Hybrids

[cobram at juno.com]

I like it, ONLY if they substitute this for existing taxes, instead of
tacking it on.  I have always found it very unfair to pay "road use" or
excise taxes based on the value of the vehicle, and not the miles driven.
 An old guzzling SB that's driven 40K miles a year pays almost no "road
use" tax compared to a newish 50 MPG hug a tree special that's a hanger
queen.  In my state anyway, YMMV.  On the other end, a gas guzzler hanger
queer pays less in fuel taxes than that Geo Metro that just zipped by
with the plastic pizza on the roof and the pepperoni hub caps.

MAC: Having paid almost $180 bucks for a fillup overseas once,  mileage
is at the bottom of my list when choosing a car stateside.  
"Gee, no thanks, I'll pass on that 911 Turbo you're selling for cheap,
the mileage numbers don't look as good as that (insert appliance car of
choice here)."  This phrase will show up on one of those typewriters the
thousand monkeys are pounding on for 1000 years before you hear them
coming out of my mouth.

BCNU,
http://www.geocities.com/cobramsri/
You may not think messing up a pair of $40 shoes is such a big deal, but
you have to realize my father's car only cost $65!

"Alex Kowalski" <hypereutectic1 at gmail.com> writes:

> And once you have the fuel-efficient vehicle of the future?
> 
> You'll be taxed by the mile via GPS, and you'll still be riding in a 
> hybrid.
> 
> http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/02/14/eveningnews/main674120.shtml
> 
> The government always gets its money, the only difference is that 
> you'll be driving a Hybrid!