fuel prices...making cuts

**wascaptain5214** · 08-19-2005, 01:37 PM

i have to cut expenses, with the price of fuel now a days...will only be able to get to the gym for sure 10 days a month. thats when i get off work, i go to the gym then home. its about 35 miles round trip to get to work and my gym. i worked out at home today, but my weights are in my shop with no ac, freaken sweated my balls off. i need to economize......last month i spent 350 bucks on fuel.......and my medical premiums will double in november.....and my raise wont even cover it, if that is we get one....anyone else feeling the pinch over these high gas prices?

**Red Ketchup** · 08-19-2005, 03:26 PM

At $1.13 per litre (thats over $4.50 per gallon) I'm cycling to work a lot these days... hey free cardio!

I've also cut out the sunday afternoon car rides in the country... and am keepin my speed around the "optimal" 60 on the highways.

Red

**Maraxus** · 08-19-2005, 03:27 PM

I commute 60 miles a day to and from work

**LegendKiller85** · 08-19-2005, 03:38 PM

you could bye a geo metro great on gas mileage

**Lostsoul** · 08-19-2005, 03:40 PM

Here in Australia it's up over $1.20 a litre now, lucky I don't have a car right now, I wonder when it will stop going up.... maybe $2 a litre, $2.50... maybe time for one of those hybrid cars.

**Psychotron** · 08-19-2005, 04:22 PM

It's all a ploy to make you buy hybrid cars. Freaking Al Gore is the man responsible for the high gas prices. I am going to buy some old beater motorcycle for the time being, maybe restore another triumph.

**SwoleCat** · 08-19-2005, 04:27 PM

I'm going to start siphoning gas out of other people's cars.

~SC~

**Liquidred** · 08-19-2005, 04:28 PM

gas is 2.80 a gal here.....i have a jeep wrangler 4.0 and its horrible gas milage...our other car is a mercedes benz c240 and its gets good milage...prob just cause its new but my fiance has a 40 mile trip to work so every week its a 50 dollar fill up for it and a 60 dollar fill up for mine....thats sucks for two grad students.

**Red Ketchup** · 08-19-2005, 04:37 PM

Originally Posted by SwoleCat

I'm going to start siphoning gas out of other people's cars.

Don't laugh...

With the recent insane gas price hikes here the cops are complaining they are wasting tons of time responding to calls of gas theft (syphoning and LOTS of "gas and dash" at the service stations).

There is so much "gas and dash" going on now that the big chains want to institute a "Pay first" policy.

Red

**BeerBaron** · 08-19-2005, 04:41 PM

My car requires premium gas so im even worse off than you guys are.

**IronFreakX** · 08-19-2005, 04:42 PM

1 gallon of 90 = 0.80-0.85 $

good thing that I dont have a car....I think im gonna get a nice small400-600cc bike and fcck the cars

**Psychotron** · 08-19-2005, 04:42 PM

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

My car requires premium gas so im even worse off than you guys are.

why because it has a turbo?

**Red Ketchup** · 08-19-2005, 04:48 PM

Though I miss my Bronco (and I mean I REALLY miss it a lot!), I smile every time I gas up my little shitbox chevy Cavalier....

A Cavalier is about as small as I am willing to go to save gas.

Red

**trisdog** · 08-19-2005, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by Red Ketchup

Don't laugh...

With the recent insane gas price hikes here the cops are complaining they are wasting tons of time responding to calls of gas theft (syphoning and LOTS of "gas and dash" at the service stations).

There is so much "gas and dash" going on now that the big chains want to institute a "Pay first" policy.

Red

Pay first has been around forever in NYC ha!

**Sage** · 08-19-2005, 06:09 PM

i drive a honda civic to work on the daily bases now and rock my X5 4.4 when out clubbing and rides to the gym...................i'll be swaping civic for a prelude which will make a much nicer daily beater......................

**O.fO.shO** · 08-19-2005, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by trisdog

Pay first has been around forever in NYC ha!

lol i was thinking the same thing .

**O.fO.shO** · 08-19-2005, 06:14 PM

Originally Posted by BeerBaron

My car requires premium gas so im even worse off than you guys are.

and what car would that be? .....

they lied

**mr_man** · 08-19-2005, 06:22 PM

I saw on a web site that everyone in the nation is going to try and not buy any gas or gas product the first full week of Oct. If we could spread this around the companies would lose billions a day. and maybe give us the upper hand in the price gouging

**I_Want_Abs** · 08-19-2005, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by Lostsoul

Here in Australia it's up over $1.20 a litre now, lucky I don't have a car right now, I wonder when it will stop going up.... maybe $2 a litre, $2.50... maybe time for one of those hybrid cars.

it's $1.24/litre in sydney this week and ive got a bloody v8 which has to be run on premium ($1.42/litre) and it sucks the tank dry in no time

bloody govenment money hungry bastards half of our fuel price is tax anyway

(me)----->

<-----(john howard)

**Liquidred** · 08-19-2005, 06:37 PM

Originally Posted by O.fO.shO

and what car would that be? .....

they lied

There are alot of cars the require 93 from the factory...high compression motors and imports/euros do. My Benz does, i know Celica gts's do, any turbo or supercharged cars would need higher octane to prevent knocks....

I've been planning on trading up to a denali but shit i'll need a daily civic or neon also

**BeerBaron** · 08-19-2005, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by O.fO.shO

and what car would that be? .....

they lied

Originally Posted by Psychotron

why because it has a turbo?

Yes, I do have a turbo. Audi S...... no, A4 1.8t quattro. Borla exhaust, k04 upgrade, Baily diverter valve, tuning provided by www.tap1.com . Peaks 22 pounds of boost

and although i've never dyno'd with everything I should have 245 horse. It's a quick and light car, and quattro kicks ass!