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Steve Kollas (aka reneg8d) [ View ] [ Email ] [ Car Ads ] [ Blogs ] Thoreau, New Mexico (505) 862-7201  ASE Master Auto Tech

Well, I couldn't believe it.. Not this early anyway. The 2 stations in the little burg I live in went from $3.459 to $3.529 and $3.629 in a day... This as of now has effectively killed any ideas of a trip to anywhere this summer, not to mention parts for the truck... I'm even considering giving the car back to the bank at this point.... Once upon a time not too long ago, that same $3.62 would have gotten 12 gallons of premium... Steve

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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/21/2008 06:21 PM try diesel at 4.20. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by 32Canuck  -  04/21/2008 06:33 PM Well we are not any better off here in Canada!! Victoria BC, west coast Vancouver Island, 70 miles north of Seattle WA. Currently we are paying $1.249 per litre for regular gas. This works out to $5.2458 per gal. To sum it all up IT SUCKS big time........ They say it could go as high as $1.50 per litre ($6.30 per Imperial Gal) by the summer. I still maintain that with all our present day technology why can't we build or develope an alternative fuel. 32Canuck [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Victoria BC, Canada Charter Member since December 2006   Posted by adamrmr  -  04/21/2008 07:39 PM in santa fe its 3.50 a galon for 91 AA Collision Repair [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] santa fe nm, New Mexico   Posted by BigR  -  04/21/2008 08:00 PM Down in Fl it is 3.49 per gal Still cruiding BigR [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Dade City, Florida   Posted by sach  -  04/21/2008 08:29 PM $3.49 in Vrginia right now, but Oil sold for $118.00 a barrel today, so expect it to rise real soon again. Sach sach [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Cana, Virginia   Posted by oilmanpat  -  04/21/2008 08:33 PM It's $3.52 here and risin. I've seen a lot of new yard ornaments that look just like the boats that were on the river here last year. oilmanpat [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Warsaw, Illinois   Posted by rvman  -  04/21/2008 11:38 PM just come over the radio 91 $1.89 ltr and it cost $1.50 for diesel and cost use $1.20 to buy $1.00 usa and you think that bad rvman [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] new zealand, Other   Posted by rvman  -  04/21/2008 11:38 PM and I'm in New Zealand rvman [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] new zealand, Other   Posted by 27ratrod  -  04/21/2008 09:19 PM It's 3.479 her and I assume it will be going up in a day or two. My attitude?. one less night on the road should cover the additional cost of gas. So what over night trips do I cut? I'll work it out, 'cause I am driving this summer. Papa John [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Warrens, Wisconsin   Posted by da34guy  -  04/21/2008 09:29 PM Diesel was 4.25 when I went on my jaunt to Nevada on saturday. Loaded up and leavin in the a.m. to do it again to deliver the coupe and pickup the roadster, then to bakersfield for the NSRA show, then back home. There goes a G$R$A$N$D in fuel. Hope I sell the roadster @ BAKO,so I'll have fuel $$$ for the rest of the year. Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001   Posted by gbfab  -  04/21/2008 09:54 PM In the O.C. in So. Calif. reg. 3.95, 91 oct. 4.25 , Diesel 4.50 and climbing. gbfab [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] moreno valley, California   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/21/2008 10:07 PM people can preach about how gas prices should have been this high long ago but fact is it is slowly killing everything in the country- except for the elite few that profit from it. 87octane- 3.55 diesel 4.29 here where we are- My powerstroke got 8.7 mpg pulling my enclosed trailer to the grand run in tenn. last weekend. It will be parked for awhile. DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by Bill33  -  04/21/2008 10:22 PM I'm in Victoria, B.C., and regular unleaded is $1.249 per litre or in rough numbers its $5,00 USD for a US gallon and thats with our dollar at par (more or less), so I hate to think what will happen if our dollar returns to its old levels. I haven't checked the price on 94 yet but its likely around $5.60 per US gallon. Bill33 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Victoria, Canada   Posted by 1carguy  -  04/21/2008 11:36 PM Pleasanton, CA - regular=$3.87, premium=$4.07, diesel=$4.44. If it gets much higher, it would pay to get a cheap hotel room in the town I work rather than commute 47 miles each way. 1carguy [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pleasanton, California   Posted by tlp1968  -  04/21/2008 11:40 PM I think there are things I can give up before I give up cruisin.....what is the point of living if you have to ride your bicycle!!!!! StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois   Posted by Tony57  -  04/22/2008 12:01 AM When Bush hit office the gas was 1.46 gal .......................lol go Bush Tony57 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Hillsboro, Missouri   Posted by 30 A pickup  -  04/22/2008 05:47 AM $3.31 in upstate South Carolina. 30 A pickup [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Cowpens, South Carolina   Posted by amrodder  -  04/22/2008 06:03 AM $3.48 here in ,Chester,Il,home of popeye,right next to the mighty mississip.Right across the river in Missouri is 10-12 cent cheaper. amrodder [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Chester, Illinois   Posted by scooting  -  04/22/2008 07:11 AM Just went from east coast to New Mexico, area around Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas was the lowest I saw. scooting [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Elkridge, Maryland   Posted by LowPat  -  04/22/2008 08:49 AM $1.559 per litre in Whyalla, South Australia today. On average about $1.45+ per litre countrywide for 91. 10c plus extra per litre for higher octane fuels. LowPat [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Broken Hill, Australia Charter Member since August 2000   Posted by fitzwell   -  04/22/2008 10:07 AM too damn much.... And Hammond is 540 one way. Looks like red beans & rice for a while fitzwell [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] benbrook, Texas   Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  04/22/2008 10:24 AM I just drove up to Long Island from Ft. Myers Florida on Sat and Sunday. Cost me $247.00 for gas. If I didn't need a car down in Florida I could have flown for $59 and my wife for $59. That's $118 for the both of us and we could have been home in 3 hours instead of 21 hours driving, not to mention the wear and tear on the car and the driving lessons my wife gives me from the passenger seat. Hey Sach, I got gas in Virginia $3.91.9 for 93. TYCHOOCHOO [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MT. SINAI, New York   Posted by Judge  -  04/22/2008 10:33 AM $3.52 for 88 in Billings, Mt and we have 3 refineries within 15 miles Judge [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Billings, Montana Charter Member since July 2003   Posted by fitzwell   -  04/22/2008 11:08 AM ya gotta love those right side lessons. which is why i have a good system in the 46. " Huh, what, sorry baby i didn't hear you" fitzwell [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] benbrook, Texas   Posted by 50pickup  -  04/22/2008 11:21 AM If you can hear the wife splainin you how to drive, yer pipes aint loud enuff! 87 is $3.39 to 3.59/gal. in these parts of Mich. When Granholm took over our state it was $1.59. And they want to keep increasing the already high gas tax! 50pickup [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] POTTERVILLE, Michigan   Posted by orphans2  -  04/22/2008 12:10 PM Read today in the financial section on MSN that crude could reach $180/barrel. If is around $112 now and gas is at $3.50/gal regular, I wonder where it will be at $180. I guess probably about $5.65/gal. Premium would probably be between $5.85 and $6.00/gal. At those costs I'll be paying $120/week just to get to my job. Retirement might be closer than I previously thought.;-) Might have to sell the Olds and by one of the new Smart ForTwo's. God, I hope not. ;-) orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001   Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  04/22/2008 12:55 PM I just put the oldies up louder, set the cruse control at 80 and the Hemi just hummed all the way home. TYCHOOCHOO [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MT. SINAI, New York   Posted by reneg8d  -  04/22/2008 02:59 PM If crude gets to $180/barrel, its time to start putting futures traders to rest.... permanently... ASE Master Auto Tech [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Thoreau, New Mexico Charter Member since July 2005   Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  04/22/2008 04:18 PM well i can tell you one thing.we've bought our last big 3 built car. i believe ford/gm/and chrysler are on their way out. they've had 30 years to build a better car and they have failed miserably . the new trucks are a joke. most of the cars are butt ugly and get piss poor millage . my bride had to have a 300 but at least it gets 25 mpg. myself i got rid of mine. dont care to own another failure. i'll build my own. fuel cost is how they intend to clean the air up. it will put the junk in the salvage yard where it belongs and stop driving around because your bored. i make 1 trip to town a week if even then. people driving 50 miles to work is not going to cut it anymore. these are changing times and i do not believe there is any way to stop it. dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003   Posted by lenbeal  -  04/22/2008 05:38 PM Here in Harrogate, Tn it 3.37 Regular. Kroger in Middlesboro, Ky 2 miles away, it 3.37, if you have the Kroger plus card, its 10 cents off a gallon, Filled up my Dodge diesel today, paid 3.99. Next week is the NSRA in Knoxville, Thank God its close. Only 70 miles away. We drive back an forth each day... flyingb [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] harrogate, Tennessee   Posted by insomniacshotrods  -  04/22/2008 07:46 PM 3.29 a gallon for 87 octane, so far in Carthage Missouri . It goes up 10-15 or more cents over night but slowly trickles down a couple pennies over the next month only to shoot up higher the next day...We are getting royally screwed over by someone..And im getting tired of it. Im looking into some 50 cc and 70 cc motorized bike kits i seen on ebay. Hell they get 200 miles to the tank and go 35 mph. No big cams for me anymore, HATE IT. insomniacshotrods [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Carthage, Missouri   Posted by brian41chevy  -  04/22/2008 08:05 PM $3.80 for 87 here. Wait till you start seeing what everything else is costing because of this. Feel bad for the over the road guys. There is a fine line between hobby and mental illness [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] New Lenox, Illinois Charter Member since November 2004   Posted by whipsold39  -  04/22/2008 10:19 PM $3.49 FOR 87OCT. HERE IN SILVIS IL. I HAVE HEARD IT WILL BE #4.00 BY THE 4TH OF JULY. GOING TO A SWAP MEET SAT. IN JEFFERSON WISCONSIN BUT 4 OF US WILL BE SPLITING THE GAS PRICE. whipsold39 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] 400 9th ave silvis 61282, Illinois Charter Member since January 2006   Posted by tlp1968  -  04/22/2008 10:26 PM Remember Brian we are in Illinois....land of the high taxes on fuel. I agree with Shine, and am very disappointed with the big 3. What the heck is the problem with building a car that isn't a death trap that gets better than 25 mpg on the highway??? My van gets 25 mpg on the highway, a HHR gets 30 but I cannot haul the entire family in it. StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois   Posted by okey4001  -  04/22/2008 10:43 PM It's 3.29 here in okla, but could be higher by morning. The problem is the value of the dollar is going down and oil is bought and sold for dollars all over the world, so the lower the dollar goes the more we will have to pay for gas............. Bob [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Copan, Oklahoma Charter Member since April 2007   Posted by TxLumpy  -  04/23/2008 12:35 AM I think we have already lived the good times. The 60's and 70's. It's just going to get worse. Hey Fitzwell, I'm leaving Thurs. morning at 8:00 AM from Conroe....headed to Hammond...I figure it's 350 mi. for me one way. I'm going by myself...my old woman likes to piss and moan about the way I drive, so I'll just leave her at home...let her sit there and watch the grass grow. Carl M. Johnson [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Conroe, Texas   Posted by RedricoAdelphianet  -  04/23/2008 08:05 AM sick and tired of helping to pay for those 50,000 square foot sand castles, recently bought a sonata for the wife, liked it so much im going to by one for my self. best bang for the buck , lamda engine v6 235hp 32 mpg on hiway. tired of trying to support this economy it dont care about me and i dont care about it. rant over. regards rich RedricoAdelphianet [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia   Posted by hotrod37  -  04/23/2008 12:01 PM Went from $3.35 to $3.65 yesterday. Heard it is going to $3.75. Besides the gas to drive to work, it is going to be the price of everything else that is going to hurt. I won't be able to retire at this rate. Won't be able to bury me if I die. Wife may have to prop me next to the car like one of those little dolls! (Actually, she would more likely have being run over by the car!) hotrod37 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Morgantown, Indiana   Posted by tlp1968  -  04/23/2008 12:24 PM come on guys....no more doom and gloom. I say we are healthy enough to drive and enjoy the ride lets give up the dumb stuff and buy more gasoline. I have more fun on a day out in my car than I do playing a round of golf, or going out to dinner at a nice restaurant so I am sticking to a budget where I eat ham sandwiches for lunch and save that $25.00 I would have spent at Subway buying gas for Friday night!!!! StreetRodding.com Marketing Director [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Springfield,, Illinois   Posted by blksheep  -  04/23/2008 12:28 PM I personnaly, am tired of being held hostage. The United States Air Force B-52 Stratofortress has a fuel capacity of 47,975 U.S. gallons and employs a crew of eight. A small investment now can yield substansial benefits for the future. blksheep...Ike for Pres., The Duke for V. P. and Gen. Patton for Secretary of Defense...in Charlotte blksheep [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Charlotte, North Carolina   Posted by orphans2  -  04/23/2008 01:34 PM Shine, it's not just the American big 3! While cars like the Honda's and Toyota's do better on fuel than many of ours, they have also been lagging behind on mpg improvements. Sure they have a lot of hybrids but you got to pay a big premium for a hybrid and the mpg really isn't significantly better. In 1986 I had a Honda CRX HF as a daily driver and travel car that got 44 mpg around town and 56 on the hiway (1.5L, 4cyl, 5 spd). Only one or two cars can match that today (a Honda and a Toyota). That was 22 years ago, so what have the car companies (US and foreign been doing in the years since??? They sure as hell haven't been working to improve mpg in their cars. I would have thought with all of the high tech engineering we would be driving cars and trucks that would get us at least 50 mpg to 80 mpg, or quite a few electric cars. But no, mileage wise we are no further along today than many of the vehicles were in 1986. Really does give the appearance that the oil companies and the automotive industries are in bed with each other. orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001   Posted by DaveHughes  -  04/23/2008 01:43 PM but you forgot blksheep for speaker of the house - I can see it now- blksheep...giving them hell...in Washington DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio   Posted by eriq  -  04/23/2008 02:02 PM Why don't you guys lead the way by figuring out how to build Rods that kick ass and get better mileage? I refuse to believe the likes of the shine-inator, Leon et al couldn't come up with a drool-worthy street rod that can cruise past a gas station without a sweat! From a profit standpoint, if you could build such a device, this thread alone can attest to the size of the market for this solution! StreetRodding.com Webmaster [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Palm Harbor, Florida   Posted by RedricoAdelphianet  -  04/23/2008 03:52 PM i have a tune-port with a 700r4 getting around 22mpg using reg gas in my zephyr, im not doing to bad at all, have friends with monster motors on the street that are taking a hell of a beating with gas prices.and to add insult to injury they passed new law here in pa if you get stopped and dont have your license or owners card or proof of insurance its an additional 513.00 on top of the infraction.pa asshole polititions are real hungry for revenue so if passing thru make sure you have all tour info. RedricoAdelphianet [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia   Posted by TxLumpy  -  04/23/2008 08:44 PM Here in Conroe, you get stopped with no D.L and no insurance.........they tow your car. I think this is wonderful. There's 9 million illegal mexicans near here.....none of them know how to drive and none of them have a D.L or insurance. The picture is of 2005 news years eve...hit head on by a drunk mexican Carl M. Johnson [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Conroe, Texas