Not to bad here.
Of course this is a major event weekend here... gas stations will be sold out of gas later today. Prices will be worse later today and sunday.
Sad thing.. I was thinking back last night to when I was first driving and gas was .88 cents 
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Falaanla Marr stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
it went up to $2.40 in the Morehead City/Havelock/New Bern area.
$2.51 at the Hwy 70-E/101 juncture.
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Tarquinn stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Is this the point where I tell you about the German/European gas prices, and then ask you to stop whining?
But our massive SUVs only get four miles to the gallon!
Plus, our public transit sucks pretty much universally, so we need gas a lot more
One thing that helps me alot (though I have no idea if it would benefit anybody here): Gas prices seem to be lower at night. For me, especially, at the truck stops near my house. I was there around one o'clock this morning, and the Conoco had it at 2.25, Love's at 2.35... not even a half mile away (literally a hop skip and a jump away), 7-11 was still holding strong at 2.47.
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Naimah thought about the meaning of life:
My dad just bought a Prius the other day. Probably partially because of the insanity currently going on with gas. Course the car is pretty nifty as well. I wouldn't mind having one, that's for sure.
Those are such nifty cars. I want one.
quote:After translating Peter's grammar/spelling, I doubt anyone had trouble figuring out what you meant.
See, your Nae means your hair. So technically it's true.
Wait a second.. I think I said that wrong. I drive 60 miles one way to work, so it would be 120 miles round trip. Right?Need coffee!
One hundred twenty miles round trip is about 25% further than the distance from my parents' house to the engineering job I had during college (and to the college itself, but I didn't commute to that). Gas was $1.60/gal at the time. Making a rough estimate based on my fuel expenses back then, you're probably eating through $50-60/wk on gas. `Doc fucked around with this message on 08-15-2005 at 08:55 AM.
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Quoth Tarquinn:
Is this the point where I tell you about the German/European gas prices, and then ask you to stop whining?
That, and things are a helluva lot farther apart in the US than Europe.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Tarquinn's account was hax0red to write:
Is this the point where I tell you about the German/European gas prices, and then ask you to stop whining?
Oh yeah? How many brown people has Europe bombed in the past decade?
We earn our cheap gas, buddy.
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Blindy. had this to say about Knight Rider:
It's too bad the government incentives on hybrid cars for manufacturers only cover a set number of units per year or Toyota might actually produce enough Priuses (priii?) to keep up with demand.
The fuel efficiency on hybrids is vastly overrated anyways. It's no better than a smaller, economic-minded standard car.
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JooJooFlop must read alot of poetry:
The fuel efficiency on hybrids is vastly overrated anyways. It's no better than a smaller, economic-minded standard car.
That depends a lot on your driving habits. Short trips around town? No. Long trips on the highway? Yes.
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Savinganddebt/Saveonacar/P113609.asp
Assuming you drive 15,000 miles a year and gas averages $2.50 a gallon, you'd be saving $391 a year on fuel. That means it would take you about eight years to break even.
Hybrids only really start saving you money in the very long term, or unless you drive a lot of miles every year.
And depending on your location, some of these things are selling for well over MSRP. I know the Prius here sells for roughly $5,000 over MSRP and they still can't keep them in stock.
If you're going for an affordable car with good (non-hybrid) MPG, I'd look at a Pontiac Vibe; it is going to run you around 28city/33highway, and you can easily pickup a 2003 model for around $11,000. Since the dealers want to unload all of the used cars because GM, Ford, and Chrysler just extended their employee pricing deals. Reynar fucked around with this message on 08-15-2005 at 04:14 PM.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Bloodsage had this to say about Pirotess:
That, and things are a helluva lot farther apart in the US than Europe.
Yes, but does the average person/worker/employee really travel that much more?
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When the babel fish was in place, it was apparent JooJooFlop said:
Oh yeah? How many brown people has Europe bombed in the past decade?We earn our cheap gas, buddy.
England has bombed and was bombed by a few. Yet, they have the highest gas prices in Europe.
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Quoth Tarquinn:
Yes, but does the average person/worker/employee really travel that much more?
Absolutely. We're much less tied to our homes in general, and think nothing of hopping in the car for three or four or more hours as a weekend trip. We'll also often drive on vacation where a European would probably fly or take a train. My wife and I once drove nearly 5,000 miles in a 20-day vacation, and that's not a-typical for Americans.
Continental Europeans drive a bit more, but Brits are hilarious: you should've seen the shock on the local's faces when a couple of my friends rented a car to drive from RAF Mildenhall to Scotland for a weekend trip. Or the puzzlement when some of us would drive into London for a day (it was all of a two-hour drive each way).
Hell, my wife and I just drove 4 hours up to Sacramento for her sister's wedding Saturday, and came back the next day.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
Absolutely. We're much less tied to our homes in general, and think nothing of hopping in the car for three or four or more hours as a weekend trip. We'll also often drive on vacation where a European would probably fly or take a train. My wife and I once drove nearly 5,000 miles in a 20-day vacation, and that's not a-typical for Americans.Continental Europeans drive a bit more, but Brits are hilarious: you should've seen the shock on the local's faces when a couple of my friends rented a car to drive from RAF Mildenhall to Scotland for a weekend trip. Or the puzzlement when some of us would drive into London for a day (it was all of a two-hour drive each way).
Hell, my wife and I just drove 4 hours up to Sacramento for her sister's wedding Saturday, and came back the next day.
Maybe it's my sleep deprived state, but to sum up: Americans drive a lot, and zem crazy brits are like, all suprised and stuff at what an american will rent a car for what is (to them) a tiny trip.. Right?
I think I know what you mean. My sister drives from Michigan to central PA to my house and has done so repeatedly and thinks nothing of it. 
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Bloodsage Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Absolutely. We're much less tied to our homes in general, and think nothing of hopping in the car for three or four or more hours as a weekend trip. We'll also often drive on vacation where a European would probably fly or take a train. My wife and I once drove nearly 5,000 miles in a 20-day vacation, and that's not a-typical for Americans.Continental Europeans drive a bit more, but Brits are hilarious: you should've seen the shock on the local's faces when a couple of my friends rented a car to drive from RAF Mildenhall to Scotland for a weekend trip. Or the puzzlement when some of us would drive into London for a day (it was all of a two-hour drive each way).
Hell, my wife and I just drove 4 hours up to Sacramento for her sister's wedding Saturday, and came back the next day.
Well, that 5,000 miles trip is quite alot. But driving a few hours for a weekend trip or attending a wedding, I see nothing special with. Really. In fact both are things I have done a few times already or will do in the near future. Visiting a friend in Munich for the weekend, a 6-8 hour drive, and attending my mothers wedding in some hole in eastern Germany, another 6 hour drive or so.
Besides, I wasnt really asking about something like this. Im more interested in how much the average US American drives on a daily basis. To her/his job and back, shopping, etc. As I reckon that those trips are responsible for the majority of the consumed fuel.
Is it it really that much more? And if it is, will you not get a tax compensation for it?
we've taken a step backward as far as mileage goes I think.
Perhaps the answer is to charge those who own fuel efficient cars less than those who drive gas hogs. Those who care about getting good mileage are rewarded and those who can afford H2's wouldn't give a damn what fuel costs anyway.
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Tarquinn stopped beating up furries long enough to write:
Yes, but does the average person/worker/employee really travel that much more?
There are quite a few people were I live that work in NYC, thats 64 miles away, about an hour and a half trip, so figure they drive about 130-140miles 5 days a week.
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Peter was listening to Cher while typing:
There are quite a few people were I live that work in NYC, thats 64 miles away, about an hour and a half trip, so figure they drive about 130-140miles 5 days a week.
Yeah, I know some people like that here too. But is that really the average? Or are there truly so many of them that they affect the average?
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Blindy. had this to say about the Spice Girls:
That depends a lot on your driving habits. Short trips around town? No. Long trips on the highway? Yes.
Except you are absolutly wrong. Priuses get better city. This is because all of their advantages come into play when slowing down and at a standstill. Last I heard pop's prius was at 45mpg but he had done pretty much all highway at that point and he is still driving it like a normal car pretty much.
A week & a half ago it was $2.31, 52 cent hike in less than 10 days, insane.
Just 'cause I think they look neat. 
It's not something people hear about.
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Delidgamond Model 2000 was programmed to say:
For the first time ever, gas has hit over the $1.00 per litre in Windsor. It's $1.01 per litre. That's $3.197USD/gallon
You too? Here it's $1.02/litre...
Thankfully, I don't drive. 
