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Old 04-26-2008, 10:35 PM
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It should not take $40 (regular) to fill up a Cavalier! WTF!?!?!
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!!!!

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Old 04-26-2008, 10:38 PM
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Exclamation 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.

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Old 04-29-2008, 03:23 PM
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Thank God for Honda. I think it's $25 to fill mine up right now.
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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!!!!
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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Old 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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Old 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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Old 05-12-2008, 08:22 PM
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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!!!!
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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Old 05-12-2008, 08:38 PM
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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.
At that rate, my fill is $97.84, and I fill up about twice a week.
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Old 05-12-2008, 08:47 PM
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At that rate, my fill is $97.84, and I fill up about twice a week.
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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Old 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
Ha I don't care how expensive gas is, I'm not giving up fun or beer.
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Old 05-13-2008, 01:52 PM
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Ha I don't care how expensive gas is, I'm not giving up fun or beer.
I agree . . . it just means that I will have to walk more for my fun. I save my driving for my commute to work and back and try my best to park for the weekend and walk (or convince others to drive )
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Old 05-27-2008, 05:27 AM
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Ha I don't care how expensive gas is, I'm not giving up fun or beer.
Of course its no surprise that a southerner would give up beer. *sigh*
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Old 05-21-2008, 08:47 PM
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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.
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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