gas prices ...

[lurch70]

I don't know how it is in your neck of the woods in the US, but gas is topping $3 a gallon here in NYC. Now, I drive a MINI and it's almost $38 to fill it up. I have seen SUV drivers pay as much as $80 at the pump (fuck'em anyway) ... and they are saying that prices are going even higher.

Just from todays CNN .. http://money.cnn.com/2005/08/08/markets/markets_newyork/index.htm?cnn=yes

I know our European brothers are laughing, as they always had to deal with this, but they also do not rely on cars as much as Americans and distances are not as big in Europe, etc, etc.

So I am imagining a huge SUV selloff in a few months if this keeps up ... being able to pick up trucks for ridiculous prices.
Already people are alwaus asking me at lights how many mpg's my MINI gets

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

$2.45 Highest its ever been here. I hate this bullshit, and I drive a civic!

 

[AsModEe]

it's around 60-70$ CAN to fill my father's mini-van.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

gas prices (once you convert litres to gallons and canadian to US) are still more expensive here in canadar than they are in the states.... at least in vancouver.

 

[AsModEe]

gas prices (once you convert litres to gallons and canadian to US) are still more expensive here in canadar than they are in the states.... at least in vancouver.

I'm too lazy to make the convertion

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

yea, same. a buddy of mine who lives near the border does, it adds 20 mins to his commute to gas up in the states, but saves him like 15 bucks.

 

[NAD]

i don't pay for gas, haven't for years.

hooray for company gas cards.

 

[cthulufhtagn]

i don't pay for gas either, suckers! wanna know my secret?



no car.

 

[MFJ]

i don't pay for gas, haven't for years.

hooray for company gas cards.

Coooooooooool

 

[circus_brimstone]

$2.45 Highest its ever been here.

Same here.

I hate this bullshit

Same here.

and I drive a civic!

Same here.

 

[MajestikMøøse]

about $1.03 per litre here in my northland.

 

[HarmonyDies....]

92.5c/L here in south north land.

 

[AsModEe]

about $1.03 per litre here in my northland.

same here

 

[lurch70]

this thread has been highly educatative so far

 

[Papa Josh]

$2.16 - $2.26 down here in Texas, but you know that Bush has it set up to where his natives get a break. So... there's ONE good thing he's done for me.

 

[J.]

yep, I paid $2.25 yesterday. fucking ridiculous. My first year at college I was paying $.98

Someone's making billions off this and it ain't me.

 

[Krigloch the Furious]

I remember being 16 and paying .78
It will probably be over 3 here soon. I've had enough of it. Screwing the entire country.
and I hate when dumbshits say "its nothing to be worried about, paying 3 for gas isnt bad when you consider how much other liquids are, like coffee."
It makes me want to stab them!

 

[J.]

Is what's funny is that Bush can most likely do something about it, but he wont. And all the while he'll keep touting that the economy is getting better and blah blah blah. You know what? THe economy would probably be kicking ass right now if not for these fucking gas prices because people would be out spending that money on consumer items instead of sitting at home afraid to start the car engine.

 

[NAD]

it's like, $2.79 at cheap places here for 91 octane, so-called "premium" when damn near everywhere else gets 93.

haha, stupid people still don't get it. fucking rules. i can't wait to move out of this dumb country.

 

[Conspicuously Absent]

and people mock me for being too lazy to get my license and instead have build up my endurance on my bike for long distance riding (as well as the usual mountain biking)...

well... ok... so they're right... but i'm still saving a shitload of cash.