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OMG...I Just Filled My Tank & It Cost Me $85.01

g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
edited June 2008 in All Encompassing Trip
Pretty soon it will cost $100 to fill up for the week. I figured it might cost $70 I had to give up another $20. At least the attendant saved me a penny by giving $5 in change back.

This is getting out of hand.

Peace
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  • electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,460
    g under p wrote:
    Pretty soon it will cost $100 to fill up for the week. I figured it might cost $70 I had to give up another $20. At least the attendant saved me a penny by giving $5 in change back.

    This is getting out of hand.

    Peace



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  • WhizbangWhizbang Posts: 1,314
    g under p wrote:
    Pretty soon it will cost $100 to fill up for the week. I figured it might cost $70 I had to give up another $20. At least the attendant saved me a penny by giving $5 in change back.

    This is getting out of hand.

    Peace

    DUDE!!! that's just not right.
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  • iluvcatsiluvcats Posts: 5,153
    are you in the U.S.? how much is the gas per gallon?

    some places here it is $3.89 - $3.92, but not many, mostly $3.99
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    I saw $4.89 at a Chicago gas station a few days ago.. Thank god I can walk to work now.
  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    $4.48 today. This sucks
  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    and Diesel passed $5-per a couple days ago here in S.Fla.

    I'm sure its like at $5.50 in some parts.
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  • duggroduggro Posts: 1,343
    you guys are living the good life over there
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  • finnanniefinnannie Posts: 1,186
    I live in Finland and here the prices today are something like this:

    1 liter (0,26 gal ) = 1,59 euro= 2,42 USD
    3,785 liter ( 1 gallon) = 6,02 euros= 9,15 USD

    yep... 9 usd /gallon.... SICK.



    diesel is about 8,20 USD / gallon

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  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    duggro wrote:
    you guys are living the good life over there

    Yes I know we're living the good life but this hits suddenly it's a shocking wake up call.

    I live in the fricking USA, 6 months in Palm Beach FL, and 6 months in The Nation's Capital.

    I found the lowest in town and that was $3.92 reg, The subway is MORE expensive however riding the 32 miles roundtrip to work is looking more enticing.



    Peace
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    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    I don't think the outlook is to good. It'll all come crashing down though once prices get too high and the US crashes into a depression and then the world's economy goes in the tank (no pun intended).
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me.
  • g under pg under p Surfing The far side of THE Sombrero Galaxy Posts: 18,200
    I was going to the O's Red Sox game tonight but it's not worth driving up to Baltimore in the rain after dropping that much on gas. I rather stay home and hold to the gas I have cause who knows how much it'll be next week.

    Peace
    *We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti

    *MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
    .....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti

    *The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)


  • westsidepiewestsidepie Posts: 627
    It is time to nationalize the oil companies.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i drive a goddam toyota ECHO, they are supposed to be great for gas and its 50 bucks to fill up!!!! it does last 3 weeks to a month, but still!
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  • stylo17stylo17 Posts: 1,001
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i drive a goddam toyota ECHO, they are supposed to be great for gas and its 50 bucks to fill up!!!! it does last 3 weeks to a month, but still!

    well I'd say if it's lasting you that long then it IS great on gas. but the $50 is just cause it has an average-size tank in a small car, and when you combine that with the price of gas, $50 is normal. but hey, it lasts you a long time. $50 every 3 weeks/month is PRETTY DAMN GOOD by today's standards.
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  • halszka123halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    I've heard on tv that gas prices are goin down..a little
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  • Im still hereIm still here Posts: 826
    get ready for even worse

    they are projecting $7 a gallon by next Summer
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  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle West Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Our gas went up 25 cents in the last 2 days. I just filled up my car for $63 :(
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  • 3inputchick3inputchick Posts: 845
    You can all say thanks to Nancy Pelosi for that!
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  • Im still hereIm still here Posts: 826
    3inputchick wrote:
    You can all say thanks to Nancy Pelosi for that!

    hahahahahaha

    more like G.W. and all his Oil buddies
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  • 3inputchick3inputchick Posts: 845
    Im still here wrote:
    hahahahahaha

    more like G.W. and all his Oil buddies

    do some research buddy cause you are wrong.
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  • russmcrussmc Posts: 91
    I'm so glad I've gone green and use the subway and buses.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 30,436
    g under p wrote:
    I figured it might cost $70 I had to give up another $20. At least the attendant saved me a penny by giving $5 in change back.

    Yeah, the only way to get it to stop on an even dollar is to, maybe, stop about a dime short and give it that quick little pump. Even then, you'll probably shoot right past.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • electronblueelectronblue WPB Florida Posts: 3,460
    g under p wrote:
    Yes I know we're living the good life but this hits suddenly it's a shocking wake up call.

    I live in the fricking USA, 6 months in Palm Beach FL, and 6 months in The Nation's Capital.

    I found the lowest in town and that was $3.92 reg, The subway is MORE expensive however riding the 32 miles roundtrip to work is looking more enticing.



    Peace


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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,212
    yeah so what are you going to do about it complain here on a message board guess what the honchos who are in control don't post here and they really don't give a fuck how much the prices go up, you know why because we can't do with out the fuel we will pay and keep on paying the prices they put on the gas .........we americans are sheep we just follow along bahhhhh bahhhhhhhh bahhhh ...
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  • Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    why the fuck are we not in Alaska drilling for this shit? :mad:
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  • facepollutionfacepollution Posts: 6,834
    josevolution wrote:
    yeah so what are you going to do about it complain here on a message board guess what the honchos who are in control don't post here and they really don't give a fuck how much the prices go up, you know why because we can't do with out the fuel we will pay and keep on paying the prices they put on the gas .........we americans are sheep we just follow along bahhhhh bahhhhhhhh bahhhh ...

    Um, I'm pretty sure everyone the world over is kind of beholden to the fuel companies, it's just a sad fact of life. I try not to look at the meter when I'm filling my car up, it's too depressing - it's nearly £40 to fill it up, and I only drive a small car.
  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 30,212
    facepollution wrote:
    Um, I'm pretty sure everyone the world over is kind of beholden to the fuel companies, it's just a sad fact of life. I try not to look at the meter when I'm filling my car up, it's too depressing - it's nearly £40 to fill it up, and I only drive a small car.

    exactly you are like me we just follow along pay and keep on paying ,untill the people get together and really protest as a whole then only then will we get any results ,you know what it would take ? a shut down or a no drive day anything less will never be enough .... get use to this sound bahhhhhhhhh bahhhhhhh bahhhhhhh and just keep paying ....nothing against you personally just saying ....
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  • Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,170
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    why the fuck are we not in Alaska drilling for this shit? :mad:

    because it's been projected that drilling there, and destroying one of the country's few pristine, untouched, lands, would drop prices by $0.01 per gallon
  • Fighting HellfishFighting Hellfish Posts: 3,170
    3inputchick wrote:
    You can all say thanks to Nancy Pelosi for that!


    yeah, W, the failed oilman (how many people do you think have driven 3 oil businesses into the ground in Texas?) took over and gas was about $1.50 per gallon. With a majority in both houses, what did he do? Put the fox in charge of the henhouse is what he did, and now Exxon makes $40 billion in profit every 3 months, and the CEO retires with a $400 million retirement package.

    BTW, I just saw diesel for $5.75, and about 2 miles away, it's $4.99
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    why the fuck are we not in Alaska drilling for this shit? :mad:

    We need to also get off of our dependence on oil, along with what another user stated.
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