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04-26-2008, 07:05 PM
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What the Hell!!!
I last filled up my car 2 weeks ago. I was hitting the middle so I thought I might as well fill it up.
It used to cost around $30-$32 to fill it up from BELOW THE 1/4 TANK LEVEL.
I was HALFWAY DOWN and it cost me $30.
Soooo either my gas-o-meter on my dashboard is really screwed up and I was actually a lot lower than it was showing.. or gas prices have soared !! 
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04-26-2008, 08:00 PM
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I've had the same car since I graduated high school - I used to be able to fill it completely up for under $15. Last night it was almost $40. Sigh.
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04-26-2008, 08:06 PM
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The latter, sadly.
DH and I both fill up when the gas gauge shows 1/4 tank. I drop $40+ on a fill-up - 13-gal tank, premium only. $4ish per gallon * 10ish gallons = $40ish per fill-up.
DH drops $50+ per fill-up. He puts regular in his SUV, but then again, it's an SUV. He does mostly highway driving, and I do mostly local driving (to the train station) - and we get the same fuel efficiency. He just had to have the boat. 
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04-26-2008, 09:33 PM
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It should not take $40 (regular) to fill up a Cavalier! WTF!?!?!
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04-26-2008, 09:37 PM
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Originally Posted by 1908Revelations
It should not take $40 (regular) to fill up a Cavalier! WTF!?!?!
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Thank God for Honda. I think it's $25 to fill mine up right now.
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04-26-2008, 10:35 PM
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Originally Posted by 1908Revelations
It should not take $40 (regular) to fill up a Cavalier! WTF!?!?!
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I know!
It wasn't even a FULL TANK!
I don't know for sure how big my tank is because I never wait until it is close to being empty to fill it up.
According to WikiAnswers (since I'm too lazy to go to my car to check the owners manual) the gas tank of my car has a capacity of 15.2 gallons.
The gas station I went to had Regular gas for $3.57/gal
Which would mean an actual FILL UP of my car is $54.264
It's a (*&@#$(*@# CAVALIER!!!!
Last edited by texas*princess; 04-26-2008 at 10:40 PM.
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04-26-2008, 10:38 PM
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Thieves stealing gas.
Along the lines of gas, thieves are finding new ways to steal it from people.
The article here says it only costs up to $500 to fix, but I heard on the radio just Thursday that it is actually closer to $2K.
http://www.khou.com/news/local/crime....96973b9e.html
EDIT:
I tried looking for other articles relating to this type of gas theft and found this instead.
Wow. If drive-offs were that bad when the price was $2.15... I'm scared what will be happening now as we head into $4.
Last edited by texas*princess; 04-26-2008 at 10:51 PM.
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04-29-2008, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow
Thank God for Honda. I think it's $25 to fill mine up right now.
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I AM JEALOUS!!!
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Originally Posted by texas*princess
I know!
It wasn't even a FULL TANK!
I don't know for sure how big my tank is because I never wait until it is close to being empty to fill it up.
According to WikiAnswers (since I'm too lazy to go to my car to check the owners manual) the gas tank of my car has a capacity of 15.2 gallons.
The gas station I went to had Regular gas for $3.57/gal
Which would mean an actual FILL UP of my car is $54.264
It's a (*&@#$(*@# CAVALIER!!!! |
I am soooo pissed. I don't want to ride public busses, plus I don't know anything about where to get on or off at (no pun intended...lol).
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04-29-2008, 09:50 PM
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In my town, the lowest, cheapest is $3.80 a gallon. The next town over's lowest is 3.97. I don't quite get the differences, expecially when two stations are directly across the street from each other, and there is a difference of several cents per gallon.
Another annoying thing is that we used to have gas cards for all the major stations. Over time, several of the brands seemed to disappear from my area, and due to not using the cards anymore, they were cancelled by the card companies. Now, the two stations that we do have cards for are either being replaced by stations like Gulf and Shell, or they are posting the highest prices per gallon.
I used to choose the station based on where I had to go that day, but now I have to plan three, four days ahead. Or else re-apply for the other gas cards.
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04-29-2008, 11:15 PM
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Gas was down to 3.51 in some places today! Weird, it went down!
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05-12-2008, 08:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texas*princess
I know!
It wasn't even a FULL TANK!
I don't know for sure how big my tank is because I never wait until it is close to being empty to fill it up.
According to WikiAnswers (since I'm too lazy to go to my car to check the owners manual) the gas tank of my car has a capacity of 15.2 gallons.
The gas station I went to had Regular gas for $3.57/gal
Which would mean an actual FILL UP of my car is $54.264
It's a (*&@#$(*@# CAVALIER!!!! |
On 4/26 it was $3.57/ gal reg. unleaded.
Today, 16 days later, at the same gas station, it was $3.74/gal.
I filled it up with about 1/3 left... and it was close to $38.
A full tank is now $56.85 for me.
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05-12-2008, 08:38 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texas*princess
On 4/26 it was $3.57/ gal reg. unleaded.
Today, 16 days later, at the same gas station, it was $3.74/gal.
I filled it up with about 1/3 left... and it was close to $38.
A full tank is now $56.85 for me.
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At that rate, my fill is $97.84, and I fill up about twice a week.
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05-12-2008, 08:47 PM
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Originally Posted by nate2512
At that rate, my fill is $97.84, and I fill up about twice a week.
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One of my coworkers has a REALLY bad commute... it's made worse because of traffic... and both him & his wife drive about the same distance.
They spend around $500 a MONTH on fuel.
Before gas prices started going up, they tried selling their home to move closer (when they moved out there the commute wasn't the way it is now) and they live in a nice area, but the house never sold after being on the market for several months. 
I can't even fathom what a huge dent $500/mo would put on my fun budget
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05-12-2008, 09:06 PM
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I can't even fathom what a huge dent $500/mo would put on my fun budget
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Ha I don't care how expensive gas is, I'm not giving up fun or beer.
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05-21-2008, 08:47 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by texas*princess
On 4/26 it was $3.57/ gal reg. unleaded.
Today, 16 days later, at the same gas station, it was $3.74/gal.
I filled it up with about 1/3 left... and it was close to $38.
A full tank is now $56.85 for me.
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Today it was $3.89/gal. $25 for around 6 gals of gas.
Full tank is now $59.13... 9 days later.
That "bargain" I found the other day is gone
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