this will come in handy....




(alltho it dropped considerable considering i drove to a cruise night...this was on the way there...averaged this for ~40 miles)

 

Maybe its only because I'm in California and my driving style, but I paid 2.59/gal the other day and I'm only getting 12.3 mpg

 

Well around downtown dallas its been in the 2.40-2.50 range for Premium....last wed I saw a spike of 2.71 at a shell dealer

 

I should have been a more clear with that .... I'm talking about regular
(87 octane). If I had to use the premium stuff I'd be walking.

 

are you guys using prem. ?

 

Yeah well here it's on avg in town 2.139 for 87. Around the interstate it's more 2.199-2.259 for 87.

Just last week it was only 2.039 for the 87 in town.

It ALL stinks. If Bush would just tap into our own oil supply that we have over here & not buy anymore for a month or two then proces would totally go down.

Also, anyone remember hearing several years ago (3-7) about a motor that would run off water? I believe I am going to find that patent & have my brother build us a few. Who's with me?

 

the average in SoCal for 87 is 2.60-2.70 depending on the day of the week and whether or not they feel like sticking it to you more that day.....so can someone send me some gas fedex or something.....

 

gas prices are like insurance prices..the got you by the ***** cause you need it so you gonna have to pay...

 

I'm stationed over here in England, and off base its about $5.65 a gallon right now if you convert it to US dollars... so feel lucky!

 

jeez and i complain about the 2.15 a gallon

 

Sounds like someone still needs to have a chat with the Governator...

 

Euopean gas prices are very high compared to ours! So high that some military bases issue out gas coupons to militay members!

 

You are right there, I pay $6.90 a gallon here in the UK. Gas prices have always been high, you grow up with it and it just seems normal. When I visit the states I am always amazed by how cheap it is!

 

Unfortunately, they stopped letting us have gas coupons in the UK unless it is for official business. So I pretty much only drive as far as I can go on one tank of gas and still make it back! :P

 

2.35 in detroit, 2.50 in mid michigan.

I paid 1.99 in detroit during the weekend of the fourth. I think its complete bullcrap that the price just happens to jump 50 cents in a week

 

$2.21 here for reg.

 

regular is 2.53 here

 

If environmentalists would stop opposing this, then you are right. It's not Bush. True, he doesn't have the guts to do it, but if he did the environmentalists and democrats in California would be getting even more stirred up.

 

==If Bush would just tap into our own oil supply that we have over here & not buy anymore for a month or two then proces would totally go down.==

Only temporarily. We've drained our domestic fields to the point that extracting any more is going to take big bucks. We can tap into the strategic reserves and that might lower prices (actually it probably wouldn't, the price is driven by speculation and the speculators know we can't tap our reserves for long), but that's a temporary fix at best. I'm afraid the days of "cheap" (under 2.00) gas are behind us. Worldwide demand continues to rise, China in particular is becoming a big oil market. The supply is finite. Basic economic rule: if supply is fixed and demand increases, price rises to balance it out. The future looks bleak frankly. The middle east isn't sitting on top of unlimited oil either, and the rising demand is going to drain the finite world supply even quicker. Where does it all end? It's scary to contemplate. I was reading the other day that when you factor in the production cycle, hydrogen cars are actually getting the equivalent of about 24 mpg. Electric cars aren't much better (what is used to create electricity? Mostly oil.) Natural gas is an option, but supply is finite there as well. Fuel cell technology is still far from being able to realistically power a car and solar has never been viable unless you don't mind driving 20 mph everywhere. I think where it is going is we'll all be driving hybrids getting 60+ mpg and paying 10 bucks/ gallon for gas. I don't think we can ever wean ourselves off of oil. Mustangs will be toys that get driven once or twice a month

==anyone remember hearing several years ago (3-7) about a motor that would run off water?==

I haven't heard of that, but considering many parts of the US experience water rationing each year it doesn't sound like a viable solution. We need a motor that can run off of shredded car tires!!

 

Must be nice, but us V8 owners have a different ball park of numbers all the way from the Hummer H2 stinking style 10 to us granparent drivers at about 27 on highway.

Matt