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08-30-2005, 08:30 PM
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10 cent per gallon increase in 4 hours???
 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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08-30-2005, 09:05 PM
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Yep.
I'm simply gonna drive less. Walking might improve my health, or not.
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08-30-2005, 09:07 PM
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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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08-30-2005, 09:07 PM
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traffic around here has VASTLY thinned, hardly anyone out driving!!! People are actually driving less and conserving! Amazing.....
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08-30-2005, 09:09 PM
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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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08-30-2005, 09:10 PM
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Additionally, my favorite idiom applies: The average person is a moron.
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08-30-2005, 09:27 PM
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I believe in a few years you will see big SUV's disappear, just like station wagons did decades ago.
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08-30-2005, 09:34 PM
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08-30-2005, 09:35 PM
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Look at the Wicycle
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08-30-2005, 09:43 PM
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I guess 10 cent price increase in 4 hours is normal
After this morning's new cast about what the huricanne did to the Gulf coast and the drilling rigs, the stinking gas stations around my area RAISED FUEL PRICES 10 CENTS PER GALLON!
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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
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08-30-2005, 09:46 PM
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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
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08-30-2005, 09:56 PM
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Gas prices are based on 'futures', not on what is in the tank. Having said that, there is no question we have been getting gouged, and will be worse in the future....
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08-30-2005, 09:58 PM
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Delete this thread. You already have one of these going
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Jimmy L. '05 Acura TL 6MT 2001 ML430 My Spare Gone: '95 E300 188K "Batmobile" Texas Unfriendly Black '85 300TD 235K "The Wagon" Texas Friendly White '80 240D 154K "China" Scar engine installed'81 300TD 240K "Smash" '80 240D 230K "The Squash" '81 240D 293K"Scar" Rear ended harder than Elton John
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08-30-2005, 10:11 PM
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Do the math...
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08-30-2005, 10:34 PM
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THe Beauty of it..
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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