Yup, gas prices must be down

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno)
12/16/2014 at 11:37 • Filed to: None

I saw not one, not two, but three H2s on the way back to school. That's more than I've seen in a long time. Not to mention a slew of older, gas guzzling SUVs.

Welcome to America, where we have the memory of a goldfish and think once gas prices get low, they'll stay low. So we all go out and buy SUVs because 'Murica and then once prices go back up we sell them because we can't afford to fuel them.

If you're gonna drive an SUV, you gotta commit to paying for gas no matter the price.

DISCUSSION (21)

Funktheduck > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:41

I've been seeing more h2s and h3s lately too. I think people are pulling them out of their garages now they can afford to drive them. Like how people pull out their sports cars on nice weekends

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:41

I concur. Since gas prices have dropped, I'm actually seeing more hummers. Dafuq, people?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/16/2014 at 11:43

Who knows, people want their big ostentatious trucks I guess.

I will say that H3 prices are getting insanely low and getting tempting. H2s on the other hand... Yeah, I can't do 3MPG on any gas price.

T5Killer > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:43

Same here I have seen 10 in the past few days and before that I haven't seen a single one in months. I was seriously considering taking my Cobra out of storage and driving it daily.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > Funktheduck
12/16/2014 at 11:44

I would have never though of Hummers as one of those cars you keep as a "toy" so to speak.

The Gray Adder > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:46

Welcome to America, where we have the memory of a goldfish - which is why, if Jeb Bush decided to run for President, he'd probably have a 50-50 chance of winning.

PushToStart > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:49

Interestingly, I've actually seen a few Teslas in the past few days, but still an average number of Hummers/Escalades/etc.

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > PushToStart
12/16/2014 at 11:49

I saw a Model S this morning. Only the third one I've ever seen outside of auto shows.

Alex B > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:49

Same here too. I'm actually seeing it happen.

Grindintosecond > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 11:52

the h3t was surprisingly capable off road. Not so comfy on pavement but rugged. it has my eye for the future. Can get that inline big fat 5 too. Should I need a truck that is.

Brickman > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:02

It's like they appear out of nowhere! People kept their Hummer in the garage while gas prices were high?

Hahayoustupidludditeshutupandgohandcrankyourmodeltalready > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:05

Even at $0.30 a gallon?

boobytrapsandtreasure > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:12

I had an asshat in a H3 cut me off last week. It was like I was back in 2008 again.

BigBlock440 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/16/2014 at 12:15

They're not making new ones so? Your outrage is that they didn't drive them when gas prices were high? Or is it that they didn't scrap them?

DoYouEvenShift > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:20

Did you move down to Texas with us? I see at least 5 H2s a day and a gazillion Escalades, Suburbans, Tahoe's, Expeditions, Excursions.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BigBlock440
12/16/2014 at 12:20

I just can't believe people s memory is that short. Like gas prices totally will never go up again.

Also, I hoped amerca was over the hummer image.

Textured Soy Protein > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:32

Or, maybe they're driving their old(er) SUVs because it's winter .

Most of the year I drive this:

Kinja'd!!!

But now it's in storage so I'm driving this:

Kinja'd!!!

Pretty sure you know which one gets better mileage.

BrownMiataDieselWagon > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:35

I want to master the art of hypermiling before gas prices increase again. So, I hypermiled my last tank of gas and got 19mpg, beating the EPA estimate by 2mpg!! Tough work, but definitely an important skill for anyone who buys an SUV nowadays and are stingy with gas money.

BigBlock440 > sm70- why not Duesenberg?
12/16/2014 at 12:44

What makes their memory short? They didn't just buy them. It's like saying "I can't believe they have their sportscar out now. Don't they know it's going to get cold and snowy again?"

WesBarton89 - The Way to Santa Fe > Logansteno: Bought a VW?
12/16/2014 at 12:49

Ha. I bought my Durango back in February, back when gas was almost $4 a gallon. It cost close to $100 to fill up from empty. Now I can fill it for less than $70. Just got lucky there. But I know what to expect when prices go back up. I did see an H2 with temp tags the other day though. We will see how long it lasts. We did have a 7-10 cent per gallon drop over one day this weekend though.

sm70- why not Duesenberg? > BigBlock440
12/16/2014 at 13:04

Right, but let's look at it a different way. Ignoring sales of new cars, the drivers of Range Rovers and Suburbans did not put their cars in a garage when gas prices went up, and then take them back out because gas got cheap again. They either sold them and bought something more fuel efficient, or just kept driving them. These cars get nearly as bad of gas mileage as the H2. What killed the H2 was not gas prices, it was the image of driving something so intentionally brash and wasteful while gas was so expensive. They stopped driving them and put them away partly because a Hummer became socially unacceptable. And yet people think that now that gas prices are down, the image of a Hummer has changed and that the stigma associated with driving one that caused them to stop in 2008 now somehow no longer exists.

That's my opinion on it, anyway.