Sentences with phrase «with gas guzzling»

What if today's children turn out to be not so enamored with gas guzzling and daily driving when they're adults?

corporate interests and our own narcissistic infatuation with gas guzzling suvs and unheatable mcmansions will continue unabated.

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It really does begin with our excessive spending on unnecessary things such as huge houses, gas - guzzling vehicles and lots of «pretty» and «I want» things that we can't really afford.

Nobody cares what this fat slob has to say other than his biggoted, ignorant audience, the same dimwits with those moronic «Forgiven» bumper stickers on their bloated, gas - guzzling SUV's.

The wealthiest Americans and the biggest corporations would share the tax burden with those (including many union members) who enjoy the most generous employer - provided health plans and those (including inner - city residents with suburban jobs) who commute long distances in gas - guzzling cars.

[90] In this regard, trappers are no different than people who avoid replacing their gas guzzling cars with more efficient hybrids.

The most popular vehicles are of the gas - guzzling sort: SUVs, minivans and pickup trucks, often with adjusted seats.

Feeding time can come with a lot of crying, gulping, guzzling, and suckling — in other words, a lot of air, which eventually manifests itself in the form of a burp or gas.

The question of whether or not to impose green taxes on gas guzzling cars caused division in Westminster again today, with three members of an environmental commission launching a minority report calling the idea «retrospective taxation» while the rest of the committee called for more radical proposals.

With cheap oil, consumers are again buying gas - guzzling SUVs and pickups, dragging down auto - company fleet averages

Negotiating with the Obama administration in 2009 on the «cash for clunkers» program, which gave Americans vouchers to trade in their old, gas - guzzling vehicles for new, efficient models.

And with Smart Cars, especially the yellow ones, you have the perfect combination of efficiency, function and a funky look, to offset the ugly, gas guzzling SVU's.

All together, the release is like a finely tuned, gas guzzling, well - tuned machine with the throttle wide open from the time you see the chrome Warner Bros. logo to the end credits rolling.

Bugging their parents to trade in a gas - guzzling SUV for a Prius goes hand in hand with saving polar bears from melting glaciers.

With oil approaching $ 100 per barrel and a trip to the pumps capable of inflicting a like - size dent in your wallet, big trucks that don't guzzle gas on an ordinary commute seem like manna from the Middle East.

CARS.COM — Full - size SUVs can weigh more than 5,000 pounds, and many come with gas - guzzling V - 8 engines, so fuel efficiency isn't one of their strong points.

While the CTS Sport Wagon should supplement Cadillac's current offerings in Europe with sharper styling and a sportier demeanor, GM hopes it resonates with American consumers downsizing from gas - guzzling SUVs.

Landing on U.S. shores on the heels of the 1973 oil crisis, the lightweight, efficient, and affordable B210 proved quite popular with consumers who were looking to escape the two - ton gas - guzzling albatross from major American automakers.

I had negative equity in my vehicle and he worked with me to find a car that would be better than my gas guzzling truck.

Mated to an 8 - speed automatic, it guzzles regular grade gas and in our week of testing, achieved 31 MPG in mixed city and highway driving — unbelievable for a vehicle of this size with AWD.

Gone from the 2015 Ford Expedition is the gas - guzzling V8, replaced with a...

The large SUV guzzles gas with an EPA - estimated 14/20 city / highway for the non-all wheel drive and 13/19 for the AWD version.

Get away from gas - guzzling sedans with the fully redesigned 2016 Toyota Prius!

Making a better case for the Pilot as a substitute for gas - guzzling SUVs, Honda starts things off with a more modern powertrain and a cleaner, more contemporary exterior design, but it is staying mum on official details and pricing.

For a while there I was hopeful that we would see some more fuel efficient family ski mobiles here, but lately all the wagons (Audi Allroad Quattro, Audi A6, VW Passat, BMW 5 Series, etc) seem to be disappearing and getting replaced with larger gas - guzzling SUVs.

Fifty years from now, cultural historians trying to understand the twilight years of the gas - guzzling SUV will ask themselves a series of questions: What were auto companies thinking when they created enormous cars with enormous engines that were destined for a life of traffic jams?

Starting in 2012, the big - boy Prius made a solid case against the need for large, gas - guzzling SUVs — at least with respect to interior volume.

Being first to market with a true SUV hybrid is important to Ford, which has come under fire from environmental groups for its reliance on gas - guzzling large pickups and sport utilities.

Instead, domestic automakers built muscle cars - small and mid-size coupes with big, gas - guzzling V - 8 engines, such as Pontiac's GTO and Ford's Shelby Mustang.

But what I don't want to hear in connection with this grand old American tradition is a lot of guff about gas - guzzling dinosaurs.

The designs were unique with very noticeable badging to declare your superiority to the gas - guzzling masses.

The universe of sport utility vehicles — once rife with gas - guzzling land yachts — has expanded to include wildly popular compact and even subcompact models whose fuel economy has jumped by up to a third in less than a decade.

However, if your financial situation has changed and you need to part ways with your «upside down» gas guzzling vehicle, here is how to do it.

«We got rid of the giant gas - guzzling SUV and bought a small car that we shared until we were able to buy another car with cash,» said Mary.

I won't know until I play it, but if Codemasters and Asobo have managed to balance quantity with quality, this ambitious off - road racer could be the best gas guzzling games ever made.

We live in a world of excess, with our gas - guzzling SUV's to the virtually disposable cheap clothing shipped in from China.

I am not saying this the way the right wing likes to portray it, as an agenda of the «loony left» who are uncomfortable with people having the wealth to live in big houses and drive gas guzzling SUV's.

Below are his answers to a few of the hundreds of questions he received on The Times and on Facebook, covering everything from artificial meat to Americans» gas guzzling driving preferences (with some light editing of his dictated responses):

Besides that, I wonder how ecologically responsible it is to drag around a 7500 - 10000 # house with some monster gas guzzling truck??? Just saying.

The awesomeness of this is that the advisers are not full time staffers with bloated salleries that need to be flown around the country on the gas guzzling jets.

Falling sales of the the military - derived vehicle, which has become synonymous with gas - guzzling excess, have prompted GM to put the Hummer brand up for sale.

Do you think they have any interest in Obama or Romney telling them to take the harsh steps required to even begin to address the problem: e.g., trade in your large gas - guzzling SUV for a Citroen Deux Cheval, replace your 6,000 ft ^ 2 McMansion with a 1000 ft ^ 2 condo, pare back your six annual Asian vacation flights to zero, etc..

How many Prius drivers do you know that go joy - riding, just for the hell of it, that wouldn't have done so before with gas - guzzling cars?

Because Topshop hearts chic cyclists, the fashion retailer has partnered with Chictopia.com to reward folks who have traded in their gas - guzzling autos for pedal - powered two - wheelers.

It's pointless designing an organic garden and then buying a gas guzzling vehicle or building a house from concrete and steel when we can use local materials with less embodied energy.

For example, local city transit authorities, such as Transport for London, would encourage commuters to use public transportation instead of gas - guzzling alternatives by rewarding them with ETK tokens.

«If we can replace some of the millions of gas - guzzling clunkers out there with Elios, we can reduce our dependence on foreign oil by 0.35 percent.»

The latest lines of auto hybrids, diesels, and compact vehicles will allow you to go farther with less gas and say goodbye to your gas - guzzling days.

I simply toy with you guys, in between working on my boats, my book, my ’69 Olds politically incorrect gas guzzling competitive highway monster, and various other sundry projects.