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Springfield, MO
Regular Unleaded - $2.49/gallon
Was behind a lady in a big ol' SUV the other day. It took her $78 to fill up. $78 for a freakin tank of gas! If I'm on empty, mine takes over $30. Ouch.
$2.55ish. I don't know. All I know is I put $5 dollars in my tank the other day, and got 1.9 gallons of gas. That just doesn't look right on the display when you get 5 dollars and can't even get 2 gallons of gas.
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 12:04 AM
Springfield, MO
Regular Unleaded - $2.49/gallon
Was behind a lady in a big ol' SUV the other day. It took her $78 to fill up. $78 for a freakin tank of gas! If I'm on empty, mine takes over $30. Ouch.
All these SUV people deserve what they're getting if you ask me.
All these SUV people deserve what they're getting if you ask me.
No kidding, I've always wanted one, but knew I couldn't afford insurance or gas.
ModSocks
08-17-2005, 12:06 AM
$3.00 91 octane in San Diego CA
Demonpenz
08-17-2005, 12:15 AM
try filling one of these tanks up
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 12:25 AM
Anybody thinking twice about making Iraq the 51st state?
Stinger
08-17-2005, 12:37 AM
try filling one of these tanks up
Was at the lake of the Ozarks a couple of weeks ago boat next to me paid $186 to fill up his boat. :eek:
BigMeatballDave
08-17-2005, 01:09 AM
$2.63
alanm
08-17-2005, 01:14 AM
I haven't been over to Torrington, Wy yet this week. But it generally is about .20 to .25 cents a gallon cheaper there than it is here in Scottsbluff, Ne. It was $2.53 here today. :(
Gas tonight in CODY, Wyoming is $2.42 at all the stations in town Except Maverick which is at $2.37. I filled our Dodge Caravan up last night, cost me $40 for little of 3/4 tank of gas :eek:
The only good thing is we use that vehicle for running our route into Yellowstone NP, and because of increasing gas prices, we were given a $20/day increase in our contract to onset the higher prices starting 8/15. :clap:
But only got two more weeks of that untill I start me new job, and won't have to worry about gas as much. :)
All these SUV people deserve what they're getting if you ask me.
Not everyone has an SUV for the heck of it. Some of those that are owned are bought and driven because the owners actually need them.
So NOT EVERYONE deserves it. :shake:
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 02:28 AM
Not everyone has an SUV for the heck of it. Some of those that are owned are bought and driven because the owners actually need them.
So NOT EVERYONE deserves it. :shake:
An SUV is a station wagon with a lift kit and bad gas milage. Anyone that "needs" an SUV would have been better off with a minivan. It would have been cheaper and used less gas.
DenverChief
08-17-2005, 02:35 AM
An SUV is a station wagon with a lift kit and bad gas milage. Anyone that "needs" an SUV would have been better off with a minivan. It would have been cheaper and used less gas.
Not true the Sheriff's Dept I work for has all SUV's (Avalanches, Durangos, and Tahoes...1 expedition for transports) The County is 80% backcounty and 4x4 trails and 20% up-to-date highways and roads...
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 03:29 AM
Not true the Sheriff's Dept I work for has all SUV's (Avalanches, Durangos, and Tahoes...1 expedition for transports) The County is 80% backcounty and 4x4 trails and 20% up-to-date highways and roads...
I'll give off-roading a pass. However, backing over your neighbor's flower bed because you can't handle your enormous vehicle doesn't qualify.
DenverChief
08-17-2005, 03:31 AM
I'll give off-roading a pass. However, backing over your neighbor's flower bed because you can't handle your enormous vehicle doesn't qualify.
That I would agree with...I remember going to School in DOWNTOWN DENVER and seeing full size F-350's parked in the school parking lot and I was like no effin way do they need to drive that to school
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 03:39 AM
That I would agree with...I remember going to School in DOWNTOWN DENVER and seeing full size F-350's parked in the school parking lot and I was like no effin way do they need to drive that to school
Yeah, if that truck doesn't have any dents in it then it isn't being used as a truck, it's being used as an oversized El-Camino.
Hydrae
08-17-2005, 04:03 AM
Austin Tx - $2.45
It was at $2.09 a month ago and I saw one place at $2.55 on my way home last night! :eek:
Abba-Dabba
08-17-2005, 04:21 AM
Wichita, KS - $2.59
up 44cents in 10 days
MeaTy The Pimp
08-17-2005, 05:07 AM
Louisville, Kentucky - $2.69
Miles
08-17-2005, 05:41 AM
About 2.45 for premium at the cheapest and 2.80 at the highest.
Kerberos
08-17-2005, 05:46 AM
I got a wrench a siphon hose and 2 5 gallon cans.
Gas is free in these parts.
:D
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PRIEST
08-17-2005, 06:09 AM
Ashdown, Arkansas $2.47 :cuss:
Bob Dole
08-17-2005, 06:10 AM
Wouldn't it make more sense to just visit http://www.gasbuddy.com ?
An SUV is a station wagon with a lift kit and bad gas mileage. Anyone that "needs" an SUV would have been better off with a minivan. It would have been cheaper and used less gas.
:spock:
BULLSH*T I have a minivan, and it doesn't come any were close to meeting the needs I have for a SUV. The biggest reason I need one is for bad weather because a snow storm or Blizzard can be truly a life threatening event, at least in this area, and I sure don't want to have to depend on my minivan. Another is the accessibility it gives me to terran that my minivan would get stuck in the first 50ft. There are many other reasons, but those are the main ones for me.
It appears your biased against SUV, but here in Wyoming, and the mountain west in general, we buy them for need, not to cruise around town or the highway looking "cool"
Gas tonight in CODY, Wyoming is $2.42 at all the stations in town Except Maverick which is at $2.37. I filled our Dodge Caravan up last night, cost me $40 for little of 3/4 tank of gas :eek:
The only good thing is we use that vehicle for running our route into Yellowstone NP, and because of increasing gas prices, we were given a $20/day increase in our contract to onset the higher prices starting 8/15. :clap:
But only got two more weeks of that untill I start me new job, and won't have to worry about gas as much. :)
**UPDATE**
Gas went up to $2.49 this AM. :banghead:
Goapics1
08-17-2005, 06:20 AM
Yeah, if that truck doesn't have any dents in it then it isn't being used as a truck, it's being used as an oversized El-Camino.
Sounds like you have SUV envy there Simplex.
DJay23
08-17-2005, 06:47 AM
Was $2.45 when I filled up on Monday. Cost me $46 to fill up my Jeep Grand Cherokee Laredo (the tank wasn't quite empty either). The next day, I drove by a gas station and the price went up to $2.55. A dime in one day is overboard. This is economical rape if you ask me, and it seems our government is content with standing back and watching.
It doesn't matter what you drive, you're still paying assinine amounts for this shit. I drove a Geo Metro in college to save on gas money. Used to cost me less than $10 to fill it up once a week. Now it would cost me nearly $18 to fill up the same 7 gallon tank. I knew when I bought my Jeep that I'd be paying a lot more in gas money, but it's been worth having because there's so much more you can do easily with and in an SUV that you can't do in other cars.
StcChief
08-17-2005, 06:55 AM
St.Charles county, MO $2.55 reg UL 87 octane
(STL Reformulated summer fuel)
Elwaysux
08-17-2005, 07:14 AM
$2.39 in Jersey and they pump it for you. (State law) Glad I sold my 70 gallon tank boat two years ago with gas at $3.55 at the shore.
morphius
08-17-2005, 07:21 AM
The place I pass on my 4 mile trip into work is $2.59, but I normally go down the street the other direction to get gas because its cheaper.
Yeah, if that truck doesn't have any dents in it then it isn't being used as a truck, it's being used as an oversized El-Camino.
BS. I just bought me an F150 and it better not get any dings in it or I might kill someone. :cuss: But I got it because I will use it for a lot of things. I'm tired of borrowing someone else's truck all the time. ;) But I can do things without scratching or dinging. Bedliners are a good thing, too.
Dartgod
08-17-2005, 07:37 AM
All these SUV people deserve what they're getting if you ask me.
Gee, maybe we can get congress to pass a law to deny people the right to own SUVs. :rolleyes:
I own a 27' foot camper and a 3/4 4WD truck to pull it with. I get about 8 miles per gallon when pulling the camper. My wife and I work hard to buy nice things, so we can escape from our working life from time to time and relax. I guess we deserve what we're getting also. Maybe I should just sell the camper and the truck, buy a hybrid car and a tent and quit bitching about gas prices, huh?
Coach
08-17-2005, 07:37 AM
2 f**king dollars, 57 cents.
F**king anally raping my money away from me.
Bwana
08-17-2005, 07:41 AM
My wife and I work hard to buy nice things, so we can escape from our working life from time to time and relax.
Shame on you Bob! :D
mlyonsd
08-17-2005, 07:50 AM
$2.43 along the interstate in southern South Dakota.
Dartgod
08-17-2005, 07:57 AM
Shame on you Bob! :D
Yeah, I know. We went on float trip last week and I spent $75 to fill that beast up for the trip home. It was raining all the home and I averaged 7.4 mpg. :eek:
Bwana
08-17-2005, 07:59 AM
Yeah, I know. We went on float trip last week and I spent $75 to fill that beast up for the trip home. It was raining all the home and I averaged 7.4 mpg. :eek:
Ouch!
Dartgod
08-17-2005, 08:01 AM
BTW, I filled my truck up Thursday night for $2.33 per gal. Later that night it went up to $2.45. It went up to $2.55 on Monday night and up another 10 cents last night to $2.65. All totalled, it went up 32 cents over a 5 day period. F###ing ridiculous. I can still afford it, but I wonder how the low income families can even afford to drive to work anymore. :shake:
SCTrojan
08-17-2005, 08:06 AM
Virginia - $2.59
ROYC75
08-17-2005, 08:10 AM
I'm glad I have to walk about 25 steps to work, saves gas for all of you gas hogged crazy motorist .! :D
On a side note, it went from 2.10 per gallon to 2.40 a gallon in a weeks time here.
It's stupid if you ask me, Crap I remember when I could buy it for $ 0.179 a gallon, got 2 hands full of bubble gum back from a quarter and mowed enough yards to make $ 25.00 in a days time. :eek:
4th and Long
08-17-2005, 08:10 AM
Wanna get really mad? Gas in the middle east is subsidized. They are paying around 60 cents a gallon.
I'm glad I have to walk about 25 steps to work, saves gas for all of you gas hogged crazy motorist .! :D
On a side note, it went from 2.10 per gallon to 2.40 a gallon in a weeks time here.
It's stupid if you ask me, Crap I remember when I could buy it for $ 0.179 a gallon, got 2 hands full of bubble gum back from a quarter and mowed enough yards to make $ 25.00 in a days time. :eek:
17 cents a gallon? Wow, you must be really old. :p
BTW, it's 2.49 at the gas station down the street from me.
ROYC75
08-17-2005, 08:31 AM
17 cents a gallon? Wow, you must be really old. :p
BTW, it's 2.49 at the gas station down the street from me.
Not really....... I mean, is 47 ( almost 48 that old ) .... I'm nothing to the old farts on this BB.
BTW, we are only talking back in 1967 thru 1969 gas prices .......... Even in 1970 I could buy it for 22-25 cents per gallon. In 1975 we caould buy it for upper 20's to low 30's a gallon.
Nzoner
08-17-2005, 08:33 AM
Sounds like you have SUV envy there Simplex.
I think he's pissed because his SUV owning neighbor backed over his flower bed.
bkkcoh
08-17-2005, 08:39 AM
In Columbus Ohio, it ranges anywhere from 2.36 to 2.70
PastorMikH
08-17-2005, 08:51 AM
2.45 a gallon last night.
I think it is ridiculous myself. In the last 2 weeks gas has gone up 30 cents a gallon and there is nothing on the news to justify the increase. Shoot, in the last year, it has almost doubled with no justifiable reason in my book.
I do wonder why, with Oklahoma & Missouri's gas tax roughly 20 cents a gallon and Kansas' tax being 39.9 cents a gallon, why is gas in Kansas the same price as MO and OK? Seems to me that if the gas companies really need the $ like they say, gas would cost a fair bit more in the states where the gas is higher.
And here's another question - is the IRS going to up their .37 cents a mile reinbursement on taxes? That amount was established when gas was 1.20 a gallon.
Phobia
08-17-2005, 08:54 AM
It's crazy high here. Ridiculously high.
Goapics1
08-17-2005, 09:02 AM
I think he's pissed because his SUV owning neighbor backed over his flower bed.
ROFL I saw that too.
milkman
08-17-2005, 09:10 AM
I filled up my tank on Sunday @ $2.80 a gallon.
$2.49 /gallon in Houston and RISING!
Two weeks ago at the same station gas was $2.27. Guess there is more "demand" now or something... :rolleyes:
Bowser
08-17-2005, 09:48 AM
$2.49 /gallon in Houston and RISING!
Two weeks ago at the same station gas was $2.27. Guess there is more "demand" now or something... :rolleyes:
It's those damned Chineese sucking up all the gas! Taiwan should invade!
:shake:
wutamess
08-17-2005, 09:56 AM
$2.friggen 65 a gallon.
Of course I have to use midgrade which is $2.75.
Otter
08-17-2005, 10:33 AM
$2.45 is the lowest around.
If things don't slow down after labor day I'm gonig to be buying one of these puppies to get to and fro work.
http://powersports.honda.com/scooters/model.asp?ModelName=Reflex+ABS&ModelYear=2005&ModelId=NSS250A5
Go ahead, laugh. Deliver the "mopeds are like fat chicks joke"...I don't care.
:deevee:
alanm
08-17-2005, 10:43 AM
Not really....... I mean, is 47 ( almost 48 that old ) .... I'm nothing to the old farts on this BB.
BTW, we are only talking back in 1967 thru 1969 gas prices .......... Even in 1970 I could buy it for 22-25 cents per gallon. In 1975 we caould buy it for upper 20's to low 30's a gallon.
I'm 47 and I can remember my Grandpa getting gas in Warsaw, Mo for the boat at his cabin at the Lake of the Ozarks for 25.9. :( That was probably in 70-71.
teedubya
08-17-2005, 10:51 AM
Five Feet High and Rising.
I knew when I bought my Jeep that I'd be paying a lot more in gas money, but it's been worth having because there's so much more you can do easily with and in an SUV that you can't do in other cars.
Just what is easier to do in an SUV? :hmmm:
Demonpenz
08-17-2005, 10:56 AM
Yeah you really need an suv to tackle snow. How about learning how to drive and buying an all wheel drive car. j/k
Otter
08-17-2005, 11:03 AM
Just what is easier to do in an SUV? :hmmm:
I own an SUV (Nissan Pathfinder) too and while maybe not the most environmentally correct automobiles they are handy if you have to haul a kayak, fly rods, mountain bikes, coolers or have ground clearance for getting on the back roads.
My next vehicle is a Toyota Tacoma with the off-road package.
Unless Luv2rite wants me to get a moped…I have a planet crush on her.
http://www.mwhq.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/luv00000.gif
Yeah you really need an suv to tackle snow. How about learning how to drive and buying an all wheel drive car. j/k
Not quite what I was thinking, but I was just joking around anyway.
Unless Luv2rite wants me to get a moped…I have a planet crush on her.
http://www.mwhq.net/modules/Forums/images/smiles/luv00000.gif
Whoa! What!?! :redface:
plbrdude
08-17-2005, 12:11 PM
2.56 per for diesle in beautiful northwest mo
Yeah you really need an suv to tackle snow. How about learning how to drive and buying an all wheel drive car. j/k
ROFL
You apparantly have never seen it snow in WY, Mt, Western Neb or the Dakota's :eek:
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 01:15 PM
Sounds like you have SUV envy there Simplex.
If you gave me an SUV I'd sell it. I have no desire to get 12mpg or overspend on my vehicle.
If you gave me an SUV I'd sell it. I have no desire to get 12mpg or overspend on my vehicle.
Not all SUV's get crappy gas mileage, and unless your an idiot there is no reason to overspend for one, unless you get suckered by the seller. :shrug:
Simplex3
08-17-2005, 01:33 PM
I think he's pissed because his SUV owning neighbor backed over his flower bed.
Actually that was in some comercial years ago.
I'm taking some heat here for things I'm not saying, so I'll restate my position in one post rather than the whole thread:
If you drive a vehicle that gets bad gas milage you made that choice. You still have a right to bitch about high gas prices but don't act like you're being hurt more than those who get better mileage, YOU chose to be in a position where gas prices affect you more. You may have made that choice for reasons other than vanity (unless you live in JoCo and have 2.4 kids, soccer mom) but you still made the choice.
Have a hobby that burns up lots of gas? Well, I doubt anyone forced you to drag a huge trailer behind a huge truck. It's all about choices. Once again, go ahead and bitch but don't act like you have some special case.
As for overspending on an SUV the fact of the matter is you can get a car with the same features for significantly less money because people generally view SUVs as vanity cars. They're the new sports car, the hip thing to have. It drives up the price based simply on demand and desire, not increased quality or features.
As for me, I'm looking at trading the 300M down to something else that gets better than 25mpg. I do like the power and the size of the vehicle, but I'm actually having to drive 3 or 4 days a week and I'm not willing to shell out that much for gas. It's all choices.
IMO we will see gas continue to climb until it gets to the point where the avarage American consumer is forced to start convserving. There will come a time in the next few years where used SUVs will be flooding the market and you'll be able to pick them up for next to nothing. Hybrid vehicles will skyrocket in price. THEN you'll see gas prices decline. The oil companies and oil sheiks need/want the masses driving those gas hogs.
Hydrae
08-17-2005, 02:06 PM
Austin Tx - $2.45
It was at $2.09 a month ago and I saw one place at $2.55 on my way home last night! :eek:
Update: Most every station is at $2.55 today. I am sure glad I filled up at $2.37 on Monday.
On the SUV discussion, I have a Suzuki Sidekick 4-door with 4 wheel drive and get 28 MPG in town (110,000 miles on it too). It is not big enough for my family now that my kids (3 of them) have gotten into their teen eyars but was fine until then. Not as big as most SUV's (most probably wouldn't call it an SUV at all) but it gets decent mileage and when I was in Flagstaff, had no problems with the snow or the mountain trails.
Nzoner
08-17-2005, 03:22 PM
I can only see one positive from higher gas prices,maybe NASCAR tickets will triple and the race season will be shortened.
I can hope,can't I?
Phobia
08-17-2005, 03:34 PM
I believe prices went up another dime today in South KC. That's $.20 in 2 days.
onescrewleftuntwisted
08-17-2005, 03:36 PM
way to high :banghead:
|Zach|
08-17-2005, 03:37 PM
Took me 42 to fill up my tank.
Hydrae
08-17-2005, 03:43 PM
I can only see one positive from higher gas prices,maybe NASCAR tickets will triple and the race season will be shortened.
I can hope,can't I?
I don't know about that but I heard a quick blip the other day on Phoenix radio about problems with not enough jet fuel for the airplanes. I don't know if that was just local there or if this is a problem across the country.
Saulbadguy
08-17-2005, 03:46 PM
I dunno. Alot?
Saulbadguy
08-17-2005, 03:48 PM
And here's another question - is the IRS going to up their .37 cents a mile reinbursement on taxes? That amount was established when gas was 1.20 a gallon.
I thought they did. Its 40.5 cents now. Unless you have a vehicle that gets absolutely horrific gas mileage, you STILL make money with reimbursement.
KC Kings
08-17-2005, 03:55 PM
I believe prices went up another dime today in South KC. That's $.20 in 2 days.
I took my son to a T-ball game in Raytown 3 weeks ago today, and filled up for under 20 at $2.03 a gallon. Last night I filled up my lawnmower gas can for 13 at $2.59.
I am going to the Farmers Market this weekend and buying a goat.
Saulbadguy
08-17-2005, 04:05 PM
Some funny things about the raising price of gas that I have been observing:
1. People that still "put 10 bucks in". Fill that sumbitch up, it's not getting any cheaper.
2. There is a station that is always cheaper than the rest of the stations in town. Its at 29th and Oakley for those of you who are familiar with Topeka. People literally line up 4 cars deep to get gas (unbranded gas ) at this place. However, there is a place not even a quarter of a mile a way that is 1 cent more expensive, but no lines. I laugh at these sheep.
3. Not really exclusive to expensive gas, but people who "even it out" when they are using a debit/credit card. Really, whats the point?
4. People trying to figure out their MPG by using "how much they paid at the pump" rather than how many miles they've driven. I still don't understand that one.
5. People's theories on why gas is high. Always a laugher.
morphius
08-17-2005, 04:07 PM
Jumped another dime while at work today, up to 2.69.
chefsos
08-17-2005, 04:13 PM
I can only see one positive from higher gas prices,maybe NASCAR tickets will triple and the race season will be shortened.
I can hope,can't I?
In 1974, during the first oil crisis (let's see if the pups know about that one- gas was $0.50 to $0.60/gal, but in short supply causing long lines at the pump), NASCAR shortened all of the races by 10%, but not the season.
Token gesture? Sure.
In 1979, I was pumping gas during the second crisis, and by law, we had to use the odd/even system. (Cars with odd # plates could gas up only on odd # days, etc.) We were short constantly, many days closing by noon because there was no gas. When that truck would roll in, people came out of the woodwork. You bet your ass all of us at the station filled our cars up as soon as we could.
Prices reached a buck a gallon that year, but our old pumps only were calibrated up to $0.99, so we had to set them for, say, $0.52 for $1.04 price, and just charge double the pump reading. Good times.
Nzoner
08-17-2005, 05:41 PM
In 1974, during the first oil crisis (let's see if the pups know about that one- gas was $0.50 to $0.60/gal, but in short supply causing long lines at the pump), NASCAR shortened all of the races by 10%, but not the season.
Token gesture? Sure.
In 1979, I was pumping gas during the second crisis, and by law, we had to use the odd/even system. (Cars with odd # plates could gas up only on odd # days, etc.) We were short constantly, many days closing by noon because there was no gas. When that truck would roll in, people came out of the woodwork. You bet your ass all of us at the station filled our cars up as soon as we could.
Prices reached a buck a gallon that year, but our old pumps only were calibrated up to $0.99, so we had to set them for, say, $0.52 for $1.04 price, and just charge double the pump reading. Good times.
Along the same lines I recently agreed to go to the NASCAR experience film at the IMAX with the mrs.I did not have a good time but that is besides the point,I just shook my head when the narrator said that NASCAR uses 1 million dollars in tires per race.
theultimatekcchiefsfan
08-17-2005, 05:55 PM
Find the cheapest gas in your area.
http://www.kansasgasprices.com/
http://www.ahding.com/cheapgas/
Dartgod
08-17-2005, 05:58 PM
I don't know about that but I heard a quick blip the other day on Phoenix radio about problems with not enough jet fuel for the airplanes. I don't know if that was just local there or if this is a problem across the country.
This is what is so stupid. I booked a flight to Vegas from KC for $86. This past weekend it cost me $75 to drive to Noel, MO (way down in the SW corner of MO). Doesn't make much sense.
chiefs4me
08-17-2005, 07:31 PM
2.59 a gallon for my gas loving f-250...
Sure-Oz
08-17-2005, 07:33 PM
2.65 kc
chefsos
08-17-2005, 07:36 PM
:doh!:
Nowhere in my earlier post-trip down memory lane did I answer the thread question.
$2.56-$2.59/gal here.
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