This morning, I achieved the physically impossible:
I put $30.00 of gasoline into a Chevy Cavalier.
While filling up, I commiserated with the guy at the next pump.
"Yeah, I know what you mean. They made me pre-pay to gas up my scooter, and it only took $0.61 to fill the tank."
My mileage has diminished even more with him and his scooter plastered to my grill and hood, but somehow I really don't mind. I think it's worth it.
J.
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<a href="http://www.costco.... (Below threshold)1. Posted by -S- | April 8, 2005 1:43 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well, Jay, you could try one of these -- rechargeable battery, by the way.
1. Posted by -S- | April 8, 2005 1:43 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 13:43
2. Posted by Robb | April 8, 2005 2:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dang! How big of a tank in the Cav? I am guessing somewhere 12 to 17 gallons.
2. Posted by Robb | April 8, 2005 2:23 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:23
3. Posted by Scott | April 8, 2005 2:30 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I wonder how long it will be before we see more "gas-jackings" than "car-jackings"
3. Posted by Scott | April 8, 2005 2:30 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:30
4. Posted by cirby | April 8, 2005 2:34 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Driveaways from gas pumps have been on the rise, that's for sure (according to the guys at the convenience store next door).
The really funny part is listening to someone with an older, badly-tuned car complain about prices, when they could get an extra 25% gas mileage just by putting in some new plugs and tuning things up in general.
4. Posted by cirby | April 8, 2005 2:34 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:34
5. Posted by McGehee | April 8, 2005 2:42 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
My mileage has diminished even more with him and his scooter plastered to my grill and hood, but somehow I really don't mind. I think it's worth it.
His own mileage has gotten even better. Maybe you should have let him plaster your Chevy across his handlebars.
5. Posted by McGehee | April 8, 2005 2:42 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:42
6. Posted by Jim | April 8, 2005 2:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sticker Shock - no longer is the price of the new car. I FILLED it up yesterday. 3/4 of a tank - 35$ and that was after shopping for gas and saving .14$ a gallon by going a block away!
6. Posted by Jim | April 8, 2005 2:55 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:55
7. Posted by zach | April 8, 2005 2:57 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
yay for scooters. i'm glad people are finally selling them in my neck of the hellhole woods now
7. Posted by zach | April 8, 2005 2:57 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 14:57
8. Posted by Rod Stanton | April 8, 2005 3:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
When you get home scrape him and the scoter off. Mileage will > 08-12%. Box him up and ship him to Teddy.
8. Posted by Rod Stanton | April 8, 2005 3:33 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 15:33
9. Posted by s9 | April 8, 2005 4:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
You're not actually complaining about the price of gasoline being too high, are you? Good grief, now that would be a funny joke.
9. Posted by s9 | April 8, 2005 4:16 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 16:16
10. Posted by The Zero Boss | April 8, 2005 5:04 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Hydrogen, Hydrogen, Rah Rah Rah!
10. Posted by The Zero Boss | April 8, 2005 5:04 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 17:04
11. Posted by McGehee | April 8, 2005 5:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
If only we could run our economy on hot air, s9 would be our salvation.
11. Posted by McGehee | April 8, 2005 5:47 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 17:47
12. Posted by cirby | April 8, 2005 6:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
...and in the news, the first new oil refinery in the United States since the 1970s has been approved by the EPA. It's going to be in Yuma, Arizona, and would be fed with a pileline from Mexico.
12. Posted by cirby | April 8, 2005 6:14 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 18:14
13. Posted by Henry | April 8, 2005 10:53 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
what we really need is to use natural gas. LNG for power production is amazing (cogeneration or cogasification).
13. Posted by Henry | April 8, 2005 10:53 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 22:53
14. Posted by Henry | April 8, 2005 10:54 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
either that...or nuclear
nuclear power would be great....we just need the government to step a hand in..all those francophile hippies need to actually LOOK at france. They're 80% nuclear power....and they call US hypocrites?
14. Posted by Henry | April 8, 2005 10:54 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 22:54
15. Posted by TheEnigma | April 8, 2005 11:23 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have to believe that my early days of driving and buying gas for less than 30 cents/gallon are long gone, as are the days of gas wars and gas selling for 20 cents/gallon.
15. Posted by TheEnigma | April 8, 2005 11:23 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 23:23
16. Posted by thfirstbrokenangel | April 8, 2005 11:41 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Wait till summer Jay - it's going to be a lot worse.
Cindy
16. Posted by thfirstbrokenangel | April 8, 2005 11:41 PM |
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Posted on April 8, 2005 23:41
17. Posted by epador | April 9, 2005 12:28 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Speaking of natural gas, why hasn't anyone come out with a way to recycle the methane in human flatulance? Even with weak efficiency, I bet I could drive cross country on two burritos and some wheat germ... ...and round the world with the in-laws as passengers.
17. Posted by epador | April 9, 2005 12:28 AM |
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Posted on April 9, 2005 00:28
18. Posted by s9 | April 9, 2005 1:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
McGehee writes: If only we could run our economy on hot air, s9 would be our salvation.
I guess this is supposed to be a joke.
I'm not the one complaining about the price of gasoline. I paid $2.99/gal to fill up yesterday, and I think that's a hell of a bargain.
We've got a long way to go before prices get to where they were in the last oil price shock (corrected for inflation). You should quit bitching and do something useful with your bandwidth while gasoline is still cheap and plentiful.
18. Posted by s9 | April 9, 2005 1:45 AM |
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Posted on April 9, 2005 01:45
19. Posted by s9 | April 9, 2005 1:49 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Henry writes: ...we just need the government to step a hand in...
Typical liberal welfare-state do-gooder. I bet you never saw a government program you didn't want to see expanded.
Why do you liberals hate the free market?
19. Posted by s9 | April 9, 2005 1:49 AM |
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Posted on April 9, 2005 01:49
20. Posted by sortapundit | April 9, 2005 5:46 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
As I repeat every time I hear Americans complaining about gas prices, count yourselves lucky. I drive a 1.1 litre Fiat Punto, and I have to put £10 in the tank every couple of days - to fill the tank costs about £35 (about $65). Filling up the car costs me about 1/8th of my salary.
Petrol. In. England. Costs. Four. Times. As. Much. As. In. The. US.
20. Posted by sortapundit | April 9, 2005 5:46 AM |
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Posted on April 9, 2005 05:46
21. Posted by Hank Rutherford Hill | April 9, 2005 7:01 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
We need to use more clean burning, fuel efficient propane. C3H8. God's gas.
21. Posted by Hank Rutherford Hill | April 9, 2005 7:01 AM |
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Posted on April 9, 2005 07:01
22. Posted by DelphiGuy | April 10, 2005 1:26 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Sortapundit,
I know the feeling. I'm in the US, formerly from the UK (actually, formerly from Salford, Manchester which is your neck of the woods)..
Anyways, I hear people always complaining about the petrol prices, frankly, I still think they are a bargin, although in the US you drive a lot more, and the public transport isn't as good.
I don't think there is a house in the UK that isn't within walking distance from the Pub and a corner shop. In the US, I have to travel 3 miles roundtrip to get a pint of milk.
22. Posted by DelphiGuy | April 10, 2005 1:26 AM |
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Posted on April 10, 2005 01:26
23. Posted by thfirstbrokenangel | April 10, 2005 8:31 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I don't get it.
Cindy
23. Posted by thfirstbrokenangel | April 10, 2005 8:31 AM |
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Posted on April 10, 2005 08:31
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