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kastein posted:Product placement: godlike Psssh, I'd kill for $3.79 gas. Up here in Chicago it's still $4.49 a gallon.
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Rawrl posted:Psssh, I'd kill for $3.79 gas. Up here in Chicago it's still $4.49 a gallon. And again, as usual,  
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Sep 10, 2012 06:54
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I only give a poo poo about gas prices when I have a car payment. Without that added cost it doesn't bother me as much. Now insurance prices, that boils by soup.
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I had an acquaintance who back in 05 swore up and down he was driving a 2002 mustang cobra. It said so on the bumper, as well as the badge. It also stated it on the seat. I thought it was a little weird how little power it seemed to have, as well as the fact that he never popped the hood, but I could care less about mustangs so I just ignored it. It was just a overrated automatic in my eyes. It was funny when he bumped into a real mustang enthusiast at a bar. Turns out the 02s never made it stateside. And they don't make cobras in v6, which was blatantly obvious when he popped the hood to try and prove this guy wrong. Or autos. Watching this guy squrm was hilarious. He stopped hanging around us after that. Oh, last year i saw the tarted stang at a local bar. I saw the car outside, still badged up, and had to swing in to see if he was still driving it. Sure enough, he was. His new story was that a prior owner did all that to the car, and he haggled the hell out of it to make it worth his while to buy. I just don't understand.
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Sep 10, 2012 07:26
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I had a friend who had an automatic gt, but he wanted to make it handle better so he bought the IRS from a cobra. He never swapped it in or anything, it just spent numerous years in pieces in the garage, but that meant that he could brag about having a rear setup from a cobra. Yes, we made fun of him a lot. He eventually sold it, but I think he still has the cobra stuff. 
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Sep 10, 2012 13:26
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JaysonAych posted:I've got a whole bunch of them scattered around, though I put most of them up when my apartment was being painted. Holy crap...there is a Omni matchbox? Off to ebay. I have that same Daytona one on my desk too, along with the hotwheels version and and another matchbox daytona with a goofy paint scheme and non-opening hood.
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Sep 10, 2012 15:22
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InitialDave posted:And again, as usual, $5.87 a gallon  And well over $6 a gallon for premium.
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Sep 10, 2012 16:04
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SwashedBuckles posted:I don't understand why someone would go through the effort to make a fake GTR. Either the person seeing it won't know what a GTR is and won't be impressed, or they will and will make fun of the time and money you've wasted. It's a no-win scenario. This holds true for nearly every attempt at a fake whatever kind of car. The crowning jewel of this must still be the Lamarossa. 
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Sep 10, 2012 16:30
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Paiyng $3.87 for 93 octane  One benefit of living in Louisiana is that we refine a ton of petroleum and have traditionally low as hell fuel and electricity pricing.
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Sep 10, 2012 17:45
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Paul Boz_ posted:Paiyng $3.87 for 93 octane Whatev. Gas in Mississippi is $3.40 right now
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Paul Boz_ posted:Paiyng $3.87 for 93 octane All at the dire cost of having to live in LA though.
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kastein posted:Product placement: godlike I'd be happy if it were that. It's $5.55 in Vancouver. 
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Sep 10, 2012 18:30
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OSI bean dip posted:I'd be happy if it were that. It's $5.55 in Vancouver. Same here... Here in Socialistic paradise  , the local petrol (and diesel) prices are:92 unleaded is $2.38 per liter ($9.02 per gallon) 95 unleaded is $2.39 per liter ($9.05 per gallon) Diesel is $2.18 per liter ($8.26 per gallon)
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Sep 10, 2012 18:42
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Paul Boz_ posted:Paiyng $3.87 for 93 octane Don't put a smug face next to current fuel prices, don't ever put a smug face next to current fuel prices! That's exactly how they want us to think! 
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Sep 10, 2012 18:43
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Devyl posted:Whatev. Gas in Mississippi is $3.40 right now $3.34 at Kroger in Richland, MS
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Sep 10, 2012 18:43
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Boomerjinks posted:Don't put a smug face next to current fuel prices, don't ever put a smug face next to current fuel prices! drat RIGHT! Only 14 years ago, gas was under a dollar a gallon.
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Sep 10, 2012 18:44
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When I started driving it was 55-75 cents. This was real gas none of that fancy pants corn fuel.
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Sep 10, 2012 18:47
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Godholio posted:drat RIGHT! Only 14 years ago, gas was under a dollar a gallon. It's crazy because I've had people honestly try to tell me that the price of gas is the same as ever once you adjust for inflation. This is total horse poo poo, I don't know where people come up with this stuff. I distinctly remember getting gas for $1.12 per gallon in 2002 and that comes out to about $1.40 today. Right when the war in Iraq started in 2003 I distinctly remember being mortified at $1.43 per gallon (which was the highest I had ever seen) and that comes out to about $1.75 today.
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Sep 10, 2012 19:33
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SwashedBuckles posted:No, you definitely got that one right. Because haters gonna hate I guess? I drive a Mitsubishi Lancer and I cringe every time I see someone with a `04-`08 Lancer with Evolution body kit parts slapped on there. The `02/`03 models weren't too drastically different from the Evo7, but the Evo 8 and 9 compared to the base Lancer is akin to the GT-R vs. the Inifiniti G35
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Sep 10, 2012 19:44
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lazer_chicken posted:It's crazy because I've had people honestly try to tell me that the price of gas is the same as ever once you adjust for inflation. This is total horse poo poo, I don't know where people come up with this stuff. I distinctly remember getting gas for $1.12 per gallon in 2002 and that comes out to about $1.40 today. Right when the war in Iraq started in 2003 I distinctly remember being mortified at $1.43 per gallon (which was the highest I had ever seen) and that comes out to about $1.75 today. Really only recently (in the 2000s) has the price of gas in the US risen significantly faster than inflation. In fact, we can draw a strong correlation between Wars on Terror™ and high gas prices.
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Sep 10, 2012 20:02
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Anarchist Mae posted:$5.87 a gallon 
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Sep 10, 2012 20:03
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InitialDave posted:Challenge accepted. $8.64 (US) for a US gallon. $8.96 for premium. And I'm using premium at a rate of 12-15mpg. I only paid $4.49 yesterday for premium (91 octane) here in Los Angeles, but I also pay $165 a month for the privilege to see a doctor if I'm sick. (and then have to pay more once I'm actually there, for all medications, etc.) So it all works out in the end.
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Sep 10, 2012 20:12
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I wonder how race gas prices compare across countries. In theory they should be fairly similar since they aren't taxed (in the US).
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Safety Dance posted:Really only recently (in the 2000s) has the price of gas in the US risen significantly faster than inflation. In fact, we can draw a strong correlation between Wars on Terror™ and high gas prices. Oh yes, definitely. Other than the present, I suspect the next highest inflation-adjusted price would be during the 1979 energy crisis. Gas was around $1 per gallon which is about equivalent to $3 per gallon today. Note that it, too, was caused by our loving around in the middle east (Iranian revolution, hostage crisis, etc).
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Safety Dance posted:Really only recently (in the 2000s) has the price of gas in the US risen significantly faster than inflation. In fact, we can draw a strong correlation between Wars on Terror™ and high gas prices. My understanding is that inflated fuel prices are largely driven by speculation, the door for which was opened by Enron back in 2000. Or do I have it wrong? I never got to pay less than $1.18 for gas thanks to the fact that I lived in mountains and fuel was ALWAYS 25 cents more expensive than anywhere else. Ugh. Boomerjinks fucked around with this message at 21:25 on Sep 10, 2012 |
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Sep 10, 2012 21:06
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What I don't understand is why diesel prices have gone so out of control in the last 3 months. Gas has gone up maybe 10 cents, diesel has gone up over 60. I blame Exxon. Somehow they keep managing record profits, I wonder why....
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Sep 10, 2012 21:14
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Someone really really likes flywheels, and uh, sex? I don't understand why you need a sticker for that.
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Sep 10, 2012 21:19
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Octopus Magic posted:and uh, sex? I don't understand why you need a sticker for that.  (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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Sep 10, 2012 21:28
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GutBomb posted:Something didn't look right about this car parked in the grocery store employee parking spot.
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Sep 10, 2012 21:33
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BoostCreep posted:I only paid $4.49 yesterday for premium (91 octane) here in Los Angeles, but I also pay $165 a month for the privilege to see a doctor if I'm sick. (and then have to pay more once I'm actually there, for all medications, etc.) So it all works out in the end. I also don't really understand the issue some people have with tax-funded primary healthcare. If you take the cost of the NHS and set it against the number of people actually employed in the UK, it's something like $6,000 per worker. That really isn't that bad, when you consider it's funding the same level of healthcare for the other 53% of the population (all the under-sixteens and non-working adults) as well. Not sure what the average employee health insurance package costs in the US (for equivalency, you have to include the ones with spousal/offspring cover as well as the freewheeling singles, and both employer and employee contributions), but I'd be surprised if it were significantly below that. FatCow posted:I wonder how race gas prices compare across countries. In theory they should be fairly similar since they aren't taxed (in the US). A more apt comparison is diesel, as we can get that duty-free ("red" diesel for agriculture etc) - this costs $4.40 for a US gallon, compared to $8.90 for the road stuff. Google tells me the US average for diesel is $4.13 a gallon, so your assumption was quite astute. Edit: Fixed stupid typo. InitialDave fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Sep 10, 2012 |
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Sep 10, 2012 21:53
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InitialDave posted:Pretty much, nothing exists in a vacuum, but it's still annoying to see people whine about fuel prices in the US. The US pays about twice per capita of any other OCED country to provide inferior service to 5/6ths of the population. I'd trade spending 9 bux a gallon on gas for UHC any day.
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rscott posted:The US pays about twice per capita of any other OCED country to provide inferior service to 5/6ths of the population. I'd trade spending 9 bux a gallon on gas for UHC any day. Edit: Yeah, this'll turn into a derail if we're not careful, let's talk about car stuff.
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FatCow posted:I wonder how race gas prices compare across countries. In theory they should be fairly similar since they aren't taxed (in the US). E: Whoops, didn't see this was for race gas; still going to leave my post though. There is a fair bit of variation across many countries, especially large ones like Canada and the US. A lot of that has to do with the cost of transportation, as well as states/provinces having different levels of taxation on gas, as well as a couple other major factors. For example, here in Canada, the lowest prices on average right now are in Edmonton, Alberta at $1.148 per litre (or US$4.33/gallon). The highest price I've seen in any major city is in Montreal, which is averaging $1.416 per litre (US$5.33/gallon). Why such a big difference? Two reasons. First, Quebec taxes gasoline differently than Alberta; Quebec charges a harmonised provincial/federal sales tax (Alberta only charges federal sales tax) in addition to their higher provincial fuel tax. Second, refineries in Alberta pay for crude oil at a much discounted rate to Quebec; in Alberta, they typically pay something between the WTI and Western Canadian Select benchmarks, while in Quebec, they're largely stuck paying Brent price, which is much, much higher than either. MrChips fucked around with this message at 00:18 on Sep 11, 2012 |
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Sep 10, 2012 22:12
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FatCow posted:I wonder how race gas prices compare across countries. In theory they should be fairly similar since they aren't taxed (in the US). I'm not sure about race petrol, but 100LL Avgas which a lot of bikers use is up to $14.74 dollars for a US gallon at my local airfield.
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yikes, I did not mean to start that big a derail. I should note: gas where I lived in the late 90s/early 00s hit 99c/gallon. milk cost around 1.29/gallon. gas now: high $3 to low $4 range. milk now: $4.29-4.59/gallon. Honestly I say it's more an issue of inflation that various governments try to sweep under the carpet by changing the makeup of the consumer price index. That's more of a D&D subject though, so...  Spotted on rt20 east at the traffic light for the Home Depot right by 395/290/20 in Auburn MA. Yes, that's either hay or straw in the back seat.
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Sep 11, 2012 04:22
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kastein posted:Yes, that's either hay or straw in the back seat.
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Mighty Horse posted:Holy crap...there is a Omni matchbox? Off to ebay. Just FYI if you're scouring eBay, only the Daytona is a Matchbox. The others are by Motor Max, part of their Fresh Cherries line of very "distinctive" automobiles, such as the Diplomat, Gremlin, Mustang II, and Hornet.
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You can't ignore demand - its higher than its ever been. Speculation or not, when demand goes up but supply doesn't increase as fast or by as much, prices go up. They're working over the oil sands in Canada for a reason.
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Sep 11, 2012 06:44
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Can we get a title change to "PYF: gas prices and toy cars."
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kastein posted:
Had you not said Auburn MA, I would've guessed Salem, OR. Because a rattle-canned beater with a bale of hay in the back would fit in perfectly well there.
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