After the morning news cast spillage about the hurricane Katrina's wrath on the Gulf coast and the loss of several oil rigs, THE STINKING GAS STATIONS RAISED THE DIESEL BY 10 CENTS PER GALLON!

Now I may not be the smartest person here, but common sense tells me the fuel in the tanks under the pumps were bought for less than that.

How much longer are we drivers going to take the wholesale robbery of our wallets.

How much does fuel have to get before we say enough is enough?

Chime in with your thoughts.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
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I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

Yep.

I'm simply gonna drive less. Walking might improve my health, or not.

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

traffic around here has VASTLY thinned, hardly anyone out driving!!! People are actually driving less and conserving! Amazing.....

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'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Walking isnt really that healthy when you think about it, especially in big cities, you're just sucking down all that gasoline and diesel exhaust, probably worse than smoking a buncha cigarettes.

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

What amazes me is seeing the Ford Explorers and Expeditions and big Lexus and Lincolns gunning the gas as soon as the light goes green and using the big breaks 150 feet later at the next intersection. So dumb.

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

I see this myself. Apparently you need to have a minimum of intelligence to purchase such a vehicle and, therefore, it's not possible to educate such a person in the basics of fuel conservation.

Additionally, my favorite idiom applies: The average person is a moron.

I believe in a few years you will see big SUV's disappear, just like station wagons did decades ago.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair

............oh, the pleasure of such a possibility.

And 50% of 'em are even dumber than that!

Do the math...

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Palangi

2004 C240 Wagon 203.261 Baby Benz
2008 ML320 CDI Highway Cruiser
2006 Toyota Prius, Saving the Planet @ 48 mpg
2000 F-150, Destroying the Planet @ 20 mpg



TRUMP .......... WHITEHOUSE
HILLARY .........JAILHOUSE
BERNIE .......... NUTHOUSE
0BAMA .......... OUTHOUSE

is that now that I have a 300D and I'm running on 80% WVO I am for the first time so glad to see gas prices rising I actually want them to go alot higher....Fact is none of these guzzlers that are on the road should ever have been built...The sooner they're gone , the better.....
80% of the cars here in so FL. are oversized and have a 5'2" soccermom or her 5'3" husband in it.....(-:

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'87 924S
'81 280SEL

Sold ->

81 300SD -
93 300E w/ 3.2
85 300D-
79 300SD
82 300CD
83 300CD - CA
87 190E 5 spd
87 Porsche 924S

"..I'll take a simple "C" to "G" and feel brand new about it..."

I'll bet it won't go down as fast as it goes up.

What a brilliant idea. Of course nothing else will be impacted if you get your wish. Of course, no other prices will go up. Only the guzzlers will disappear. Gas prices go up, what do you think will happen to the economy? If I cancel that vacation, and stay home because of the prices of gas, guess who else is affected? Multiply that effect by millions and the tourist industry goes down. Are you that immune to the economy? Yes, you are running your WVO. Good for you. You live off the land too? If you lose your job because of downsizing when the economy happens, I'll buy you a beer so you can toast the prices going higher and you get what you wanted. When they dropped the atomic bomb in Japan, only the soldiers died, right? I suppose, stupid is as stupid wishes.

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01 Ford Excursion Powerstroke
99 E300 Turbodiesel
91 Vette with 383 motor
05 Polaris Sportsman 800 EFI
06 Polaris Sportsman 500 EFI
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Red
03 SeaDoo GTX SC Yellow
04 Tailgator 21 ft Toy Hauler
11 Harley Davidson 883 SuperLow

Good news, just bought me a hay eating mule. He eats the grass in the yard..now no mowing. I use his crap to fertilize my tomato plants...I'm trying to teach him to talk..like MR Ed and if success comes..I'll be rich..if not I'll shoot his ass as soon as this fuel crunch is over and sell his dead ass to the Alpo company....

Look at this:

www.wicycle.com/wierd%20stream.wmv

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PagodaLOVER
1967 230SL, manual
1959 180D, manual

That is cool, but I am not ready to give up some safety while cars are on the road. One smack from a Austin Healy and your a dead man.

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1981 300D 147k
1998 VW Jetta Tdi 320k
2001 Dodge Ram 2500 141k
1979 300D 234k (sold)
1984 300D "Astor" 262k(sold)
Mercedes How-To and Repair Pictorials
I love the smell of diesel smoke in my hair