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Sunday, June 15, 2008

Is the road trip dead? (startribune.com)

From startribune.com (Minneapolis):

Posted on June 11th, 2008 – 8:16 AM
By Chris Welsch
"Escape Artists" Blog

All signs point toward a future of expensive gasoline; It will take years to retool Americans’ auto choices; for the next couple of years, people will be using their SUVs and big pickups (and big station wagons — my choice) as a way to send their savings to Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries. My Volkswagen with a V6 burns a gallon of fuel every 18 miles in town and 23 on the highway.

Is this the beginning of the end for a great American tradition? Is the road trip dying?

http://ww3.startribune.com/blogs/escapeartists/2008/06/11/is-the-road-trip-dead/#comments

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