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You almost had to feel bad for Hillary Clinton yesterday, still railing about gas tax holidays and superdelegates and all her white voters while the rest of the world was mercifully moving on. But that gas thing is still a problem, which you might have noticed when half your neighborhood was carpooling in the trunk of your Miata. (Oh, and lose the Miata, by the way.) But what are our athletes doing to help solve our gas price crisis? Ask Darren McFadden.
Busted Coverage has put together a rundown of the prices to fill the gas tanks of various athletes/celebrities, and the totals are gruesome; we suspect most signing bonuses are evaporated immediately.
Not that anyone has probably noticed. If you're Darren McFadden, do you even know who fills your gas tank, let alone how much it costs?
Athletes, Celebrities Deal With Rising Gas Prices [Busted Coverage]
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Let's just hope he doesn't clean that ride at Marvin Harrison's car wash.
Especially now that Darren's going to have to roll with Bubb Rubb and the whistlers in Oaktown. Woo-woo!
I'm assuming one of his illegitimate kids fills the tank for him...
settle down. He didn't swipe that.
12:35 PM on Thu May 8 2008
By Latrell Sprewell"
Bylined.
With gold at $1000 an ounce, that chain should cover the season.
Why can't I stop staring at the Taco Bell in the background when I know it'll just give me the shits...
So much for using the leftover cash from the gas fund to buy condoms.
You see? Just purchase a nice regular car - a Ford in this case - and a professional athlete can travel around town in complete anonymity.
Does that ID tag on the photo say '99...as in 1999? That would have made him TWELVE years old?
There's a Roger Clemens joke in there somewhere.
That photo seems to be nine years old. Does that make Darren McFadden 30?
What? I thought that these things were disposable ..they stop after about 150 miles and I buy me a new ride.
D-fad
Emmett Smith is tired of seeing gas prices escalading so quickly.
@Dan Levy: Dammit.
@Send It In, Jerome!: ^Emmitt.
I would like to see the nation do away with Nascar. We're in a crisis, afterall.
David Eckstein could change his oil standing up.
Darren McFadden is not your buddy, guy!
Memo to self:
It's wrong to stereotype, It's wrong to stereotype, It's wrong to stereotype.....
It looks like he's saving up some gas money by eating exclusively at Taco Bell.
Hey, maybe they can hire him to be a spokesperson for the Taco Bell diet. And by spokesperson I mean survivor, of course.
Hey! Its one of finest eateries in Fayetteville.
@Dan Levy: Maybe Y2K killed the camera. It's perpetually stuck on 1999.
Yea, but how is the backseat?
Starbury
He just lifted his car so he didn't have to strain to reach the Taco Bell drive-thru window.
I'm suprised these stars are so frivilous with their money, don't they all subscribe to Lenny Dykstra's magazine?
Those have got to be 26's . Maybe even 28's. On a Ford? C'mon, D-Mac. You know Chevys and Caddies deserve those type of rims.
Driving in that upright style is going to cross over well to the NFL.
@The Diesel: I bet they put sugar on the chalupas in Arkansas.
sittin on 23's beeyotch!
If I may...
I can't stand the fucking idiots who take a middle of the road car then add about $10,000+ to pimp it out. Why not just take all that money and buy a decent car to start with? What a sound investement to trick out your piece of shit you probably spend 1% of your time in. Asshats.
/end rant
@Weed Against Speed: Actually, it isn't going to.
Well, when you ghostride, it doesn't use up as much gas.
I prefer Cluckin Bell myself... muthafuckas!
@Clare: Will's not your guy, friend!
Shaq has a $23,000/mnth gas bill and to fight this he has started carpooling.
[jalopnik.com]
One ride with Rosie O'Donnell and that suspension is fucked. - The Donald.
Hm. For some reason I got sidetracked at Busted Coverage and no longer cared how much Pete Wentz spends on gas.
@The Fan's Attic: Holy Giant Picture, TFA!
@The Fan's Attic: You need to make the picture bigger. I can barely see it.
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Darius Miles says stop hatin on my whip
@ArkansasFred:If I remember correctly he spent 24D on gasoline.
I always wanted to know how I could pimp out my Ford Escort, Darren McFadden thank you.
Can we say by the date tag that this isn't Darren McFadden? Besides, how can we tell, don't they all look........
@Sandy Magic Jackson: +25
You pose' to be up cookn' brefsk or sumtin' woooooo woooooooo
My '99 camry has rim envy.
I guarantee you, they laugh that shit off in Miami.
I have a sneaking suspicion that ride isn't street legal.
/sits quietly
@DumpsterDining: Shaq's a big man...he needs a big picture.
"And you see that license plate holder? Platinum, muthaFUCKAS!"
@pr0FF3ss0r_j3rkwh3at: Probably the smart move.
If he played for the Buffalo Bills, he would absolutely no doubt about it drive a Honda Civic.
I'd love to see Spud Webb try to get in that car.
@Dany Heatley Speedwagon: Well you can buy that impala or cutlass for about 5 large. So, even with 10K rims and candy coat (mang), you are in the hole 15K. I don't think the Ford Focus woos the chicks like a set of Kobes.
/ Personally owns a very conservative car on stock wheels.
The fender vents are what makes it fast.
@Sandy Magic Jackson: WAAAAAAAA! Great Reference!
@That-Dude: I prefer not to woo the chicks that are impressed by a piece of shit like that, but maybe that's just me.
Have all of Will's black t-shirts been emblazoned with the word "HOPE" across the chest? I guess some probably say "CHANGE".
Woo WOOOOO
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A guy named McFadden with a car like that just screams overcompensation.
Not mentioned is that McFadden also bought a giant drill to get oil from ANWR. He also bought ANWR.
nothing wrong with a Miata. a very fine, inexpensive, fun to drive little roadster. rated best in it's class.
how about: (Oh, and lose the prejudices, by the way.)
SUNDAY SUNDAY SUNDAY!!!!!
@twoeightnine:Can we just empty out the gene pool and refill if?
And replace the non-eistent nibbles while we are at it.
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