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Post by 1973montec on Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:31 pm


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Post by 74MonteCarlo on Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:34 pm

HA

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Post by Mcarlo77 on Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:54 pm

Good one! Paying $3.43/gal in Mpls area. In the summer, I burn higher priced Premium 91 octane (non-ethanol) in the Monte. Octane isn't necessary of course, but just like the option of not having to use that darned ethanol blend.

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Post by TWBouska AKA Wooderson on Wed Mar 23, 2011 9:31 pm

i WISH i could get gas for 3.43 out here...im paying right at $4.00 a gallon

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Post by Leike on Wed Mar 23, 2011 11:20 pm

€ 1.60 / ltr is the same as $ 8.56 / gallon affraid

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Post by Mcarlo77 on Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:57 am

Yikes! I knew gas was high in Europe...but, that is HIGH! Just curious...how many miles would you say the average driver puts on his/her car over there? And, how many cars does the average family own? In the U.S., our whole society's way of life has been built around driving and $8 gas would have crippling effects on most people's livelihoods and thus, the economy.

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Post by The Dude on Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:23 am

Well, I live at the KS/OK/MO border. Here are the prices as of yesterday depending on which gas station I drove by (has been raising daily though).

MO $3.29 - $3.34
OK $3.39 - $3.41
KS $3.49

KS gas is by far the most expensive in this area. Usually MO & OK are about the same with KS almost always $0.20 higher. Also remember that the cost of living is lower here, therefore my pay scale is lower here too. TW's $4.00 a gal is probably on the cheaper side if you look at the median income of his area vs mine. Leike, I couldn't try justifying your price if I had to. $8.50 a gal is just plain nonsense & this is why I have always been a supporter of drilling our own oil because we are headed for record high prices this summer just like we had a few years ago.

Chris, your jokes are usually hilarious, but this one... well I guess it struck me. I laughed for a minute until I realized how true it is. Sad

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Post by abajc3 on Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:35 am

it used to be less than 5.30$/gal here just a couple of years ago, when we still had the conservative government. than a bunch of incompetent ex communist liberal douchebags came to power and its 7$/gal now and rising as regularly as the sun. they have to increase the share of money they get from such things as gas, alcohol, smokes... to fill the huge gap in the national budget, which they created. i get pissed every time i go to fill my car up...

steve: ive never been to USA, but id say we drive cars just as much here. you see, cars are mostly in 1.2 - 2.0 or maybe 2.5 displacement range, and more than half of them are diesel powered. they get around 40mpgs so our gas expenses are quite similar to yours.

if we had the same gas prices as you do, the malibu would definitely be my dd. a man can dream...

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Post by Mcarlo77 on Thu Mar 24, 2011 9:55 am

Well, here in Minnesota (Land of 10,000 taxes), there has been talk of adding more to the sales tax on gas in order to help fill the deficit for road construction, repairs and God only knows what else they have in mind. Also, talk of a User Tax based on mileage driven has been bantered about...can you believe that? I guess there is some sort of device they can install that would report your mileage each year for tax purposes when license tabs would be renewed. With all our states running budget deficits, you just watch how creative they can be in order to keep pulling more money out of our pockets.

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Post by Leike on Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:02 am

It's about the same story as abajc3 in the netherlands.
I think the average number of cars / family is about 1.5 / family and the average driver puts about 10.000 miles / year.

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Post by OLD NO.7 Avalanche on Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:36 am

N.Y.C $4.30 / gal for 91 oct. 93 oct your looking at $ 4.35/gal.
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I officially hate the fact that I drive a Supercharged 6.0L right about now.

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Post by TWBouska AKA Wooderson on Thu Mar 24, 2011 11:50 am

jeeze...at least you guys are getting good quality fuel (in the US at least) out here in cali its 4.00 for 87 octane..93 is our "supreme"

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Post by The Dude on Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:48 pm

93 octane is nearly impossible to find here. 91 octane is close to $4 & over $4 in some places.

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Post by abajc3 on Thu Mar 24, 2011 1:36 pm

we have 95, 98 and 100 octane fuel. but some say that US has a different method of measuring octanes and that our fuels are basically the same octane #. who knows...

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Post by pila on Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:49 pm

I paid $3.65.9 today for my pickup truck. 30 bucks doesn't move the gauge needle very far. I usually burn avgas in my Malibu. Maybe not this year, since it may be over 5 bucks a gallon when summer is here.

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