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Post by ronin on Mar 10, 2006 22:02:16 GMT -5
Let them run. It will give them great stamina.
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Post by Fate on Mar 10, 2006 22:10:18 GMT -5
The only problem is I would have ot run with them.
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Post by ronin on Mar 10, 2006 22:39:47 GMT -5
Then I guess you do need your car... unless you want to train for marathon's.
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Post by Fate on Mar 11, 2006 14:51:43 GMT -5
Running 26.2 miles is just not natural.
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Post by Aeron Serabien on Apr 18, 2006 9:02:57 GMT -5
Record jump in oil prices this week Our cheapests gas is $2.90. I don't know how all those SUVs drivers are getting by, but I don't feel too bad for them.
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Post by Fate on Apr 18, 2006 9:07:58 GMT -5
grr. What really gets me is that there is more oil out there than ever.
grr. Also we did the calculations here. If the price of gas had gone up the same percentage as oil then the price of gas should only be around $2.30.
In the early 80's the price of oil was up in the $60 dollar a barrel range and the price of gas is no where near what it is now.
In other words some CEOs are getting their golden parachute while the rest of us jsut get poor.
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Post by Aeron Serabien on Apr 18, 2006 9:58:33 GMT -5
In other words some CEOs are getting their golden parachute while the rest of us jsut get poor. Which reminds me, did anyone mention the Exxon CEO that just got a MASSIVE exit package amounting basically to $144,500 per day he worked there?
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Post by Fate on Jul 31, 2006 12:06:21 GMT -5
Decided to resurect this thread. Gas is 2.87 a gallon so I decided to start looking for a small car with good gas mileage. I found a Kia Rio that was resonably priced that woudl get 2 the gas mileage of my jeep. It would be cheap enough I could keep my jeep and the rio as well. However, I have never known anyone who had a Kia. Does anyone have any first or second hand experience with Kia's?
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Post by Quintare on Jul 31, 2006 12:24:18 GMT -5
Gas is 2.85 a gallon here in washington state last I checked. Was talking about this with a kiwi friend of mine the other day and apparently it's 1.87 a liter in New Zealand dollars, which translates to about 3.92 a gallon there in USD
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Post by Sollo on Jul 31, 2006 13:37:52 GMT -5
I heard that by the end of the year the gas prices will be over $4/gal here in the US. It's almost to the point where one can't afford to drive. I'm on the hunt for a part time job just to help pay for the increased energy prices lately.
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Post by Quintare on Jul 31, 2006 17:47:27 GMT -5
I'm on the hunt for a local job actually. I commute 20 miles each way not including travel within a 40 mile range as part of my job. Last month my fuel bill rivaled my grocery bill.
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Post by Indagatrix on Jul 31, 2006 18:00:23 GMT -5
Last month my fuel bill rivaled my grocery bill. *sigh* if only... try commuting 160 miles round trip each day.... I'd be happy to telecommute if any of you need an extra researcher
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Post by Quintare on Jul 31, 2006 18:13:25 GMT -5
Jeeze Inda... I hope you drive a Geo. Or better yet a hybrid I, sadly, can in fact imagine what its like but I'm really glad I don't do that anymore.
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Post by Fate on Jul 31, 2006 18:51:05 GMT -5
But has anyone ever had a kia?
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Post by Julie Sturbridge on Jul 31, 2006 20:40:17 GMT -5
I live on the Central Coast of California. Gas has already been at $4 a gallon here, thanks to insane energy laws (anyone remember the electricity prices and blackouts 3-4 yrs ago?) and the basically protectionist & socialist policies here in the Peoples' Republic of California. I just filled up at the corner station for $3.39/gal. I have a 17 mile commute to work each way and my Ford Escape eats about $6 a day just with the round trip commute. Grrr. But it's not as bad as Inda's monster trek. Inda, what's behind that kind of commuting insanity?! :-P
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Post by Presort on Aug 1, 2006 8:38:18 GMT -5
91 octane in my part of Oklahoma is $3.069/gal today. Around here there are Indian Smoke shops which cut most taxes to beat their competition and make a higher margin. I don't smoke so I miss out on the savings. Can you imagine the impact of an Indian Gas Station selling with the taxes removed from each gallon? Wow. Now if only there were some other way to fund roads, bridges, firemen, tornado sirens, oil well cleanup, the relocating of the Hornets / SuperSonics,... --Presort
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Post by Asya on Aug 1, 2006 9:43:09 GMT -5
Know what you mean about those high energy prices. The postman delivered the energy bill yesterday, and I almost fainted! We had an air conditioner that leaked some freon, and the thing ran constantly to no avail trying to cool the upstairs. We did got it fixed, so I knew the bill was going to be shocking. Opening the envelope revealed a payment due to the grand sum of $23.10. Apparently the meter stopped running. Called the energy company and they said they would come out and fix it, and charge the same amount as last years same month rate. Nice windfall.
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Post by ronin on Aug 1, 2006 12:00:10 GMT -5
I live on the Central Coast of California. Gas has already been at $4 a gallon here, thanks to insane energy laws (anyone remember the electricity prices and blackouts 3-4 yrs ago?) and the basically protectionist & socialist policies here in the Peoples' Republic of California. I just filled up at the corner station for $3.39/gal. I have a 17 mile commute to work each way and my Ford Escape eats about $6 a day just with the round trip commute. Grrr. But it's not as bad as Inda's monster trek. Inda, what's behind that kind of commuting insanity?! :-P Actually you can blame the a lot of the blackouts on the capitalist pigs of Enron. Also the gas price is sweden 1.77 USD per litre. That's 6.70$ per us gallon. Don't matter to me much though since I live in a socialist country where public commuter transportation is pretty cheap and well incorporated into society.
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Post by bainsoulsmite on Aug 1, 2006 14:40:00 GMT -5
We have really felt the effects of gas prices at work too. (although lower than many places, still @ $2.84/gal.) My sales/delivery driver runs about 200-250 miles/day, and the van he drives is not so good on the consumption. Luckily I myself live about 5 miles from my office and my Harley gets 50MPG And Fate, my sis has a Kia, but it is a mini-van... don't really know too much about it, but she says she likes it.
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Post by Tremor on Aug 1, 2006 14:48:48 GMT -5
If it is any Help Fate.... Around here where i live Kias are well liked for not breaking down much and gas milage, heard they also hold value well.
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Post by Aerynrox on Aug 1, 2006 15:01:24 GMT -5
Not that anyone asked, but Hondas get great gas mileage and are the most dependable cars out there. (No - I don't have one anymore, but I'm switching back once my Subaru dies.)
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Post by bainsoulsmite on Aug 1, 2006 15:16:37 GMT -5
good thing about a Kia, is that it's almost a disposable car. they advertise a 100k mile/10yr warranty and you can get some models for under $8k brand new around this area. Great for a commuter car that you are just going to drive into the ground anyway.
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Post by Indagatrix on Aug 1, 2006 16:19:09 GMT -5
we have a little toyota corolla and it does rather well on mileage -- we would have loved to have gotten a hybrid when we bought the toyota but couldn't afford one.
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Post by Fate on Aug 1, 2006 16:33:23 GMT -5
You can't find a hybrid around here. If you do they want a premium for them. Maybe moe with the 2007s. We liked the Honda Civic better than the Kia Rio. The price is about 2500 difference. However I plan to keep it for at least 12 years so per year thats not much (2500/12=208). I had an add for a Kia for around 8k but I they really didn't have that one on the lot. Another problem with the Kia is most had manual locks and windows. I'm not sure Iremember how to roll a window down that way.
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Post by Aeron Serabien on Aug 1, 2006 16:43:12 GMT -5
Not that anyone asked, but Hondas get great gas mileage and are the most dependable cars out there. (No - I don't have one anymore, but I'm switching back once my Subaru dies.) I have one. I have a crush on my 1995 Honda Civic. It gets great gas mileage and everything works! AND it's over 10 years old.
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Post by Quintare on Aug 1, 2006 22:02:03 GMT -5
I drove my wife's honda into the ground LOL. It was her brothers, but he rolled it over into a ditch and so wouldn't drive it anymore. We got it with over 100k miles on it and had it for about 3 more years with almost no maintenance costs. New clutch and I replaced the front brakes myself... that's it. Traded it in on a van when the kids got to big for it.
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Post by Excel on Aug 2, 2006 11:57:02 GMT -5
~1.4€/liter here in Finland, that's ~ $6.77 per gallon ~75% of the price is tax EDIT/ btw that's 95 octane
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Post by Julie Sturbridge on Aug 2, 2006 21:14:50 GMT -5
I live on the Central Coast of California. Gas has already been at $4 a gallon here, thanks to insane energy laws (anyone remember the electricity prices and blackouts 3-4 yrs ago?) and the basically protectionist & socialist policies here in the Peoples' Republic of California. I just filled up at the corner station for $3.39/gal. I have a 17 mile commute to work each way and my Ford Escape eats about $6 a day just with the round trip commute. Grrr. But it's not as bad as Inda's monster trek. Inda, what's behind that kind of commuting insanity?! :-P Actually you can blame the a lot of the blackouts on the capitalist pigs of Enron. Also the gas price is sweden 1.77 USD per litre. That's 6.70$ per us gallon. Don't matter to me much though since I live in a socialist country where public commuter transportation is pretty cheap and well incorporated into society. Yeah, those guys did jack the prices and rip people and the CA energy companies off. But...it's the CA politicians looking for the short term fix in a rough election season that passed the really bad laws that allowed that to take place! Mmm...reliable, robust public transportation would be nice. [Not to mention safe and clean]! I have travelled a lot in Europe and love the access to trains and buses there. I use the Metro a lot in DC, too. So convenient (as long as you have easy access to a station). I wish the US were more public transport-friendly, although that can really only work in population-dense areas. As it stands, in CA (and in NM, when I lived there), you need to speak good Spanish and wear body armor to ride the buses.
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Post by TheUncleanOne on Aug 3, 2006 6:54:57 GMT -5
$.10 jump this morning to $2.98...
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Post by Indagatrix on Aug 3, 2006 7:50:47 GMT -5
I saw diesel at $3.01 this morning on my drive to work...
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