Gas Tops $4 A Gallon - Page 4

brewer12345 · 04-22-2008, 07:59 AM

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Originally Posted by steve88

when its your time to go..it time to go.

OK, but I would prefer to put that time off if its all the same to you. Life is just one big procrastination, after all.

FUEGO · 04-22-2008, 08:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Wags

Folks it does not look good. People are having to cut back on their driving habits and how they do things.

Things look good then, right? Mr. Market is gently persuading folks to do the right (economically rational) thing.

Walt34 · 04-22-2008, 08:21 AM

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Originally Posted by steve88

when its your time to go..it time to go.

True, but I'm not going to offer encouragement. I saw too many of those big grease stains.

Milton · 04-22-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Wags

I would sell it but I paid cash for it and right now the resale value on it is not good.... on the road it gets about 22-24 miles a gallon.

Ouch!

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Originally Posted by Wags

What I have done is buy a small old VW Bug to run around in town. It runs great and it is top mechanical condition.

Sounds like you are making the best of a bad situation. Good work.

**Want2retire** · 04-22-2008, 09:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Milton

Ouch!

Sounds like you are making the best of a bad situation. Good work.

I'd hate to be paying insurance on two vehicles, though, if there was any way to downsize to one. Doesn't sound like there is. That's got to be quite a hit to one's wallet.

ex_CFO_now_RVer · 04-22-2008, 09:01 AM

Wow, just paid 4.159 for diesel, luckily I needed only 115 gallons, $480 to fill the tank. Fortunately, ten years ago I invested in the Vanguard Energy Fund, 10 year return 17.3% per year.

Dave

unclemick · 04-22-2008, 09:22 AM

Off tomorrow to do some visitin for a week or so - KC to Chattanooga to New Orleans to KC . Will try not to over focus on the gas bill for a 23 mpg Chevy Equinox.

heh heh heh -

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RetiredGypsy · 04-22-2008, 11:01 AM

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Originally Posted by brewer12345

And while the prius would be badly crumpled, the motorcycle/scooter would be just one big grease stain. No thanks.

Just because motorcycles make up 1% of vehicles but 10% of fatalities, you think it's something to be worried about?

Notmuchlonger · 04-22-2008, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by RetiredGypsy

Just because motorcycles make up 1% of vehicles but 10% of fatalities, you think it's something to be worried about?

Get your motor runnen head out to the..

FinanceDude · 04-22-2008, 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by RetiredGypsy

Just because motorcycles make up 1% of vehicles but 10% of fatalities, you think it's something to be worried about?

I'll take my chances with METAL around me........

73ss454 · 04-22-2008, 02:09 PM

Yeah, I like doors myself.

FinanceDude · 04-22-2008, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by 73ss454

Yeah, I like doors myself.

Like a 1973 454 SS? That would cause damage to a Prius or SmartCar..........

Notmuchlonger · 04-22-2008, 02:21 PM

I dont miss my 76 cutlass with the way gas prices are now

steve88 · 04-22-2008, 03:22 PM

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Originally Posted by FinanceDude

Like a 1973 454 SS? That would cause damage to a Prius or SmartCar..........

I bet that the 454 ss is more scared of the prius, smart car or anything that goes near it.

unclemick · 04-22-2008, 06:46 PM

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Originally Posted by steve88

I bet that the 454 ss is more scared of the prius, smart car or anything that goes near it.

Yep - you don't want to suck any little stuff down the Carb and blow it out the exhaust.

Might cause indigestion.

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heh heh heh - as my ole buddy Sam used to say - hope you got big wide tires to go with that car.

Wags · 04-23-2008, 08:09 AM

This morning I came about this information on a water powered car.

Water Car Run on WATER+Fuel. Hydrogen Save Gas=FREE ENERGY!

How fea·si·ble water is as an alternate fuel remains to be seen. I thought it was an interesting concept.

I do not know if the site is on the up and up or if it is just a way to get people to buy into a product that is a hoax and in the end will get people to fool·ish·ly part with their hard earned cash.

GOD BLESS US ALL

Milton · 04-23-2008, 10:18 AM

Ballard Power [Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology, Hydrogen Power in Buses | Ballard Power] and others have been working on hydrogen fuel research for some time. The company is legitimate but I for one wouldn't invest in it; they are many years away from creating a viable product, and burn through a lot of cash.

megacorp-firee · 04-23-2008, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Notmuchlonger

Wow 54 bucks? What kind of vehicle are you driving?

a 98 bmer ' 525
... and just noticed that gas in my area jumped to 3.89/gal for midrange.
SHOUT OUT YOUR FAVORITE CURSE WORDS

mb · 04-23-2008, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Wags

This morning I came about this information on a water powered car.

Water Car Run on WATER+Fuel. Hydrogen Save Gas=FREE ENERGY!

How fea·si·ble water is as an alternate fuel remains to be seen. I thought it was an interesting concept.

I do not know if the site is on the up and up or if it is just a way to get people to buy into a product that is a hoax and in the end will get people to fool·ish·ly part with their hard earned cash.

GOD BLESS US ALL

Fuel cells have been around for many years and of course they are one of the many options that are being looked at to replace the internal combustion engines but I think the above link is a bunch of hooey.

I only skimmed it but they appear to be using using the battery to make hydrogen from water which they then oxidize back to water but they don't tell you that it takes energy to charge the battery.

Thermodynamics says it is not going to work.

MB

RetiredGypsy · 04-23-2008, 07:44 PM

There was a commercial that was run here in San Diego quite a few times, about Honda having a hydrogen car. FXC, I think it was called. It was supposed to be leased to like 100 people or something here in Southern California. Anyone heard if that fell through or it they're still planning on it?

04-22-2008, 09:01 AM	#66
ex_CFO_now_RVer Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Apr 2005 Posts: 97	Wow, just paid 4.159 for diesel, luckily I needed only 115 gallons, $480 to fill the tank. Fortunately, ten years ago I invested in the Vanguard Energy Fund, 10 year return 17.3% per year. Dave __________________ Born with nothing, still have most of it left! Need to be on the road more!

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Notmuchlonger Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 2,398	I dont miss my 76 cutlass with the way gas prices are now __________________ .

04-23-2008, 08:09 AM	#76
Wags Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 961	This morning I came about this information on a water powered car. Water Car Run on WATER+Fuel. Hydrogen Save Gas=FREE ENERGY! How fea·si·ble water is as an alternate fuel remains to be seen. I thought it was an interesting concept. I do not know if the site is on the up and up or if it is just a way to get people to buy into a product that is a hoax and in the end will get people to fool·ish·ly part with their hard earned cash. GOD BLESS US ALL __________________ *War is a poor chisel to carve out tomorrow. -* *Martin Luther King Jr.* Seek peace, and pursue it. - Psalms 34:14 Be kind to unkind people - they need it the most - by Ashleigh Brilliant. Last edited by Wags; 04-23-2008 at 08:21 AM.

04-23-2008, 10:18 AM	#77
Milton Full time employment: Posting here. Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 918	Ballard Power [Hydrogen Fuel Cell Technology, Hydrogen Power in Buses \| Ballard Power] and others have been working on hydrogen fuel research for some time. The company is legitimate but I for one wouldn't invest in it; they are many years away from creating a viable product, and burn through a lot of cash. __________________ "There is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labour" - Albert Camus

04-22-2008, 09:22 AM	#67
unclemick Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ... Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 5,212	Off tomorrow to do some visitin for a week or so - KC to Chattanooga to New Orleans to KC . Will try not to over focus on the gas bill for a 23 mpg Chevy Equinox. heh heh heh - .

04-22-2008, 02:09 PM	#71
73ss454 Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 1,609	Yeah, I like doors myself.

04-23-2008, 07:44 PM	#80
RetiredGypsy Recycles dryer sheets Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sandy Eggo Posts: 232	There was a commercial that was run here in San Diego quite a few times, about Honda having a hydrogen car. FXC, I think it was called. It was supposed to be leased to like 100 people or something here in Southern California. Anyone heard if that fell through or it they're still planning on it?