Fill 'er up
Bought my '91 in '91 and couldn't fit $10.00 worth of gas in it.
Last night I was on empty and it took $42.00 and I still had a lot of miles left in the tank before stopping. Thank God I don't have an SUV to run around in. |
I just wish my earnings had increased by 400% since 1991.
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really bruce? i fill up and so far I haven't been able to put 40$ of super into my car, and i fill it from basically empty every time
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I just filled mine from close to E for 29 bucks
but Ive always wondered something... whats up with the gas gauge, the lines arnt even! |
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:eek5: I was on "E" stuck behind an accident for about 45 minutes going up hill on a road with no exits. I had just finished making fun of two friends who were with me for paying for high priced gas in the next state when traffic backed up.
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$38.01 for me in thursday and It wasnt even on E. However $40 to fill up the Miata dosent bother me considering gas stations wont allow me to buy enough gas to fill the Expedition. :bang:
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Originally Posted by LOLA - 92
(Post 284942)
I just wish my earnings had increased by 400% since 1991.
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Originally Posted by levnubhin
(Post 284965)
$38.01 for me in thursday and It wasnt even on E. However $40 to fill up the Miata dosent bother me considering gas stations wont allow me to buy enough gas to fill the Expedition. :bang:
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don't worry, it will be $80 for a tank by this time next year.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 284969)
don't worry, it will be $80 for a tank by this time next year.
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Originally Posted by disturbedfan121
(Post 284947)
really bruce? i fill up and so far I haven't been able to put 40$ of super into my car, and i fill it from basically empty every time
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 284978)
No it wont.
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When my needle is exactly on the "E", it needs exactly 10gallons... which is perfect for calculating mileage. I get 26mpg right now, boosting A LOT.
And don't blame everything on the oil barons. Quite a bit of the rise in gas costs is simply due to the US economy being in the shitter. The value of the dollar is down and everything costs more. There was a great article in Car&Driver this month or last that broke down every penny in a dollar of gas... they don't make as much money per gallon as you'd think. And even if they were seeing $2 on every gallon, they have the right (maybe the responsibility) to charge what the market will allow... just like every other product in a free-market economy. This statement might not be popular, but the American public still isn't to the point that europeans reached 20yrs ago when it comes to purchasing smaller fuel-efficient cars. Soccer moms still think they "need" an Excursion. Until we get to the point that we only "need" a 1.3turbodiesel Corolla wagon, and we end the war so the economy can recover, it's $4.50 and we can just suck on it. |
Originally Posted by samnavy
(Post 284999)
When my needle is exactly on the "E", it needs exactly 10gallons... which is perfect for calculating mileage. I get 26mpg right now, boosting A LOT.
And don't blame everything on the oil barons. Quite a bit of the rise in gas costs is simply due to the US economy being in the shitter. The value of the dollar is down and everything costs more. There was a great article in Car&Driver this month or last that broke down every penny in a dollar of gas... they don't make as much money per gallon as you'd think. And even if they were seeing $2 on every gallon, they have the right (maybe the responsibility) to charge what the market will allow... just like every other product in a free-market economy. This statement might not be popular, but the American public still isn't to the point that europeans reached 20yrs ago when it comes to purchasing smaller fuel-efficient cars. Soccer moms still think they "need" an Excursion. Until we get to the point that we only "need" a 1.3turbodiesel Corolla wagon, and we end the war so the economy can recover, it's $4.50 and we can just suck on it. |
$52 for full tank and im actually pretty happy, cause with the subaru it was like 60 and would last only half the miles.
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Originally Posted by 18psi
(Post 285040)
$52 for full tank and im actually pretty happy, cause with the subaru it was like 60 and would last only half the miles.
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 285031)
politicians who give in to demands.
what exactly do you think a "representative democracy" is? |
Just filled my truck with $68 of 87 octane. Only $3.86 a gallon here for 87.
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Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 285044)
what exactly do you think a "representative democracy" is?
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 284969)
don't worry, it will be $80 for a tank by this time next year.
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I've decided to take the time to answer Hustler:
1) US fuel consumption went down 5.2% just in the last month. 2) The exchange rate of the Dollar vs the Euro is: US$1.60 - €$1.00. I'm willing to bet that exchange rate will come down in the near future; when the States finally get a new President! :mad:. Europe can't afford that exchange disparity. Your exports are going to kill them. 3) Pemex (the Mexican government's petroleum company) just offered to sell all of its oil production for the next 4 years at $128 per barrel on the futures market to anyone willing to buy. 4) The US economy is in the worst shape I've ever seen and I'm old! but; you'll rebound as you've done before. Not before going through some additional pain in economic adjustments. 5) The US is sending over $700 billion overseas in oil purchases. T. Boone Pickens is right; you can't keep on transferring that much wealth to the fucking Arabs. I'm sure you'll find energy alternatives to reduce that dependence. You've shown how resourceful you can be in the past. Hustler, I can provide even more reasons! :) |
It cost me $46 on my last fill up here in Atlanta.
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 285055)
5) The US is sending over $700 billion overseas in oil purchases. T. Boone Pickens is right; you can't keep on transferring that much wealth to the fucking Arabs. I'm sure you'll find energy alternatives to reduce that dependence. You've shown how resourceful you can be in the past.
Hustler, I can provide even more reasons! :) However you appear to have more optomism in our situation than many people I know. |
Originally Posted by Oscar
(Post 285049)
it already is in holland:mad:
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 285055)
Hustler, I can provide even more reasons! :)
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 285071)
how often do you drive your car?
it's my daily, but only 3 miles to work |
there was an email sent around my work(automotive) from audi. their study showed that in the US we've driven 60 billion less miles than a year before.
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gas prices suck. and my dumbass just bought a 300hp v8 as a daily. 15mpg in town FTL!
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Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 285042)
my subaru killed a trans, and for this reason alone its been sitting and will probably continue to sit.
on another note, I havent driven mine for about a month now, and saved about 200 on gas lol.....borrowing the wife's civic hybrid is really saving me financially since I am commuting 45 miles 1 way to work right now |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 285073)
thanks, I like real information. I still think the off-shore drilling is bullshit, based upon the oil drilling leases which are inactive. I know this information first hand, but not much else in respect to the market. I don't see why off-shore is necessary when resources sit idle here. I assume drilling interests just want to buy up the land for later use.
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 285111)
You're dead on in that one. Offshore drilling is not the answer right now. The answer lies in new technologies.
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65.00 to fill up the Saab with 93.
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The C&D article was interesting, but they pretty much skipped over the Speculation aspect.
This is a spam letter sent to me from AirTran Airlines, interesting Read: An Open Letter to All Airline Customers Our country is facing a possible sharp economic downturn because of skyrocketing oil and fuel prices, but by pulling together, we can all do something to help now. Stop Oil Speculation Now For airlines, ultra-expensive fuel means thousands of lost jobs and severe reductions in air service to both large and small communities. To the broader economy, oil prices mean slower activity and widespread economic pain. This pain can be alleviated, and that is why we are taking the extraordinary step of writing this joint letter to our customers. Since high oil prices are partly a response to normal market forces, the nation needs to focus on increased energy supplies and conservation. However, there is another side to this story because normal market forces are being dangerously amplified by poorly regulated market speculation. Twenty years ago, 21 percent of oil contracts were purchased by speculators who trade oil on paper with no intention of ever taking delivery. Today, oil speculators purchase 66 percent of all oil futures contracts, and that reflects just the transactions that are known. Speculators buy up large amounts of oil and then sell it to each other again and again. A barrel of oil may trade 20-plus times before it is delivered and used; the price goes up with each trade and consumers pick up the final tab. Some market experts estimate that current prices reflect as much as $30 to $60 per barrel in unnecessary speculative costs. Over seventy years ago, Congress established regulations to control excessive, largely unchecked market speculation and manipulation. However, over the past two decades, these regulatory limits have been weakened or removed. We believe that restoring and enforcing these limits, along with several other modest measures, will provide more disclosure, transparency and sound market oversight. Together, these reforms will help cool the over-heated oil market and permit the economy to prosper. The nation needs to pull together to reform the oil markets and solve this growing problem. We need your help. Get more information and contact Congress by visiting www.StopOilSpeculationNow.com/sos. Take Action Sincerely, Robert Fornaro Chairman, President and CEO AirTran Airways, Inc. AirTran Logo Bill Ayer Chairman, President and CEO Alaska Airlines, Inc. Alaska Airlines Gerard J. Arpey Chairman, President and CEO American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines Lawrence W. Kellner Chairman and CEO Continental Airlines, Inc. Continental Airlines Richard Anderson CEO Delta Air Lines, Inc. Delta Air Lines Mark B. Dunkerley President and CEO Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. Hawaiian Airlines Dave Barger CEO JetBlue Airways Corporation JetBlue Airways Timothy E. Hoeksema Chairman, President and CEO Midwest Airlines Midwest Airlines Douglas M. Steenland President and CEO Northwest Airlines, Inc. Northwest Airlines Gary Kelly Chairman and CEO Southwest Airlines Co. Southwest Airlines Glenn F. Tilton Chairman, President and CEO United Airlines, Inc. United Logo Douglas Parker Chairman and CEO US Airways Group, Inc. US Airways |
Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 285125)
but newer technologies dont call up republicans at dinner time and convince them to buy in...
BTW oilstain, that is a communique sent by the airlines to all its customers to try and get them on board because they are among the worst hit industries. What they say about a part of the price reflecting speculation is a fact. |
Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 284978)
No it wont.
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Originally Posted by naarleven
(Post 285065)
That T. Boones article was a great read.
However you appear to have more optomism in our situation than many people I know.
Originally Posted by y8s
(Post 285125)
but newer technologies dont call up republicans at dinner time and convince them to buy in...
New technologies also don't appear out of thin air or integrate into our infrastructure seamlessly. While I agree 100% we need to figure out something else, in the mean time we need to use the fucking resources we have AVAILABLE so people like myself don't end up bankrupt and living in the streets with nothing. I can assure you, if this keeps up thats just where I'll be with millions of others. The outrageous price of crude oil is causing a lot of harm on the economy in my opinion. Think about everything that comes from oil, more than just fuel. Plastic for example comes from oil. Our air line industries are on the verge of complete collapse because of Jet fuel costs. As prices increase on fuel, the price of shipping consumer goods will also increase to offset the cost as will actual product costs. Think about Diesel fuel for example. Container ships use MILLIONS of gallons of diesel fuel.. Virtually every aspect of shipping goods to a retail market are 100% dependent on diesel fuel or an offset of it. What kind of new technologies are we talking about for automotive use? Hydrogen? I'm certain you know the process to manufacture hydrogen for one of these "green clean burning cars" right? Here again if you could overcome THAT problem, where the hell are you going to fill your vehicle up at? Heres the number one problem... Affordability. Can't speak for anyone else, but I know from speculation I couldn't even come close to affording something that like. Where does that leave the THOUSANDS of dollars invested in the other vehicles I have now? What about these kids working at McDonalds makin' minimum wage and can only afford a 250$ 1981 POS Chevy Chevette? Some are very optimistic when a new president is in office then everything will change for the better I however don't believe that. From what I've seen, from what I've learned about economics.. This country is done. I sure hope to hell I'm wrong, I'd LOVE to be proven wrong... Only time will tell. :mad: |
Originally Posted by elesjuan
(Post 285408)
Some are very optimistic when a new president is in office then everything will change for the better I however don't believe that. From what I've seen, from what I've learned about economics.. This country is done. I sure hope to hell I'm wrong, I'd LOVE to be proven wrong... Only time will tell. :mad:
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Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 285419)
You have now hit on the ONLY benefit of being old. Dying before everything ELSE TAKES A BIGGER shit.:eek5:
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
(Post 285401)
Yeah, I believe it will. Gas this time last year was 3.20/gallon for premium, now its $4.38/gallon.
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Originally Posted by elesjuan
(Post 285401)
Yeah, I believe it will. Gas this time last year was 3.20/gallon for premium, now its $4.38/gallon.
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I can't wait for Obama to win because of all the hope and change. We'll have a new set of corporate interests to slowly kill the nation and further our enslavement to public trading!!!
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Olderguy: You only put in 9.6 gallons. You had a long way to go to hit empty. I have put 11 something in mine. I was a full needle width below E. I was stuck on the tollway in IL and there wasn't an oasis for a while.
I never can fill my truck because all of the gas pumps shut off at $75.00 here. I have found a few that go past that when I was travelling for work and have put more than a benjamin in the tank then. |
Originally Posted by Stein
(Post 285524)
Olderguy: You only put in 9.6 gallons. You had a long way to go to hit empty. I have put 11 something in mine. I was a full needle width below E. I was stuck on the tollway in IL and there wasn't an oasis for a while.
I never can fill my truck because all of the gas pumps shut off at $75.00 here. I have found a few that go past that when I was travelling for work and have put more than a benjamin in the tank then. |
Hell, I thought they were all 12 gallons.:bang:
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they are, 11.9 I think. idiots just think they're actually out once the needle points to 'E'. I go a full needle's width below E, and still only put 11 gallons in. that leaves me 20-30 miles still
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Originally Posted by Rafa
(Post 285457)
elesjuan, if you're referring to the price of oil going even higher I have to disagree.
Originally Posted by bryantaylor
(Post 285470)
thats because we are still paying. prices will continue to rise untill useage goes down, the prices will fall just enough where people start driving again, and it will repeat.
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around 40-42 from E here. I dont care either way, as i make 27.34 and hour and 41+ overtime lol
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hahaha bruce just got pwnd.
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he's totally checking out her ass lol
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just filled the miata up: 38.76 liters @ €1.609 per liter (for euro 95 that is)
€62.36, equals about $97 so 100 bucks for a full tank of gas here:jerkit: prius anyone?:fawk: |
Originally Posted by Oscar
(Post 288161)
just filled the miata up: 38.76 liters @ €1.609 per liter
€62.36, equals about $97 so 100 bucks for a full tank of gas here:jerkit: prius anyone?:fawk: |
Originally Posted by ArtieParty
(Post 286470)
Only lost a few gallons(that I needed to pay for), but it was while gas prices were still relatively reasonable. |
Originally Posted by olderguy
(Post 288167)
Actually I was really pissed that the shut-off didn't work. I was in the store at the time and a friend of mine saw it overfilling and stopped it.
Only lost a few gallons(that I needed to pay for), but it was while gas prices were still relatively reasonable. |
Originally Posted by hustler
(Post 288171)
<--Kenny Rogers-->
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Originally Posted by curly
(Post 285540)
they are, 11.9 I think. idiots just think they're actually out once the needle points to 'E'. I go a full needle's width below E, and still only put 11 gallons in. that leaves me 20-30 miles still
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I hope I can still roll my miata when I have gray hair. Hopefully I can still stuff 24-year old women in the miata too at that age.
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when using chloroform, probably..
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Alot of you are still overlooking why gas prices in the US are so high... it's because the value of the dollar is in the shitter. Until we get the economy back on track, nothing will change.
Just the basics: http://www.geotimes.org/apr08/articl...a041508_2.html We pay more on the world market for oil because our money is worth less. |
Originally Posted by samnavy
(Post 288188)
Alot of you are still overlooking why gas prices in the US are so high... it's because the value of the dollar is in the shitter. Until we get the economy back on track, nothing will change.
Just the basics: http://www.geotimes.org/apr08/articl...a041508_2.html We pay more on the world market for oil because our money is worth less. The price of gas goes up with the price of oil. Its the obvious factor. Kinda hard to argue. Go here, and look at this chart http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_pr...t.aspx?time=24 |
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