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Offline jigsaw

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Sticker shock at the gas pump
« on: October 10, 2004, 12:25:55 AM »
Cost me just under $40.00 to fill 7/8 of a tank today.  Thinking it's time to tarp the Jeep and untarp the bike until it gets too cold to ride.

Dating myself, but I can remember when gas was $.50 /gallon.

Ok, I'm finished venting for a while
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Offline RTStuka

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« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2004, 12:48:53 AM »
I used to drive a full size eddie bauer edition bronco, A/C 4x4 fully loaded, It was great too drive when gas was $1 a gallon, didnt take long to switch to driving a corrola as the price slowly climbed.
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Offline rpm

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« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2004, 01:18:30 AM »
I PUMPED gas at 63.9 and people griped because I left a bug smear on the windshield. Oh yeah, it was ALWAYS a riot when they honked the horn while I checked the oil and burned my hand on the radiator cap. That never got old.
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« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2004, 01:23:18 AM »
At 9 city, 13 hwy, I put off plans to buy this:


decided on this instead:


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Offline RTSigma

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« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2004, 01:44:12 AM »
Luckily I don't need a vehicle here at college.

But when I was home over the summer, I'd fill up weekly in my drive to work.

Right now at home its 2+ a gallon and we're not even IN Chicago yet.

Here at Charleston, IL (population, 26,000 surrounded by less than 1k pop. towns for a good 20 mi) gas is $1.95


Thank god my S-10 gets 25 mpg avg.


Rumor has it that the prices have  nowhere else to go but UP.
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Offline Gixer

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« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2004, 02:19:24 AM »
I'd go without Coffee and Rent before I parked up my Jeep. Lucky for us the NZ Dollar is very strong to the US Dollar helping absorbe the recent oil price hikes.  




...-Gixer
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Offline jigsaw

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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2004, 02:22:25 AM »
Around Labor Day the local news was saying that gas would go up over the holiday, then drop, then go back up in November.  

I don't know who the geniuses are that keep raising prices on things while salaries are staying the same or getting worse, but I want some of what they're on.
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Offline B17Skull12

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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2004, 02:34:18 AM »
im waiting for MT to come in and blame bush.
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Offline Wolfala

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« Reply #8 on: October 10, 2004, 09:43:17 AM »
Once production in the Gulf of Mexico spools up we should see a drop as the hurricane season hasn't exactly been helpful to supply.
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Offline OIO

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« Reply #9 on: October 10, 2004, 09:52:57 AM »



60mpg city 55mpg hwy

:)


its what ill drive once it gets here.. already bought it :D
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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #10 on: October 10, 2004, 10:04:15 AM »
so how much is gas in NZ gixer?

BTW... your recent posts have been interesting...  Was kinda shocked really..

lazs
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« Reply #11 on: October 10, 2004, 10:23:54 AM »
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Originally posted by rpm
I PUMPED gas at 63.9 and people griped because I left a bug smear on the windshield. Oh yeah, it was ALWAYS a riot when they honked the horn while I checked the oil and burned my hand on the radiator cap. That never got old.


I used to own a VW Bug in the early 60's. It had a 10 gallon tank, I was never able to put more than $3 in it to fill it up.

My parents bought a '57 Chevy wagon when they first came out, my dad used to ***** about paying more than $.20 a gallon.

As Archie and Edith Bunker would sing...

'Those were the dayyyyyyys'
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Offline lazs2

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« Reply #12 on: October 10, 2004, 10:26:13 AM »
wow... crying toast guy owned a vw bug in what.... the sixties?  that's a shocker eh?

lazs
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Offline Gixer

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« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2004, 03:30:22 PM »
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Originally posted by lazs2
so how much is gas in NZ gixer?

BTW... your recent posts have been interesting...  Was kinda shocked really..

lazs



It's $1.20 NZD a litre which works out to be about.. $3.05 USD a Gallon. Most of the cost in gas here is tax, but I guess that's the same for most countries.

Shocked in a good way or bad? :)



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Offline AKIron

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« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2004, 03:36:08 PM »
I remember buying gas for my car at 19 cents a gallon. After Iraq becomes our 51st state we may see prices approach that again.
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