gas prices at my gas station went up .20 in one week!
Did I miss something? anyone know what the hell happened?
Posted by: MikeT
ya, it aint over yet either.
Posted by: JustaV6
talking about hitting 3.00/gallon in chicago by the end of the month
Posted by: MikeT
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talking about hitting 3.00/gallon in chicago by the end of the month
Should have bought that new civic instead of the mustang
Posted by: Slow Nova
At least my truck gets about 26-28mpg...and the Impala gets about 30.
Gas prices out here can be found around $2.05-$2.10 for 87 octane, if you look around. some stations are charging as much as $2.30 or more.
Posted by: 65fairlane
Wow, our gas prices are as bad as they are in california, it makes me like my car a little more. There was an SUV at the gas pump when I was pulling into the station and when they left and pulled up to the pump it had costed them $60 to fill their tank.
Posted by: skeezix
Same shit down there too huh?
Gas is 92.9 cents a litre now.
Posted by: GMR
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Originally Posted by Starquest aka AndyR
gas prices at my gas station went up .20 in one week!
Did I miss something? anyone know what the hell happened?
Some CEO at an oil company prolly wanted to buy a new mansion. Thats my guess
LS
Posted by: merczephyr
It's the Arab's way of getting us back for waging war in their neck of the woods, and not letting it spread over here.
Posted by: DeckSetter
gas prices always go up in the spring when they refineries change over from producing heating oil to gasoline. fact of life.
That said, I'm not happy about it, I'm considering a 4 banger S10 as much as ever (Jeep should be paid off in the summer). It's too cold to drive Thunder (the Celica) because the rear struts freeze solid below 32 degrees.
Posted by: skeezix
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Originally Posted by DeckSetter
It's too cold to drive Thunder (the Celica) because the rear struts freeze solid below 32 degrees.
Next time you buy replace the struts, install gas ones.
Posted by: No Rice Allowed
I complain as well with the rise in gas prices sometimes, but no matter what we do...It'll go up or it'll go down...so look at it this way, Price a gallon of bottled water, a 16 ounce bottle of soda or a pound of coffee to one gallon of Gas and you'll see Gas prices are still the better bargain...We complain about gas hikes, but how many complain about a 16 oz bottle of Coke costing on an average a dollar?
Posted by: IROC_ZO6
whatever the reason, its getting re-goddamn-diculous. by the time my boat is rigged i wont be able to afford the price of 15 gallons of premium.
Posted by: No Rice Allowed
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Originally Posted by IROC_ZO6
whatever the reason, its getting re-goddamn-diculous. by the time my boat is rigged i wont be able to afford the price of 15 gallons of premium.
yeah you will, cut out the sodas, lotto tickets or beer and you'll have no problem....Yeah, always that chance to win at lotto, but always that chance you'll never win and waste boo-koo bucks on it.....economize...
Posted by: VETTKLR
I got an idea! Let's spread a gasoline boycot day across the net...
Posted by: IROC_ZO6
if it gets too much worse, im going to fucking methanol. methanol is only $2 a gallon now but you burn 50% more... if premium hits $3- im switching!
Posted by: DeckSetter
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Originally Posted by skeezix
Next time you buy replace the struts, install gas ones.
......replace the struts?? why would I do that? The car was 600 bucks, I'll just replace the whole dang thing.
Posted by: DeckSetter
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Originally Posted by IROC_ZO6
if it gets too much worse, im going to fucking methanol. methanol is only $2 a gallon now but you burn 50% more... if premium hits $3- im switching!
I've said it before and I'll say it again...... The rest of the world's not stupid, diesels are the way to go, especially 4 cylinders in smaller cars. Sure you can get a small car that gets 30mpg, but 25 years ago you could get a Chevy Luv diesel that got closer to 60 to the gallon. Heck, my parents had 2 different 350 diesels back in the day and even though those engines had their share of problems they'd get 30mpg just puttin around town in a FULL SIZE REAR WHEEL DRIVE SEDAN WITH A 5.7 LITER ENGINE.
Another example - it's not uncommon for a 7000lb truck to get over 20mpg runnin highways with a diesel. I've heard more than once of a tricked out 5.9 Cummins with Propane getting about 28 to the gallon (even though you've got the added cost of propane....).
Posted by: MikeT
Hmmmm, why does diesel cost more than gasoline?
Posted by: skeezix
I'd say it's due to diesels being more popular nowadays.
A jetta TDI can get close to 600 miles per tank.
Posted by: IROC_ZO6
ya know, I almost bought a 1985 mercedes 300d (i think) turbo diesel two weeks ago for $900 it smoked a little much but im sure it could have been fixed... maybe I should have
Posted by: Slow Nova
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I'd say it's due to diesels being more popular nowadays.
A jetta TDI can get close to 600 miles per tank.
Too bad we can't buy them in California. And if we buy them out of state, we can't register them here, because they won't pass SMOG....at least that's how I understand it from what I was told at a VW dealership a few years ago.
Posted by: DeckSetter
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Originally Posted by MikeT
Hmmmm, why does diesel cost more than gasoline?
yeah, how much more is it? Considering diesels usually get about twice the mpg of their gasoline counterparts, you still save. Maintenance may be a little more, but the engines usually last a lot longer overall. There have been more than a few one ton trucks with diesels go over 500k miles without a rebuild.
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Too bad we can't buy them in California. And if we buy them out of state, we can't register them here, because they won't pass SMOG....at least that's how I understand it from what I was told at a VW dealership a few years ago.
Weird. The new Cummins 5.9 has over 300hp and over 600ftlbs of torque and it's 50 state legal.
Posted by: Slow Nova
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Originally Posted by DeckSetter
Weird. The new Cummins 5.9 has over 300hp and over 600ftlbs of torque and it's 50 state legal.
Trucks, SUV's, Vans, yes...Cars, no.
Posted by: skeezix
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Originally Posted by Slow Nova
Trucks, SUV's, Vans, yes...Cars, no.
So....vehicles in california that consume MORE diesel fuel than a car are allowed to be resistered, but a golf or a jetta cannot?......
Weird.
Posted by: Slow Nova
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Originally Posted by skeezix
So....vehicles in california that consume MORE diesel fuel than a car are allowed to be resistered, but a golf or a jetta cannot?......
Weird.
Exactly. It's probably because people complained about the smell. That's California for ya!
Even the way registration works is odd. My 2wd 4cyl Tacoma is registered as a commercial vehicle. I called the DMV to find out about it. It turns out that all trucks must be registered as commercial vehicles, no matter how big or small, or how they're used.
My neighbor told me that CA just changed the law on getting your car SMOGged...the station that performs the SMOG check has to put your car on a Dyno while it's being checked. I don't entirely know why, yet...and it may only be at the "Check Only" stations...every so many years (or something like this) you have to bring your car into a "SMOG Check Only" station. Other years it can be brought to a standard SMOG check station where repairs can be done. Don't ask why...I don't know.
Posted by: a93vr4gt3000
My morotcycle gets about 55-60 mpg, and it costs me $8 a month to insure. And it's finally get warm enough to be able to commute with it.
Posted by: Slow Nova
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My morotcycle gets about 55-60 mpg, and it costs me $8 a month to insure. And it's finally get warm enough to be able to commute with it.
Ah, Shaddapp!
BTW, welcome back! Where ya been?
It's been pretty warm around here too...low-mid 70's all week...I think we may have gotten into the 80's once or twice. I almost turned on the A/C last night.
Posted by: a93vr4gt3000
no access to the internet for awhile. It's getting up to the 40's and 50's here during the day :P
Posted by: DeckSetter
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Originally Posted by a93vr4gt3000
My morotcycle gets about 55-60 mpg, and it costs me $8 a month to insure. And it's finally get warm enough to be able to commute with it.
Yep, it's official, DeckSetter needs a motorcycle.....
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It's been pretty warm around here too...low-mid 70's all week...I think we may have gotten into the 80's once or twice. I almost turned on the A/C last night.
snow on the ground here in Indiana today.....stupid March........
Posted by: 98 VETTE DEVIL
HEY IT'S ALL ABOUT GREED OPEC WANT MORE MONEY FOR THERE OIL THE US GOVENMENT HAS IT'S OWN EXCUESS AND THE AUTO GIANTS WANT TO PUSH SOME HYBRID CARS ON US AND IF THAT HAPPENS SURE WE'LL GET BETER GAS MILEAGE BUT WILL IT MAKE A DIFFRENCE IF YOU US LESS GAS THEY 'LL JUST RAISE THE PRICE TO BALANCE FOR THE LOSS IN REVINEW . YOU CAN'T WIN NOT ONLY WILL YOU NEED TO REPAIR YOUR MOTOR NOW BUT PROBUBLY HAVE TO BUY A 2 OR 3 GRAND BATTERY
AND THEY WILL CHARGE YOU MONEY TO GET RID OF THE OLD ONE ECT ,ECT ,ECT,
IT A VICIOUS CYCLE IT'S A MONEY THING ON TOP OF THAT YOU'LL HAVE TO BE AN ENGINEERING GRAD TO REPAIR IT THE DAY'S OF THE BACKYARD MECHANIC IS COMEING TO AN END CAR DEALER CALL IT JOB SECURITY LETS BUILD SOMETHING THEY CAN'T FIX.
98 TORCH RED CORVETTE COUPE
6 SPEED
