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NONE_too_SOFT 03-14-2008 06:01 PM

How do we get gas prices to drop/

t-homo 03-14-2008 06:32 PM

bomb every single mobil station but one and mobil will lower their prices causing the rest to dreop.

Mr Lefty 03-14-2008 08:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Cutty72 (Post 16696)
You'd still have all the business that would use gas in day to day work.

but the majority of cars on the road are POV's... (personal owned vehicles) if the average consumers vehicle went from like 10-25mpg to 35-50mpg... I guarantee the price of Gas would dip below $2. though everyone would still be filling up... they'd be doing it less often and spending less money. the Oil companies would have a surplus on their hands in a few months.

Mudpuppy 03-14-2008 09:25 PM

lock this thread down - we are at $3.40 a gallon here.. and that's 87.. i have to use premium in my car.. fuck.. its insane.. good thing i only fill out once every 2 weeks.. i wish my car ran on piss..

OneSickPsycho 03-15-2008 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudpuppy (Post 16889)
lock this thread down - we are at $3.40 a gallon here.. and that's 87.. i have to use premium in my car.. fuck.. its insane.. good thing i only fill out once every 2 weeks.. i wish my car ran on piss..

You'd be better off if it ran on douchebag, cause you have an unlimited supply of that.

Cutty72 03-15-2008 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Ebbs15 (Post 16824)
but the majority of cars on the road are POV's... (personal owned vehicles) if the average consumers vehicle went from like 10-25mpg to 35-50mpg... I guarantee the price of Gas would dip below $2. though everyone would still be filling up... they'd be doing it less often and spending less money. the Oil companies would have a surplus on their hands in a few months.

I get your point...
I just look at it like this.
My truck gets about 14 mpg
My bike gets about 40 mpg
My gas usage doesn't go down much in the summer when the truck gets parked, cause I ride my bike that much more.

dubbs 03-15-2008 12:16 PM

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Originally Posted by z06boy (Post 16438)
I filled both bikes up lastnight @ $3.44 a gallon for premium.



Stock ? Humm...that surprises me...awesome little car but torque is almost nonexistant imho.

When I almost bought one...the joke going around was that "Torque was on national backorder". :lol: It's the same way with my R6. Now you wind it up and it comes alive...same with my experience with athe S2000.

Just to be clear...I do like the car...looks good...handles well and it will move...you just have to get into the upper rpm range.

Yeah, stock.. A lot of ppl say "OMG theres no torque" but, then you realize the 6 speed is really close ratio, so your never really below 4k driving around town.. And you still get high 20 mpg.. :idk: I like.

Mrs. Colleen 03-15-2008 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by LaFemmes (Post 15816)
My mom lives in So. lake Tahoe, Cali.
The gas their is $3.70 a gallon for reg.

Currently the cheap(er) gas stations are up to $3.69 for regular.

Still hard for me to complain. :idk:

pickle.of.doom 03-15-2008 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17081)
You'd be better off if it ran on douchebag, cause you have an unlimited supply of that.

God knows there will never be a shortage of douchebags in this country!

Audiomechanic 03-15-2008 04:45 PM

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Originally Posted by 05svr650 (Post 15173)
Clicky Clicky

Hydrogen power...

Now click here.

Wonder if that actually works....and if it can be adapted for bikes?

Mudpuppy 03-16-2008 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17081)
You'd be better off if it ran on douchebag, cause you have an unlimited supply of that.

and too bad your car doesn't run on buttfucking smagma because we all know you have a lifetime supply from all your gay fucking..

OneSickPsycho 03-16-2008 10:16 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudpuppy (Post 17496)
and too bad your car doesn't run on buttfucking smagma because we all know you have a lifetime supply from all your gay fucking..

You're not very good at this.

Mudpuppy 03-16-2008 10:23 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17497)
You're not very good at this.

now here i am thinking you are not very good at this.. i invented "this" motherfucker.. you were still shitting green and playing with your fucking barbie dolls all dressed up in your easter dress.. don't give me i am not very good at this..

but i will give you two smacks across the fucking mouth because i like you.. i won't give you a reach around though but i am sure gasman would..

OneSickPsycho 03-16-2008 10:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Mudpuppy (Post 17503)
now here i am thinking you are not very good at this.. i invented "this" motherfucker.. you were still shitting green and playing with your fucking barbie dolls all dressed up in your easter dress.. don't give me i am not very good at this..

but i will give you two smacks across the fucking mouth because i like you.. i won't give you a reach around though but i am sure gasman would..

Son, I am the master.

And I shit green today motherfucker.

Mudpuppy 03-16-2008 10:43 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17504)
Son, I am the master.

And I shit green today motherfucker.

one if i was your son i would have killed myself a long time ago
two you are nowhere near a master not even a grasshopper - not even a spec of dirt on a steaming pile of shit
three thanks for the info but tmi

you are not even in the same fucking universe as i am..

don't try to keep up you will get hurt.. you think you are a badass or something but newsflash you are a pathetic little tird..

vabarber2 03-16-2008 06:38 PM

Bush Is Getting Rich Everytime You Drive!!!!!!!!!

OneSickPsycho 03-16-2008 10:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vabarber2 (Post 17705)
Bush Is Getting Rich Everytime You Drive!!!!!!!!!

That's one of the most ignorant things I've ever seen you post.

t-homo 03-17-2008 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17831)
That's one of the most ignorant things I've ever seen you post.

No joke. It's not the politicians who determine the gas prices. Move to somewhere with a lower cost of living. Gas here is 2.80 a gallon.

OneSickPsycho 03-17-2008 07:19 AM

Really it has very little to do with fuel at all... it's the price of the dollar that's taking a shit, not some massive rise in oil cost.

dReWpY 03-17-2008 12:20 PM

never thought of it that way...

Rider 03-17-2008 12:25 PM

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Originally Posted by vabarber2 (Post 17705)
Bush Is Getting Rich Everytime You Drive!!!!!!!!!

Lay off the crack pipe.

ceo012384 03-17-2008 04:23 PM

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Originally Posted by vabarber2 (Post 17705)
Bush Is Getting Rich Everytime You Drive!!!!!!!!!

Everytime I read a post of yours, I get a little dumber.
http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/f...12384/stfu.gif
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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho (Post 17971)
Really it has very little to do with fuel at all... it's the price of the dollar that's taking a shit, not some massive rise in oil cost.

Finally someone makes a sensible comment in this thread :cheers:

elimental 03-17-2008 09:14 PM

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Originally Posted by drewpy (Post 13943)
we went from 3.19 to 3.45

same thing here in ny. im dieing for the high 50's and low 60's to come around so i can part from the cage and get back on 2 wheels.

OTB 03-17-2008 10:38 PM

All in perspective:

I paid 3.95 for deisel today.

Talked to a friend of mine lives outside of London...he is paying in the neighborhood of $8.00 US/Gallon.....and the spot price for oil is the same for everybody...the difference is a. the value of the dollar vs euro and b. the amount of taxes that they pay for each gallon vs the piddling amount (relatively ) that we pay in taxes per gallon.

This chart http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/gas1.html shows the historical differences we have paid...that is why we continue to drive bigger cars, trucks and SUV's than the the rest of the world.....tack on 3-4 more bucks in taxes per gallon in this country and you'll see a massive shift towards public transportation and these kinds of POS

http://www.autounleashed.com/images/opel_agila.jpg


In most European countries, there is a per litre exicise tax, and then a percentage VAT (value added tax) which is added on each time the fuel is handled (from the importer of the oil, to the refiner, to the jobber or distributor, and then from the gas station of, 17.5%....so each time, you are taxed on not just the price of the fuel, but on the previous taxes added on....which adds up to about 188%, or about $4.50-5.00 over the original price of the fuel; compared to, depending on which state you live in; somewhere about $.55-.68 per gallon in this country.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_tax

Like I said....all a question of perspective.

Mudpuppy 03-17-2008 10:46 PM

if i have to drive pieces of shit like that please shoot me..

i talk to people in europe all the time and they say its not a big deal to pay those gas prices.. they don't drive as much as we do.. most towns everything is in walking distance, etc. plus some of that goes to like nationalized health care, etc.

yeah VAT is a bitch.. 21% is what i pay on anything i ship from europe to the united states.. a good way to get around it is to ship from germany to mexico - there is not VAT because they have an agreement.. of course though then you have to pay duties into the U.S. but depending on what you are shipping it can save you some serious money to go that route..

marko138 03-18-2008 10:21 AM

Taxes are the devil.


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