Likwid Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 My choices are pretty slim for transportation. My truck gets about 14-15/gallon, and my car gets around 4-5/gallon......I took it to work on Easter (work is about 2 miles from my house) and I used a quarter tank of gasgetting there and back. So I think my truck is gonna have to do for now. Fewer trips to Green Bay to go shopping at Gander Mountain and Sportmans Warehouse. Fewer miles on the 4-wheeler. Too bad we can't collectively say "No, we aren't going to pay that much" and make them lower it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggan Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 What car do you have that gets 4-5 mpg? That's atrocious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 A 71 Firebird Formula...455 H.O.....punched out .060 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 I tried to add this to my last post.....hopefully it works this time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1014 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Very cool car,,Firebird 400,,looks like a 1970 vintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1014 Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Very cool car,,Firebird 400,,looks like a 1970 vintage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garren Posted April 21, 2006 Author Share Posted April 21, 2006 Aha... They lowered price to $3.64 (for regular), premium - $3.80 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch-M Posted April 21, 2006 Share Posted April 21, 2006 Can I assume that everybody saw the "Don't buy Exxon/Mobil e-mail that's been going around for about 6 months? The theory being if NOBODY buys gas from the biggest supplier, THEY will lower their prices to draw customers away from the other guys ... which will make the other guys in turn lower their prices, etc, etc, etc. Makes sense on paper ... and at least it's SOME form of revolt. [ 04-21-2006, 06:47 PM: Message edited by: Butch-M ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simp-ink Posted April 22, 2006 Share Posted April 22, 2006 better get used to it and start buying smaller cars or trucks, because prices of gas are only going to go up untill it becomes obsolete.... [ 04-21-2006, 07:30 PM: Message edited by: simp ] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggan Posted April 23, 2006 Share Posted April 23, 2006 Buy a bike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmhunter Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Pretty tough to pull a boat with a bike don't you think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Originally posted by cmhunter: Pretty tough to pull a boat with a bike don't you think? Finally, logic steps into this conversation Butch, I've seen the e-mails about Exxon Mobil, but I've also seen local distributors' trucks leave the off-brand station, drive across the street, and fill up the Exxon tanks. I'm not sure the boycotting of a brand will have any effect at the levels that need to be affected. I'd like to see everybody take a week off, stay home and re-connect with their families, maybe paint a room or two, and let the greedy sumbiches begin to choke on their supply because demand dropped off to nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Originally posted by Butch-M: Makes sense on paper ... and at least it's SOME form of revolt. Internet Spoofs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DU4LIFE25 Posted April 24, 2006 Share Posted April 24, 2006 Hey Likwid, I'll trade ya, my Dodge for your Firechicken. Gas mileage is probably the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 $1.65 now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duggan Posted April 28, 2006 Share Posted April 28, 2006 Originally posted by sdkidaho: $1.65 now. For gas? No way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likwid Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Sorry DU...I don't do Dodge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russ F. Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Man! I must be getting old, I remember watching my brother fillup his car for 5 bucks. It was back is 1971, when gas was 32 cent a gallon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted April 29, 2006 Share Posted April 29, 2006 Cheapest I can remember gas being is about twenty cents a gallon. I was mowing lawns for a living and I'd do a 2,000 sq ft lawn for $5.00, and I had a killer profit margin. Used a 3.5 hp 20" push mower. A typical Saturday would yield $10 or $15. Serious pocket change for a 10-11 yr. old. Now, I wouldn't even consider driving a few miles to look at your lawn for $5.00. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 Oops. That was supposed to say $2.65 My bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tucker301 Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I've been driving all night, and I'm in a motel ablout halfway to Idaho, taking a break. I didn't want to stop, but the wife and kids said I had to do it. A few hours sleep and I get online and read that it was a TYPO?!?! Dude, I was in the process of moving! Next time, be more careful /headed back to VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Butch-M Posted April 30, 2006 Share Posted April 30, 2006 I used to fill up my 63 Corvette, split window coupe, 365hp fuelie; with stuff called Sunoco 260. It was ludicrously more expensive than "regular" ... and cost me $4.00 and change ... FOR A FULL 20 GALLON TANK!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 Oops? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mdeng Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 2.98 In Southern Md Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdkidaho Posted May 1, 2006 Share Posted May 1, 2006 $2.75 So in eleven days it has went up .35 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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