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Summer outside, Gas is expensive

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Old 06-10-11, 03:17 AM
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Red face Summer outside, Gas is expensive

Air Conditioner and 3.5 engine is not cheap nowdays........



Old 06-10-11, 03:32 AM
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Well, obviously! You're stationary! LOL
Old 06-10-11, 05:11 AM
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I've been hoping high gas prices would mean less traffic but alas not so.
Old 06-10-11, 05:29 AM
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lol i was wondering about the whole 1mpg thing... gas has actually gone done and has dropped about 30 cents compared to a month ago.
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gas is heading back up in no time. What's interesting is the price of oil is not as high as last year while the price is just as high.

my previous tank was exactly 22mpg.
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Yeah, I swear it went down for two weeks and its already heading back up.
Old 06-10-11, 12:24 PM
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Trying to see if someone got worse gas mpg then me. I hope gas prices keep on dropping.
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If U just fill up the tank and run it for 2 feet than yes that would be about the mpg.
Old 06-10-11, 07:49 PM
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Other then not driving (as if!), there is no way to combat the high prices. As for affordability, must cut back on the weed and Starbucks (maybe not in that order).

Think about it... one less 'frap' on a hot day = 1 gallon of gas = 18 more miles you could have driven (YMMV).
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Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the whole AC uses tons of gas is a bit of an out of date assumption these days, no? Sure, I suppose it drags on things a bit but it's not like it used to be.

The more gas goes up, the more working out of a home office gets better for me. I do feel bad for people that live in the burbs who have to spend a couple of hours in traffic every day... but I guess that's the price you pay for a big cheap house these days - though I wonder how cheap the cheap house is after you factor in all of the transportation costs over the years which will go nowhere but up.
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Hey in CA where I live the gas prices is actually going down! And even thought its summer here for some reason is varies every week. This week shows high 60s low 70s. Other time it will be high 80s low 90s. CA has such a strange weather..at least where I live.
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Originally Posted by *Batman*
I've been hoping high gas prices would mean less traffic but alas not so.

I was hoping that to... lol.. streets seem crowded more than ever... Must be all the people with no jobs collecting unemployment..
Old 06-11-11, 06:34 AM
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Originally Posted by tmf2004
I was hoping that to... lol.. streets seem crowded more than ever... Must be all the people with no jobs collecting unemployment..
Agree - You would think that the 4 point increase in unemployment would mean 4% less cars on the road during rush hour.
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