Re: gas prices

by TWBouska AKA Wooderson on Mon Apr 11, 2011 2:57 pm

i feel you man...cant wait until my 700r4 is done and installed...that will help....a little.

by Leike on Wed Apr 13, 2011 10:39 am

Tomorrow in the Netherlands € 1.75 / liter = ($ 9.57 / US-gallon) alien

by abajc3 on Wed Apr 13, 2011 1:58 pm

wow, that is a lot even by european standards! although you have much better income than we do, so it probably can compare to our 1.30e/liter

by Leike on Wed Apr 13, 2011 2:14 pm

Crazy world Suspect

by pila on Wed Apr 13, 2011 4:43 pm

A half an hour ago, I paid 3.88 a gallon for regular 87 at a local Marathon station. It's down about a dime a gallon since yesterday. Our 100LL av-gas is now way over 5 bucks a gallon. Maybe I wont be using that in my Malibu this year !! It sure likes it though....

by texan01 on Mon Apr 18, 2011 4:18 pm

I've been tweaking my 77 for mileage, up from an astounding 9mpg on the road when I got it to a semi-respectable 14mpg pulling commuter duty. rebuilt the carb, adjusted it to an inch of its life and a new fuel pump, set the timing by ear rather than follow the recommended base timing of 8 degrees, it runs about 12.

All said and done, 14 in town and about 20mpg on the road thanks to the somewhat thrifty 305, the boat-anchor two barrel, and the freeway friendly 2.56 rear end, coupled with a turbo-350. Heck today was the first time I've been able to drive it 300 miles on a tank, we'll see when I finally fill it up (ouch.)

by lars on Tue Apr 19, 2011 7:12 pm

If I am not mistaken, Gas has started rising due to the end of winter and the beggining of summer "driving season". It has reached 3.79 in my local areas. Good old New Hampshire seems pretty low compared to many other places..

by texan01 on Tue Apr 19, 2011 9:26 pm

It's creeped to 3.84 here, time to drive the Explorer and let the '77 sleep in the garage a while.

by JB2wheeler on Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:07 pm

http://www.fox41.com/story/14499645/wash-considers-annual-flat-fee-for-electric-cars

by Mcarlo77 on Sat Apr 23, 2011 7:52 am

Looks like a number of states are realizing the potential lost revenues from the electric car and higher mileage compacts. Our esteemed DOT is studying the feasibility of a mileage tax on everyone. Early proposals are a 3-cent tax per mile in the metro area during peak driving hours and 1-cent the rest of the time and all other parts of the state. Their argument is that this will eventually replace the state gas tax...but, we all know that is a bunch of bunk! Besides, I have serious doubts the electric car will be embraced by more than a handful of people up here in the Northland and actual lost revenues will be negligible.

by pila on Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:10 pm

My wife just told me that it's $4.16 & 9 tenths at the local station today, for 87 regular.

And she was pissed !

by 74MonteCarlo on Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:15 pm

Still $3.85 here.

Saw $3.79 last night.

by Mcarlo77 on Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:19 pm

All I know is that these high gas prices should sufficiently kill any hope of an economic turnaround.

by 1973 454 MONTE on Mon Apr 25, 2011 8:39 pm

3.99 here

by Limey SE on Mon Apr 25, 2011 9:05 pm

down to 3.83 here