Another Gas Thread......

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:24 pm

Bastid wrote:i know ive said it before... the Suburban has a 40 GALLON gas tank sittin under her! so, are they going to start implementing a quick-loan form at the pumps soon?

Brk · Post by **Brk** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:24 pm

People will pay what they have to, because it's impossible to drive less for many of them, for myriad reasons. But the prices will always hover just at an almost unbearable level, but never to where people will rebel against it. Over time, people just get used to it, pay and go about their business.

I ain't sayin' it's right. I'm just sayin'.

Incrementalism.

$2.50 is the new $1.50!

I remember when I could get a cheeseburger, fries and shake for $6.00 and a full tank o' gas for less than $50, son!

Roody · Post by **Roody** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 1:26 pm

Burke wrote:People will pay what they have to, because it's impossible to drive less for many of them, for myriad reasons. But the prices will always hover just at an almost unbearable level, but never to where people will rebel against it. Over time, people just get used to it, pay and go about their business.

I ain't sayin' it's right. I'm just sayin'.

Incrementalism.

$2.50 is the new $1.50!

I remember when I could get a cheeseburger, fries and shake for $6.00 and a full tank o' gas for less than $50, son!

Shoot, I remember Atlanta in 1998 when I could fill my tank for $12.

westy · Post by **westy** » Thu Apr 13, 2006 4:43 pm

Well, my commute is 53 miles one way five days a week, which sucks. My wife is a stay at home mom but does the "normal" amount of running. I have a 97 Dodge Ram that I use to pull my boat but my commuter is a 93 Beretta V-6 that pulls 30 mpg on the freeway.

If gas hits $ 3.00 a gallon (which it will) I am going to go to a four day work week. I work 7:00 to 4:15 M-T and 7:00 to 12:00 noon on Fridays, so I can work tens M-T and hopefully get away with it.

We also have a summer place upnorth that's a 3 hour drive that we spend a lot of time at, so I'm thinking of ways to continue the trips up there and save $$.

What ya gonna do ? Deal with it I guess. It's a good job.

KINGoFOOLS · Post by **KINGoFOOLS** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:17 am

ACK, it hit $3.00 a gallon......

Looking at $4.00 for the summer.

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:19 am

KINGoFOOLS wrote:ACK, it hit $3.00 a gallon...... Looking at $4.00 for the summer.

You 'n Grimm 'r gonna have to toss in some cabbage for boat rides!

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:21 am

Up to $2.93 here, my truck has been sitting for 2 days

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:24 am

Prey521 wrote:Up to $2.93 here, my truck has been sitting for 2 days

$2.85 here..........I'm so pissed.

Chris · Post by **Chris** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:28 am

downhill wrote:
Lastly, ask them cowards why they didn't take Cheney to task over his closed door energy sessions 6 years ago.

.

He can't aim worth chit, but it still hurts like a MOFO when he pulls the trigger.
Thats why they don't

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:29 am

Izzo wrote:$2.85 here..........I'm so pissed.

Yeah, funny thing is, that now that the engine is beginning to break in, I've been seeing much better gas mileage, but nowhere near the 30 MPG of the wifes Matrix, so we're doing the whole car pool thing.

I gotta tell the boss that that $.445 per mile pay out when I travel to our branches isn't gonna cut it anymore...........

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:46 am

Prey521 wrote:Yeah, funny thing is, that now that the engine is beginning to break in, I've been seeing much better gas mileage, but nowhere near the 30 MPG of the wifes Matrix, so we're doing the whole car pool thing.

I gotta tell the boss that that $.445 per mile pay out when I travel to our branches isn't gonna cut it anymore...........

I come in to work then leave and drive basically all the way back home and then haflway across town again to get my son from school to grandma's house during lunch and then come back to work .... basically it's like 3 trips to and from work each day... then when I have class that another 30 miles round trip ....it's killing me

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 9:47 am

Iz, what do you drive?

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:03 am

Prey521 wrote:Iz, what do you drive?

A VW Golf that's 10 years old and leaks oil....

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:14 am

heh..just did the math ... I'm damn near empty right now ....I'll put in 13 gallons like usual ... be about 38 bucks

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:16 am

The tank on the Matrix is about 12 Gals and last about a week. Filled it up the other day, cost about $28 and will last the entire work week, which isn't bad. I'll just use my gas guzzler on the weekends and to run errands after work LOL

I'm really doing this because a ton of bills just popped up that we were soooooooooooooo not expecting. Wifeys school loans all decided to kick in at the same time, and now they wan't their $$$ lol

Post by **YeOldeStonecat** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 10:48 am

49 bucks to fill up this morning... ugh... even though on the Company Amex...I still gotta think about it...still eventually hits me in the pocket.

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Wed Apr 19, 2006 11:51 am

YeOldeStonecat wrote:49 bucks to fill up this morning... ugh... even though on the Company Amex...I still gotta think about it...still eventually hits me in the pocket.

Time to buy a Vespa!

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:01 pm

The chit is beginning to hit the fan...

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,192579,00.html

knightmare · Post by **knightmare** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:33 pm

Prey521 wrote:Yeah, funny thing is, that now that the engine is beginning to break in, I've been seeing much better gas mileage, but nowhere near the 30 MPG of the wifes Matrix, so we're doing the whole car pool thing.

I gotta tell the boss that that $.445 per mile pay out when I travel to our branches isn't gonna cut it anymore...........

That is the federal rate for the fisical yr, first 6 months of 06..
Sad thing is it was .48 cents a mile in Sept. 05

I have to attend a conference next weekend, 200 mile drive.
I'm asking .51 cents a mile due to recent increase.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 1:43 pm

knightmare wrote:That is the federal rate for the fisical yr, first 6 months of 06..
Sad thing is it was .48 cents a mile in Sept. 05

I have to attend a conference next weekend, 200 mile drive.
I'm asking .51 cents a mile due to recent increase.

My company is sending me to work in PA on Saturday (unpaid), it's a 130 mile one way trip, so I am thinkin of askin for an increase, not sure.

I have the Fed Mileage rate site bookmarked, to keep up with any updates

Sava700 · Post by **Sava700** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:00 pm

Stations around here have topped the 3$ for regular grade...and its prob going to go higher cause of a jump to 75$ in oil.. Its crazy..the gas already in the stations is there!! Its not new gas that costs more its still the same as it was before so why in the hell is the price jumping so quickly in just a few hours is what I can't figure out. We shall see 4$ by end of summer and by then everything else will jump in amounts and yet I know around here jobs are not paying as much as they need to to keep up with this major increase we have.. I see a 1920's problem on the horizon and yall know what I'm talkin about.

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:12 pm

It's illegal for gas stations to raise the price more than once in a 24 hr period, so I'm watching the station that I use like a hawk LOL

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 11:59 am

Prey521 wrote:It's illegal for gas stations to raise the price more than once in a 24 hr period, so I'm watching the station that I use like a hawk LOL

2.91 yesterday .....today 3.09 for 87

Noevo · Post by **Noevo** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:04 pm

3.15 here in Ann Arbor Mi now for 87

and to the thread...It will have to go up much more than it is before my driving habits change, yeah I'm not a great team player. deal with it

westy · Post by **westy** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:32 pm

I think it's going to get to the point where we think $ 3.00 a gallon is a good price..........

Sucks, especially when I commute 110 miles a day !

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:38 pm

I dont even bother looking at the price anymore.

koldchillah · Post by **koldchillah** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:39 pm

Last month's gas bill = $335
car payment = $280

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 12:59 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:I dont even bother looking at the price anymore.

Word, before, when my job would send me to a site in Jersey, or if I was on my way home from the city, and I had to cut through Jersey, I would make a point to fill up in NJ, since it's about 15-20 cents cheaper per gallon. Now, I don't even care lol

mountainman · Post by **mountainman** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 1:29 pm

Bout time to bust out the motorcycle thread again...

What kind of MPG does a normal motorcycle get?... say... 650cc or so.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:48 pm

YARDofSTUF wrote:I dont even bother looking at the price anymore.

Exactly, dont much matter what it is,
I average $100 week for gas

7thkevin · Post by **7thkevin** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:50 pm

here near the city its 3.50$ a gal...

down sate by my girls house its like 2.50

Prey521 · Post by **Prey521** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 2:57 pm

Rainbow wrote:Exactly, dont much matter what it is,
I average $100 week for gas

WOW!

Matrix averages about 35 per week, Trailblazer sits a lot, so like Leftys wife, it only gets filled twice a month

Croc · Post by **Croc** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:07 pm

I use Diesel. Currently $1.34 a litre.

Just finished upgrading the scrolling price signs for one oil company. The new scrolls max out at 19 for unleaded. That equates to 199.9C per litre.
This same company also posted a way over the top record profit for the financial year just gone.

Illini25 · Post by **Illini25** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 3:57 pm

mountainman wrote:Bout time to bust out the motorcycle thread again...

What kind of MPG does a normal motorcycle get?... say... 650cc or so.

Not sure exactly..but I'd say 60 or better. My 1100 gets around 50-55 mpg.

Regarding gas prices, our's jumped from 2.99 to 3.12 yesterday. My local gas station went from 3.01 to 2.96 yesterday! I thought, "damn, that's cheap. I better stop and fill up." LOL.

Was mentioned that our gas prices went up .13 cents was because of a refinery in St. Louis stopped producing gas because of the storms last week. Whatever.

Rainbow · Post by **Rainbow** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 4:15 pm

Prey521 wrote:WOW!

Matrix averages about 35 per week, Trailblazer sits a lot, so like Leftys wife, it only gets filled twice a month

I know, I drive a gas hog but I love my truck

Unholy · Post by **Unholy** » Tue Jul 25, 2006 5:55 pm

About $3.29 for regular now. Still better than taking the city bus at $2 a ride one way.

Izzo · Post by **Izzo** » Thu Jul 27, 2006 4:31 pm

F YOU EXXON

1,300.00 every damn second of the day