Gas Price Change For You

[MachFly]

LOL!  No.  I am still building the Cobra.  Been playing with some intake designs and various other intake/exhaust tidbits.  Still have a lot of work to do.  Hope to have it on the road in a year, or so.

Oh for some reason I thought that you said that you were done in one of the threads, I must be mixing it up with something else then.

If the Cobra gets over 15 miles to the gallon, I will be happy.

LMAO

[VonMessa]

LOL!  No.  I am still building the Cobra.  Been playing with some intake designs and various other intake/exhaust tidbits.  Still have a lot of work to do.  Hope to have it on the road in a year, or so.

If the Cobra gets over 15 miles to the gallon, I will be happy.

That's still better than my brick on wheels...

On the other hand, my stepfather has a '69 GTO with a 400 Ram-Air IV with rochester trips on it (manual linkage) and when you open the secondary's, you can almost watch the gas gauge go down...

[jeep00]

Yeah, I'm getting ready to start with the mid-grade again  

I'm about 8 miles each way to work with a lot of stop-n-go traffic, sometimes.  I'm seriously considering a moped  

Gotta get a Vespa. Too much fun to say.   So you must get about the same mileage as me. Or, more the the Jeep world, footage.  
My next purchase will be a Honda dual sport for commuting. I used to have a 1983 XL600, I want another one, I think next year. Greeat for the commute, great for trail scouting, good 7-9 months of use up here.

[Skuzzy]

Oh for some reason I thought that you said that you were done in one of the threads, I must be mixing it up with something else then.

LMAO

Most of the Cobra owners I know are getting between 8 and 10 MPG.  I figure I can up the efficiency of the engine.  Lots of room for improvement in the old overhead valve V8 design.

We decided to build a new home, so I could get a proper man cave to work in. Once I got a 4 axis CNC mill, CNC lathe, 20 ton hydraulic press, 24" metal brake, and a 48" vacuum former I was stumbling about trying to work.

The Cobra has been put aside (in storage) while that is happening.  I am diddling on the engine design in my computer.

[Spikes]

3.97 a gallon, 26 gallon tank...over 100 to fill the truck.

2011 Silverado 1500...luckily it has flex fuel...saves me a little bit.

[Shuffler]

I drive a 2500 HD Diesel Crew Cab.... I just fill it up when needed and go.

I think it was 4.09 gal last fill up.

[1701E]

~3.80/gal here (Mountains of VA), with a 32 gallon tank (2003 F-250 @ ~10-18MPG) you all can do the math.
Much as it was old and not in great shape...do miss the old '95 Civic (flipped it). Thing could putt around at 40MPG all day long and only took about $35 to fill.
Prices are about the same as they have been for the past year for me, but I buy it too often to want to pay attention.

[RTHolmes]

£1.47/l for super unleaded here - thats about $8.80/US Gall ... which explains why we dont all drive around in 7l V8s ...

[CAP1]

3.59 for the 87 octane here.......and i just paid 3.79 to put 93 in my gt.

 what has to happen to get the price back to normal, is to remove oil from day traders....or futures traders......get it back to the normal supply/demand like it used to be.

[Grayeagle]

Phoenix AZ here also, ~4$ per gallon for 91 Octane (would love to have access to 93 octane or better)

Vette fillups run tween 50-60$ ..usually at the 1/4 mark because I hate runnin outta gas.
I fill it up about once a month - month and and a half.
She gets about 24mpg around town, just over 30mpg on the freeway at ~70mph.
Stock LS-1 with a decent exhaust .. ~300+hp at the rear wheels.

Being 'retired' I do not drive it every day
.. about twice a week average, with a monthly Club cruise now and then.
April 17th is Cruise Central Avenue night ..oohh yaa .. gotta do *that* ..burnouts an all

Skuzzy, sounds like yer gettin a very nice toy shop setup
Would be fun to play there for a fact

-Frank aka GE

[MachFly]

Most of the Cobra owners I know are getting between 8 and 10 MPG.  I figure I can up the efficiency of the engine.  Lots of room for improvement in the old overhead valve V8 design.

We decided to build a new home, so I could get a proper man cave to work in. Once I got a 4 axis CNC mill, CNC lathe, 20 ton hydraulic press, 24" metal brake, and a 48" vacuum former I was stumbling about trying to work.

The Cobra has been put aside (in storage) while that is happening.  I am diddling on the engine design in my computer.

Sounds nice.

Just out of curiosity will you be able to make it to work on a single tank? Not that you'd want to use it for that every day but still.

[Rolex]

Regular = US$6.85 per gallon
Hi Octane = US$7.50 per gallon

That's up about 20% from a year ago.

[MachFly]

(would love to have access to 93 octane or better)

Yeah I never understood that. On the east coast you can get 93 at any gas station, in the SW if you want something higher than 91 you have to go to the track and even there you'll have 100 and no 93.
So any idea why they don't sell 93 in the SW?

[Xtrepid]

Been taking the bus or walking to the store(s) in the winter (3 blks), car's been in garage.

Weather's been really nice lately, so I drive to Lake County, Illinois to get cigs and/or gasoline to save $$$... on my Yamaha 4.5 US Gals - 45-50 MPG

Speedway Gas, Lake County, Illinois - Unl:4.369 - Plus:4.469 - Prem:4.569

Sign of the times here in the City of Chicago, Cook County...





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[MachFly]

Regular = US$6.85 per gallon
Hi Octane = US$7.50 per gallon

That's up about 20% from a year ago.

What's regular?
Based on those prices I'd say it's 100 octane but people don't normally call it "regular".