Can you feel the pain?
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09-01-2005, 09:05 AM
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Can you feel the pain?
I just filled up for $3.19/gallon of super unleaded! 
That was after passing half a dozen gas stations that were completely out of gas.
What's going on? I can't afford to keep going through gas at 12 miles to the gallon (when I'm really opening up the S/C) and I have to drive my car like a grandma in order to get the 22mpg to get me through the week on one tank.
1 tank = 20 gallons
20 gallons * 3.199/gallon = $64.00 per week
Then there's the Sequioa and I just got my electric bill which was 25% higher than normal, plus grocery prices are going up quickly... This is gonna start to hurt pretty soon.
That was after passing half a dozen gas stations that were completely out of gas.What's going on? I can't afford to keep going through gas at 12 miles to the gallon (when I'm really opening up the S/C) and I have to drive my car like a grandma in order to get the 22mpg to get me through the week on one tank.
1 tank = 20 gallons
20 gallons * 3.199/gallon = $64.00 per week
Then there's the Sequioa and I just got my electric bill which was 25% higher than normal, plus grocery prices are going up quickly... This is gonna start to hurt pretty soon.
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09-01-2005, 09:40 AM
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I know, I have been driving my dads '94 Corvette since it actually gets better mileage than my G now. On the highway I can stretch it to about 30mpg. Gainesville has horrible gas prices as it is, knowing that all the students are "locked" here, now they are up to $3.20+ for the good stuff.
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I remember b!+ching about gas only two months ago when it cost about $40 to fill the tank (good old days), I need an part-time job just to pay the gas bills now!!! Well, at least we all have an place of employment and a dry house, things could be at lot worse if we lived somewhere else, right?
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Me at Sonoco
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09-01-2005, 10:48 AM
Originally Posted by djniknala
Guess you guys don't want to hear that with my job I get 4 tanks of gas a month and they never stipulated price so I go to the Sonoco at 1792 and Lee and get 100octane most of the time. $6.50 a gallon. Cost me, err, I mean them $104 last time.
$104 bucks!!!! Good job....way to work the system.
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09-01-2005, 11:02 AM
Originally Posted by neffster
I just filled up for $3.19/gallon of super unleaded! That was after passing half a dozen gas stations that were completely out of gas.
What's going on? I can't afford to keep going through gas at 12 miles to the gallon (when I'm really opening up the S/C)
That was after passing half a dozen gas stations that were completely out of gas.What's going on? I can't afford to keep going through gas at 12 miles to the gallon (when I'm really opening up the S/C)
Don't we really own Iraq, where's our cheap oil now?
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09-01-2005, 11:12 AM
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I made sure to fill up the other day at 2.95/gallon. However, with my commute I have to fill up at least twice a week.
If I owned any dealership that sold Hybrid's my sign right on the street would say, "$3 a Gallon Got You Down? Our Cars Go 660 Miles for $36! Come Drive a Prius Today!" Or something...
Georgia I heard was at $6 a gallon when they should be at $3. The Governor supposedly is speaking with the Government about price gouging.
If I owned any dealership that sold Hybrid's my sign right on the street would say, "$3 a Gallon Got You Down? Our Cars Go 660 Miles for $36! Come Drive a Prius Today!" Or something...
Georgia I heard was at $6 a gallon when they should be at $3. The Governor supposedly is speaking with the Government about price gouging.
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09-01-2005, 11:31 AM
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You guys should defintely be looking at sites where to get the cheapest gas in your state. In Carmel, Indiana they were serving up $3.49 but if you went to the Marathon near the airport its $2.49 (indygasprices.com). Price gauging up the @$$ all over this country. Its sad when we start using any excuse possible to make more money and even more sad when no one is held accountable. Perhaps this will push for alternatives. Heard some guys modded a prius and sucks 250mpg outta its tank. I just hope they don't reduce the speed limit again though like in the 70's. Oh and turn ur VDC off, i went from about 21.6 to 27.5mpg.
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09-01-2005, 12:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Maxim72
Georgia I heard was at $6 a gallon when they should be at $3. The Governor supposedly is speaking with the Government about price gouging.
