IT WON'T AFFECT ME FOR I HAVE 4 CREDIT CARDS!
$4.00 Per Gallon
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One dollar per gallon per card!
YET
Mid-term forcast is for lower prices.
For the presidential vote? would this be political?
It's running around $2.999/gallon on the IL side of the STL metro area, and about 2.869 give or take on the MO side.
I filled up oilbabe's Camry and my Geo last night and the tab for the two was $49.00
We had to take both cars out, since I'm on call, and we stopped for gas while we were out.
I'm sure many are paying that same $49.00 to fill up one car
I filled up oilbabe's Camry and my Geo last night and the tab for the two was $49.00
We had to take both cars out, since I'm on call, and we stopped for gas while we were out.
I'm sure many are paying that same $49.00 to fill up one car
Luckily I only drive about 12 miles a day. 11-12 gallons in my Cavalier can easily last me 3 weeks.
$3.45-3.60 for diesel around here. Happy to get 40+ mpg. Nearly all my 1100-1200 miles per week are reimbursed, so higher fuel prices mean higher fuel surcharges and a bigger paycheck.
It's up to $3.15 and 9/10ths tonight.
The light at the end of the tunnel is the Recession Freight Express Train coming at us.
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Finally ...a natural pause in the whole sale draining of capital. Let the slimes struggle with having to suck off someone else's nipple for their prosperity and worth.
Rejoice!! The "human waves" that our shepherds have been sending into the breach will slow for a bit.
Now they won't need any illegals to do the work that no one can afford. They have my sympathies.
Rejoice!! The "human waves" that our shepherds have been sending into the breach will slow for a bit.
Now they won't need any illegals to do the work that no one can afford. They have my sympathies.
Help yourself.
I wonder how high it will have to get before America adopts a more 'European' way of designing, selling and buying cars. Small 4-cylinder hatchbacks will eventually replace the Tahoes and Suburbans that currently take up lane space, purely due to overwhelming economic stress of buying gas. Personally, I'm glad I made the decision to stop driving my empty 4-door pickup around and buy a 4-cylinder car to drive back and forth to work. I suspect more will follow suit when belts get tight enough. It's sad that the gas companies have us by the throat in this manner, but it's reality.
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Originally Posted By: CBDFrontier06
I wonder how high it will have to get before America adopts a more 'European' way of designing, selling and buying cars.
A REAL long time. Much longer than it should. The problem with OUR auto industry is that it's not an auto industry. It's an employment/commerce/brokered aid vehicle. Way too many riders ..including many bureaucracies rely on the status quo to be maintained.
The impact of change has to be weighed for subordinate impacts ..and naturally everyone lobbies for the impact to be felt the least by their impacted sector. That's why a $15k/45mpg vehicle in Europe gets bloated and inflated to a car that there's no sense in buying here.
The fix is in. We'll change this when ..and only when ..there's no more to be had with attaching "riders".
I wonder how high it will have to get before America adopts a more 'European' way of designing, selling and buying cars.
A REAL long time. Much longer than it should. The problem with OUR auto industry is that it's not an auto industry. It's an employment/commerce/brokered aid vehicle. Way too many riders ..including many bureaucracies rely on the status quo to be maintained.
The impact of change has to be weighed for subordinate impacts ..and naturally everyone lobbies for the impact to be felt the least by their impacted sector. That's why a $15k/45mpg vehicle in Europe gets bloated and inflated to a car that there's no sense in buying here.
The fix is in. We'll change this when ..and only when ..there's no more to be had with attaching "riders".
Originally Posted By: CBDFrontier06
I wonder how high it will have to get before America adopts a more 'European' way of designing, selling and buying cars.
At present time, anyone suggesting, say, a Smart, will be thwarted by crashworthiness and emissions regs. Odd that such a high mileage vehicle "pollutes", as its CO2 levels are so low, but the NOx or particulates are probably up there. Same with those cute one-liter diesels. It's all in how we, as in our own EPA that we presumably control, define pollutants. Present course is to use more gas to run rich to keep pesky NOx at bay.
A good example, that I keep repeating, is how the 49 MPG metro morphed into the 37 MPG Aveo. (using the 90's MPG formula, not the new "I drive 80 with AC on one".
Anyone should be able to buy a Smart if they sign a waiver admitting it's a dangerous little tinbox. That same person could also buy a motorcycle, or parachute lessons, and be in more danger.
I wonder how high it will have to get before America adopts a more 'European' way of designing, selling and buying cars.
At present time, anyone suggesting, say, a Smart, will be thwarted by crashworthiness and emissions regs. Odd that such a high mileage vehicle "pollutes", as its CO2 levels are so low, but the NOx or particulates are probably up there. Same with those cute one-liter diesels. It's all in how we, as in our own EPA that we presumably control, define pollutants. Present course is to use more gas to run rich to keep pesky NOx at bay.
A good example, that I keep repeating, is how the 49 MPG metro morphed into the 37 MPG Aveo. (using the 90's MPG formula, not the new "I drive 80 with AC on one".
Anyone should be able to buy a Smart if they sign a waiver admitting it's a dangerous little tinbox. That same person could also buy a motorcycle, or parachute lessons, and be in more danger.
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