys an F-350 and spends an additional $20K to make it sit 5 feet in the air has some issues. Unless he's racing it or running up and down the river with it on a regular basis, it's nothing but an extension.

But big truck owners aren't the only ones. How about sports car guys? Or women that spend enough $$ on perfume/makeup/shoes other personal products to feed the 3rd world? All these products take resources from the earth to make and industry pumping out all kinds of carcinogens and wastes into the air.

Enviro-whackos think driving a fagmobile = being environmentally friendly.

[Boomer.....]

:pop:

[sooneron]

It's no different than people who get their teeth whitened, get boob jobs, get plastic surgery, or even go on diets. They want people to look at them and find them "attractive." Or "wealthy." Or "cool." A guy that buys an F-350 and spends an additional $20K to make it sit 5 feet in the air has some issues. Unless he's racing it or running up and down the river with it on a regular basis, it's nothing but an extension.

But big truck owners aren't the only ones. How about sports car guys? Or women that spend enough $$ on perfume/makeup/shoes other personal products to feed the 3rd world? All these products take resources from the earth to make and industry pumping out all kinds of carcinogens and wastes into the air.

Enviro-whackos think driving a fagmobile = being environmentally friendly.
I find it interesting that you're one of the first people to jump on foolish wasteful behavior, yet if someone is driving a guzzler, they're expressing their freedom.

[1stTimeCaller]

meh

Nice ride Boarder!

my 3/4 ton 4x4 gets about 22mpg on the highway, 16 in town and does all kinds of things an Accord won't do. It will also put out a cloud of black smoke that'll make Al Gore cry, when I want it to.

[C&CDean]

I find it interesting that you're one of the first people to jump on foolish wasteful behavior, yet if someone is driving a guzzler, they're expressing their freedom.

No. All I said is that you shouldn't bitch about somebody driving a guzzler if you're gonna jump on the "freedom of choice/speech" bandwagon. I'm digging at the liberal base in general. You don't get to pick and choose your freedom of expression does and don'ts. If it's OK for some dildress like the Hill to run for POTUS, or some hack like Phelps to wipe his *** with an American flag, it's OK for some goob from Gotebo to drive a wannabe Bigfoot.

That's what I'm saying.

[JohnnyMack]

dildress?

We're gonna need to go to the judges on that one.

[dolemitesooner]

dildress?

We're gonna need to go to the judges on that one.This coming from the guy that sucked off a cop in front of everyone in T-town

[Fugue]

dildress?

We're gonna need to go to the judges on that one.

It's quality but "dildonic plague" is still numba 1. supa

[JohnnyMack]

This coming from the guy that sucked off a cop in front of everyone in T-town

You got to drink your beer didn't you? Friggin' ingrates.

[Boarder]

To paraphrase Hooper in Jaws, "Everyone in America is going to continue to ignore the problem until it swims up and collectively bites us in the, uh, butt."

There's gas at the pumps when you get ready to fill up so it's not a problem to everyone.

[Boarder]

Nice ride Boarder!


Dude, that's not mine, that's a Ford!

[1stTimeCaller]

whoops! I really am retarded. I have no idea why I thought you posted that.

Nice ride SB68!

[KABOOKIE]

No. All I said is that you shouldn't bitch about somebody driving a guzzler if you're gonna jump on the "freedom of choice/speech" bandwagon. I'm digging at the liberal base in general. You don't get to pick and choose your freedom of expression does and don'ts. If it's OK for some dildress like the Hill to run for POTUS, or some hack like Phelps to wipe his *** with an American flag, it's OK for some goob from Gotebo to drive a wannabe Bigfoot.

That's what I'm saying.

heh.

http://www.soonerfans.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40109

[sooneron]

Or I just rent one when I need it. It's only 35 bucks.

[Harry Beanbag]

I know what you're saying, I just don't think freedom and irresponsibility should run amok together. I know that you have a farm and need a truck. I'm referring to a large percentage of peeps that have guzzlers just cause they want to. Is it keeping up with the Joneses? Is it trying to keep a macho cowboy image? If it's for the occaisional trip to Home Depot, you rarely need a 1500 Ram or F250. I did it all the time with a Nissan Frontier that got around 27-28 on the highway.


We have an F150, hardly a monster truck, that gets less than 20 mpg. We also go camping in remote areas at least a half dozen times a year. Honda Civics may get better gas mileage, but they won't haul two coolers, two bins of camping ****, a camp fire grill, a stove, a 5 gallon jug of water, two sleeping bags, sometimes a tent, a shovel, firewood, a 5 gallon gas can, a 4x4 quad, and a set of ramps into the mountains on crappy dirt roads. Like Mongo said, when they build a Camry that can do all that, I may be interested.

As an aside, I also drive a 3/4 ton full size Chevy van for work that gets about 13 mpg. Of course my company pays for it and the gas. :)

[SoonerJack]

The short-sightedness is running rampant in this thread.

[soonerboomer93]

dildress?

We're gonna need to go to the judges on that one.

Survey says:




WIN!!!!111!!!one

[bluedogok]

I don't mean to jump all over you, I was looking for why someone would drive a vehicle that is so wasteful.
It just isn't a concern, for the most part my F-150 gets fairly close to the same gas mileage that my previous, much smaller vehicles did. I never had a need for one in OKC because I could always borrow my dad's, when I moved to Austin I needed to replace my 90 RX-7 with 179,000 miles. When I went looking for a pickup all I could pretty much find in OKC or Austin were full size pickups, they were also cheaper than the few compact pickups that I could find. I was also looking at extended cab compacts because I do not fit in regular cab compacts, nor did I fit in my wife's Civic. The majority of compacts are painful to me, there are only a few that I can fit in and I am looking at a car to replace the pickup as an everyday driver because I just prefer cars but I will keep the pickup since they are so nice to have. Plus I need something to haul a car to the track and the motorcycle and family to other places to ride, the dog wouldn't do too well traveling on the bike.

If people want to maximize their fuel efficiency, that is great...more power to them. I could care less if I get a couple of more MPG out of a vehicle. I would rather have something that works for me instead of being pretentious for a different crowd and driving a Pius........I mean a Prius :rolleyes:


Or I just rent one when I need it. It's only 35 bucks.
It costs much more if you are taking one out of town for a week.

[SoonerBorn68]

Well, as soon soon as Mrs. '68 and the kids saw it, they claimed it. :(

I knew the DVD player & electric hide away third row seat was going to be the deal breaker on me being able to drive it. Oh well, I'm driving her hand me down '98 Expedition--& it's getting 18 mpg. :D

[TopDaugIn2000]

bitches man, bitches.

[Boomer.....]

:D