Misc $105.58

vailpass · 05-23-2008, 03:01 PM

Filled my gas tank today and went over the hundred dollar mark for the first time. $105.58.

The crazy thing is the price will continue to rise.

Anyone else here old enough to remember when the gallon counter on the pump spun around faster than the dollar counter?

**007** · 05-23-2008, 03:03 PM

Thats a big ass tank.

keg in kc · 05-23-2008, 03:03 PM

It never fails to amaze me that I'm paying two and a half dollars a gallon more now than I was when I moved here a decade ago. 40 bucks to fill up the tank in my light truck.

Pablo · 05-23-2008, 03:04 PM

Wow...25-30 gallon tank?

The most I've ever spent filling up was last week. Spent $46.

**CrazyPhuD** · 05-23-2008, 03:05 PM

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Originally Posted by Guru

Thats a big ass tank.

THat's my thought too. I live in CA and still have yet to crest $50, but it's been $4 gas for a while here.

**chasedude** · 05-23-2008, 03:06 PM

I was in line to get gas and this guy with a 4x4 Dodge Ram was filling up his. He had to stop after $100 and restart again to finish his tank. I never knew Gas stations put a limit to "pay-at-the-pump".

**DaFace** · 05-23-2008, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by chasedude

I was in line to get gas and this guy with a 4x4 Dodge Ram was filling up his. He had to stop after $100 and restart again to finish his tank. I never knew Gas stations put a limit to "pay-at-the-pump".

There's some weird law in my actual municipality that stops tanks from pumping after 30 gallons or something like that. I've always thought that was odd.

vailpass · 05-23-2008, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GonzoRox88

Wow...25-30 gallon tank?

The most I've ever spent filling up was last week. Spent $46.

Yukon Denali XL. I pumped around 28 gallons at $3.75/gallon.
The pump shut off at $75.00; had to re-insert my debit card and start again. Got another $30.58 into it before it was full. It is just plain weird paying that much for a tank of gas.

**HemiEd** · 05-23-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Filled my gas tank today and went over the hundred dollar mark for the first time. $105.58.

The crazy thing is the price will continue to rise.

Anyone else here old enough to remember when the gallon counter on the pump spun around faster than the dollar counter?

When I worked at a Vickers station, 64 to 68, I pumped gas at .17 a gallon (the lowest it ever made it, there were "gas wars" on price). We also checked the tires, vacuumed the car, washed the windows and checked under the hood. If the female driver had a short skirt, the windows would get washed more than once.

**Smed1065** · 05-23-2008, 03:10 PM

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Originally Posted by chasedude

I was in line to get gas and this guy with a 4x4 Dodge Ram was filling up his. He had to stop after $100 and restart again to finish his tank. I never knew Gas stations put a limit to "pay-at-the-pump".

They use to have $50 limit at some stations here until $50 would not even start the pump.

**Mr. Flopnuts** · 05-23-2008, 03:10 PM

I broke a record this morning myself. $55. I'll be driving the SUV a lot less than the clunker I got.

vailpass · 05-23-2008, 03:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HemiEd

When I worked at a Vickers station, 64 to 68, I pumped gas at .17 a gallon (the lowest it ever made it, there were "gas wars" on price). We also checked the tires, vacuumed the car, washed the windows and checked under the hood. If the female driver had a short skirt, the windows would get washed more than once

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Full Service. *sigh*

**CrazyPhuD** · 05-23-2008, 03:13 PM

I know it's hard to agree at this time when the cost of fuel makes finances so much tighter, but I think this will ultimately be a good thing, much like the 70s embargo forced a dynamic shift in the US auto industry, we need this to force change. I know it would be unpopular, but if people truly believe oil/gas prices are going higher, then we really need to add a $1-$3 gas tax to fund public transport that works and or alternative technologies. Yes it would hurt in the short term but is the right long term plan(which is why the politicians will never do it).

**HemiEd** · 05-23-2008, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by vailpass

Full Service. *sigh*

Yep, it was before the "Convenience Store" or "Self Serve."

**Donger** · 05-23-2008, 03:17 PM

Excellent.

05-23-2008, 03:01 PM
vailpass Psycho Bag Of Squanch Join Date: Sep 2001 Casino cash: $9594244	$105.58 Filled my gas tank today and went over the hundred dollar mark for the first time. $105.58. The crazy thing is the price will continue to rise. Anyone else here old enough to remember when the gallon counter on the pump spun around faster than the dollar counter?
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CrazyPhuD Meow Join Date: Jun 2005 Casino cash: $10005050	I know it's hard to agree at this time when the cost of fuel makes finances so much tighter, but I think this will ultimately be a good thing, much like the 70s embargo forced a dynamic shift in the US auto industry, we need this to force change. I know it would be unpopular, but if people truly believe oil/gas prices are going higher, then we really need to add a $1-$3 gas tax to fund public transport that works and or alternative technologies. Yes it would hurt in the short term but is the right long term plan(which is why the politicians will never do it). __________________ "Political correctness is a doctrine, fostered by a delusional, illogical minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a t*rd by the clean end"
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