| With a garage of LBCs that all get at least 30 MPG, and a "new" MINI that 
gets 38 MPG,  I smile a lot more these days at the gas station.  The guy 
next to me in an Exploder looks over knowingly at me and bitches about how 
the pump shuts off at $50 and he has to go inside to get the attendant to 
reset it.  I'm filling my 6 gallon bugeye tank and looking at him like he's 
speaking a foreign language.  Sunday I took the Morris to the Pick-and-Pull 
to get a lens for a daughter's Toyota, and I noticed that the cars ahead of 
me and behind me on the freeway were all small sedans for just that few 
moments.  I haven't seen a freeway scene so devoid of SUVs in many years. 
It didn't last for more than a few moments, but its a sign.
Glen 
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