Gas Prices!!!!! - Page 3

rileycoyote · 06-05-2008, 09:39 PM

$80 a week?? OMG that is ridiculous. not much you can do about it though, what is the bus system like in California?

Mike · 06-05-2008, 09:42 PM

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Originally Posted by rileycoyote

$80 a week?? OMG that is ridiculous. not much you can do about it though, what is the bus system like in California?

Locally it isn't bad .. but it isn't an option for me to ride the bus to work. The area is too spread out for buses to be effective.

$80/wk isn't much when you make over $600/wk and live at home with almost no expenses.

143hill · 06-06-2008, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

Locally it isn't bad .. but it isn't an option for me to ride the bus to work. The area is too spread out for buses to be effective.

I'll agree with you on that. Metro is a really well managed system and reliable but to think getting around solely on bus is ridiculous. Thankfully the Eastside Extension, Expo Line, Purple Line extension, and Regional Connector are being built. There might be a "car-free Los Angeles" in the future... *crosses fingers*

Mike · 06-10-2008, 09:23 PM

So yeah .. just filled up today. Sitting on my desk was a receipt from a couple weeks ago to compare. Enjoy my suffering:

rileycoyote · 06-10-2008, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

So yeah .. just filled up today. Sitting on my desk was a receipt from a couple weeks ago to compare. Enjoy my suffering:

damn, what do you drive, a hummer???

Mike · 06-10-2008, 10:11 PM

A hummer would take a lot more than 15 gallons.

I drive an 06 Chevy Colorado.

143hill · 06-10-2008, 10:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Mike

So yeah .. just filled up today. Sitting on my desk was a receipt from a couple weeks ago to compare. Enjoy my suffering:

Atascadero, eh? I think my football team played a school from there last season. Small world.

aafreund90 · 06-13-2008, 12:18 AM

Well their is good news though.....I just saved money on car insurance by switching to GEICO, but now the money is going towards gas. lol. JK.

Well their good news though I invested about $2500 in oil companies over a year ago and now I have almost tripled my money, but all of the money would go towards gas for the next year.

Mike · 06-13-2008, 01:42 AM

And just for the hell of it ..

The receipt that I posted a few days ago .. regular gas at that station is now $4.69/gal. In 2 days it went up 20 cents .. lovely.

143hill · 06-13-2008, 02:25 AM

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Originally Posted by Mike

And just for the hell of it ..

The receipt that I posted a few days ago .. regular gas at that station is now $4.69/gal. In 2 days it went up 20 cents .. lovely.

It's getting ridiculous! It went up 9 cents overnight and then 4 cents that afternoon! Like, are they serious?

iop92 · 06-24-2008, 01:20 PM

lol, you guys are spoiled. Fuel costs here about 5.7$/gal, and no one really complains.

jspoons1293 · 06-24-2008, 01:31 PM

Yeah, but everything in America is so spread out, and driving is a way of life. A rise in gas prices strikes deeper here than it does elsewhere.

iop92 · 06-24-2008, 01:33 PM

True, but cars here cost twice as much compared to the US (taxes). So it's not really even.

Most people lease their cars from work and got free fuel, but now a lot of companies put limits on that. Fortunately, we do get free fuel.

jspoons1293 · 06-24-2008, 01:35 PM

But America also has an obsession with looks over utility, so the majority of people here will forgo the cheaper, more efficient compact car for a giant, expensive, gas-guzzling Hummer.

It's retarded the way people here use giant SUVs and trucks when they have absolutely no need for such a big car.

iop92 · 06-24-2008, 01:46 PM

It's true for most people. We also have a lot of gas-guzzlers and SUVs (granted, they're not as big as their US counterparts, but still). It's amazing that now, with the current gas prices at peak rates, SUVs are getting more and more popular. But in that sense, the gas prices are actually helping the world, because the switch to modern engines and smaller cars reduces pollution.

View Poll Results: How much are you willing to spend on gas at the most?
$4.45	10	47.62%
$4.60	1	4.76%
$4.85	1	4.76%
$5.10	2	9.52%
$5.35	2	9.52%
$5.60	0	0%
$5.85	0	0%
$6.00	0	0%
$6.45	0	0%
Higher then any of the other options	5	23.81%
Voters: 21. You may not vote on this poll

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06-24-2008, 01:31 PM	#42 (permalink)
jspoons1293 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Shaker Hts, OH Age: 18 Gender: Posts: 419	Yeah, but everything in America is so spread out, and driving is a way of life. A rise in gas prices strikes deeper here than it does elsewhere. __________________ "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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jspoons1293 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Shaker Hts, OH Age: 18 Gender: Posts: 419	But America also has an obsession with looks over utility, so the majority of people here will forgo the cheaper, more efficient compact car for a giant, expensive, gas-guzzling Hummer. It's retarded the way people here use giant SUVs and trucks when they have absolutely no need for such a big car. __________________ "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." --Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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06-05-2008, 09:39 PM	#31 (permalink)
rileycoyote Official GTF Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Baltimore, MD Age: 16 Gender: Posts: 632	$80 a week?? OMG that is ridiculous. not much you can do about it though, what is the bus system like in California?

06-10-2008, 09:23 PM	#34 (permalink)
Mike Official GTF Member Tetris Champion! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Age: 22 Gender: Posts: 391	So yeah .. just filled up today. Sitting on my desk was a receipt from a couple weeks ago to compare. Enjoy my suffering:

06-10-2008, 10:11 PM	#36 (permalink)
Mike Official GTF Member Tetris Champion! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Age: 22 Gender: Posts: 391	A hummer would take a lot more than 15 gallons. I drive an 06 Chevy Colorado.

06-13-2008, 01:42 AM	#39 (permalink)
Mike Official GTF Member Tetris Champion! Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: California Age: 22 Gender: Posts: 391	And just for the hell of it .. The receipt that I posted a few days ago .. regular gas at that station is now $4.69/gal. In 2 days it went up 20 cents .. lovely.

06-24-2008, 01:20 PM	#41 (permalink)
iop92 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Israel Age: 16 Posts: 132	lol, you guys are spoiled. Fuel costs here about 5.7$/gal, and no one really complains.

06-24-2008, 01:33 PM	#43 (permalink)
iop92 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Israel Age: 16 Posts: 132	True, but cars here cost twice as much compared to the US (taxes). So it's not really even. Most people lease their cars from work and got free fuel, but now a lot of companies put limits on that. Fortunately, we do get free fuel.

06-24-2008, 01:46 PM	#45 (permalink)
iop92 Official GTF Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Israel Age: 16 Posts: 132	It's true for most people. We also have a lot of gas-guzzlers and SUVs (granted, they're not as big as their US counterparts, but still). It's amazing that now, with the current gas prices at peak rates, SUVs are getting more and more popular. But in that sense, the gas prices are actually helping the world, because the switch to modern engines and smaller cars reduces pollution.