Glad I don't own a car

[wondergirl9847]

Gas prices might increase 24 cents

Fri Mar 4, 6:19 AM ET Business - USATODAY.com
By James R. Healey, USA TODAY

Gasoline prices could rocket 24 cents a gallon the next few days, as stations across the USA scramble to keep up with big jumps in the prices of oil and wholesale gas, a veteran energy-price analyst forecast Thursday.

"It's going to be brutal, horrendous," says Peter Beutel, president of energy-price tracker Cameron Hanover. He has followed energy markets for nearly three decades.

Thursday, light, sweet crude oil for April delivery traded as high as $55.20 a barrel in New York before closing at $53.57.

A 24-cent jump in the price of gas would bump unleaded regular to a nationwide average of about $2.16 a gallon, blowing through last May's record of about $2.06. It could go higher as increased warm-weather driving in another two months pushes up demand, and therefore prices, forecasters say.

Adjusted for inflation, gas would have to hit about $2.95 for a record.

The price increase translates to "$90 million a day, every day that it remains in effect," which could be several months, Beutel says.

"Petronoia is in full flower. Retail gasoline has some 25 to 28 cents a gallon in increases ahead just to catch up to what has happened with wholesale (gas prices) since Christmas week," says Tom Kloza, senior analyst at the Oil Price Information Service. He foresees a record-breaking peak but not until the last half of this month. "What I can't determine is whether that level will last, like it did last year" or drop back as refineries ramp up gasoline production.

Petronoia is Kloza's description of when petroleum traders become irrationally afraid there won't be enough oil and gasoline later, so they buy now, bidding up prices.

The government's short-term-energy-price expert thinks the analysts are overreacting. Oil and wholesale gas prices have increased a lot, agrees Michael Burdette, senior analyst at the U.S. Energy Information Administration, but it takes about eight weeks for those changes to be completely reflected in pump prices. "In the next eight weeks, (wholesale gas) prices will change, so it's a moving target." At worst, he sees a dime jump in the near future.

Seasonal maintenance and other disruptions had U.S. refineries operating at just 89.3% capacity last week, lowest in four months, making traders jumpy about supplies.

The U.S. dollar has fallen in value recently, also, and foreign oil sellers, who control most supplies, want more dollars per barrel to compensate.

Those factors outweigh the U.S. government's midweek report showing ample supplies. U.S. inventories of crude oil, from which gasoline is made, were up a hefty 8.6% from a year ago and up 0.8% from the previous week. Supplies of gasoline were up 10.1% from a year ago, and even with a week ago.

[skcin]

This sucks. :mad: Not a lot I can do about it, though. I'll just keep paying & driving.

BTW - what's gas right now for everyone else? It's about $1.97 here.

[ontheEdgeof17]

BTW - what's gas right now for everyone else? It's about $1.97 here.

$1.94

It's a $1.70 in VA.

[wondergirl9847]

It's $1.79 or so on average. Sheesh, what do they want, friggin' blood? :mad:

[HomerMcvie]

It jumped from $1.89 to $2.09 yesterday!!!!!!!!!!! I think that's the record high.
I was wanting to trade my SUV for a newer one this year, but I'm seriously considering keeping this one for bad weather, and buying a Honda or Toyota for all other use.
But I also own a U-haul that gets 5.5 mpg. I almost can't afford to take any jobs out of town anymore. $60 for one tank of gas!

[GardenStateGirlie]

I just told my dad. He hadn't heard yet and usually he knows everything a while in advance. He's pissed. I mean, really really pissed. We own a gas station and he ends up putting out more money to buy and doesn't make a lot off of it. I don't know if you guys are aware of this either but here in the state of NJ, when you buy diesel fuel, your taxed by the federal government and then partially by the state. At the end of the month, the state of NJ makes you fill out paperwork that you must send to them and they end up getting .13 1/2 cents per gallon--it's paid directly to the state of NJ. There's a lot of other things that make absolutely no sense that goes on that if I got him on here, he'd rage about that most people probably aren't aware of.

[Merf]

It's as low as 1.76 here....

[Nixxxed]

There are reports that OPEC forecasts oil at $80 per barrel before summer. :eek:

And if Dubya bombs Iran (or talks Israel into doing so), you'd better buy a bike or a good pair of walking shoes.

[DrummerDeanna]

It's about $1.94-$.2.05 here.....

Well - that is sucky news - but luckily Spring is almost here and my bike is being shipped to me soon....:laugh:

I have actually tried as of late to cut down on my driving - like if I don't need to go somewhere I just don't - gas is expensive....and apparently about to get even more expensive :mad:

[HomerMcvie]

What are your opinions on the best mileage car? Honda? Toyota? Mileage and reliability/maintenance are my main concerns.
I've been driving SUVs for 15 years now. I LOVE to travel, so gas prices are now becoming a major issue for me. I feel it's time to downsize(don't want to, though :( ).

[amber]

This sucks. :mad: Not a lot I can do about it, though. I'll just keep paying & driving.

BTW - what's gas right now for everyone else? It's about $1.97 here.
Apparently someone in the office who has a car saw it for 2.31 this morning.
I still wish I had a car, but if I could get a new one, I'd sooooooooooo get a hybrid.

[dissention]

Apparently someone in the office who has a car saw it for 2.31 this morning.
I still wish I had a car, but if I could get a new one, I'd sooooooooooo get a hybrid.

Good luck! I've been on a waiting list for a little over a year for a Honda hybrid. :eek:

[wondergirl9847]

http://www.wnbiodiesel.com/products.html

Willie Nelson's bus uses this stuff...perhaps, this is the future?

[amber]

Good luck! I've been on a waiting list for a little over a year for a Honda hybrid. :eek:
really? well, that's good news that a lot of people want them.. :shrug: I thought you had a newish car already? :confused: I probably won't be able to afford one until they really kick ass anyway! :thumbsup:

[SuzeQuze]

Good luck! I've been on a waiting list for a little over a year for a Honda hybrid. :eek:

Okay, what the hell? If the demand is that high, increase the supply! Ugh. If they make a convertible hybrid I'll buy it. :nod: I'm itching for a convertible for my next car.

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

It's still miles cheaper than what we pay in the UK!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

My hubby just worked it out because apparently our gallons are different to yours and our petrol is also priced by the litre. We pay the equivelant of $5.96 a US gallon

[wondergirl9847]

Dayum, that's highway (literally LOL) robbery!!

[Gypsy-Rhiannon]

Don't I know it!

[estranged4life]

doing radiation treatments now, Because it would brutal to have to fill the car everyday with the current prices (Depending on were ya purchase in/around OKC it is as cheap as $1.69 a gallon)

Oh well, I only see one trip to OKC in the next few days, For 'some' concert with 'some' country-guitarist dude.

[WildInTheWind]

It was 1.97 here yesterday. I got lucky though...I pulled up to pump gas, and the guy came out and said they were out of regular and med. grade, so I could have premium for the price of unleaded :nod: Don't know how much of a difference it will make...since I NEVER get premium! I thought it was pretty cool, though. Still cost $32 to fill up though. :(

[HomerMcvie]

What are your opinions on the best mileage car? Honda? Toyota? Mileage and reliability/maintenance are my main concerns.
I've been driving SUVs for 15 years now. I LOVE to travel, so gas prices are now becoming a major issue for me. I feel it's time to downsize(don't want to, though :( ).
I repeat. Any opinions?

[amber]

I repeat. Any opinions?
Sorry, I don't know. I guess if someone knew, they would've said. Why don't you just google comparative gas mileages, or look at the specs in a Kelly Blue Book or something? :shrug:

[SuzeQuze]

I repeat. Any opinions?

If you get a compact Honda or Toyota you cannot go wrong. I have a subcompact Toyota and the gas mileage was amazing when it was newer and now it is still excellent. 52 mpg highway is what I believe was the claim and I think that it was close to reality. When I first got it it was $10 - $12 to fill it! Man, where does the time go? Where does my money go? :laugh: (check shopping thread)

Do a search on google for Honda gas mileage. Then another for Toyota gas mileage and see what you get.

[HomerMcvie]

Sorry, I don't know. I guess if someone knew, they would've said. Why don't you just google comparative gas mileages, or look at the specs in a Kelly Blue Book or something? :shrug:
Thank you Ms. Obvious.......I mean Ms. Bun. :xoxo:

[Hawkeye]

I'm so confused. Why doesn't this "war for oil" lower gas prices.

[dissention]

I repeat. Any opinions?

Honda is the best, IMO. Nothing beats them, especially for the price.

[HomerMcvie]

If you get a compact Honda or Toyota you cannot go wrong. I have a subcompact Toyota and the gas mileage was amazing when it was newer and now it is still excellent. 52 mpg highway is what I believe was the claim and I think that it was close to reality. When I first got it it was $10 - $12 to fill it! Man, where does the time go? Where does my money go? :laugh: (check shopping thread)

Do a search on google for Honda gas mileage. Then another for Toyota gas mileage and see what you get.
Thanks. I was hoping maybe someone had owned both, and could tell me their real preference(maybe there's not a big difference). My aunt has a 95 Tercel (with about 60k miles!) that she was wanting to trade in. As SOON as I told her I'd give her at least what the lot would give her, her daughter instantly wanted it as a second vehicle. She had no interest in it before I spoke. :mad: She can't even afford two vehicles! But, at least she kept me from getting it. Oddly, we're as close as two cousins can be.... :confused:

I'd KILL for 52 mpg!!!! A trip to Nashville in my Blazer takes two 20 gal tanks roundtrip. Really about 35 gals, or $70. Lessee, at 52 mpg, it would take me about 10-12 gals, or $20-24! Yep, I GOTTA make a change.

[estranged4life]

trusty and reliable '96 Nissan Sentra GXE, Still get between 35-40 miles per gallon, Even with 270,000 miles on it...Glad I came from a family of auto mechanics :nod:

Brian "Says NO to SUV's (aka Stupid Useless Vehicles)" j.

[Brwn_eyes0511]

This sucks. :mad: Not a lot I can do about it, though. I'll just keep paying & driving.

BTW - what's gas right now for everyone else? It's about $1.97 here.

about $1.65 here.

[HomerMcvie]

trusty and reliable '96 Nissan Sentra GXE, Still get between 35-40 miles per gallon, Even with 270,000 miles on it...Glad I came from a family of auto mechanics :nod:

Brian "Says NO to SUV's (aka Stupid Useless Vehicles)" j.
I'm able to haul 8 "intelligent" moving lights, IN their relatively big cases to jobs. Without the SUV, I'd be driving my Uhaul, using THREE times as much gas. Try that in a Nissan Sentra. :woohoo: Just because alot of people don't use them for hauling, doesn't mean everybody doesn't use them for that.
Also, there have been two night IN the past week that I couldn't have gotten home from work without 4WD.
Useless? Whatever.... :rolleyes:

[GateandGarden]

I know this is irrelvant but wanted to ask...how come you don't have a car, Christy? I don't have one either. I'll ask you what everyone asks me--how do you get places? My answer is that my parents and best friend bring me places. :laugh: But what else can you do? (I apologize if either one of those questions is too personal).

[skcin]

I'm able to haul 8 "intelligent" moving lights, IN their relatively big cases to jobs. Without the SUV, I'd be driving my Uhaul, using THREE times as much gas. Try that in a Nissan Sentra. :woohoo: Just because alot of people don't use them for hauling, doesn't mean everybody doesn't use them for that.
Also, there have been two night IN the past week that I couldn't have gotten home from work without 4WD.
Useless? Whatever.... :rolleyes:


Can you get a smaller SUV? Or will that still be too small? I've been looking into them. I really wanted a Saturn VUE, but I've heard reliability isn't good after a few years (per Consumer Reports.) I'm considering a Jeep Liberty, mainly cuz I've always bought American & I'm having a hard time dealing with possibly not doing so in the next year or so. I've heard they're not all that comfortable though.

The best rated small SUVs (according to CR) as far as safety, mileage, features, reliability, etc are Honda CRV & the Toyota whatever. I can't afford either. I was loving the (I can't believe I'm about to say this...) Hyundai Tuscon at the auto show last month. 4WD w/ everything for under $20,000. But 99% of the damn thing is made in Korea. I don't know, I just don't know.

Why the hell are all the affordable and safe and stylish vehicles made overseas? Rhetorical question, I know why. Just pisses me off. :mad:

[gldstwmn]

What are your opinions on the best mileage car? Honda? Toyota? Mileage and reliability/maintenance are my main concerns.
I've been driving SUVs for 15 years now. I LOVE to travel, so gas prices are now becoming a major issue for me. I feel it's time to downsize(don't want to, though :( ).

Hybrid. Get on the list now.

[gldstwmn]

Dayum, that's highway (literally LOL) robbery!!

Well, yes and no...The US buys far more oil and is therefore able to negotiate a better price for it. But lately we've had a lot of competition from China.

[amber]

Hybrid. Get on the list now.
:nod: :xoxo:
yeah, they have Hybrid SUV's now, right?

[gldstwmn]

I'm so confused. Why doesn't this "war for oil" lower gas prices.

How would our good friends the Saudi's make any money that way? Besides, the entire country has been destabilized by the war and transporting it has become extremely risky and that's not even considering the Haliburton markup.

[gldstwmn]

:nod: :xoxo:
yeah, they have Hybrid SUV's now, right?

Someone was coming out with one. Was it Honda?

[amber]

Someone was coming out with one. Was it Honda?
yeah, Honda. I think I saw that. i wish a frickin American company would get some balls and come out with a good Hybrid - SUV. Our car companies are in big oil money's pockets, too, right?

[gldstwmn]

yeah, Honda. I think I saw that. i wish a frickin American company would get some balls and come out with a good Hybrid - SUV. Our car companies are in big oil money's pockets, too, right?

Unions. They don't want to pay our American working men and women to produce good, quality automobiles. It's all about the bottom line.
Plus the Germans and the Swedes have us whipped when it comes to engineering. Probably has something to do with their superior system of education.
The Japanese took what we were doing and did it faster and more efficient.
Research what Detroit was like 40 years ago and go there now. It is heartbreaking.

[dissention]

yeah, Honda. I think I saw that. i wish a frickin American company would get some balls and come out with a good Hybrid - SUV. Our car companies are in big oil money's pockets, too, right?

Ford came out with the first hybrid SUV called Escape, but I've heard it's awful. Not that anyone should be surprised, this is Ford, after all. :laugh:

[amber]

Unions. They don't want to pay our American working men and women to produce good, quality automobiles. It's all about the bottom line.
Research what Detroit was like 40 years ago and go there now. It is heartbreaking.
True. But - even if we are taking car labor somewhere else, why can't we make a good Hybrid? Oil companies, I tells ya! And, plus, whoever we are paying union wages, we're paying them anyway, can't they make non crappy cars? The technology is "out there", so... :confused: *Don't mind me, I like to blame a bunch of stuff on "Big Oil" :D

[dissention]

Unions. They don't want to pay our American working men and women to produce good, quality automobiles. It's all about the bottom line.
Plus the Germans and the Swedes have us whipped when it comes to engineering. Probably has something to do with their superior system of education.
The Japanese took what we were doing and did it faster and more efficient.
Research what Detroit was like 40 years ago and go there now. It is heartbreaking.

Have you checked out Arianna Huffington's Detroit Project? It's a good read. http://www.detroitproject.com/

[gldstwmn]

True. But - even if we are taking car labor somewhere else, why can't we make a good Hybrid? Oil companies, I tells ya! And, plus, whoever we are paying union wages, we're paying them anyway, can't they make non crappy cars? The technology is "out there", so... :confused: *Don't mind me, I like to blame a bunch of stuff on "Big Oil" :D

Oh I completely agree with that. The lobbyists have worked long and hard at not putting any decent amount of money into the research for alternative fuels.

[gldstwmn]

Have you checked out Arianna Huffington's Detroit Project? It's a good read. http://www.detroitproject.com/
I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

[dissention]

I'll check it out. :thumbsup:

I love Arianna and her sense of humor is in full swing on some of those pages! :thumbsup:

We also have a good organization here in Mass called Earth On Empty: http://www.earthonempty.com/

I used to volunteer on weekends and give tickets to SUV owners. :laugh:

[gldstwmn]

I love Arianna and her sense of humor is in full swing on some of those pages! :thumbsup:

We also have a good organization here in Mass called Earth On Empty: http://www.earthonempty.com/

I used to volunteer on weekends and give tickets to SUV owners. :laugh:

I will never own one of those damn things.

[skcin]

Ford came out with the first hybrid SUV called Escape, but I've heard it's awful. Not that anyone should be surprised, this is Ford, after all. :laugh:


Found
On
Road
Dead

Anyone else remember this? ;)

[estranged4life]

I'm able to haul 8 "intelligent" moving lights, IN their relatively big cases to jobs. Without the SUV, I'd be driving my Uhaul, using THREE times as much gas. Try that in a Nissan Sentra. :woohoo: Just because alot of people don't use them for hauling, doesn't mean everybody doesn't use them for that.
Also, there have been two night IN the past week that I couldn't have gotten home from work without 4WD.
Useless? Whatever.... :rolleyes:

for a business vehicle I see no problem, But unlike most in my area that seem to think a SUV is a symbol of prestige...To whick I say F**k 'em!

As for my Nissan I have hauled 31" TV's for delivery in it with ease...

[dissention]

I will never own one of those damn things.

I'll walk before I own one. The fact that they put out 28 pounds of carbon dioxide per gallon and almost 50% more pollution than regular cars is sickening enough, but they're also unsafe and I sure as heck don't want to die in one of them. But as long as people get tax breaks for buying them, they're here to stay. :(

[dissention]

Found
On
Road
Dead

Anyone else remember this? ;)

:laugh: I've always heard:

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

[Brwn_eyes0511]

:laugh: I've always heard:

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily

LOL. I have heard that one and the other one!

I can't stand Fords! YUCK!

[HomerMcvie]

but they're also unsafe and I sure as heck don't want to die in one of them.
Diss, you and your fear of driving........
Me. I'm Mario Andretti. Get off your cell phone, and get the hell outta my way!
Hear that horn honking? That's probably me! :xoxo: :shrug: :xoxo:

[HomerMcvie]

****ed
Over
Rebuilt
Dodge

[dissention]

Diss, you and your fear of driving........
Me. I'm Mario Andretti. Get off your cell phone, and get the hell outta my way!
Hear that horn honking? That's probably me! :xoxo: :shrug: :xoxo:

:laugh:

And that's me flipping you the bird and yelling "C*cksucker!" out my window as I cling to the steering wheel for dear life. :xoxo:

[HomerMcvie]

Flip
Over
Read
Directions!

[amber]

:laugh: I've always heard:

Fix
Or
Repair
Daily
:lol:
I think we had a ford...wait...74 Nova, 64 Buick Special, 74 Chevy truck...and...83 Oldsmobile...Nope! yay! BTW, 3 of those cars are the ones my parent's still have! :eek: :lol: My dad's stupid Chevy truck gets 13 MPG :mad:

[estranged4life]

Big yawn...

Try this one for GMC:

Gotta
Mechanic
Comin'

[amber]

Big yawn...

Try this one

Gotta
Mechanic
Comin'
:laugh: :lol: :laugh: :lol:

[dissention]

:lol:
I think we had a ford...wait...74 Nova, 64 Buick Special, 74 Chevy truck...and...83 Oldsmobile...Nope! yay! BTW, 3 of those cars are the ones my parent's still have! :eek: :lol: My dad's stupid Chevy truck gets 13 MPG :mad:

Chevy's are good cars, though. :nod: I swear, those bastards have more lives than a cat. I don't care what I get as long as it isn't Ford, Saturn, or GMC and it has to be tiny.

[HomerMcvie]

:laugh:

And that's me flipping you the bird and yelling "C*cksucker!" out my window as I cling to the steering wheel for dear life. :xoxo:
That's okay. I've heard it all before. I won't tell you what the sign I keep under my seat reads.
WHEN THE LIGHT TURNS GREEN, GO!

[amber]

Chevy's are good cars, though. :nod: I swear, those bastards have more lives than a cat. I don't care what I get as long as it isn't Ford, Saturn, or GMC and it has to be tiny.
I love tiny cars, too. Now that I think about it, the Ford was the car my mom had that broke down when I was 7, thus making me the packhorse grocery shopper (every day, gallon of milk) laundry doer for us. And we lived on a giant hill. Thanks, Ford, for the strong thighs! :mad: Ford sucks.

[amber]

Diss, you and your fear of driving........
Me. I'm Mario Andretti. Get off your cell phone, and get the hell outta my way!
Hear that horn honking? That's probably me! :xoxo: :shrug: :xoxo:
:xoxo:
Me, too, sweetie. I'm a change lane aholic! :lol: *stick shift only, please*

[dissention]

I love tiny cars, too. Now that I think about it, the Ford was the car my mom had that broke down when I was 7, thus making me the packhorse grocery shopper (every day, gallon of milk) laundry doer for us. And we lived on a giant hill. Thanks, Ford, for the strong thighs! :mad: Ford sucks.

Ford sucks major ass, but that's all I ever see people driving; it's doesn't make any sense. :shrug: Are people that stupid with their money that they'll make such a bad purchase for so much? :laugh:

Don't even get me started on those Hummers, though. Every time I see one, I feel something evil come over my person and just want to jump on the hood and take a piss on it. :o

[HomerMcvie]

:xoxo:
Me, too, sweetie. I'm a change lane aholic! :lol: *stick shift only, please*
My theory is: Avoid the lane with the minivan in it. They almost ALWAYS drive 10mph under the speed limit. And, while we're vehicle ranting- on a 4+ lane, the LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Move the HELL OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[estranged4life]

speed demons try to speed up on my ass I tend to hit the brakes then turn to stare 'em down...Seems most back the f**k off then.

I have been offered (In the past) an opportunity to try out for the OHP (Oklahoma Highway Patrol), Maybe I should reconsider the offer since people dont know how to f**kin' drive :nod:

[dissention]

My theory is: Avoid the lane with the minivan in it. They almost ALWAYS drive 10mph under the speed limit. And, while we're vehicle ranting- on a 4+ lane, the LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Move the HELL OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:lol:

When I was in college, I was driving past a car garage and a ****ing tire comes rolling out into the street, I hit it, and it bounced into the air and into the back window of a minivan. I felt really bad, but I also felt kind of happy in a sick way. :laugh:

[amber]

My theory is: Avoid the lane with the minivan in it. They almost ALWAYS drive 10mph under the speed limit. And, while we're vehicle ranting- on a 4+ lane, the LEFT LANE IS FOR PASSING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Move the HELL OVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
:lol:
My favorite was honking at people who wouldn't pull over into the pullout lane on the fun, harrowing, windy (wine - dee) drive to Stinson Beach... :laugh:
"pullovah! pullovah!"
Hello, is me riding your tail a clue?
*sigh* and they say impatience isn't a virtue... :confused: :shrug:

[GateandGarden]

Don't even get me started on those Hummers, though. Every time I see one, I feel something evil come over my person and just want to jump on the hood and take a piss on it. :oMe too! Ugh! Have you ever seen a Hummer limo? I haven't, but I've heard that they exist. :eek:

[amber]

:lol:

When I was in college, I was driving past a car garage and a ****ing tire comes rolling out into the street, I hit it, and it bounced into the air and into the back window of a minivan. I felt really bad, but I also felt kind of happy in a sick way. :laugh:
My friend Rain drives a minivan, but she has 3 kids and a husband, and the kids' friends. So I have to forgive her...She drives pretty well, though, but when she's here, I have to be all "This isn't Chico, you have to drive faster! and jet outta the lights! C'mon! Ok, switch lanes!" :lol: :lol:

[dissention]

Me too! Ugh! Have you ever seen a Hummer limo? I haven't, but I've heard that they exist. :eek:

:nod: I've seen roadkill that was more pleasing to my sense of sight.

[estranged4life]

a Ford F-150 Limo? A long stretch pickup truck/limo combo which is the stupidest P.O.S. I have seen in years

[gldstwmn]

Don't even get me started on those Hummers, though. Every time I see one, I feel something evil come over my person and just want to jump on the hood and take a piss on it. :o

Truly. I wish I carried a sledgehammer with me for the moments I am stopped at a light with them. Not that they would ever know.

[gldstwmn]

I just told my dad. He hadn't heard yet and usually he knows everything a while in advance. He's pissed. I mean, really really pissed. We own a gas station and he ends up putting out more money to buy and doesn't make a lot off of it. I don't know if you guys are aware of this either but here in the state of NJ, when you buy diesel fuel, your taxed by the federal government and then partially by the state. At the end of the month, the state of NJ makes you fill out paperwork that you must send to them and they end up getting .13 1/2 cents per gallon--it's paid directly to the state of NJ. There's a lot of other things that make absolutely no sense that goes on that if I got him on here, he'd rage about that most people probably aren't aware of.

Voted for Bush? They'll reap what they've sown.

[estranged4life]

Truly. I wish I carried a sledgehammer with me for the moments I am stopped at a light with them. Not that they would ever know.

since this is how I feel about Hummer:

http://www.fuh2.com/

[GateandGarden]

since this is how I feel about Hummer:

http://www.fuh2.com/Thanks for that link. Ya gotta love the poetry. :lol:

[amber]

Voted for Bush? They'll reap what they've sown.
Shazam!!! :laugh: :thumbsup:

[seeker007nmss]

Shazam!!! :laugh: :thumbsup:


I remember that TV show.... SHAZAM...... :D

[amber]

I remember that TV show.... SHAZAM...... :D
That was a whole TV show? I thought it was just a catchphrase, or, at the very most, a cartoon... :confused:

[seeker007nmss]

That was a whole TV show? I thought it was just a catchphrase, or, at the very most, a cartoon... :confused:


Yeah, this guy would yell that and turn into a super hero type. It was a cartoon, a comic and A TV show. Vaguely remember it.... Found this for you :D :

[gldstwmn]

since this is how I feel about Hummer:

http://www.fuh2.com/

That's a great site. :thumbsup:

[wondergirl9847]

Gomer Pyle always exclaimed "Shazam!" too.

[SuzeQuze]

Thanks. I was hoping maybe someone had owned both, and could tell me their real preference(maybe there's not a big difference). My aunt has a 95 Tercel (with about 60k miles!) that she was wanting to trade in. As SOON as I told her I'd give her at least what the lot would give her, her daughter instantly wanted it as a second vehicle. She had no interest in it before I spoke. :mad: She can't even afford two vehicles! But, at least she kept me from getting it. Oddly, we're as close as two cousins can be.... :confused:

I'd KILL for 52 mpg!!!! A trip to Nashville in my Blazer takes two 20 gal tanks roundtrip. Really about 35 gals, or $70. Lessee, at 52 mpg, it would take me about 10-12 gals, or $20-24! Yep, I GOTTA make a change.

I do think Honda/Toyota is like apples/oranges. I travel up north which is about 180 miles round trip. This doesn't even take me a full tank of gas, probably 3/4 which is about 6 gallons! My car is probably the equivalent to the Tercel re mileage, it is a Paseo, which they don't make anymore.

Damn your cousin, how dare she rip that out from under you like that! :mad: :laugh:

My ex had a Honda Civic while I had the Toyota Paseo and he felt they were both da bomb.

[SuzeQuze]

since this is how I feel about Hummer:

http://www.fuh2.com/

I saw a red shiny one at the Mt Washington hotel this weekend with plates saying MYOB. It was obscene. I see the limos in the North End all the time, very silly.

When people first started buying up asSUVs I was surprised by how many people didn't care that they were gas guzzling polluting machines. Idiots.

[HomerMcvie]

I do think Honda/Toyota is like apples/oranges. I travel up north which is about 180 miles round trip. This doesn't even take me a full tank of gas, probably 3/4 which is about 6 gallons! My car is probably the equivalent to the Tercel re mileage, it is a Paseo, which they don't make anymore.
I think Honda's look a little cooler, so that's probably the first one, although mpg is my ultimate choice(I can feel my SUV manhood shrinking as I type this.) Seriously. :( :shrug: FWIW, I LOVE being up in the air, where I can SEE everything around me.

Damn your cousin, how dare she rip that out from under you like that! :mad: :laugh:
Well, we're so close, we're more like brother/sister, and she's always competed for anything I've wanted. She's NOT a real go getter. Only for what I want. :lol: :lol: :lol:

My ex had a Honda Civic while I had the Toyota Paseo and he felt they were both da bomb.
Cool. Thanks, david

[SuzeQuze]

I think Honda's look a little cooler, so that's probably the first one, although mpg is my ultimate choice(I can feel my SUV manhood shrinking as I type this.) Seriously. :( :shrug: FWIW, I LOVE being up in the air, where I can SEE everything around me.


Well, we're so close, we're more like brother/sister, and she's always competed for anything I've wanted. She's NOT a real go getter. Only for what I want. :lol: :lol: :lol:


Cool. Thanks, david

What about the Honda CRV? The hybrids claim 51mpg, the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic hybrid. The Prius has a futuristic, sporty look. I must have smoked too much crack or somethng to think my car would have gotten 50mpg like I stated earlier. It was probably more like 40. Woops, my bad.

[macfanken]

Fortunately, I can take metro to work and most everything else is within walking distance. I still have a car but I only use it once every couple of weeks. I'm thinking about selling it all together, it actually feels liberating NOT driving a car.

[HomerMcvie]

What about the Honda CRV? The hybrids claim 51mpg, the Toyota Prius and Honda Civic hybrid. The Prius has a futuristic, sporty look. I must have smoked too much crack or somethng to think my car would have gotten 50mpg like I stated earlier. It was probably more like 40. Woops, my bad.
Even 40 sounds like a dream,compared to 15/19 mpg. Thanks.

[SuzeQuze]

Fortunately, I can take metro to work and most everything else is within walking distance. I still have a car but I only use it once every couple of weeks. I'm thinking about selling it all together, it actually feels liberating NOT driving a car.

Same here. Although I don't think I'm going to sell it though I have thought about that. I walk to work which is fabulous. It's free and it's good for me. I hope that sort of cancels out the years I commuted 350 miles per week. :shocked: Thank god I don't have to do that anymore.