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    Gas savers

    sooo I gotta say with all the talk about gas prices...makes me glad i got a motorcycle. My gas bill is 45 bucs a week. I drive over 40 miles a day. Let's here it for motorcycles


    p.s. I also get to ride the HOV lane with no traffic

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    booooooooooooooooooo

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    Here in the uk we pay (for a us gallon)

    $8.78

    is that expensive for you?

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    damm shifty i would walkin everywhere if i was u! here in mass iits 3.53

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    That would make me feel raped shifty. My butthole is puckering up just thinking about it.

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    Well our uk gallon = 1.2 us gallons,

    fuel is on average £1.20 per litre,
    4.5 litres per uk gallon

    = £5.40

    x 0.833 (to conver to us gallon)

    = £4.49

    £4.49 = $8.78

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    Quote Originally Posted by shifty_git View Post
    Here in the uk we pay (for a us gallon)

    $8.78

    is that expensive for you?

    And I was complaining on $4.20/gal here in Cali.

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    A car uses 1.6 ounces of gas idling for one minute. Half an ounce is used to start the average automobile!

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    yeah but my brother was over there for an internship, everything costs more, but you make more. He said a beer at the pub if you do the math is like 9$.

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    Whats the average wage in the usa though???

    Here we have a legal minimum wage (about £5.50 - $10.86) which ALL jobs must pay minimum.

    Average wage of the country is £13,000 - $25,676

    But many on normal jobs (cleaner, factory work, lower office work) earn £8,000-11,000 ($5,126 - $7,048)

    Rent for a small 2 bedroom place is an ok area (round my area) is about £600-£800 per month ($384 - $512)

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    I drive a suzuki swift. I drive abut 50 kilometers every day and it cost me 35-38/week. gas is 1.25/liter in canadian dollar.

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    how many mpg you cars do?

    im driving an older golf vr6, get about 35mpg on an open road run

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    Quote Originally Posted by shifty_git View Post
    how many mpg you cars do?

    im driving an older golf vr6, get about 35mpg on an open road run
    I have no freaking clue.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmy View Post
    sooo I gotta say with all the talk about gas prices...makes me glad i got a motorcycle. My gas bill is 45 bucs a week. I drive over 40 miles a day. Let's here it for motorcycles


    p.s. I also get to ride the HOV lane with no traffic
    When a 16 year old girl t-bones you on that motorcycle you'll be wishing you were in a SUV...

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    http://gasdiscounterz.com

    You save .30 cents per gallon with these prepaid gas cards. I seen it on the local news yesterday and they really work.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odpierdol_sie! View Post
    Im driving a Volvo S40 and hate it! Makes me feel sick having to put fuel in it!

    I never thought i would ever be this kind of person, but I mentioned to teh GF either we get rid of it or we get a Toyota Prius or some other kind of Hybrid.

    The Price of gas here now has got me to teh point where my car is sat outside doing nothing for the majority of the time but since the missus dont drive she dont see the sensless part of having a car and never using it or just on teh odd occasion for shopping....

    Id be more than happy using public transport and walking everywhere these days but t goes against my life long theory.....you know you have failed in life if after the age of 30 you are still using public transport.
    i know u understand the prices of fuel here in the uk!

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    100MPG on the moped, LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odpierdol_sie! View Post
    Here is one for you shifty! last summer when i was still working in Manchester i bouhgt a old Astra 1.7tdi (coz of the Izuzu engine)
    i ran it off pure veg oil for 6 months solid, some times new sometimes recycled.
    Use to cost 52p per liter and my car went better than on DERV and still use to get about 45-50 mpg.

    Anyway that car is long gone, i was in Sainsburys today gettign a few essentials and i looked at the price of Veg oil. i was like amased that its 99p per liter now? how can it go up 100% in value in 1 year?
    cause our government singles out anyone trying to make an effort and see's it as a viable tax income... you should know that by now opi! lol

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    Fvck Gas , I Got One Of Those Battery Cars Yeeeeee Boiii

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    go with a bike! mine will be out this summer!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Odpierdol_sie! View Post
    Hope for ya that this summer was not like last summer Shifty
    i hope so also!

    some sun would actually be nice!

    going over to germany for some biking so hope its good there!

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    it costs 25 bucks to fill my tank. it lasts me 2 weeks. i live a 1/2 mile from my work. and my gym is next to that. i have a grocerie store and walmart and a liquor store right in front of my house. im lucky. but im thinking about buy a moped. just cuz

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    I drive an oil/gas hybrid

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    Diesel is just killing people here. Maybe I should get a bike too.

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    I'm cheap, I admit it, and I'm honestly debating just ONLY driving when I have too.

    Think about what people pay on average to drive. I have a pickup, I get about 17mpg. Granted I am a contractor, I drive a ton doing bids. They are about to be done on a rice burner though.

    I have investment properties that cost 1/2 of what it takes for normal american's to drive a month.

    Car Payment approx $300
    Insurance $150
    General Maintinace $50 (Oil changes, tiers ever year, any think that breaks on average)
    Gas $200-$400 (I spend well over $400)

    People are paying at least $700 to drive. If I had a normal job I drove too every day, being 27 with no kids, I would use public transportation if it was available. That's more than some of my house payments. People are nearing 10k a year to drive when the average income is in the mid 30k's.

    Last year I paid off everything I drive, I put the lowest insurance I could on everything. I now won't spend over 5-6k on car or truck. If I get in an accident, I'll replace it. I've not been in one in 11 years so the insurance company has already done okay off of me.

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    Quote Originally Posted by J-Dogg View Post
    I'm cheap, I admit it, and I'm honestly debating just ONLY driving when I have too.

    Think about what people pay on average to drive. I have a pickup, I get about 17mpg. Granted I am a contractor, I drive a ton doing bids. They are about to be done on a rice burner though.

    I have investment properties that cost 1/2 of what it takes for normal american's to drive a month.

    Car Payment approx $300
    Insurance $150
    General Maintinace $50 (Oil changes, tiers ever year, any think that breaks on average)
    Gas $200-$400 (I spend well over $400)

    People are paying at least $700 to drive. If I had a normal job I drove too every day, being 27 with no kids, I would use public transportation if it was available. That's more than some of my house payments. People are nearing 10k a year to drive when the average income is in the mid 30k's.

    Last year I paid off everything I drive, I put the lowest insurance I could on everything. I now won't spend over 5-6k on car or truck. If I get in an accident, I'll replace it. I've not been in one in 11 years so the insurance company has already done okay off of me.
    I hear that thats why I've been dumping all my money into my car so I get the freaking thing payed off in 3.5 years instead of 6... save a ton of interest but I need to kill the $350 a month payment

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmy View Post
    sooo I gotta say with all the talk about gas prices...makes me glad i got a motorcycle. My gas bill is 45 bucs a week. I drive over 40 miles a day. Let's here it for motorcycles


    p.s. I also get to ride the HOV lane with no traffic
    Enjoy every minute of it cause once your jail senten...i mean marriage begins you'll be trading in that bike for a mini-van in no time

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    actually...the fionsey bought it for me

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    Quote Originally Posted by zimmy View Post
    actually...the fionsey bought it for me
    i hate you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dedic8ed1 View Post
    South jersey$3.43
    3.57 in Killadelphia

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    Quote Originally Posted by DSM4Life View Post
    3.57 in Killadelphia
    Alot of my family is in the fuel buis and they say guarenteed $4 by summer.

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    Quote Originally Posted by dedic8ed1 View Post
    Alot of my family is in the fuel buis and they say guarenteed $4 by summer.
    I saw a station at 3.69 lastnight !!

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