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Caption: International Truck and Engine Corp. is producing what it calls the world's biggest production pickup, a 14,500-pound monster capable of towing 20 tons. The 5- passenger 5-passenger CXT is nine feet tall, eight feet wide, 21 1/2 feet long and gets about seven miles on a gallon of diesel. The truck is manfactured in Garland, Texas. (AP Photo/Ketchum Communications, File)
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Growing up I was never the guy who liked to look at cars in the road and track magazine at the school library. But a few years ago the new Hummer H2 came out. And I wanted that no matter what. I was crazy about it for a few weeks. But then I realized that there are better things than monster vehicles. I just wanted a car that gave good gas mileage and looked decent, not to extravagant or grand.
Early this year I finally got a car after soo many years of waiting. I got a 4-door 2003 Honda Civic I am happy with it for the most part except when I have to pay for the gas. Gas prices have shot right up in the past few years. I remember the good old days when gas used to be under 25 cents a liter. When you tell someone that gas was really that cheap, they don't believe you.
This new Yankee craze with full size SUV's is taking its toll on the gas market and the environment. An SUV guzzles upto 3 times more gas than a car. I know a lot of people that have sold their SUV's. I think the government is right to put a SUV tax for non-farm use. Majority of the people never use an SUV for the purpose it was designed for. They never take it off-road or tow a boat. It's all for show. People really have become way too materialistic nowadays.
I went for a jog today and decided to go on 72 Ave, which is one of the most used roads in surrey and I could feel the thick smoke traveling through my nose. It was horrible! And that smoke in lesser concentrations goes into the cars that people drive. This could have severe implications. No wonder so many kids now have asthma and other respiratory illnesses.
The point I wanted to make is that these Yankees don't think. Why should they, they are from Bush's state, Texas. The gas prices are outrageous, there are crammed parking stalls, the roads are narrow, will this truck really be practical? I don't think so. I don't understand the appeal to have huge trucks.
I think they are still at my age 4-5 years ago and haven't grown up...
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