Gas prices on the rise again
03-10-2005, 12:41 PM
#41
Originally Posted by kingofsorrow
why don't ask the dude who made the anti-arab statement to make an apology to the arabs? hhhmmm. that's what i thought, you're agenda's are so one sided.
03-10-2005, 12:44 PM
#42
Yea, in the past day, gas went up a nickel. I haven't even hit the 3/4 of the tank mark yet and probably will fill again today, just to ensure I'm getting the best price possible - think about it, the next time you drive by a gas station, it will be more expensive than the last.
03-10-2005, 12:46 PM
#43
Originally Posted by Y2KMaxGXE-R
Everything that you say just confirms your level of stupidity. Jews don't praise suicide killings, you stupid a-hole.
03-10-2005, 12:49 PM
#44
Originally Posted by kingofsorrow
i'm not anti semetic you ignorant hick. just stating a plain and simple thruth. check your goverment's budget and see where most of the international aid goes. Israel. innocent americans are fighting and dying for someone else's agenda.
go back to grade school and learn your facts straight, before you can even say the word "budget".
03-10-2005, 12:51 PM
#45
Originally Posted by Y2KMaxGXE-R
Get your anti-semitic sorry *** out from here, punk! Jewish ppl are no different than anyone else, going to school, working hard, and make an honest living. You owe an apology to jewish folks here.
03-10-2005, 03:25 PM
#46
Originally Posted by kingofsorrow
no, it's your Jewish run govenment that has you by the *****. they get the oil dirt cheap from the arabs and then jack up the prices here in the U.S. to pay fpr an unjustified war.
It was a joke and supposed to stay a joke.
Truth is over 60% of our oil is imported as I stated before, our needs have far exceeded our supplies. And just so you know... our Government is pretty much all white ango saxon protestants... good luck in life, you sound like a winner.
03-10-2005, 09:24 PM
#53
Originally Posted by illmortal
regular gas went from $1.94 to $2.13.... i haven't checked out the 91 garde octane prices. This is here in broward county.
Why is it more expensive now? When it was $2.00 in Jersey, I paid $1.70 in Florida.
03-11-2005, 12:38 AM
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Originally Posted by TXT-1
I don't understand why the mods haven't locked this thread yet, it's just gonna get uglier. 
03-11-2005, 02:19 AM
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Originally Posted by JClaw
Keep crying guys. I pay 93 cents a liter here in Canada, that's 3.60$ a gallon.
Wanna know what's worse? I drive my 89 Tempo beater in the winter, it uses 87 octane. That's right, 3.60$ a gallon for 87 octane. Can't complain though, once we had it up to 1.07$ a liter for 87(regular) octane. That's 4.14$ a gallon. The max takes 91 or 94 octane, depending on how I feel. 94 Octane, at that price, would be 4.86$ a gallon
That would be 80$ to fill up. Of course, that's CANADIAN money, which equals roughly 2.33 1/2 US when the nine planets are aligned.
Wanna know what's worse? I drive my 89 Tempo beater in the winter, it uses 87 octane. That's right, 3.60$ a gallon for 87 octane. Can't complain though, once we had it up to 1.07$ a liter for 87(regular) octane. That's 4.14$ a gallon. The max takes 91 or 94 octane, depending on how I feel. 94 Octane, at that price, would be 4.86$ a gallon
That would be 80$ to fill up. Of course, that's CANADIAN money, which equals roughly 2.33 1/2 US when the nine planets are aligned.
The only way to fight our cost of living now is to get a better job. Let's be real, even with an avg. raise one is lucky to get 4-6 grand per year. Upon changing jobs that would be minimum 10 to 15 each move.
There are many difficult factors going on. Our $ has fallen, equities are feeling pressure from high oil prices, interest rates have moved up which has already hammered the existing home sales. Yet in my office on person has a real Hummer and several the H2. E55, S5's and 6's, new Pathfinders, Maximas, TL's, multiple 7-series--I can tell you the people driving these vehicles do not make that much money relative to the price of those vehicles. We seem to be very willing to be saddled with debt these days.
Again, the moral of my story is if you make a career move to get better pay, much of this pressure is relieved. If you borrow to overcome these costs, it just makes things worse imho. 15 cents/gal is not the end of the world, but it's just another factor resulting in less buying power today than a few years ago.
03-11-2005, 02:30 AM
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Originally Posted by garbury
I at least see driving as recreation, so movies cost about 8.50 now and driving 75 miles like i stole my car is the same cost. But some people have it right, how much was gas back in 99'?
Gasoline is a highly-manipulated commodity imho. With all this BS going on, I bought a case of Castrol GTX for $15.48--that is with oil futures being $55/ barrel on NYMEX. As long as our demand remains strong, and China and India ramping up, we might as well get used to it.
03-11-2005, 07:06 AM
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Again, the moral of my story is if you make a career move to get better pay
At $2.10/gallon for 93 I'm paying $290/month. That's not sooooo bad. If I was already up to my ***** in debt with a big car payment, it would be a lot worse, especially if that car's gas mileage sucked very bad, as it does for most of the cars you listed your over-spending co-workers as having!
03-11-2005, 07:33 AM
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Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine
There are many difficult factors going on. Our $ has fallen, equities are feeling pressure from high oil prices, interest rates have moved up which has already hammered the existing home sales. Yet in my office on person has a real Hummer and several the H2. E55, S5's and 6's, new Pathfinders, Maximas, TL's, multiple 7-series--I can tell you the people driving these vehicles do not make that much money relative to the price of those vehicles. We seem to be very willing to be saddled with debt these days.
Again, the moral of my story is if you make a career move to get better pay, much of this pressure is relieved. If you borrow to overcome these costs, it just makes things worse imho. 15 cents/gal is not the end of the world, but it's just another factor resulting in less buying power today than a few years ago.
Again, the moral of my story is if you make a career move to get better pay, much of this pressure is relieved. If you borrow to overcome these costs, it just makes things worse imho. 15 cents/gal is not the end of the world, but it's just another factor resulting in less buying power today than a few years ago.
03-11-2005, 09:24 AM
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True... in highschool I never saved my money, I was just basically going paycheck by paycheck, but then again in the gas subject... I was only spendin less than $1.50 per gallon... we're talkin $13 to fill a tank lol. Anyways I dunno but someone needs to come out with a better technology for fuel in vehicles, and just cut off the gas powered vehicle industry. (I have a dream!)
03-11-2005, 03:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero Deuce SE
The potential problem I see with people that have a hard time with finances before they get a higher paying job is they will overspend to compensate for the pay increase. That's the way a lot of Americans think. Instead of saving more, we sometimes spend more. The money some people try to save on gas will be spent buying other things most likely. Of course I am disciplined when it comes to financial matters.
People at my work tend to brag about their homes. One guy at lunch was complaining he got an estimate to do EP Henry pavers at 40 grand. I don't think he was complaining really, he just wanted to drop that number out for everyone to hear. I held my tongue but would ask him if it's really worth it on a 50-yr old home, because it's unlikely the cost could be recovered upon resale. But everyone wants what they want!
Back to the gasoline thing, it was even worse today. Wonderful way to head into the weekend, with our stocks all battered and oil still climbing....oil up 1.7% at nearly 54 1/2. I will venture a guess that it will not reach $85 like some say, but if it does, we'll be in a recession that we can't charge our way out of.......
03-11-2005, 03:29 PM
#64
Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine
We could get really technical and say adjusted for inflation, we're not even at a historical high. But in lay terms, things are expensive.
03-11-2005, 03:32 PM
#65
Originally Posted by FormorAccordMan
Yeah, me too. On gerritsen Ave they usually have thr best prices.
03-12-2005, 02:17 PM
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Originally Posted by Zero Deuce SE
Chevron in my area is priced at $2.09, 2.19 and 2.29 a gallon today. That's a dime more per gallon in all grades over RaceTrac gas.
Super is only 9.6% more than regular. You'd think they'd run out at that cheap-level, but no, they've got the marketing down, to incl. elasticity of demand. Back in the old days, they could get the same 20 cents extra for super which was 18% more than regular 87.
It's great to have a German car nowadays (I don't....YET!) when Super is so cheap.........
03-12-2005, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Frank Fontaine
Isn't that interesting how each grade is 10 cents more than its next lower one? Completely artificial and all marketing/psychology. The retailers got that suggestion in their franchisee "gouge-pak."
Super is only 9.6% more than regular. You'd think they'd run out at that cheap-level, but no, they've got the marketing down, to incl. elasticity of demand. Back in the old days, they could get the same 20 cents extra for super which was 18% more than regular 87.
It's great to have a German car nowadays (I don't....YET!) when Super is so cheap.........
Super is only 9.6% more than regular. You'd think they'd run out at that cheap-level, but no, they've got the marketing down, to incl. elasticity of demand. Back in the old days, they could get the same 20 cents extra for super which was 18% more than regular 87.
It's great to have a German car nowadays (I don't....YET!) when Super is so cheap.........
*Edit*
Looks like Chevron broke with that 10 cents between grades rule. I paid $2.25 a gallon for 93 while 89 is $2.19. Sometimes Shell charges 12 cents a gallon more for preimum.
03-13-2005, 01:01 PM
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That's funny RaceTrack is usually a bit more cheaper....
I have a question in regards to companies of gas... such as Texaco,Chevron, Shell, and Mobile... do any of these gas company differ? Other than prices and Octane grades.
I have a question in regards to companies of gas... such as Texaco,Chevron, Shell, and Mobile... do any of these gas company differ? Other than prices and Octane grades.
03-13-2005, 01:48 PM
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Originally Posted by illmortal
That's funny RaceTrack is usually a bit more cheaper....
I have a question in regards to companies of gas... such as Texaco,Chevron, Shell, and Mobile... do any of these gas company differ? Other than prices and Octane grades.
I have a question in regards to companies of gas... such as Texaco,Chevron, Shell, and Mobile... do any of these gas company differ? Other than prices and Octane grades.
BP/Amoco = same gas
Others, peolple add to the list...
03-13-2005, 06:01 PM
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It's Mobil (no "e" at the end) 
Different companies put in different additives
Originally Posted by illmortal
I have a question in regards to companies of gas... such as Texaco,Chevron, Shell, and Mobile... do any of these gas company differ? Other than prices and Octane grades.
