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To: Think4Yourself who wrote (74515)	9/25/2000 10:10:08 AM
From: Roebear	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 95453

JQP, Could be if you throw the 18 wheelers in that 12-13mpg is quite possible as an average for half the fleet. He did say half the vehicles on the road. I frequently travel on a major N/S interstate route and am amazed at the increase in truck traffic during this economic boom. Trucking companies have been advertising heavily for drivers for quite awhile and I note that some of the fleets that transport for my company are having a hard time keeping drivers. Plenty of new faces among the drivers. This is a major demand contributor to Boom part I and II. I actually am somewhat relieved if the SPR release gives the general market a little relief. If my oil profits go down some in an OSX correction they will not stay down as long as the economy remains hot. Were the markets to crash, that would take demand out of the OS equation and the OSX would go along on that ride off the cliff. Best Regards, Roebear

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (74515)	9/25/2000 10:25:04 AM
From: dfloydr	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 95453

John, 1. My new Isuzu Trooper gets 14.5 mpg no matter where I go. My 1995 Trooper used to get 22.5 mpg. The new one has 15 more horse power ... at a huge cost. And, no, I do not have it stuck in 4 wheel drive. Friends with other SUV's are reporting some pretty poor mileage. Dealers are blaming this on the gas formulations. Out here in AZ at times it seems as though SUV's make up about half the cars on the road and the other half are trucks. This is, of course not true, but we do drive a lot of not very economical vehicles. It almost seems that car makers have found that SUV drivers are not as gas conscious and so they are dumping their inefficient engines into these vehicles. 2. It is interesting that no one with a bully pulpit has dared to suggest that a little conservation might help us get through the winter ahead.

To: Think4Yourself who wrote (74515)	9/25/2000 12:18:04 PM
From: gpphantom	Respond to of 95453

JQP, I'm not so sure... My wife drives a '97 Expedition, her traveling office, and I drive a '92 Explorer. Under our driving patterns, both of these vehicles average less than 12 mpg. Both average in the mid 11's. It would be worse too if we were sitting out there in all that commuter traffic. It's seldom that we get to drive in highway conditions that would pull that average up. Here in South Orange County (So Cal) SUV's are just thick, especially the Suburbans and Expeditions.