Higher gasoline prices driving consumers to buy more small cars: Scotiabank
BartSimpson
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:45 am
Cripes. For down here that would translate to a 26 cent increase!
andyt
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:46 am
Our prices have actually come down a couple of cents. By Victoria weekend of course they'll go right back up. But who cares, the world will have ended by then anyway.
Nuggie77
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:49 am
I have absolutely no sympathy for the little jump in gas prices in the GTA. I was just in Montreal and prices are near $1.46. Wow a whole 6.5 cents. Jumps like that are a common occurance on the west coast!!
martin14
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:56 am
more misplaced whining....................... in France, I saw 98 at
1 euro 74 per litre.
That's $ 2.41 CAD
keep driving folks.
DanSC
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 11:57 am
I wouldn't care as much if I could buy the VW Polo TDI or the Jaguar XK diesel in the states.
andyt
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:05 pm
DanSC DanSC:
I wouldn't care as much if I could buy the VW Polo TDI or the Jaguar XK diesel in the states.
So a Golf diesel is no good? And a Merc or BMW diesel just wont do vs the Jag?
DanSC
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:18 pm
The Golf is Ok, but if I'm buying an eco car, I might as well buy an ECO car. Also, you just can't go wrong with a Jag.
You can't really call a Jag an eco car, can you? And you don't care about their poor reliability record?
Is there such a huge diff in mileage between the Polo and the Golf?
DanSC
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:29 pm
The Jag XK diesel will get 35+ mpg, and the Polo will approach 80. The Golf TDI will get over 50 mpg if one drives carefully. As for a Jag's reliability, I'm no more scared of it than a Merc's or BMW's reliability.
OnTheIce
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:35 pm
My God I can't stand Dan McTeague. What a douche this guy is.
BartSimpson
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Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 12:37 pm
DanSC DanSC:
The Jag XK diesel will get 35+ mpg
So does my 2007 Volvo S80 with the 312HP 3.2L V-6. It's amazing what happens when you keep a car in good maintenance.
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