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Gas prices?
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| slithering |
03-03-2008 07:45 PM |
Gas prices?
Will the high gas prices change the way you drive your car or the fuel you buy?:JEKYLHYDE
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| h2oman |
03-03-2008 07:55 PM |
Not anytime soon. I work too damn hard not to have play time! :)
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| Michael C Henry |
03-03-2008 09:15 PM |
It is with a lot of regret it probably will cause me to restrick my driving even more than it was in the past. Good news for the Insurance companies. After all the saving, work, and expense ,it now seems extravagent to spend money like that. ten minute warm up +10 mpg if I drive like it's a lump. A run to my sons' house easily $15 but an $80 ( 25 gal x $3.50 + additave) tank of gasoline turning to varnish is a terrible image.
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| wtm442 |
03-03-2008 09:16 PM |
Nope, not at all
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| venum14 |
03-03-2008 09:18 PM |
Who cares!
Ahhhh....the smell of race gas when I drive my car, yes it's $7.50+ a gallon but I didn't build a Cobra for gas mileage. It's the smiles per gallon I want. :D
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| RedBarchetta |
03-03-2008 09:37 PM |
I hope I never have to eat my words, but the short answer is NO.
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| 1Cobrat |
03-03-2008 09:44 PM |
Probably not the quantity of trips but definitely the length. Probably stay closer to home. At least until the kids move out. . . .
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| xlr8or |
03-03-2008 11:37 PM |
Nope. Filled it up twice over the weekend at $3.79 per gallon. First time was just over 25 gallons and the second was 18.5
Averaged just over 7 mpg. ;)
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| Hans-Olof Blom |
03-04-2008 01:38 AM |
You guys are spoiled!
In Sweden normal gas is now $7.50+ per gallon.
And I get less than 10 mpg :eek:
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| Aloys |
03-04-2008 02:30 AM |
7,30$ over here!
You guys got a long hard road ahead of you yet:CRY:
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| Ron61 |
03-04-2008 03:28 AM |
Our high here last summer for the tourist trade was $4.29. I am sure they will make it higher than that this Summer as our low for the Winter was around $3.29 at most of the major stations. One place up in the canyon I heard was above $5 a gallon but I can't say that for a fact as I never drove up there to see.
Ron :rolleyes:
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| Michael P. Wole |
03-04-2008 05:38 AM |
maybe we all need to recalibrate the fuel systems to burn that good old midwestern corn based alcohol...considering converting mine to E85 105 octane and cheaper than high octane fuel.
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| Silverback51 |
03-04-2008 06:10 AM |
I don't worry about it. It's SPM (Smiles Per Mile) for me.:)
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| Bill Bess |
03-04-2008 06:27 AM |
Hey Boys, I remmeber saying back in 74' that if gas gets up to $1.00 per gallon "I'll sell my cars and boats and just ride my bike".
Well, I only have added my Cobra to the fleet and still do ride my bike, but just for exercise. I hope the government ups my social secuity check to cover the increase in gas before I die.
Oh well, I can dream!
Bill
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| Wayne Maybury |
03-04-2008 06:47 AM |
Gas prices change here almost every day. The price will go up 10 cents per litre (40 cents per gallon) one day then begin to slide a cent or two each day, then bounce back up another 10 or 12 cents. Regular is selling for about $4.20 a gallon right now but it could be a lot more tomorrow. :eek:
I don't do a lot of mileage in my Cobra so I don't think that the higher price of gas will change my driving habits much. The price of gas hurts me a lot more when I fill up the Explorer however. :mad:
Wayne
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| diegokid |
03-04-2008 06:49 AM |
gas
The cheapest I remember gas was 19.9 cents a gallon. When it hit $1.00 a gallon I wanted to scream, now I'd be happy for $2.00 a gallon. Sadly we have the oil in our own backyard, just aren't allowed to play in it. I'm wondering how high it will have to go before people change their minds. There are tests out now that say E-85 is actually worse than modern gasoline.
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| jhv48 |
03-04-2008 07:55 AM |
I'll cut back somewhere else if I have to.
NOT in the amount of time I drive the Cobra!
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| mpanten |
03-04-2008 08:12 AM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Hans-Olof Blom
(Post 821511)
You guys are spoiled!
In Sweden normal gas is now $7.50+ per gallon.
And I get less than 10 mpg :eek:
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We are not spoiled, you are just getting hosed :mad: So are we, but thats ridiculas. |
| Bartruff1 |
03-04-2008 08:30 AM |
No way
The cost of fuel for a specially car is probably less than 5-10 % of the cost of ownership given the low number of miles driven...but...it provides 90% of the fun....don't worry, be happy.:)
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| khansmith |
03-04-2008 08:33 AM |
it wont impact me yet....
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