Holy Crap! I never expected to be on the close side of $100 to fill up a car!
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May 19, 2011 8:44 a.m. docwyte Reader
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May 19, 2011 9:04 a.m. John Brown SuperDork
Welcome to the masses Congressman.
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May 19, 2011 9:08 a.m. Maroon92 SuperDork
I filled up the bike today. It was $5.30!
Prices are getting rediculous.
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May 19, 2011 9:52 a.m. DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
Jeep fill-up: $65.00.
I am now the master of hyper-miling! Intersections with red lights - engine off, short shifting, coasting down hills, anything i can do to get atleast 20 mpgs...
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May 19, 2011 9:59 a.m. pigeon Dork
Recent fill on the 750 was $92.xx
Thankfully the price of gas here seems to be coming slightly down, last fill from 1/3 tank yesterday was $75ish. Of course a 23 gallon tank of premium fuel it adds up fast, and a 19.5 avg MPG it drains fast too.
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May 19, 2011 10:19 a.m. donalson SuperDork
the last time gas was at $4 was the first fill up after I'd gotten the astro... the pump cut me off at $100 and I still wasn't full...
on a side note... I wonder when these will come back... it's just a vac gauge... I was playing around with the volvo the other day trying to keep it above 10hg lol
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May 19, 2011 10:21 a.m. Rustspecs13 Reader
I filled up my 300zx the other day when it was $4.32 for premuim, it was $78. Zomg i need a cogart to drive on the street this is crazy!
~Alex
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May 19, 2011 10:27 a.m. Strizzo SuperDork
filled up yesterday north of town so i wasn't able to pick and choose for price. gas was 3.79, 19.5 gallons and nearly 75 bucks. 4 months ago gas was 2.99 and a fill up cost 20 bucks less. i've pulled the roof rack off the xterra, hoping to find out if that is what has been causing my crap mileage (15-17.5mpg highway, truck is rated 20mpg highway. closest i've come to that is an entire tank on the highway with cruise on 68mph with a 35mph tailwind, i got 19.5 that tank)
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May 19, 2011 10:53 a.m. gamby SuperDork
donalson wrote:
on a side note... I wonder when these will come back... it's just a vac gauge... I was playing around with the volvo the other day trying to keep it above 10hg lol
My wife's Fit has one--albeit a digital version.
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May 19, 2011 11:26 a.m. z31maniac SuperDork
Rustspecs13 wrote:
I filled up my 300zx the other day when it was $4.32 for premuim, it was $78. Zomg i need a cogart to drive on the street this is crazy!
~Alex
I always loved the 20+ gallon tank in my z31.
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May 19, 2011 11:26 a.m. oldeskewltoy Reader
glad my toy is 4 cylinders and gets 35mpg on the highway..... I filled up on premium and it was under $35 (8 gallons @ 4.19)
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May 19, 2011 11:38 a.m. Nashco SuperDork
It's a great time to have a Honda Insight beater....55+ mpg and still room to haul parts in the hatch! I think it's the best beater money I've ever spent.
Bryce
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May 20, 2011 12:12 p.m. Hal Dork
donalson wrote: on a side note... I wonder when these will come back... it's just a vac gauge... I was playing around with the volvo the other day trying to keep it above 10hg lol
Funny, just this morning a friend asked me what a vacuum gauge was and what it was used for. He had seen one on some "older fellows" car and was curious about them. Since I am one of those "older fellows" he thought I might know what they were used for.
I told him how you would use it and that I had one on my car. Just that mine is labeled "Boost Gauge"
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May 20, 2011 1:14 p.m. rebelgtp SuperDork
I filled up the Taurus yesterday when I still had close to a quarter tank left and it still cost me $60 to fill it.
I have seen multiple people riding around town on horses in the last week.
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May 20, 2011 1:23 p.m. dean1484 SuperDork
My truck as a 30 gal tank. Filling the tank requires a 2nd mortgage.
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May 20, 2011 5:41 p.m. SupraWes Dork
This thread sort of makes me feel better about the $62 i put in the BMW today................ No, no it doesn't !@$@%$^!!!!!!
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May 20, 2011 6:09 p.m. novaderrik HalfDork
donalson wrote:
the last time gas was at $4 was the first fill up after I'd gotten the astro... the pump cut me off at $100 and I still wasn't full...
on a side note... I wonder when these will come back... it's just a vac gauge... I was playing around with the volvo the other day trying to keep it above 10hg lol
why buy a simple vacuum gauge when you can buy an expensive thing that plugs into your OBD2 port and tells you the same thing?
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May 20, 2011 6:58 p.m. DrBoost SuperDork
Sorry guys, I gotsta chime in. I filled up 28 days ago, and I still have 1/2 a tank.....and I've driven about 1400 miles.
