Jet A is holding steady around 4.05$
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Kermitov impressed everyone with:
Anyway just be glad you don't fly to work. 100LL Avgas jumped to 5.15$ a gallon last night.Jet A is holding steady around 4.05$
Dock Prices for Gas are around $4 bucks, Diesel is not as bad, the dock price has been the same as the pump price. This year has pretty much convinced my dad to move his slip, New place he is looking for wil let a heating oil truk pull up to the docks to fill up --Why pay that road tax when you are not on the roads? -- I mean even normal priceing, that 240 gallon tank produces a scary number after a fill up 
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
My incredulity quickly turned to shock as the pumps then snaked out and grabbed me, bent me over my car and sodomized me roughly. It did not have the courtesy to give me a reacharound. I then drove home with a full tank, empty wallet, and sore bottom. Pvednes fucked around with this message on 09-09-2005 at 07:28 AM.
Diesel is surprisingly only $2.80 or so, and I saw it as low as $2.73 today. I'm now trying to convince my girlfriend to sell her Volvo which gobbles premium and pick up a VW diesel.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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So quoth Karnaj:
Gas is down to $3.12 at the cheap place.Diesel is surprisingly only $2.80 or so, and I saw it as low as $2.73 today. I'm now trying to convince my girlfriend to sell her Volvo which gobbles premium and pick up a VW diesel.
I'm tempted to buy an old diesel vehicle, and make my own fuel for it. It would be far cheaper on fuel, if the price of the vehicle can be justified.
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Karnaj had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
Gas is down to $3.12 at the cheap place.Diesel is surprisingly only $2.80 or so, and I saw it as low as $2.73 today. I'm now trying to convince my girlfriend to sell her Volvo which gobbles premium and pick up a VW diesel.
There was talk when the New Beetle came out that they'd be offering a diesel eventually. I have yet to see one. That'd be my choice simply because of the 5 star collision safety plus I'd spend the $3000 to buy one of those BioDiesel kits I was talking about before to make my own fuel. I know lots of store managers around here at the fast food restaurants, I'd be up to my ears in waste vegetable oil in no time at all.
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Kaglaaz How'ler thought about the meaning of life:
There was talk when the New Beetle came out that they'd be offering a diesel eventually. I have yet to see one. That'd be my choice simply because of the 5 star collision safety plus I'd spend the $3000 to buy one of those BioDiesel kits I was talking about before to make my own fuel. I know lots of store managers around here at the fast food restaurants, I'd be up to my ears in waste vegetable oil in no time at all.
Three grand? Tell them they're dreaming. Build your own, it's like US$100, max. S'what I'm going to do.
*sighs* hope I can find a used one if fuel keeps going like it is...
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Pvednes stumbled drunkenly to the keyboard and typed:
Three grand? Tell them they're dreaming. Build your own, it's like US$100, max. S'what I'm going to do.
Point me at some online info and I'll happily build my own kit. One of my dad's friends is one of the chemical engineers at the local refinery so I could get some other details from him too if need be. (I'll check google myself too of course)
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Kaglaaz How'ler said this about your mom:
Point me at some online info and I'll happily build my own kit. One of my dad's friends is one of the chemical engineers at the local refinery so I could get some other details from him too if need be. (I'll check google myself too of course)
Try the Appleseed style processor. It's both the most popular and the most user friendly. Less than the 150 estimate if you do it all yourself, or have some of the parts already. Pvednes fucked around with this message on 09-09-2005 at 09:54 AM.
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Pvednes got all f'ed up on Angel Dust and wrote:
Try the Appleseed style processor. It's both the most popular and the most user friendly. Less than the 150 estimate if you do it all yourself, or have some of the parts already.
Dammit, just got rid of my slightly leaky hot water heater this spring and hauled it to the recycling center about a month ago 
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Upon learning of the existence of Natalie Portman's twin sister, Kaglaaz How'ler exlaimed:
Dammit, just got rid of my slightly leaky hot water heater this spring and hauled it to the recycling center about a month ago...
Well...you don't want it leaking, so perhaps that's not so bad.
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Pvednes Model 2000 was programmed to say:
Well...you don't want it leaking, so perhaps that's not so bad.
It was just the pressure valve at the top which is something you probably have to seal off anyway. My buddy had a slightly newer and double capacity hot water heater in his basement (his boiler now heats his hot water and he just has a holding tank) so instead of just replacing the valve I put in that larger hot water heater. Kind of nice to be able to bathe the kids, put them to bed and still have enough hot water left to take a long hot Kaglaaz How'ler fucked around with this message on 09-09-2005 at 10:05 AM.
shower with my wife 
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Kaglaaz How'ler still thinks SARS jokes are topical, as evidenced by:
Ahh, I found info on the 2005/2006 VW diesels. They have a 1.9litre engine available on the New Beetle (base price $18,390), Jetta (base price $21,385) and Jetta Wagon (base price $19,930??) and a 2.0 litre available on the Passat and Passat Wagon.
*sighs* hope I can find a used one if fuel keeps going like it is...
Look for a 2003 or older Golf. They have a slightly de-tuned 1.9 liter diesel. The EPA estimate was 42mpg city, 49mpg highway.
They only had 90 horsepower, but who cares? No one's buying these things for their ability to peel out.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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We were all impressed when Karnaj wrote:
Look for a 2003 or older Golf. They have a slightly de-tuned 1.9 liter diesel. The EPA estimate was 42mpg city, 49mpg highway.They only had 90 horsepower, but who cares? No one's buying these things for their ability to peel out.
The older non-turbo engines only had about 50hp. But the torque in them you could drop the clutch and peel out at every light iffin you wanted to be a jackass
But with a stick, you can easily get 50+mpg on average. The issue on the newer engine is emission controls on the engines now, I believe they run an EGR system now.
The efficiency of the engine outweighs the price of the fuel, My old man's F-250 gets about 23-26mpg, were My F-150 gets at best 16mpg, quite a difference when you look at the weight of each truck. Shit the twin diesels on the boat gets about 3 gallons per mile, were the twin gas merc cruisers on our older boat were getting 15-16 gallons per mile.
I think my next car (in the way distant future) will likely be a VW GTI... I've always wanted a VW, but grew up in a Chrysler/Plymouth/Dodge household.
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Verily, the chocolate bunny rabits doth run and play while Pvednes gently hums:
I'm tempted to buy an old diesel vehicle, and make my own fuel for it. It would be far cheaper on fuel, if the price of the vehicle can be justified.
Not sure of your government's stance on such things, but the British government flipped out a few years back when people realized they could run their diesel cars on vegetable oil from the supermarket. . .which was incidentally a helluva lot cheaper than fuel. They threatened to fine people for tax evasion, since they were avoiding paying fuel taxes.
Not sure whatever happened to the trend.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Bloodsage had this to say about dark elf butts:
They threatened to fine people for tax evasion, since they were avoiding paying fuel taxes.
What?
"You aren't buying gas, but you should be, and we're mad that we aren't getting the revenue from it" ?
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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Everyone wondered WTF when Noxhil2 wrote:
What?"You aren't buying gas, but you should be, and we're mad that we aren't getting the revenue from it" ?
Do you remember what happened when they didn't like that we did it? Snugglits fucked around with this message on 09-09-2005 at 07:20 PM.
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So quoth Bloodsage:
Not sure of your government's stance on such things, but the British government flipped out a few years back when people realized they could run their diesel cars on vegetable oil from the supermarket. . .which was incidentally a helluva lot cheaper than fuel. They threatened to fine people for tax evasion, since they were avoiding paying fuel taxes.Not sure whatever happened to the trend.
I believe the ATO got told where to shove it on that a few years back...I think there are a few excise issues on blends, but pure biodiesel is exempt now.
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From the Book of Armaments, Ares did read;
Gas here has gone down to $1.06 a litre!
Be careful, Ares... or some gas-starved Americans might drive up to Canada, accost the first person they see, and say...
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"Take us to your litre!"
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Mightion Defensor had this to say about Optimus Prime:
Be careful, Ares... or some gas-starved Americans might drive up to Canada, accost the first person they see, and say......
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"Take us to your litre!"
Ow you brok braen. 
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the beans of Java the thoughts aquire speed, the teeth acquire stains, the stains become a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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Mix Mightion Defensor with water, and you get:
Be careful, Ares... or some gas-starved Americans might drive up to Canada, accost the first person they see, and say......
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"Take us to your litre!"
... I can't believe you went there.
... wait, no, I can. 
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Noxhil2 had this to say about the Spice Girls:
What?"You aren't buying gas, but you should be, and we're mad that we aren't getting the revenue from it" ?
No it's like this man, in the good old US of A, they put road taxes on the gasoline to help pay for the upkeep of the roads. Not an issue of the Government makeing money.
I know in the North and Midwest you can see how the prices jump up because of this. Now Some states like NJ Here have toll roads that help keep the taxes low. And in the Farm land you will see Red dyed Fuel oil ment for offroad Use, meaning Tractors and farm eqipment, since it they are not on the road.
