Whatever you do, don't try to steal fuel
 

Those of you who are eating at the computer may want to pass this one by.















<slight hijak>

No matter how tempting it may be to swipe gas w/ the prices sky-high, don't try it.

Ask the guy in this story.....

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120538,00.html

This Doesn't Taste Like Diesel Fuel

Friday, May 21, 2004

A Scottish thief tried to siphon off someone else's diesel fuel — but ended up getting a mouthful of raw sewage instead.

</slight hijak>

So do you all think this is the new standard cost for gas, or do you anticipate it going back down at some point?

The "experts" are predicting that it will get up to $3/gallon during the summer. They don't really say if it's going to stay there or not.

Re: Whatever you do, don't try to steal fuel
 

Nothing but an urban legend
http://www.snopes.com/autos/theft/siphon.asp

i say it's going to hit $3.00 . it could prolly go up higher. so many people use gasoline for cars, motorcycles, boats, planes. the prices are going to go up, people are going to bitch and moan, and those same people are still going to be driving around and getting gas because there's really no way around it. people say public transportation, but it takes forever, they're not safe, some cities/towns don't have a lot of routes/stops, and because of the gas prices, they're going to be uping the fee because THEY have to get gas also. so, tomorrow i'm jumping in my suv, driving to chevron and spending $40 on techron supreme gas (i'm not going to ruin the car with cheap gas and have to spend more money on fixing it)

We'll find out something for sure when OPEC meets later this week. If they boost production, our costs should go down.

Dee

Prices dropped about 10 cents overnight here. I paid $1.77/gal.

Somehow, I'm conditioned to think that's cheap. Which is really kind of sick.

Only $0.55 till Oahu hits the $3 mark. I won't be surprised. :rolleyes:

Prices dropped here too--- gas is $1.89 a gallon. A week ago Saturday I paid 2.06/gallon, on Thursday I paid $1.93, and hopefully it will still be "cheap" tomorrow.

Yes, as I already stated I drive a gas hog SUV that gets 13mpg--- I drive 40+ miles roundtrip to work each day--plus whatever errands I run--- last Saturday I put $56 of gas in-Thursday I put $52 in, and I have about 50miles to empty. It is unreal!!!

I haven't purchased gas since the 25th of April...The usual 20 or so dollars that fills my tank only did about 2/3rds of it. If it would stop raining I wouldn't drive at all other than to the grocery store once a week, or to the library if I have a lot of books or other errands.

I really enjoy living in a small town and being able to walk to work and class. Saves me money on gas and a parking permit. I decided not to go visit this weekend, as I wanted to save my money for a 4th of July trip for my grandfather's birthday. If I lived at home I'd be taking public transportation or carpooling. Even if gas was free, there is still no where to park and too much traffic in San Francisco.

Shell Stations in many S E states closed for selling the two lowest grades of gasoline!

Dah they had to much sulfur additive in the gas! Wont hurt the car, polute more but also jack up the fuel gauge!:o

Gas is starting to edge down in K C Metro area even though it is Holiday weekend.

Saudia Arabia is under attack by terriosts for beeing helpful to the evil empire, USA.

Gas Plants all of a sudden are just now keeping up over production when a week ago they couldnt!

Thank god I just drive @ 6 miles a day in My Honda, five speed. No shift shift stick up my ass or overly big guzzeler, I deal with it!

Drive away in the Big SUVs, have fun, drive and be comfortable. Dont worry about the ride of a Honda, Saturn or Toyota:D God drives better than a big car, cheaper to drive!:cool:

Filled up this morning (Memorial Day) and the price was actually down to $1.93/gallon after being $2.00 plus last week.

the highest i've seen it here is $2.04.....it might've been a few cents higher in lexington, though.

anyone else remember when gas was .98 a gallon?

and i was excited when i got to bowling green and it was $1.80 :eek:

Quote:

[i]anyone else remember when gas was .98 a gallon?

I've said this somewhere before. The first time I filled up my first car (58 Austin Healey Sprite), gas was 21 cents per gallon for "High Test" -- like today's premium.

There was no self service then, so I told the guy to put in $2.00 worth, and it wouldn't fit. Seems the car only had a 8 gallon tank.

The cost of petrol is going up .40 here in South AFrica. Too bad there is no alternative way to go to work. Public transportation is not an option for me. I have begun to bike to work, but then the moved the office and now I have to drive to work.

Here in the Oklahoma City metro, gas prices have fallen quite a bit over the last 2 weeks. There's gas in the area for as little as $1.66 right now.

Well, check one of those cheapgasprices websites that covers your town. Here in OKC, some gas merchants are still trying to charge $1.95 per gallon. Strangely, the high prices all come from the same chain -- Texaco/Shell.

My old SUV got around 10mpg. That'd be a $45 fill-up pretty much weekly if not more.
Luckily I now drive a Camry. My insurance also dropped by over $1000 a year when I made the switch.

signed,
former SUV lover

WHOOHOO! the gas station i usually go to went down 2 cents :rolleyes:

Wow. So much that is so wrong with that post.

First, this depends where you live. In NYC, mass transit is very safe, and its easier to get around by subway than to use a car.

Second, get used to high gas prices. With so many populous nations industrializing, like China, demand is increasing faster than ever before.

Third, high gas prices do not mean higher mass transit costs. As gas prices go up, mass transit use goes up, and the operation of that becomes more efficient. Much more revenue may (or may not) offset the cost of operating buses.

Finally, if you live in the suburbs, the party is over. Your lifestyle has been subsidized for a half century, and the inefficiency of the way that you live is about to bite you in the ass.

So what if gas is $2 a gallon? Milk is $4 a gallon. ;) This bothers me infinitely more, as I loooove milk and other dairy. :(

"Finally, if you live in the suburbs, the party is over. Your lifestyle has been subsidized for a half century, and the inefficiency of the way that you live is about to bite you in the ass."

One of the better posts I've seen. Small town living is even more efficient than suburban living.

Well, the milk has to be transported somehow. Higher gas prices----> higher milk (and everything else) prices.

Yes, yes, everyone who doesnt live in NYC is a huge idiot, we've established this... :rolleyes:

Gas has dropped by 20 cents where I live. I filled up at 1.75 a gallon.

Thank you for showing us how you know nothing about simple Economics.

-Rudey

OKC = still cheaper. Saw it for $1.64 yesterday (if I used one of those Wal-Mart prepaid cards).

I actually saw prices here go down. It was $2.17 at el cheapo gas on the corner. But I filled up in the bay area over the weekend at $2.21.

Re: public transportation...

It depends on where you live. In the bay, EVERYONE uses BART. Prices are going up but it beats paying bridge toll every day ($2-3 to cross on average) and communiting into the city. And there is a BART station everywhere or at least super close to every where else. If I lived in the bay again, I would definitely be taking BART in.

However in Sacto, I don't live anywhere near a Light rail station. Granted I could walk from the R St stop to my V St job every morning, but I would have to drive a few miles to get to the station to take me there. And the bus systems around here aren't that reliable... unless of course, maybe I just don't pay much attention to the schedule. But I do know that the Sacramento State shuttle that bused kids from the college to certain places was the most unreliable form of PT. They were usually late, hense making you really late for classes, or they were early and you missed the bus, making you wait for the next. Hell, it was technically free, but that's not really an excuse.

You know it's bad when you get to the gas station and see the price per gallon is $1.87 and you say to yourself, "Wow! That's really cheap!" :(

And prices are back to being ridiculously high again.....

It's $1.98 at the gas station right by my work.

My boyfriend was saying that it's $1.89 by him (he lives just outside of Atlanta).

I'm glad that the 50 cent gas tax raise that Kerry supported never went through.

2 freaking dollars :eek:. last few weeks was only like 1.75.

After seeing how much petrol (gasoline) costs per liter (3.79 liters to 1 gallon) in Europe, I think we should be very happy knowing that we are still ahead of the game by a long shot. You may joke about the funny looking cars over there, but they get raped at the pumps much worse than here.

Still, it was cool when gas was like .89 cents a gallon a few years back. Just another one of those "when I was your age" stories I get to tell down the road...

It's up to $2.05 here which is the most I've ever seen it. If it's that much in Orlando, I can't imagine what my family in South Florida is paying.

I still long for January/February of 1999 when it was 85 cents a gallon.

Gas was $2.04 over the weekend, for the cheap stuff. I filled up, 27 gallons of gas and $55 less in the bank!!!!

Hell, I'm telling that now to my cousin's kids. Oh you turned 16 and got your license! When I was your age gas was 90 cents a gallon! Amazing what a 6yr age difference can do for stories in a family.

are prices still going to go up?

i haven't really had the need to fill up until today, and i was seriously shocked.

:(

OK, now let's go WAY back.

My very first car (high school) was a little four cylinder Austin Healey Sprite.

You had to use "high test," or what we would call premium today because of its high compression engine.

It had an 8 gallon tank, but I didn't know that.

The first time I went into the gas station to fill up, I told the "attendent" who pumped the gas in those days -- no self serve -- that I wanted "$2.00 worth of high test."

It wouldn't fit.

At 21 cents per gallon, the most I could have paid to fill up was $1.68.

They had cars back then? :)

-Rudey