My Grand Cherokee gets better mileage than my sport got, but my Grand Cherokee is a 98, which is the last year they used the same frame and everything else as the normal Cherokee. It's great; the manual I bought for my old one is the same as the one for my current Jeep. What year was your friends Jeep?
Increasing the Gas tax probably will happen soon, that was something the US chamber also recommended. They recommend raising the Federal gas tax as well as an additional tax for Hybrids. Sounds reasonable to me. > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 9:31 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Higher Taxes for Hybrids > > No, actually, the Sport is quite a bit smaller and lighter. And > cheaper to run. I borrowed a friend's Grand for a roadtrip and though > I know she gets all the scheduled tuneups and such it was about 30% > more expensive to run. (I borrowed it because I needed to go right > then and was worried about the transmission in mine). Since worked at > the same office I frequently parked next to her and am quite sure > about the relative size ;) > > But ok, to return to your actual point :) How much market penetration > is there really by the hybrids? So though I suppose it's a problem, I > don't see it as much of one. You could just as easily increase taxes > on the gas that is being sold. But that can't be sold to the > Republican base so that won't happen ;) Instead let's tax gas > conservation, now *there's* a plan <g> It would actually have a chance > of passing since it does not affect Republican,s presumably ;) > > Let's see, if we need money for new infrastructure, we could: > > quit giving money to Halliburton > quit giving money to Boeing > pass on a congressional pay raise > admit that Iraq is counterproductive > > just to thrwo a few ideas out there.... not that any of them has a > hope in hell of being enacted :) > > Dana ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:184206 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
