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Gas prices...
Tweet Topic Started: Apr 18 2011, 05:40 PM (464 Views)
zar	Apr 18 2011, 05:40 PM Post #1
Senior Member Posts: 308 Group: Senior Members Member #440 Joined: February 18, 2011	Just wasted $50 on gas and didn't even fill my little car's tank!! I thought I'd have like 15 bucks after that but I looked in my wallet and realized I only have $3 now My car's clutch is slipping bad and its not helping my mileage...For now I'm hypermilling just to save gas, (coast a lot, rarely brake and accelerate slow). I'm seriously considering getting a moped. But they're are so uncommon around here I'd probably get hit by a car XD. I really hate spending money on things that don't last (that's why I like collecting things like games) The worst thing is its gonna raise the price on everything that gets shipped (everything). Express your feelings on gas prices



Mk II	Apr 18 2011, 05:57 PM Post #2
Elite Posts: 4,493 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #381 Joined: November 7, 2010	Maybe it will cheer you up a bit to know that here in Holland we pay approx. 1.80€ or 2.57$ per liter. That's a whopping 9,72$ per gallon... feeling better already? I'm lucky though... i drive a very fuel-efficient Vespa instead of a car and use less than 2 gallons per week. Edited by Mk II, Apr 18 2011, 06:06 PM.



zar	Apr 18 2011, 06:45 PM Post #3
Senior Member Posts: 308 Group: Senior Members Member #440 Joined: February 18, 2011	holy crap, man that sucks... My brother drives 100 miles a day just to go to work and back and his car gets 20mpg so thats at least $20+ every day. I actually probably will get a moped this summer...too bad its too cold 1/2 the year.



Alice Lawless	Apr 18 2011, 08:13 PM Post #4
N64 collection completed 7/29/12 Posts: 1,509 Group: Senior Members Member #260 Joined: January 12, 2010	My truck costs $82 to fill up. Just last week it was $72
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Mk II	Apr 19 2011, 11:05 AM Post #5
Elite Posts: 4,493 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #381 Joined: November 7, 2010	Quote: I actually probably will get a moped this summer...too bad its too cold 1/2 the year mopeds in general and Vespa's in particular are very cool (no pun intended) and you can dress against the cold or rain. But i wont drive mine when there is snow or ice on the roads. Thats my only gripe; they're not really safe in wintery weather conditions. OTOH: you cant beat 90+ miles per gallon



Matt	Apr 19 2011, 01:51 PM Post #6
Kick, Punch, It's all in the mind Posts: 2,532 Group: Legendary Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	Over here we normally put £40 in which is about half a tank. Its rose to £50 this week though.



zar	Apr 19 2011, 02:05 PM Post #7
Senior Member Posts: 308 Group: Senior Members Member #440 Joined: February 18, 2011	Yeah I wouldn't drive it in the snow... its actually snowing right now. We're supposed to get 6 inches. Yep. Snow in April.



Matt	Apr 19 2011, 02:07 PM Post #8
Kick, Punch, It's all in the mind Posts: 2,532 Group: Legendary Member #55 Joined: January 3, 2007	It's just freezing cold here. Normally its perfect when I go on holiday



Mk II	Apr 19 2011, 03:26 PM Post #9
Elite Posts: 4,493 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #381 Joined: November 7, 2010	Quote: Snow in April Sometimes it snows in April Sometimes I feel so bad, so bad Sometimes I wish that life was never ending, But all good things, they say, never last... BTW: this is my pride & joy (Vespa LX50 4T4V) Edited by Mk II, Apr 19 2011, 03:32 PM.



Retro Junkie	Apr 19 2011, 05:06 PM Post #10
There is no spoon. Posts: 289 Group: Senior Members Member #236 Joined: October 1, 2009	Heeyyy..... I like that Vespa. I wished I could drive something like that to work. The one thing that burns me about the rising gas prices is.. When the gas price goes up everything you need and purchase goes up. I feel like I am not only buying my gas but everyone elses too.



Mk II	Apr 19 2011, 05:26 PM Post #11
Elite Posts: 4,493 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #381 Joined: November 7, 2010	Quote: I like that Vespa ditto ! i've added lots more chrome since that picture was taken so it's even prettier now it really is my pride and joy and makes me feel good (and a bit of Italian cool) whenever im riding it. Vespa is like the Mercedes-Benz of the scooter world; nobody builds a better or more stylish model. And the price level is about the same too Quote: I feel like I am not only buying my gas but everyone elses too true... and eventually it will be the end of all those cheap Chinese imports. I just hope that by that time we will still remember how to actually make stuff. Edited by Mk II, Apr 19 2011, 05:34 PM.



zar	Apr 19 2011, 07:59 PM Post #12
Senior Member Posts: 308 Group: Senior Members Member #440 Joined: February 18, 2011	Check out this story of someone wanting to have a "gas out" day in 1999 when prices were at a whopping $1.13/gallon lol... http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blgas.htm Quote: true... and eventually it will be the end of all those cheap Chinese imports. Yeah, you can hardly find anything thats made in the US anymore...



Grizzmeister	Apr 20 2011, 06:59 AM Post #13
Latter-day Nostradamus Posts: 3,243 Group: Legendary Member #457 Joined: March 8, 2011	We're undergoing a lot of turmoil here in the United States and higher gas prices are just one thing we're going to have to get used to. Ultimately the American people need to realize that the standard of living in the US is dropping like the proverbial stone as the house of cards built on cheap credit continues to collapse. Just this week our stock market buckled because of news that the United State's debt rating might be lowered from AAA to AA+. Seems many lenders in the world feel that just like the European PIGS (Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain) the US needs some sort of austerity measure to get itself out of a staggering amount of debt. It's not just our government that can't control spending either. Many Americans are driving around in huge highly leveraged sport utility vehicles that are literally as big as school buses. While mopeds don't make sense on American roads and our mass transit system is a joke we still haven't embraced affordable small fuel efficient vehicles to the extent that reality dictates and there in lies the problem. We Americans are our own worst enemy when it comes to being good stewards of our planet and its resources. It's sad.
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clarky_n64	Apr 20 2011, 07:15 AM Post #14
Modding Monster Posts: 2,184 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #366 Joined: September 27, 2010	Argh! fuel prices Up to £1.36 a litre here now. The thing is, its not just fuel prices that have gone up here, car insurance has, car tax and the yearly cost to put your car through an MOT (saftey check) has also gone up. I'm not actually sure how much further this country wants us to bend over and take it up the a$$. We've already had massive riots in London due to other cuts the government has proposed, at this rate there going to have a full scale war provoked by the public.
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Mk II	Apr 20 2011, 09:06 AM Post #15
Elite Posts: 4,493 Group: Staff (Ret.) Member #381 Joined: November 7, 2010	well, the idle rich have been waging a class war for the last 30 years and working people are beginning to wise up to the fact that the game is rigged against them. The rich get much richer, the poor remain poor and the middle class gets squeezed into oblivion to pay for the bonuses and tax credits for the super-rich. Democracy has been corrupted into an unholy mixture of plutocracy and kleptocracy. So yes, perhaps the time is right for fighting in the streets and some good old revolution... off with their heads! Edited by Mk II, Apr 20 2011, 09:07 AM.



zar	Apr 20 2011, 06:07 PM Post #16
Senior Member Posts: 308 Group: Senior Members Member #440 Joined: February 18, 2011	Random story but, I remember a rich guy ahead of us at Safeway bought over $800 in food and my dad let him use his Safeway card which saved him over $150 and the guy didn't even care. He was just like oh......cool...



Alice Lawless	Apr 20 2011, 06:32 PM Post #17
N64 collection completed 7/29/12 Posts: 1,509 Group: Senior Members Member #260 Joined: January 12, 2010	^ This is why we can't have nice things.
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Grizzmeister	Apr 22 2011, 07:15 AM Post #18
Latter-day Nostradamus Posts: 3,243 Group: Legendary Member #457 Joined: March 8, 2011	Mk II Apr 20 2011, 09:06 AM well, the idle rich have been waging a class war for the last 30 years and working people are beginning to wise up to the fact that the game is rigged against them. The rich get much richer, the poor remain poor and the middle class gets squeezed into oblivion to pay for the bonuses and tax credits for the super-rich. Democracy has been corrupted into an unholy mixture of plutocracy and kleptocracy. So yes, perhaps the time is right for fighting in the streets and some good old revolution... off with their heads! I've never been an advocate of class warfare as it never leads to anything productive. I'm also not an advocate of corruption and that appears to be what's going on in the oil markets. The Obama administration here in the US recently announced that investigations will begin to "root out" cases of fraud and manipulation in the oil markets. This seems like a VERY good idea to me as gas prices are no longer really being determined by supply and demand as proven by the fact that OPEC will actually reduce supply in response to lower consumption. Just a little information to those of you outside the US; we're like a third-world country now with widespread corruption in everything from big business to government. Our federal budget spends much too heavily on defense and government officials who espouse continuing that reckless behavior are supported by the national propaganda machine we have here called Fox News. One such politician is a congressman by the name of Paul Ryan who is actually suggesting cutting healthcare benefits to the elderly before cutting spending on defense. Sounds like something the evil regime of North Korea would do doesn't it?
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