Mike

wtf?

dragon072891

= Mercedes Benz

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143hill

One benefit of whorishly high gas prices is that traffic isn't nearly as bad! The 405 is usually standstill from the 10 in Santa Monica to The Valley, but it was nearly empty the other day at 6 pm

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dragon072891

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maybe for yall, its still as packed as ever here, because you cant go anywhere without a vehicle, its all too spaced out

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life is what you make it, it dose'nt come pre packaged,, so i say do a good job because your the only one that cant escape it

143hill

everything is ridiculously spread out here too :[ not to mention the hills in my neighborhood, ugh the make walking anywhere extremely slow and unpleasant. then again, with the amount of lights i hit going anywhere, i'd probably get there faster walking

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dragon072891

its all really flat here, but you cant even go to walmart without hitting interstates,, its ugh, bad

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life is what you make it, it dose'nt come pre packaged,, so i say do a good job because your the only one that cant escape it

143hill

i'm in one of the few areas of LA where freeways aren't the main mode of transportation, the only problem is that the City decided it'd be a good idea to make the roads 8 lanes wide. so people get in the freeway mentality speed like no tomorrow. woo foor going 70 in a 45 zone!

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dragon072891

wow, your freeways are only 45??

our lowest freeway speed is 75,, and i always do 100

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life is what you make it, it dose'nt come pre packaged,, so i say do a good job because your the only one that cant escape it

143hill

hah no i worded that badly, i mean the city streets are 45 sometimes. the unposted limit on the freeway is 65, but i can't remember the last time i saw someone go the speed limit [when there's not disgusting amounts of traffic]

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dragon072891

yea, you just have to go with the flow

and the flow here does upwards of 90, ive been doing 95 and gotten passed by cops,,, and they just waved as they went by (not making that up)

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life is what you make it, it dose'nt come pre packaged,, so i say do a good job because your the only one that cant escape it

Mike

Unless you're in a speed trap around here (and all the locals know EXACTLY where the little hills are that the cops hide behind) .. you won't get pulled over until you're doing 85 or higher. I've had cops fly by me doing 85. There are a lot of backroads around here that aren't patrolled at all .. and people do 90 or 100 on them like it's nothing special.

Highest speed limit in town is 45 .. posted speed limit on the freeways is 65.

Ant.

Its virtually impossible for me to go completely without a car so I'm afraid I'll pay whatever the price may be. Rather than not buying it I'll just have to drive less and conserve as much as possible until alternatives become more available. I'm currently saving for a car that gets better gas mileage.

Mike

Filled up for $4.59 today There went $80.

deni_kaos

fuck driving, i've been hoofing it all around town lately...

i would seriously rather bake in the heat than play those ridiculous prices.

i'm getting a hybrid ASAP though... getting to work needs to be a little easier.

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143hill

I was surprised by the chart in this article. To think some people almost pay $10 a gallon for gas! At that point, I'd say screw the annoying hills, I'll walk and take the Metro.

Gasoline prices hit harder outside the U.S. - Los Angeles Times

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