gas price
08-22-2005, 06:51 AM
#5
Jack Of All Trades
Join Date: Jun 2004
Location: Acton, California
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I filled up yesterday at $2.999 / gallon, then went on a Z cruise to the beach and then up and down some canyon roads. I'll have to fill up again today on my way home from work. It's approaching $40 per fill up................ 
08-22-2005, 08:58 PM
#6
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Gerber, CA
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I guess it's kinda gotten to the point where it doesn't matter what we do. Complaining about it doesn't get us anywhere. Chevron continues to report record earnings per share. The rich get richer while the poor, well you know the rest. Either we pay for it or we don't drive. Option 2 isn't part of my personal equation. I don't really consider this an option either....buy an Echo or an Insight.
Premium is a requirement in these cars. If you're not going to put premium in it, then you might as well buy a Civic because they'll perform about the same. Until you blow up the motor, then the Civic will run better.
What really doesn't make sense is the price of Diesel. Truck drivers are really the ones who are getting raped. It wasn't all that long ago that diesel was less expensive than 87 octane.
Premium is a requirement in these cars. If you're not going to put premium in it, then you might as well buy a Civic because they'll perform about the same. Until you blow up the motor, then the Civic will run better.
What really doesn't make sense is the price of Diesel. Truck drivers are really the ones who are getting raped. It wasn't all that long ago that diesel was less expensive than 87 octane.
08-23-2005, 06:10 AM
#9
Loves Going Topless
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Springdale, Arkansas
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91 your probably to young to remember a "T" shirt that had "Eat The Rich" on it nice skull and cross bones. It was sold thru "High Times" magazine. Probably still have some old issues of it somewhere. Sent a couple old copies to the "KBI" office in Great Bend Kansas. The girl over the cannabis lab said she'd heard of that magazine but hadn't ever seen one. She was pretty young. Interesting place to go thru, I can because we own the office complex they are housed in. At least till 09 and they take it over.
Diesel was once a by-product, until someone found a use for it. When we were still running trucks, it was like 92 cents a gallon. We bought it in 6,000 gallon lots. Got out of trucks in 97.
Diesel was once a by-product, until someone found a use for it. When we were still running trucks, it was like 92 cents a gallon. We bought it in 6,000 gallon lots. Got out of trucks in 97.
08-23-2005, 12:27 PM
#10
Jack Of All Trades
Join Date: Jun 2004
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So what were gas prices at certain points in your lives? (milestones)
For me,
First awareness, ...........1972.....$.23 / gallon
First job pumping gas.....1974.....$.55 / gallon
Got my license...............1976.....$.72 / gallon
first house.....................1983.....$1.20 / gallon
second house................1990......$1.05 / gallon
kid #1 goes to college....2001......$1.60 / gallon
For me,
First awareness, ...........1972.....$.23 / gallon
First job pumping gas.....1974.....$.55 / gallon
Got my license...............1976.....$.72 / gallon
first house.....................1983.....$1.20 / gallon
second house................1990......$1.05 / gallon
kid #1 goes to college....2001......$1.60 / gallon
08-23-2005, 09:25 PM
#11
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Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Gerber, CA
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Originally Posted by tnkrstoyco
91 your probably to young to remember a "T" shirt that had "Eat The Rich" on it nice skull and cross bones. It was sold thru "High Times" magazine. Probably still have some old issues of it somewhere. Sent a couple old copies to the "KBI" office in Great Bend Kansas. The girl over the cannabis lab said she'd heard of that magazine but hadn't ever seen one. She was pretty young. Interesting place to go thru, I can because we own the office complex they are housed in. At least till 09 and they take it over.
Diesel was once a by-product, until someone found a use for it. When we were still running trucks, it was like 92 cents a gallon. We bought it in 6,000 gallon lots. Got out of trucks in 97.
Diesel was once a by-product, until someone found a use for it. When we were still running trucks, it was like 92 cents a gallon. We bought it in 6,000 gallon lots. Got out of trucks in 97.
I like the Aerosmith song 'Eat the Rich'. Does that count for anything?
I think I am too young. That makes me feel better since I'll be hitting 29 in less than 2 months. ****Off topic warning**** I went for a jog today with my puppy for the 1st time in a long time for me. It was a short jog. I think he was bored. He was probably thinking, "Fatass,...why didn't you just drive?" I gotta get back into shape. Round/bowling pin/pear aren't the shapes that I've been accustomed to in the past. Oh well. Life's a bitch, so grab a beer and don't bother complaining to anyone since they're not listening anyways.
08-24-2005, 08:27 AM
#14
Bad Speller
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Moreno Valley, CA
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well. here in southern california. we have been getting emails. and PM all over the place. that on September 3rd to not pump gas at all. there are so many people pumping gas out there everyday, that with one say that no one pumps gas the gas prices will dramatically decrease. so I'm gonna follow this the entire week. please pass it on and let's see what happens? shall we? 
Last edited by Riz Z Speed; 08-24-2005 at 08:31 AM.
08-24-2005, 10:50 AM
#15
Z8 driver
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Birmingham, AL
Posts: 524
Originally Posted by CanyonCarver
So what were gas prices at certain points in your lives? (milestones)
For me,
First awareness, ...........1972.....$.23 / gallon
First job pumping gas.....1974.....$.55 / gallon
Got my license...............1976.....$.72 / gallon
first house.....................1983.....$1.20 / gallon
second house................1990......$1.05 / gallon
kid #1 goes to college....2001......$1.60 / gallon
For me,
First awareness, ...........1972.....$.23 / gallon
First job pumping gas.....1974.....$.55 / gallon
Got my license...............1976.....$.72 / gallon
first house.....................1983.....$1.20 / gallon
second house................1990......$1.05 / gallon
kid #1 goes to college....2001......$1.60 / gallon
ahh I remember more recently Christmas of 2001 I was filling up @ $0.98/gal.
Our premium is 2.68 now...
08-24-2005, 09:45 PM
#17
Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Chicago
Posts: 35
If if makes anyone feel better here's a good way to rationalize your high oct. cost. Where I live at least, premium is always .15 -.20 cents more a gallon then regular. So at $3 your only paying 4% more than the Civic's, but back in the glory days of $1 gallons, we were paying about 20% more for premium. So, were getting ripped off less now, then our four banger freinds are.
08-25-2005, 03:45 AM
#20
More Than Meets The Eye
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Mesa, Az
Posts: 5,120
I remember in '98 when it was $.86 a gallon. It cost me like less than $15 to fill my Firebird! 
Oh that was great. No if I filled her now, it would cost me over $40!! That is mainly why she sits in my driveway collecting dust!
It cost me like less than $15 to fill my Firebird! Oh that was great. No if I filled her now, it would cost me over $40!! That is mainly why she sits in my driveway collecting dust!
