$4.27 a gallon for gas!
 

$4.27 per gallon for premium! Old folks putting away their RVs... People saving money and not buying porn site membeships...


Woe is us! :)

Think about this!

In 1967 The average car was about $3,000 Now it's about $35,000

The average home cost about $35,000 Now it's about $450,000

A Gallon of gas cost about 35 cents now it's pushing towards $4.00+

The problem is the average income hasn't really risen as much! as everything else:2 cents:

Bottom line, It sucks!

The "average" car doesn't cost $35K

The "average" house doesn't cost $450K

Gas is $2.81 where I live.

Idiots that buy "premium" gas deserve to get fleeced. It's all the same fucking gas.

That's depressing.

:helpme

I'm glad I don't live there.

:(

I hear it was 4.00+ for unleaded in San Fran. Not Premium, just normal unleaded.

where do you live? i live in bumfuck iowa where nothing is expensive because nobody wants to live here, and gas is $3.15 a gallon

its high up in here too!!

im in LA and it's about 3.80 a gallon here. my car demands premium. wah.

That's because you put all that corn shit in your gas. Corn is for eating, not to run your cars on.

It's only $2.85 here.

:winkwink:

gas is $2.98 here :)

Incorrect.

The Octane Rating is higher. High Octane fuel burns more slowly, so is less likely to ignite as a result of compression, and is more likely to stay stable until destabilized by a spark.

Some Engines are designed for higher octane fuels, and so need the higher octane, else they'll run down prematurely.

For most cars, however, you're right in that it really doesn't matter, as they're designed for low octane fuels... and spending the extra cash is a waste.

Read your owner's manual to see what kind of fuel your car needs. Blowing the bucks on a high performance sports car and feeding it low octane fuel when the manual says it requires high octane fuel is just about as sensible as putting Premium in your Honda Civic.

:2 cents:

You aren't telling me anything I didn't already know for years Mr Public Service Announcement. Fact is over 95% of people DO NOT need higher than 87 octane. Even if you get get better milage the extra cost wouldn't be worth it. The people can afford a fancy sports car that needs high octane gas can afford the high ocatane gas. And to be honest I don't give a rats ass about them.

Oh heck yeah! It's that fucked up in San Fran and people up there are pissed.

The same people that pay $750K for a 1000 square ft house that sits on top of a hill in major earthquake zone?

Iowa's a beautiful state. It's just that it doesn't have that urban hang-out thing with the crime and drugs.

I'd buy land up in Iowa just for the peace and quiet. For the gas to be that high in Iowa is a bit worrisome. We've allowed ourselves to become complacent with these dollar in price jumps for gas when years ago people would have been up in arms if you told them gas would reach $2. Now if it's at $3 we feel like we're getting a break?

Right about now, a greedy petroleum villain would attack a major refinery and our asses as a whole would be fucked for quite some time as it takes years to build a refinery. Years of red tape and evironmental jargon and then comes the manpower.

We're too, far too vulnerable.

Correct.

:disgust

yup that's us :thumbsup

You've obviously never been to Davenport.

It does in vancouver.
Average car = 35-40k unless ur into driving a kia or a hyundai.
Average house = 700k, 450 MIGHT buy you a lil crackshack somewhere.
Gas is well over $5CAD/gal

:Oh crap :Oh crap :Oh crap

We're talking about in AMERICA

Well - nothing personal man, but there are obviously a few things you don't know in regard to Octane levels, because they have absolutely no bearing on mileage. High Octane and Low Octane fuel contain the same amount of energy - it's just, as I said, speed of burning (the injectors still spray the same amount of liquid in the cylinder): High Octane can withstand pressure more than Low Octane can without destabilizing.

And to avoid the "Public Service Announcement" next time, maybe you shouldn't say something that's so plainly false... especially when you're working with subject-matter that's already the subject of urban legends (such as both your 'mileage' and 'no difference' statements).

:2 cents:

Let's chat about it all over a beer at the next show.

Stop whining !!! Its more then twice that where I live !

Are you obtuse? I was referring to the thinking of the typical dipshit premium gas buyer out there.


I didn't make any claims thus I never said anything false. Quit acting like your IQ is larger than mine. Like your penis, it isn't.

America is not a country and canada is a part of america:2 cents:

You think the octane ratings are faked?

I have much respect for a lot of your posts and views on this board.

Sorry you feel the need to get all flustered in this instance, bro.

Like I offered, let's have a beer sometime.

With no personal contact info in your sig or profile, I'll leave it at that.

Cheers.

No I think that for the vast majority of people higher octane has ZERO effect on their cars thus it is essentialy the same gas.

Are you high? I think you have me confused with someone else.


I don't go to shows. And I keep my personal info private. I have zero desrire to meet anyone that posts here. No offense, that's just how I am.

US Car Price $28,400
US Home Price $219,800 (2007 est.)
US Gas Price $3.054 (May 7, 2007)

My car studders on 87 octane, runs fine at 91 and runs really well on 94.
I had a nissan skyline before too, anything other then chevron 94 octane and it would knock like a motherfucker.

If you drive anything decent, you actually do need premium gas... yea, I suppose you can put cheap gas in, but your performance and fuel economy will suffer and you may actually cause damage to the engine...

3.14 here. just keeps on going up each day. sucks ass I got a quarter of a tank left in my escalade. I think it will sit in the garage for a while.

aint that a bitch

where i'm from you can't even get a 2 bedroom 2 bath home for 450k

where the hell are you getting 94 octane? an airport?