In oz, we have had the first job losses due to high fuel costs, 1400 jobs gone at Holden as sales of family cars have almost stopped, and well as the SUV division, food prices and everything else is starting to go up to a point where they are having a noticeable impact on the economy, consumer spending is down 20% in the last quarter, a record drop, and ont he other side, fuel theft has risen by the same amount, with ram raids now being a daily occurance as stolen trucks are driven into petrol pumps at night, and thieves steeling fuel by pumping it from the remains of the destroyed pump left in the ground into drums on the backs of the trucks...... quite interesting really.... i am waiting for one of these theiving fucks to light up cig just as he is steeling the fuel....

so what else is happeneing in your part of the world because of fuel prices?

$50 to fill up my tank with 87....mmmmmmm

I went to Ohio for vacation, and gas was nearly $2.60 for regular. So when I came back to S. Carolina, and prices were around $2.40, I didn't feel a huge difference.

And it costs me $35 to fill my tank.

i hate it.im paying a $112.9 a liter!!!! it sucks so bad.

on a side note zero i love your sig. its really clever.

it isn't.

I guess my home town was on the national news last week or something about how we have the cheapest fuel prices in the nation right now.

A lot of the pickups that are driven in these parts are company rigs, so fuel is paid for by the corporation instead of by the individual.

People come onto my car lot bitching about gas prices and saying they need a small car. But then they end up buying a durango that gets 10mpg because the're stupid white trash and and think it's cool.

All of a sudden they don't care about gas prices because they have a white trash fantasy. about goin muddin, and hunting, and towing the bass boat they'll never have, and towing the orange county chopper that they're gonna buy as soon as they hit the lotto home from new york. End rant.

People just like to bitch around here. They don't like the price of gas but they continue to buy big stupid trucks they don't need or use and complain.

fuel theft has risen by the same amount, with ram raids now being a daily occurance as stolen trucks are driven into petrol pumps at night, and thieves steeling fuel by pumping it from the remains of the destroyed pump left in the ground into drums on the backs of the trucks"And only those mobile enough to scavenge, brutal enough to pillage would survive..."

Wow, you guys are headed for Thunderdome a bit sooner than the rest of the world, apparently. :D

Mad Max is the man

i dont pay for my gas, suckas

The way I see it is that you have to have it. No one is going to stop buying gas so why bitch. I top off every morning heading into the office. Its right around $17 a day at the moment.

Im gathering supplies to build a BioDiesel refinery out of an old water heater and some other odds and ends in my backyard. I plan on running a diesel Jetta or an old Chevy Luv/Isuzu Pup on used fry oil. 0.60 cents a gallon sounds good.

Im gathering supplies to build a BioDiesel refinery out of an old water heater and some other odds and ends in my backyard. I plan on running a diesel Jetta or an old Chevy Luv/Isuzu Pup on used fry oil. 0.60 cents a gallon sounds good.



Hippie :hippie:











nah, j/k......thats the way to go. Mc Donald's can fuel the world.

Hippie :hippie:

nah, j/k......thats the way to go. Mc Donald's can fuel the world.

Yah Im gonna get some vinyl for my back window that reads, "Powered by the fat fucks of the US"

Yah Im gonna get some vinyl for my back window that reads, "Powered by the fat fucks of the US"


:roll: I guess the morbidly obese are good for something :rofl:

:roll: I guess the morbidly obese are good for something :rofl:

A few things. Tjgosurf's gf made me laugh out loud for a good 15 minutes.

In February I moved. I was communting 40 miles one way. Now it's a mile each way. I did it as much for the hour and a half of my life I get back each day as for the expense. I ride my bicycle to work when it's nice and combine trips when I go into town especially if I have to take my '72 Dodge van. My wife rolls an old Corolla, but my driver is a comparitively thirsty Talon TSi that only pulls down about 20 MPG. I'm thinking I should have a electric golf cart for commuting when the weather turns cold and rainy again.

A few things. Tjgosurf's gf made me laugh out loud for a good 15 minutes.
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Gas hasnt changed my life.

Only thing that has changed is the amount of bitching I hear everyday.

Thats all. I wish gas would go down so I wouldnt have to hear all this whining/pissing/moaning from cheap ass people.

If we consider how cheap gas really is, lets see. It is approx $2.50/gallon everywhere, and that will get us btwn 20-40 miles depending on what car we have.

We pay $3 for a tiny jar of grey poupon mustard, $7 for a gallon of pickles, etc..

We really dont PAY SHIT for gas if you think about it. As important is it is, we should be paying a TON more..

Mark
95SE

I was thinking about turning my beater fc into an electric vehicle. After doing some research, ive found out it would cost me about $4000 to buy all the parts if i do all the work myself.

Estimated savings in gas with the current gas prices (2.50/gal) would be about $1000 a year. So the car would pay for itself in 4 years. The batteries would last about 3 years, so add $1000 every 3 years. So over an 8 year span, the car would save me at least $1500 or so, provided the gas doesnt get any cheaper.

I think ill do it when current engine pops. That would be pretty cool, pulling up to a stop light, and your car is completely silent

I was thinking about turning my beater fc into an electric vehicle. After doing some research, ive found out it would cost me about $4000 to buy all the parts if i do all the work myself.

Estimated savings in gas with the current gas prices (2.50/gal) would be about $1000 a year. So the car would pay for itself in 4 years. The batteries would last about 3 years, so add $1000 every 3 years. So over an 8 year span, the car would save me at least $1500 or so, provided the gas doesnt get any cheaper.

I think ill do it when current engine pops. That would be pretty cool, pulling up to a stop light, and your car is completely silent

And slow! My daily driver is a 1993 f150 that ive had since 97 and i also have a 1973 mustang that makes over 400 hp(650hp race) i will be selling the car as soon as possible and trying to get a ford escape or something for my daily. my bill for my truck is around 80 dollars per fill up and it lasts for approx 2 weeks. IT SUCKS!!!