gas prices - WTF?

Its $1.43L ($6.49 gallon) here with projections of $2.00, for 87 octane, later this year! I used to drive my Pontiac Firefly for a week on what it costs to run my pressure washer now!

 

Oil prices tanked below 100

 

Oil has been 15 barrels to an ounce of gold. It was that back when Nixon was President and its still the case. You can thank O and Geitner with his Quantitive Easing bull$h!+. A fancy Harvard way of saying "printing money".

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It would NOT be right to charge drivers at the pump for health insurance...Everyone should pay their fair part, and when people think they cannot afford it, the first thing that need to be cut is vacation. Heck, I'm almost 30 years old and have never taken a vacation in my life. It's just NOT NECESSARY. As a matter of fact, I didn't even go anywhere for my honey moon when I got married, and yes, I'm still married...I have co-workers who drive cheap cars yet looking @ $300+ a night hotel for their next vacation trip...what a waste of money it is...a wouldn't pay $300 a night for a hotel even if a manager of that hotel would give me a bj...

 

I think you missed my point Sergei. What I was trying to say was that there are some people who will never be able to afford healthcare, let alone a car or taking vacations. Everybody should have access to basic healthcare regardless of what tax the gov't collects to pay for it. It shouldn't be a reserved for those who can afford it. I agree with you that a guy with a shot liver because he's an alcoholic should have to pay for his own transplant or a smoker who gets cancer should have to pay for their treatments but I don't believe in denying people even basic healthcare, when there is so much waste in our government as it is.

 

I peaked at $98 a tank so far... Thank god prices started to slide back down again and I never had to fill at the peak of $1.41 in Vancouver.

Seriously considering downsizing to a Corolla. If my calculations are even remotely correct, I'll be halving my gas bill while still driving the same amount.

 

I go to Blaine almost weekly so I fill up down there. Saves 30%!!

 

3.00 to fill my lawm mower? what is the world coming too!

 

Most people in the US seem to be pretty "guardtrail to guardrail" when it comes to this. The second fuel goes up, everyone dumps their trucks and SUVs and talks about trading them in for Jetta TDIs, Corollas and other small cars. Then when fuel is cheap again, off everyone goes to buy another Expedition.

It's strange how in Europe, that trend does not happen. Because even though fuel is expensive already (due to taxes), it still goes up or down just like it does in the US. But you don't see everyone selling their cars over there the second petrol goes up.

Let's also think about the math behind it all. If you drive a vehicle that gets poor mileage and you buy a car with excellent milage, most of the time there will be a difference you'll have to pay between what your current older car is worth, and what your fuel efficient car is worth. But how LONG do you have to drive your new car around before you break even?

 

100+ octane race gas aint cheap! You want to give it more power!

 

I hit up Costco or Canadian Tire. At least I get something more when filling up there. Costco gives me money back at the end of the year (2% on ALL my purchases before taxes) and CT gives me 10X CT money, so I can grab some more AutoGlym products after a few full tanks!

 

I don't know why most people go crazy about hybrids nowadays. There are plenty of 4-bangers out there that can get excellent gas mileage. My wife wanted to buy a Prius so bad the last time gas prices were extremely high. I won't buy a hybrid until the replacement batteries are affordable. Once you show a person the price of the battery replacement for a prius of any other hybrid, they are hesitant to buy one. It takes forever to break even when you trade any car for a hybrid.

Maintenance and good driving techniques save you gas money. It's funny to see people checking their tire pressure only when gas prices are high. I'm constantly checking the mpgs on both of my vehicles. If I see any variation, it's time to check tune up items. Most of the time, a dirty MAF sensor, throttle body, and the air filter are the culprit. I always change my oxygen sensors every 80k-90k ... you will see a big difference with the oxygen sensors.

 

Hmm, how much CT Money per $100 spent?

 

oh yeah..... got a chrome filter cap on it now too.

 

CT has a 0.4% "give-back" policy, so on every $100(before tax), the standard is $0.40. When you buy gas however, they have 10x coupons which means for $100 of gas, I get $4.00 of CT money. Sometimes the "multiplier" changes, but it generally varies only between 6X and 10X

 

I think chrome spinners would finish it off nicely

 

That's something a lot of people don't understand. Like my neighbors, they had an Odyssey and a large truck, but bought a Prius as a third car to save on gas. Even though the Prius cost more than it will probably ever save them in gas money.

 

the up front cost on a prius is too high for the MPG it gets, if it was an issue to me, id rather buy a yaris, or even a corrola, at a fraction of the price and still get very good MPG 28/36. It is all psychological anyway.

 

Very true P1et. I think the difference is in the UK, its a lifestyle choice. They know fuel is expensive so they make a decision to drive econoboxes and live with it. Over here, people have so bought in to "you are what you drive" that they continue to drive gas guzzlers but have to balls to complain when gas goes up. Also, you don't have to buy new. We have a 98 Jetta we bought new. I'm driving it now instead of my Passat as it gets almost 3x the mileage. You could buy our Jetta for $4k. If your truck gets 12mpg, you'd make that back in 16 months.

 

I'm seeing more and more of my friends buying older cars, simply they can pay cash and not worry about it, I sold my 07 yukon last year and never looked back, I am more then happy with my 99 suburban and since I've owned it since day one in 99, its paid for itself 10x over..... i do not even worry about gas any more.