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> Gas Prices are going to kill me!!!!, $2.20 Gal
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post May 8 2004, 12:07 PM
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I just paid $2.20 gallon for gas, and the prices are still going up, every day the price goes up 3 or 4 cents.



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post May 8 2004, 12:18 PM
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I payed 2.53 a gallon today. This sucks
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post May 8 2004, 12:18 PM
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at $220.00 i wouldnt be complaining about a couple cents increase (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif)

(i know you meant 2.20)
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post May 8 2004, 12:20 PM
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Got it fixed
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post May 8 2004, 12:20 PM
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QUOTE(415PB @ May 8 2004, 10:18 AM)
I payed 2.53 a gallon today. This sucks

now I don't feel so bad
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post May 8 2004, 12:36 PM
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QUOTE(morphenspectra @ May 8 2004, 11:20 AM)
QUOTE(415PB @ May 8 2004, 10:18 AM)
I payed 2.53 a gallon today. This sucks

now I don't feel so bad

yupp, we're well above $2.50 here in CA ...

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post May 8 2004, 12:48 PM
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Come get your car. Fuel filter was leaking that expensive gas.

I can see "Mad Max" in our near futur where people are fighting over gas.

They are royally fucking us. The govt. hasnt figured out that our economy goes into the toilet when we cannot move about.


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post May 8 2004, 12:50 PM
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Sheesh. Pansies.

Gas prices in the UK hit 82p per litre yesterday, now that oil has hit $40 a barrel. Let's see now: $1.78 per pound, so that's $1.45 per litre. Roughly 3.8 liters per US gallon, so $5.50 per US gallon. I always seem to put 12-13 US gallons in my 914 a fill-up time, or about $70 v. about $30. And the UK is NOT the most expensive place for gas in Europe.

I remember a friend of mine complaining that when US gas prices broke $1/US gallon for the first time, that he'd have to give up his car.
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post May 8 2004, 12:59 PM
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Europe has high gas because they TAX the shit out of it. Germany actually uses their gas tax money to fix the roads.. we piss ours away into welfare and other bottomless pits.


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post May 8 2004, 01:15 PM
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man...and to think i was pissed off that i had to spend 1.79/gallon today at my usual place....well..i guess i dont have it so bad afterall hehe
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post May 8 2004, 01:22 PM
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My tongue was in my cheek on that comment, Brad. However, while I'll grant that the difference in Europe is all taxes (indeed, the most expensive place to buy gas in Europe is the only OPEC country in Europe: Norway, entirely due to taxes), paying more than 2x for their gas hasn't "royally fucked" the European economies, and hasn't kept people from driving there.

My comment was essentially meant as "oh stop whinging, it could be MUCH worse".
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post May 8 2004, 01:37 PM
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QUOTE(Brad Roberts @ May 8 2004, 11:48 AM)
Come get your car. Fuel filter was leaking that expensive gas.

yeah! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_pokal.gif)

now i have to wait for shannon to come back from her girls-night-out ...

i feel so un-mobile right now.
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post May 8 2004, 02:30 PM
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Oh please.

You can complain when your daily driver is a truck that gets 4-5 MPG HIGHWAY and burns a gallon of oil per tank. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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post May 8 2004, 03:25 PM
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QUOTE(415PB @ May 8 2004, 10:18 AM)
I payed 2.53 a gallon today. This sucks

That almost makes 110 octane race gas seem cheap at $5/gal. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smilie_flagge24.gif)
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post May 8 2004, 04:04 PM
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wait til it hits $3.50. then start whinning. no offense. the magic $40 a barrel makes it a profitable venture to harvest the U.S. crude. that means the money stays in the states right? if they (you know who), let them (you know who) use higher sulfur content oil it will save us $.05 a gallon. big deal. i smell a windfall profit. no wait, that would be the high sulfur crude. lots of love.

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$.94/liter here (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif)
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post May 8 2004, 04:12 PM
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still less than $2 for 94 octane here.
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post May 8 2004, 04:27 PM
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Guys I don't think it's taxes this time or production cutbacks. I understand the demand side is at work, China demand. The growing economy there is putting pressure on oil, steel, you name it prices.

In some respects their growing economy is good in others not so good. I understand there is enough fossil fuel to last at least two more generations, if we move to more fuel efficent cars. Not sure if those projections included China demand coming around so quickly.

Means this is not a temporary situation this time. Lots of oil in the Russian ground, only hope I see is them tapping into that quickly.

Hybrids are good for people who don't like cars much. Better for us car guys are the new generation common rail diesels. They give hybrid like MPG and better performance than gas. I've driven the 530d in Europe and it's awesome. 33MPG combined and BAGS O' TORQUE!

M/B E320 CDI just went on sale, receiving rave reviews by the journalists

These new diesels don't smell, smoke or make much nosie. A little more noise at idle than gas but the old diesel smoke and clatter are gone.

Great MPG means low CO2 so good for greenhouse gases . Diesel fuel will be sulfur free in US by 2007 which will be good news for diesel emissions. Unfortuantely emission standards get ridiculously stringent at around the same time which means these new diesels may not make it past 07. If those regs relax or we have technological breakthrough you will be able to buy and get 30MPG combined in your Chevy Tahoe.

We need to pressure the Feds and CARB to be kind towards this godsend.

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post May 8 2004, 05:05 PM
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There are a number of factors as to why our gas prices are so high but I think it really relates to the VALUE of the dollar itself more than anything else.

Take a look at the exchange rate to the pound and the euro over the last two years. I think you'll find that gas in GB and EUrope haven't gone up the percentage over the last two years that our $ per gas has.

The Value of the $ is way way down - so honestly is makes sense that the price for a barrel of oil would go up. I think we could blame it on the multiple formulations, where we get our oil...all kinds of things to blame it on but the bottom line is the American Dollar has dwindled tremendously since 9/11. Thus our cost of living is going to go up in kind.

The Pound: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=USDGBP=X&t...l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

The Euro: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=USDEUR=X&t...l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

I'd love to see a graph of the price of gas average in GB and EU.
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post May 8 2004, 05:30 PM
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Well drop your drawers, and place your elbows on the table....

its going to get alot more expensive soon... summer driving season officially starts soon.. And the government has the balls to tell us to expect higher gas prices..instead of doing anything about it...The Saud family will lower prices come election time...

Face it we are getting fucked... so turn around, pants down, elbows on the table..
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