Does Rachel Maddow Drive a Gas Guzzling SUV???

[Pryderi]

I just heard her say she had to put over $75 worth of gas in her vehicle this weekend!

That tells me her gas tank is about 20 gallons or more.

I always thought she'd be a hybrid owner.

[liberal N proud]

1. In New York, that might not be a SUV

My car takes nearly $50 to fill here in Ohio.

[Pryderi]

4. It's about 4.29 a gallon in NYC according to

this: http://www.newyorkgasprices.com/retail_price_chart.aspx

[liberal N proud]

22. That would put a full tank at just over $51

[fishwax]

48. probably add another 20 cents for premium

@4.49/gallon 17 gallons would cost a bit more than $75.

[givemebackmycountry]

45. Rachel drives a big ass old rusted out pickup truck when she is in Mass

She hauls dirt and dogs and wood and garbage and junk in it.
I assure you she is not driving it back and forth to work every day.

[dmr]

2. I don't know what she drives but she works in NYC & lives in CT.

unless, of course, she moved.

:hi:

[elleng]

10. Massachusetts, rural, not sure exactly where.

I paid $50 on my old toyo wagon last week, MD.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Having a 20-gal. tank doesn't mean the vehicle isn't fuel-efficient.

The thing that matters is miles per gallon, not the size of the tank.

[Pryderi]

7. Ok, it looks like the new Sonata has a 20 gallon tank.

[hlthe2b]

5. She lives in rural Massachusetts... so probably a truck or SUV

I don't think she drives in NY, so she's probably talking about the weekend back with Susan...

[WhollyHeretic]

6. I filled my wife's Sonata last week and spent $75. That's an 18 gallon tank

[Pryderi]

12. lol. I just found out that has a 20 gallon tank. I didn't know they made them

that large for hybrids.

[rufus dog]

50. How does your wife, and you, like the car?

I was looking at the Elantra, the smaller version. Small 4 cylinder engine, but hey the gas mileage is great.

[WhollyHeretic]

52. It's a great car. We've had it for just over a year now.

I saw that the new Elantra's had really good gas mileage. They were pretty roomy for a small car too.

[orpupilofnature57]

8. Maybe she buys Premium.

[xchrom]

9. Unrec

[eleny]

11. Maybe the vehicle is a truck with two fuel tanks

[Justpat]

13. Gas is 4.30 a gallon for regular in NY. n/t

[DainBramaged]

14. She owns a pickup truck, they NEED it for where she lives

and she has said this many many times.


Google Rachel Maddow pickup truck

[ileus]

15. Let her drive whatever she can afford, she deserves it for fighting the good fight.

[jp11]

16. You hurt your fuel economy driving around with a full tank as it is added weight

you don't need UNLESS the convenience of filling up less often matters more OR you don't have good access to gas stations.

That is the only useful thing I will add to this thread.

[bullwinkle428]

17. I have a Honda Accord (33 mpg) with a 17 gallon tank, so that

fill-up would cost me about $73.00 in NYC right now.

OP hypothesis fail! ;)

[Cleita]

18. My Jeep Grand Cherokee, which is not a huge

SUV cost me $71 to fill it up. However, it will get me through the month. Also, my car could run on bio-fuel if only it were available.

[DainBramaged]

19. She drives her gas-guzzler to the Olive Garden to smoke near the front door

It amazes me how much fault is found on DU.

[demtenjeep]

20. agreed. n/t

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[Lost-in-FL]

25. ... in the front door where scores of women are breastfeeding their circumsized boys. nt

[Raine]

28. Agree

always somebody who has to be "holier than thou". :puke:

[DainBramaged]

35. The nannies.......

[madinmaryland]

36. What the FUCK!! Maddow is the one breast feeding while smoking and letting

her other children run wild!

Whoda thunk!

[DainBramaged]

37. HAHAHAHAHA you made a funny

:loveya:

[undeterred]

21. And Al Gore still isn't a vegetarian.

What's a liberal to do? :shrug:

[notadmblnd]

23. maybe she had to fill up more than once?

[Ikonoklast]

24. I don't think she actually mentioned the word "gasoline".

She fills her Hummer up with ground-up puppies.

Purebreds, too, that's why it costs so much.

[Leopolds Ghost]

47. Thermal Depuppyization n/t

[demosincebirth]

26. She could drive a tank for all I care. If she did, I'd know it was made in America.

[Raine]

27. So what if she does. I'd rather Rachel was in a nice

safe big ole SUV than some small dinky unsafe little thing ... we need her to stay around. Anyway not all Democrats are environmentalists, just like not all are pacifists.

[Lost-in-FL]

29. She owns a boat so yes... she might need a "gas guzzling SUV"...

to take the boat around.

I do own an SUV (Honda Element), however, I have a home solar system. :shrug:

[DefenseLawyer]

30. I filled my tank for $92 bucks the other day

about 21 and a half gallons at $4.30 a gallon. That was in Indianapolis, not Manhattan.

[flvegan]

31. Jesus Christ. Who cares what she drives.

Does she wear clothes from sweatshop labor? Heavens!

Does she eat meat? *faints*

Probably has a lawn she waters? O NOES!

We spend enough time on defense from the idiots on the right, we really need not find fault with our own.

[Baby Bear]

32. She's on our side

Lay off.

[handmade34]

33. cute

:hi:

[DURHAM D]

34. Not sure what she drives but -

I have heard her say she takes the train into the city for work.

[Canuckistanian]

38. People who make $millions should not be mentioning $75 gas bills

Sounds like she made her vehicle choice. And she chose a gas guzzler. She can afford it easily.

[themadstork]

40. Does she make millions?

Is a late-night news show on a little-watched channel msking her that much?

[Canuckistanian]

42. Regular network hosts make millions, trust me

Or else their agents are total morans.

[themadstork]

51. huh. shows how disconnected i've become from tv culture, i guess

Weird.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

41. The fact that it has a 20-gallon tank does not make it a gas-guzzler.

If you have a vehicle that gets, say, 40 mpg, and you have a 20-gal. tank, what you have is a vehicle that gets you a long way (800 miles) before you have to spend another $75. If, however, you have a vehicle with a 20-gal. tank (or a 10-gal. tank, or a 50-gal. tank) that gets only 10 mpg, now you have a gas-guzzler. The size of the tank is irrelevant to whether a vehicle is inefficient.

[Canuckistanian]

49. Yeah, I suppose

But it still raises my hackles to hear rich people mention how they had to spend a whole $75 to fill their tank.

I've never had to pay more than $40. And trust me, our gas is a LOT more expensive than yours.

[MadHound]

39. Funny, how this discussion is about the fuel mileage she gets,

Let's instead look at the carbon and pollution she puts into the air.

I don't care if she is "on our side" or whatever, it is everybody's duty to reduce their footprint on this earth, left, right or center, famous or not, on our side or not.

[rucky]

43. She lives in Massachusetts and works in NYC n/t

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

46. Shouldn't she be hitchhiking or something?

Riding a bicycle to work, maybe?

I mean, she's supposed to be a liberal and here she is, driving a car! The horror!

:sarcasm:

[soleft]

44. she drives a pick up truck

[tpsbmam]

53. I just spent $39 for a little over a half tank of gas in a Honda Accord in NC

I paid $3.82/gallon. I just did a quick check. If she's buying in NYC, prices are higher -- the cheapest I found was $4.09/gallon. MA was pretty comparable to my area in NC. She doesn't need to be driving a gas guzzler to pay that amount -- I would have paid very close to that if I'd been running on empty.

The only positive here is I suspect many, like me, are carefully planning trips. I don't have to commute anymore and drive very little these days. When gas prices get this high, I plan even more carefully than I usually do in order to consolidate trips. I think the environment wins when prices get this high. Unfortunately, it comes at the price of really hurting lots of people at a time when the hurt is devastating to many.