Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Amen, brother. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:22 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices This is the USA, why should the government regulate what people drive? If those fools want to drive hummers around, let them. They can either pay the higher fuel cost or take some responsibility and realize the are wasting what valuable resourses of oil we have left. Would you like it if the feds decided one day that no cars over 10 years old should be allowed to operate on public streets?
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Actually what I ment was more like a $1/gal gas tax. I heard an interesting commentary on NPR last night suggesting that very thing which suggested that a higher gas tax would result in a lowering of the cost of gas (pre-tax cost) because the speculators would see the government actually doing something to reduce demand. I saw an Excursion yesterday with a sticker The Beast filling up that the gas station bitching about the price. I asked him what kind of mileage he was getting. He said he'd gotten as high as 12mpg... I told him he was part of the problem but he didn't really want to hear it. -Curt Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:22:37 -0500 From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Amen, brother. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:22 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices This is the USA, why should the government regulate what people drive? If those fools want to drive hummers around, let them. They can either pay the higher fuel cost or take some responsibility and realize the are wasting what valuable resourses of oil we have left. Would you like it if the feds decided one day that no cars over 10 years old should be allowed to operate on public streets? - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Because government is supposed to enact laws that are in our collective interest, even if at the cost of someone's perceived personal freedom. On 8/29/05, Curt Raymond [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually what I ment was more like a $1/gal gas tax. I heard an interesting commentary on NPR last night suggesting that very thing which suggested that a higher gas tax would result in a lowering of the cost of gas (pre-tax cost) because the speculators would see the government actually doing something to reduce demand. I saw an Excursion yesterday with a sticker The Beast filling up that the gas station bitching about the price. I asked him what kind of mileage he was getting. He said he'd gotten as high as 12mpg... I told him he was part of the problem but he didn't really want to hear it. -Curt Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 07:22:37 -0500 From: Potter, Tom E [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=22282order=downsort=datepos=0 Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=22282order=downsort=datepos=0 Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=22282order=downsort=datepos=0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Amen, brother. Thomas E. Potter Telephone: (713) 215-2877 Fax: (713) 215-2551 Mobile: (832) 794-0536 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=22282order=downsort=datepos=0 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://us.f328.mail.yahoo.com/ym/[EMAIL PROTECTED]YY=22282order=downsort=datepos=0]On Behalf Of Kaleb C. Striplin Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 7:22 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices This is the USA, why should the government regulate what people drive? If those fools want to drive hummers around, let them. They can either pay the higher fuel cost or take some responsibility and realize the are wasting what valuable resourses of oil we have left. Would you like it if the feds decided one day that no cars over 10 years old should be allowed to operate on public streets? -- Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=34442/*http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
This one's been around the block many times. Urban legend. www.snopes.com Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Yeah, every time the price of fuel goes up that email does the rounds. However large car manufacturers are feeling the pinch, the local GM operation is giving away AU$2000 worth of fuel with every new V6 sold and AU$4000 for every V8. Not enough though, the GM (we call them Holden) factory is laying off 1400 workers(20-30%). That and the ripple on effect(component manufacturers and so on) is going to be pretty bad for the local economy. And the GM 3.8L V6 is not as thirsty as the Ford 4L straight six, so Ford might have to temporarily downsize as well. I could get political about who is to blame for the price of juice but this is a vehicular based list so I will shut the ..up. Hendrik who is happy to have bought a 230E instead of the preferred 280E(although I might have to look at a 240D next time around) - Original Message - From: Royce Engler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:53 AM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices This one's been around the block many times. Urban legend. www.snopes.com Royce Engler 1985 300TD Turbo 265K -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.10.14/79 - Release Date: 22/08/2005
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Yes, cartels (which is basically what's being suggested, a cartel of buyers of gasoline) work just great on the open market, just ask any decent economics professor. So let's think this through a bit. We're supposed to stop buying gas from Exxon and Mobil until the prices hit $1.30. Do the people that suggest such plans really think that people are going to wait around for the price to drop to the target? If the price that Exxon and Mobil charge drops $.10 below what the surrounding vendors are charging, do they REALLY believe that everyone won't switch over in droves?! What about if it was $.50 cheaper?! How many would hold out at that price? Think about it. ...Kevin andrew strasfogel said: I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Thank God for Microsoft -- Linus Torvalds
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Interesting concept but according to these guys it won't work http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/gasout.htm Looks like their solution it to get rid of california ;)
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
exatly - average person would never hold out. ONly a few and they would make no difference. Now, if the teamsters parked all their trucks in DC and all over the beltway, then something might happen. Works in France all the time for farmers (tractors in Paris). Christopher --- Kevin J. Slater [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, cartels (which is basically what's being suggested, a cartel of buyers of gasoline) work just great on the open market, just ask any decent economics professor. So let's think this through a bit. We're supposed to stop buying gas from Exxon and Mobil until the prices hit $1.30. Do the people that suggest such plans really think that people are going to wait around for the price to drop to the target? If the price that Exxon and Mobil charge drops $.10 below what the surrounding vendors are charging, do they REALLY believe that everyone won't switch over in droves?! What about if it was $.50 cheaper?! How many would hold out at that price? Think about it. ...Kevin andrew strasfogel said: I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net -- Thank God for Microsoft -- Linus Torvalds ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net Christopher McCann, Squier Park, Kansas City, Missouri -1985 300SD, 209K miles, Wulf (http://www.pictureblogger.com/My-1985-Mercedes-Benz-300SD) -1976 240D, ManyK miles, AKP-Wagen (Alternativen Kraftstoffs Prüfenlastwagen = Alternative Fuel Test Vehicle) DISCLAIMER: DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME! I AM A PROFESSIONAL IDIOT, I THINK. -1998 Toyota Sienna CE, 99K miles, The Van Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
This is just a clever attempt by Andrew (heretic !, nonbeliever !) to get us all to weaken Mobil Oil, the purveyor of Mobil 1. ;-) Dan Elliott 82 300D-T 84kmi WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Drivel, drivel, drivel... The information contained in this e-mail message is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the recipient(s) named above and may contain information that is privileged, confidential, and/or proprietary to Planalytics, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliated companies. This message may be an attorney-client communication and as such is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or an agent responsible for delivering it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that you have received this document in error and that any review, dissemination, distribution, or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail, and delete the original message.
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Another reason this will not work is that the distillate feedstocks have been standardized and companies often buy products from competitors if the cost of transportation is lower. The only thing that varies from brand-to-brand is the additive package. That is why most fuel delivery trucks are un-branded. It does not look good for a BP truck to deliver fuel to an Exxon station - and it happens all the time. Most notably in rural areas where there may only be one Terminal within 500 miles or more. -Dave Walton On 8/26/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
I can feel the love... I am not a mindless Mobil-hater because of Movbil 1. Au contraire, I sort of admire their business acumen in developing these synthetic products. I even occasionally gas up at a Mobil station, because I like the logo and color scheme and their price isn't as high as some of the other nearby service stations. But in all seriousness, how can it possibly hurt to simply refrain from doing business with EXX-MB? On 8/26/05, dave walton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another reason this will not work is that the distillate feedstocks have been standardized and companies often buy products from competitors if the cost of transportation is lower. The only thing that varies from brand-to-brand is the additive package. That is why most fuel delivery trucks are un-branded. It does not look good for a BP truck to deliver fuel to an Exxon station - and it happens all the time. Most notably in rural areas where there may only be one Terminal within 500 miles or more. -Dave Walton On 8/26/05, andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I received this from a friend in NY today (slightly edited to reduce the length) WAR ON GAS/DIESEL PRICES Do you have a spark of rebellion in you? Would you like to start a modern day Boston Tea Party? THEN JOIN the RESISTANCE We are ALREADY close to $3.00 a gallon and it might go higher!! Want gasoline or diesel prices to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action. Phillip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the don't buy gas on a certain day campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy gas. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work. Please read it and join with us! By now you're probably thinking gasoline priced at about $1.50 is super cheap. Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a gallon of gas is CHEAP at $1.50- $1.75, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS control the market place not sellers. With the price of gasoline going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of gas come down is if we hit someone in the pocketbook by not purchasing their gas! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. HOW? Since we all rely on our cars, we can't just stop buying gas. But we CAN have an impact on gas prices if we all act together to force a price war. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year, DON'T purchase ANY gasoline from the TWO BIGGEST COMPANIES (which now are one), EXXON and MOBIL. If they are not selling any gas, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally millions of Exxon and Mobil gas buyers. If each of us sends it to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300) ... and those 300 do the same, it won't take long before millions of drivers have been contacted! Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE $1.30 RANGE AND KEEP THEM DOWN. THIS CAN REALLY WORK ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net ___ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
It can't hurt to refrain, but it won't do anything to help, either. The reason I won't buy diesel from them is that it makes my cars smokier, noisier, and it's much lower Cetane than the ECD-1, from Arco. Jerry Ö¿Ö ~ -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of andrew strasfogel Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 1:43 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices I can feel the love... I am not a mindless Mobil-hater because of Movbil 1. Au contraire, I sort of admire their business acumen in developing these synthetic products. I even occasionally gas up at a Mobil station, because I like the logo and color scheme and their price isn't as high as some of the other nearby service stations. But in all seriousness, how can it possibly hurt to simply refrain from doing business with EXX-MB?
Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices
Because it won't help at all... The real way to lower gas prices is to lower demand. Legislate the H1 out of existance, get a government with some balls to institute a fuel economy policy worth having rather than the BS we've got now. Make incentives to use public transportation that are as great as the incentives not to. -Curt Date: Fri, 26 Aug 2005 16:43:29 -0400 From: andrew strasfogel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [MBZ] Something practical to combat high fuel prices To: Mercedes mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 I can feel the love... I am not a mindless Mobil-hater because of Movbil 1. Au contraire, I sort of admire their business acumen in developing these synthetic products. I even occasionally gas up at a Mobil station, because I like the logo and color scheme and their price isn't as high as some of the other nearby service stations. But in all seriousness, how can it possibly hurt to simply refrain from doing business with EXX-MB? - Start your day with Yahoo! - make it your home page
