#177458 - 08/21/05 10:28 AM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 05/23/03
Posts: 8078
Loc: Austin, TX
|
|
Originally posted by TexasGP: heard on the radio a few days ago, that gas prices in other countries were really high, and in some countries, really low, where cars are at a minimum...think a few places were less than $1.00 and even a few less than .25 cents.
Yep, KVET. Heard it too. One reason gas is so high in the US is because almost half of what we pay is tax. If we didn't pay any tax on our gas, prices would just about be cut in half.
_________________________
Bobby Died 5/1/08, resurrected 5/15/08 ASCD SD hood, 17" Bullitts, Overkill PCM, 3.4" Pulley, NGK TR55IX, K&N 9" cone filter, JimmyC D/P, U-bend removed, Flowmaster 40 series, Hooker big bore tips with resonators, S/B brake lines, drilled/slot rotors, GMPP handling kit, KYB struts, F&R strut supports, HID's, LED's, 2.5" Air Dam, red GTP overlays on custom badges, white rear insert.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177459 - 08/21/05 10:40 AM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 05/05/03
Posts: 868
Loc: charlotte, nc
|
|
cheapest place that i saw friday was about 5 minutes from the house and it was:
2.49 / 87 2.57 / 91 2.65-67 / 93 can't remember which one it was
hell, think it's bad filling a gp up, try filling a up diesel truck that holds 38 gallons. at 2.50 or more a gallon, it usually near $100 to feel up, and it don't get the mileage that the gp gets either!
_________________________
charlie black 98 gtp sedan, 222,000 and running great with the new used tranny! zzp 3" d/p aluminized dhp 1.0
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177461 - 08/21/05 05:02 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 03/07/05
Posts: 5158
Loc: Southern KY
|
|
Originally posted by BryantGTP: The guy who sold his V8 Tahoe for a V6 Tacoma got screwed. He probably paid a couple hundred dollars in sales tax to only get 4-6 MPG. He could have done a full tune up to the Tahoe, gotten a 3 mpg increase, and ridden out the bad prices. My Dakota gets 19 on the highway (3.9, V6, 5spd), my father's Tahoe gets 15 (with 130k miles and NO tuneup). Actually, the Tacoma was used as well, so the tax was included in the trade (pretty even). He says he gets close to 30mpg with it and is saving a ton. I'll have to take his word for it though since I don't drive it. He's happy, that's what matters.
_________________________
'13 Mustang 3.7V6 - MT82 '00 GP SE (L67 Swap, XP, Headers, 3.25") '98 GTP, '01 Bonne
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177462 - 08/21/05 07:50 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 11/05/03
Posts: 240
Loc: Germantown, MD
|
|
I was driving around Rockville ,Md with my Pops today and I saw $3.09 the 93 Octane. That's gonna kill me on my trip home tonight.
_________________________
2000 Bronzemist Mettalic 4door GTP rollin on Enkei LM1 18" wheels, Powerslot Front and Rear Brake Rotors, Red Brake Calipers, Automate AM 9 Auto Start. Looks WILD HOT!!
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177463 - 08/22/05 11:37 AM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 12/10/03
Posts: 354
Loc: Michigan
|
|
I saw this on AOL this morning...interesting. At least there are people out there working on alternative fuels.
http://us.video.aol.com/video.index.adp?mode=1&pmmsid=1372906&referer=http%3A//aolsvc.news.aol.com/news/article.adp
_________________________
"I'm on one of them there special diets. I am a precisional instrument of speed and aeromatics." - Mater
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177464 - 08/22/05 12:37 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 09/09/04
Posts: 650
Loc: North Carolina - Raleigh/Cary
|
|
There is some interesting reading to be had in the most recent National Geographic, entitled "Life after oil" or something similar. What we have to realize is that the inflating cost of gas is just a visible side-effect of the overall worldwide energy crisis. It isn't going to get any better guys, don't expect prices to drop, or even stabilize, anytime soon.
_________________________
"120k and still going!" Silver '02 SE with the "wee 'lil" 3100, raised spoiler, custom-made cone intake, dual exhaust catback, u-bend delete 04 GTO Impulse Blue Metallic, LPE intake system, headers, dyno tune from "RPM" http://photobucket.com/albums/v221/Dobermanjt/GrandPrix/
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177466 - 08/22/05 03:03 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 07/29/04
Posts: 1563
Loc: Ohio
|
|
Taxes have very little effect on oil prices. Taxes are as much as 33 cent per gallon (New York). http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/margins/ More than 50% of our oil is imported. Note that Canada and Mexico are our largest sources of imported oil. Scan down to the map on SOURCES OF US OIL IMPORTS. Mexico was 13% and Saudi Arabia was 14% but the percentage has changed as the gulf of Mexico is becoming a hot spot. http://www.gravmag.com/oil.html
_________________________
[GONE] GenV GTP engine, 12" Brakes, CAI, 3" DP, HighFlo Cat, 180 T-Stat, Aeroforce Gauge, Front STB, Stinger Fiberglass hood, Reflective Graphics.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177467 - 08/22/05 03:28 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 08/09/03
Posts: 3256
Loc: Oregon
|
|
Originally posted by BryantGTP: Think of the fact that right now it costs an extra couple of dollars every time you fill up. Gas prices will go down a little and steady off at some point. Now, if you were to sell your car for another car, how much would you be paying in sales tax?
The guy who sold his V8 Tahoe for a V6 Tacoma got screwed. He probably paid a couple hundred dollars in sales tax to only get 4-6 MPG. He could have done a full tune up to the Tahoe, gotten a 3 mpg increase, and ridden out the bad prices. My Dakota gets 19 on the highway (3.9, V6, 5spd), my father's Tahoe gets 15 (with 130k miles and NO tuneup). Oregon has no sales tax. I'm safe.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177468 - 08/22/05 03:31 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 11/17/04
Posts: 712
Loc: Kansas (Redneck Country)
|
|
(sorry this one's so long everybody) yet, the technology is there, and we refuse to use it??
I don't get it. we can produce ethanol, biodiesel, and all sorts of other things that will run it our engines without any modifications, yet our lovely government won't allow proper funding, etc to make it so that we use far less oil. I personally believe that if the oil companies, and everybody else would just get off their lazy butts and utilize the technology that we have (across the whole spectrum in regards to petroleum), then we wouldn't have to import any oil, and we could clean up the environment as well as eliminate our dependence on foreign oil.
ask yourself this question: if the price of 87 was 2.50/gallon, and the pump next to it was ethanol (89, priced at 2.48/gallon and proven to burn a lot cleaner, helping the environment out significantly) which nozzle would you reach for and put into your tank?
_________________________
98 GTP GMPP handling kit, HomemadeFWI, MSD coils, Taylor wires, 180 drilled tstat, TR6IX plugs, Intense STD PCM, JimmyC DP, Thrasher shift kit (mild setting), AGX/Intrigue spring setup, drilled/slotted rotors with Hawk HPS pads. Hopefully more to come
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177469 - 08/22/05 09:21 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 07/03/04
Posts: 882
Loc: Georgetown, Texas
|
|
well....I bought me an '88 mazda 323 the other day. 5 speed. I'll just take that to work from now on....LOL.. Paid $200 bucks for it too...LOL
_________________________
In the business world, the rear view mirror is always clearer than the windshield.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177470 - 08/22/05 09:43 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 03/26/03
Posts: 2481
Loc: Franklin, MA
|
|
Originally posted by Dementeddj: I don't get it. we can produce ethanol, biodiesel, and all sorts of other things that will run it our engines without any modifications, yet our lovely government won't allow proper funding, etc to make it so that we use far less oil. It's not the govt's job.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177471 - 08/23/05 12:16 AM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 03/07/05
Posts: 5158
Loc: Southern KY
|
|
Bryant, you should be a Libertarian, if you aren't already.
_________________________
'13 Mustang 3.7V6 - MT82 '00 GP SE (L67 Swap, XP, Headers, 3.25") '98 GTP, '01 Bonne
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#177472 - 08/23/05 07:27 PM
Re: gas prices are outrageous!!!!
|
Member
|
Registered: 03/26/03
Posts: 2481
Loc: Franklin, MA
|
|
I'm a limited libertarian/conservative. In other words, I'm not committing to nothing.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|
|