05-07-2004, 02:22 PM | #1 |
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Gas Prices
They are getting out of hand wouldnt you say?
Three questions: 1. How much are they where you are? 2. What kind of car do you drive/your parents drive? 3. Have you changed any of your normal habits because of the huge increase in gas prices recently?
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05-07-2004, 02:34 PM | #2 |
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I live about 10 miles from town, about 5 from any gas station.
It cost 28 dollars to filll up the gas tank in our ford, & That is too much. It is usually under 20$, & now I cannot go anywhere, or even go for a drive, because all the gas is waisted on getting to another gas station. I just dont have the money to waste. The last time I went in to town, It was 2.88 dollars a gallon. (& thats at the cheapest station!) |
05-07-2004, 02:46 PM | #3 |
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WOW!! I thought Upstate New York prices were bad. I paid $1.959 per gallon yesterday for unleaded regular, and that is at one of the less expensive stations.
I drive a 2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser and if I let it go below 1/4 tank, it costs about $25.00 to fill. I can't even imagine how much people who drive pick-ups or SUVs must pay to fill up. My commute is 14 miles one way, so 28 miles round trip. There is a gas station about 3 blocks from my house with lower prices than in other parts of the city, so I'm pretty lucky. But it's getting pretty bad. I'll be driving to visit my mother in July (about 300 miles one way) and I'm not very happy about the price of fuel!! As far as changing my habits, I haven't been able to yet, since I have to commute to work, and my family and friends are scattered all over the area.
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05-07-2004, 02:50 PM | #4 |
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gas in the boston suburbs is about $1.75 a gallon most expensive is in-town late at nite... about $2.10 a gallon 2. i drive a beat-up old subaru wagon ~ 1990 ~ i keep meaning to buy a new car, but i like to get every last bit out of this one first it averages about 24 mpg family car is a ford minivan it averages about 18 mpg 3. if i wanted to save money there would be quite a few habits i'd change before driving even came up
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05-07-2004, 02:50 PM | #5 | |
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Diesel -- $1.549 to $1.799 Depending on station Gas -- $1.689 is the lowest I have seen but I have not been really looking. This is in Central New Jersey, USA. 2. I drive a 2002 VW GOLF TDI (45-50 mpg) -- It runs on Diesel Fuel. 3. No.
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05-07-2004, 02:52 PM | #6 |
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You are lucky.
The closest gas station to my house doesnt even tell you their prices, they wait untill after they pump your gas. I prefer to use the chevron where they post their prices. BP sucks, & they steal from you! |
05-07-2004, 02:59 PM | #7 | |
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05-07-2004, 03:01 PM | #8 |
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1. Here in SA, it's about R4 per litre of unleaded 97 octane petrol. Don't ask me how much that is converted to $ per gallon. Hang on, it's 57c (US) per litre, so it's about $2.14 per gallon.
Basically, to fill a 60 litre (16 gallon) tank, it costs me R240, which is about $34. Okay wait, it doesn't cost me anything--my company pays my petrol expenses... 2. Toyota RunX 140RT (2003 Corolla hatchback not available in the States) 3. Nope, since I haven't spent a cent on petrol for the last 30000km (18645 miles). |
05-07-2004, 03:06 PM | #9 | |
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05-07-2004, 06:11 PM | #10 |
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hmmmm, i cant convert hte cost into american dollars, but here gas is about 97.5 cents a litre. I got lucky though, the last time i filled up gas was 85.9 a litre so it only cost me about $40. I havent really changed my driving habits though, seeing as i dont drive around a whole lot.
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05-07-2004, 08:19 PM | #11 | |
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05-07-2004, 08:21 PM | #12 | |
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Also - NJ has low taxes on gas - which helps our gas prices.
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05-07-2004, 08:25 PM | #13 | |
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Based on Gas prices and other factors - I decided to take the train to trenton and then take the new light rail system - The River Line to the Camden Waterfront to see the USS New Jersey again. Even though it was $3.00 for parking, $4.75 round trip for the train and $2.20 round trip for the light rail - it was still cheaper when the gas, parking and tolls are taken into account (I usually go through PA and then cut back into NJ over the Ben Franklin Bridge). The only problem is that it took me over 2 hours to do that - instead of the usual 45 minutes to an hour by driving. I wanted to try out the River Line anyway though.
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05-07-2004, 09:45 PM | #14 |
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Gas is friggin' $1.78 here! That's it... I'm sittin' my fat ass down and I'm not going anywhere... except .... work... and groceries... and... if I want to go out and meet my friends ... wait.... that's all I do anyway. O_o crap! They've got me by the cajones, if I had any. edit: forgot to say, I have a ford explorer (6 cylinder, though). I got it to take off road and carry my kayak. I do not plan to give up neither camping, nor kayaking. These are the few pleasures in my otherwise crappy existence. Without that, what's the point of living. Last edited by Ruinel : 05-08-2004 at 11:27 AM. |
05-07-2004, 09:55 PM | #15 |
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I just filled the tank today at a whopping $1.95 p/g. I saw the "premium" variety went for $2.15. That's the highest I have ever seen it here in the west-midwest.
Fortunately (i suppose) the only vehicle I drive is the "company" van, but it has to be filled at least twice each week. My wife and I do have our own car, but we only fill it up about once a month, as we rarely use it.
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05-07-2004, 11:20 PM | #16 |
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meh...they've been hovering just below the two dollar mark here in Northwest Washington. Today when I went to fill up at the AM/PM (the only place cheaper is Costco, and I don't have a membership there), it had jumped up to $2.07.
I drive a little red '91 Mazda 626, and Red usually gets about 30 miles per gallon. Unfortunately for me, work is 16 miles south of my house, and school is 25 miles north of my house, so I'm on the road a lot (sometimes 2 hours per day). Right now it feels like it's costing me more money to drive to work than I'm actually making. :-( If I could change my habits, I would, but I can't very often take the bus right now, because I can't take the bus from work to school. Ruinel: I miss $1.78 already. Last rumour I heard is that it will make it all the way to $3.00/g this summer before it starts easing back down.
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05-08-2004, 09:57 AM | #17 | |
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I wanted the following from any car I was going to buy: Get at least 30 mpg (7.84 L/100km) Comfortably fit 4 people with some luggage. Have decent pickup speed (0-60 times) This, for me, was more based on real-world feel than actual numbers. I was unsure about the Diesel so I did look around for information and did a few test drives. The car drove well, got great mpg and it easilly 4 people with some luggage. The car being a hatchback was a bonus (very versitile (sp?)). Since I drive over 30k miles (48k KM) per year it made it a lot of sense. (all things being equal a car driven by diesel gets 20-40% more miles per gallon than the same car driven by gasoline) Part of th3e reason NJ has lower gas prices compared to other states is due to relatively low fuel taxes and close proximity of the fuel refineries. (Although I have at times seen same or lower fuel prices in MD.) I think the other reason is that New Jersey is better than all of the other states.
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05-08-2004, 11:26 AM | #18 | |
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And Texas is better than New Jersey... so there. |
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05-08-2004, 10:44 PM | #19 |
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yeah, we've got BP and Texaco refineries in our area, too...they take in crude from Alaska. At this point I wouldn't be opposed to the US starting to take more from our AK resources, but that's another thread for another day.
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Our government spends money each year in alternative fuel research and developement. We currently get an incentive for purchasing hybrid cars through our taxes. If your windmill or solar panel system makes more fuel than you use, the local electric company is required to buy the excess from you. But we're too focused on the rest of the world and our present rather than our future. It will be our undoing. |
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