wtf is going on again? they are saying $4/gallon by summer and they weren't kidding.

shell station in cary already sells premium for $3.16

4/14/2007 7:36:15 PM

it's called summertime. gas goes up every summer. this your first year driving?

4/14/2007 7:40:28 PM

there was a gas station on the news in chapel hell with 3.09 for regular

4/14/2007 7:48:19 PM

is this when they are changing over blends? or is this unrelated to that?

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 8:12 PM. Reason : because it happens twice a year for changing blends]

4/14/2007 8:12:24 PM

Gas does go up every summer, but...

$4/gallon? I wasn't paying that last summer. I hope it doesn't go that high...

4/14/2007 8:15:03 PM

they've been saying it'll be $4/gal this summer for some time now... and the current trend supports that. That's why I chose the new job with the gas card

4/14/2007 9:21:24 PM

If gas goes to $4 a gallon there will be screaming for a windfall tax

4/14/2007 9:26:26 PM

^6 besides stating the obvious, you are out of the loop on news. hows the 13mpg truck doing?

4/14/2007 10:00:41 PM

My 110 ain't gonna move once gas gets over $3 a gallon. people laugh that I have a Saturn as well, but that thing is a life saver on gas.

[Edited on April 14, 2007 at 10:05 PM. Reason : .]

4/14/2007 10:04:55 PM

Hey Steve, can I buy my Saturn back? My new ones don't get as good gas mileage as ole' silver

4/14/2007 10:12:02 PM

sorry Dennis, I likey the car and the money I save

4/14/2007 11:16:14 PM

$4/gallon? Shit. So much for the Marauder as a DD.

Anyone got an old diesel Benz they want to get rid of?

4/14/2007 11:56:06 PM

^^I miss that car and the 40+ mpg on the highway. But my new car has 175hp vs. 100hp in the SL1, and still gets about 32-34 on the highway. The wife's car (Vue with the Honda 3.5 V6) only gets 20-22 highway =(

4/15/2007 12:12:10 AM

Wow. I get as good highway mileage as a Saturn??

Ha.

Still, $4/gallon is Not Cool. Worse since it takes premium.

4/15/2007 12:30:54 AM

^Don't get your hopes up, it is an SUV. The window sticker says 20 city/28 higway, but that was using the old EPA ratings. Using the new rating system, it is now 18 city/25 highway...


http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/calculatorSelectYear.jsp
^Old ratings vs. new ratings

4/15/2007 1:33:12 AM

Quote :

"hows the 13mpg truck doing?"

actually it averages 17 in the city. besides, i wouldnt give a shit if it did get 13. i bought what i wanted. and i'm not the one whining about gas prices either.

4/15/2007 11:14:45 AM

guess I need a diesel truck.

farm diesel FTW!

4/15/2007 11:22:44 AM

^^that's pretty good. i've read that the lbz gets worse mileage than the lly though.

my 7.3 powerstroke gets about 15 or so around town, but i stick my foot in it frequently and it weights ALOT.

my dad's 6.0 powerstroke is a hog. he was only getting about 13-14 around town, up to 15-16 now with the sct tune.

^lol, you don't want the dmv to catch you running that stuff. i hear the penalties are pretty stiff. not that they spend time checking light duty trucks though.

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 11:31 AM. Reason : .]

4/15/2007 11:30:35 AM

12 mother fuckers. who got me beat?

4/15/2007 5:51:06 PM

my bike gets ~35mpg....and i feel like im fillin that shit up all the time.

can only imagine what it would be like riding a car everywhere

when i first started riving 5 years ago. gas was on teh cheap

4/15/2007 6:07:12 PM

well i ride my bike whenever i can, and at around 35 mpg it compensates for my truck.

p.s. jon put a 140 dB horn on his bike

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 6:11 PM. Reason : ]

4/15/2007 6:10:40 PM

^^^me. my duster only gets about 8 under normal driving.

^^5 years? what'd you have before that gixxer?

4/15/2007 7:50:29 PM

enjoy your 17mpg. you'll be paying out of your ass once gas hits $4.

4/15/2007 8:30:45 PM

Quote :

"you'll be paying out of your ass once gas diesel hits $4."

[Edited on April 15, 2007 at 8:35 PM. Reason : .]

4/15/2007 8:34:59 PM

^^again, dumbass, i wasn't the one complaining about it.

4/15/2007 10:17:24 PM

i guess i hit a nerv eh fag boy?

4/15/2007 11:59:28 PM

no. i'm used to dealing with stupid people on a daily basis.

4/16/2007 7:29:21 AM

Dear bitches,
It is that time of year again and sumfoo1 is going to be laughing every time he hears someone bitch of gas prices. Because i no longer have my drivers license i have put myself into a situation where i do not need a drivers license. I can walk to work, the grocery store, 100+ restaurants & bars, 2 hospitals, 4 parks 2 hardware stores and many many more things...
So while you spend $$$$$$ on gas i'm just chillen @ the house spending it on more important things.
w00t
-sumfoo1

Btw... sumfoo1 has decided since there are plenty of e-85 gas stations around his house... his project car will run off e-85/e-100 because with normal gas being $3-$4/gallon + its cheaper to get the crappy mileage off the $2-$2.50 alcohol based and even if its just a tad more expensive.... you also get the bonus of +7 effective octane over premium is nice too.


ohh and my t-bird gets 9 mpg.... but driving that is easily worth it.


[Edited on April 16, 2007 at 7:57 AM. Reason : .]

4/16/2007 7:56:36 AM

just filled up with the premium at the shell last night, half tank cost me nearly 30 bucks

4/16/2007 9:39:50 AM

^^ We're all hella jealous. I'd gladly give up my $150/month gas bill in exchange for thousands of dollars in legal fees and no way to drive my ass to the beach.
signed
-Skack

4/16/2007 10:31:18 AM

not to mention jacked up insurance rates when he gets his license back

4/16/2007 10:35:02 AM

fyi there are sarcastic overtones to the entire thing up there.
cept the alcohol part i'm really doing that.
trust me... i want to drive... baaad.

4/16/2007 10:54:06 AM

http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2007/performers/companies/profits/index.html

Most Profitable Companies: Profits

1   Exxon Mobil      $39,500,000,000
. . .
7   Chevron          $17,138,000,000
8   ConocoPhillips   $15,550,000,000

4/16/2007 9:46:39 PM

^ Ding ding

4/16/2007 10:58:14 PM

at least we're not in the u.k. i heard something today about gas being about $8 a gallon.

4/16/2007 11:38:40 PM

filled the stang alang up for 3.08 last night. no more cruising in 4th gear for me.

4/17/2007 9:51:44 AM

4/18/2007 9:18:33 AM

Quote :

"[/thread]"

nah, you're gonna have to post profit margins

4/18/2007 9:22:55 AM

Christ guth, don't try to turn this shit into TSB, it's the garage, profit margin is going to be lost on most of these people.

Btw folks, this isn't just a "summer" thing.

Check this link

http://www.ucan.org/gasoline_autos/gas_prices/the_price_of_oil_vs_cost_of_gas_no_correlation

Quote :

"But there's a problem with that logic: Last year on this day, San Diego gasoline cost just $2.67 a gallon, and oil cost almost $2 more per barrel (source Energy Information Agency). That's right, on the same day last year gas cost 53¢ less per gallon, while a barrel of oil was selling on the NYMEX for $1.76 more than it is today."

There is something else at work here. The oil companies seemed to have purposefully pulled back on production of gasoline until the price went back up to the level they'd like to sustain it at. That's the only explanation I can think of.

4/18/2007 10:07:33 AM

It really pisses me off that Shell is doing this also, but god damn they have some good fuel

If this isnt a god damn monopoly I dont know what is, but the govt doesnt do shit about it

however Microsoft does this and offers us GREAT PRICING on their stuff and the govt has a problem with it

[Edited on April 18, 2007 at 10:38 AM. Reason : ]

4/18/2007 10:38:13 AM

Gotta love the motorcycle, definitely happy I made the investment last year. I'm getting about 45-60MPG around here and to work. It does such though b/c the truck is just gathering dust now.

4/18/2007 10:45:02 AM

Quote :

"but the govt doesnt do shit about it"

Maybe it's because... the govt is in on it too

4/18/2007 11:00:14 AM

Cheney's secret energy task force meetings anyone?

4/18/2007 11:04:16 AM

doh missed it



[Edited on April 18, 2007 at 11:14 AM. Reason : no state409c i didn't suspend you - i only do that to dnl and willis]

4/18/2007 11:06:06 AM

did you not read his reply after it?

if you did you probably wouldnt look retarded right now

4/18/2007 11:08:05 AM

Seems like OmarBadouche's sarcasm meter is broken. Btw, Omar, were you the one that secretely suspended me and isn't tell me why? Was it gunzz, beardawg, etc?

4/18/2007 11:10:15 AM

The news tends to repeat the same old same old about oil prices being high in part due to our refineries running at their limits all the time.

I assume prices are high because demand keeps going up and there aren't enough refineries to keep prices low (even with the oil there to refine into all the usual products).

4/18/2007 12:45:09 PM

did you read that article posted? I am not saying it is the holy grail of WTF is going on with prices but I can buy it until someone proves it wrong.

they are shutting down refineries on purpose!

4/18/2007 1:58:00 PM