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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (8456)	1/24/2003 4:10:52 PM
From: GraceZ	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 306849

I've asked several of my friends who drive SUVs what kind of gas mileage they get and most of them say they don't know. How would people make a decision about going to a more fuel efficient car if they don't even know what their current one gets? Although I agree with you they would drive them if they couldn't tell the difference in appearance and price, but as it stands, a lot of people aren't driven to buy a fuel efficient car as a priority until the price of gasoline goes up. I've always driven a car that gets 28-36 miles to the gallon. It's never been the money as much as I like being less consumptive. But I've also taken some ribbing for my modest taste in vehicles. For a while there it seemed as though conspicuous consumption was making a big come back, people wanted to show how well off they were by not caring what the gas mileage was on their car.