Gas up

[GBRulz]

"Die Hard" was on the tube last night and in one scene you can see the cop Al gassin' up and looking at gunfire at the Nakatomi Bldg. Gas was $.74/gallon. That was 1988, the year I graduated college. Also, when I was a kid, soda pop from the machine was .$25, and came in bottles. How's about that you whipper snappers!

OMG, ya know 1988 was not THAT long ago, either!!

About a month ago, I was cleaning out a closet at home, in which were my HS yearbooks in a box. So, of course I start reading through them. The Gulf War was during my senior year of HS and gas was so "expensive" then. I was reading this part of the yearbook where we write in comments about what things cost currently, etc. Gas in 1991 was "expensive" due to the Gulf War at $1.68/gal

[Little Whiskey]

Well I currently own a 2005 Ford F-150 Smoke grey.... Besides the point it is a ford so that dont matter to me unfortunaltly

mazzin, you drive a truck, from the south, i bet you like nascar too??? if so stop in the race thread. if not, stop in anyhow and we'll get you hooked.

do you have a gun rack in that truck?? at 14mpg i'm going to guess is is a long box, 4x4? probably a quad cab?

i think your custom ranking should be "southern rat"

[Deputy Nutz]

When I started driving in 1995, Gas was almost 1.15 a gallon.

[Jimx29]

Why, in MY day.........we had to pee in our tanks and hoped we drank enough booze to make the cars run...and we LIKED IT!!

[GoPackGo]

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I haven't been able to buy 87 octane gasoline for less than $3.10 in 2 months

[Mazzin]

Nope sorry, I actually HATE nascar. I would rather watch paint dry than watch cars go in CIRCLES for HOURS on end, and than be called ATHLETES because of it. Truck drivers must be athletes than.

Secondly Yes it is a 4x4 smoke grey, quad cab, 5.4 liter V8 with flowmaster exhaust. No I don't hunt, just got the 4x4 because my boyfriends brother works at the dealership and suggested it. Also do like going mud bogging everynow and again.

[Harlan Huckleby]

I am no Jim Rome fan, but he did come up with a damn funny name for nascar: neck car.

[mraynrand]

Nope sorry, I actually HATE nascar. I would rather watch paint dry than watch cars go in CIRCLES for HOURS on end, and than be called ATHLETES because of it.

Not to be picky here, but they go around in OVALS, not CIRCLES. That's the kind of bone-headed mistake I'd expect from a NASCAR fan! (j/k)

[Bretsky]

I find the greyhound races (which I don't really care for) more entertaining than Nascar

[retailguy]

Gas has average $3.20 (87) for the past 2 months. My E420 takes premium. That's about $3.39.....

I can only dream of 2.56. I can only dream.


Mazzin, have you ever driven in a circle at 200 mph? I have, once reaching about 165, and I can assure you it was NOT boring.

And, NO, I'm not a Nascar fan either.

[Little Whiskey]

Nope sorry, I actually HATE nascar. I would rather watch paint dry than watch cars go in CIRCLES for HOURS on end, and than be called ATHLETES because of it. Truck drivers must be athletes than.

Secondly Yes it is a 4x4 smoke grey, quad cab, 5.4 liter V8 with flowmaster exhaust. No I don't hunt, just got the 4x4 because my boyfriends brother works at the dealership and suggested it. Also do like going mud bogging everynow and again.

How's your bass'n skills??


so your boyfriend's bro suggested the truck and you listened, right? i'm suggesting nascar and you don't???? give it a chance. head over to the race thread and we (i guess i should say, I) can help you find a driver to root for. that is step one. by the way they don't always drive in circles (or ovals), twice a year they drive on a road course


retailguy, ask j. gordon how exciting it is to drive 200mph into a corner. on sunday his brakes failed and headed into said corner. i but he was a little excited when his foot went to the floor!

[GrnBay007]

Some depressing gas facts:

1. The last time gas cost under $1 per gallon was March 1999.
2. Gas hit $3 a gallon for the first time in September 2005.
3. The last time gas cost under $2 a gallon was March 2005.
4. The highest average price of regular gas since 1995 was $3.07.
5. The lowest average price of regular gas since 1995 was $0.90.

1995.....the "good old days" lol

[retailguy]

Some depressing gas facts:

1. The last time gas cost under $1 per gallon was March 1999.
2. Gas hit $3 a gallon for the first time in September 2005.
3. The last time gas cost under $2 a gallon was March 2005.
4. The highest average price of regular gas since 1995 was $3.07.
5. The lowest average price of regular gas since 1995 was $0.90.

1995.....the "good old days" lol

007, this is just the cost of "being green". The real issue is that we don't have the capacity to refine as much oil as there is demand for. This is a classic supply and demand issue. Nothing more.

If, we as a country, allow new refineries to be built, then supply will increase and prices will fall. If we fail to do that, and decide instead to conserve "needs", then demand will fall and prices will fall also.

If, we, as we have for the last 10 years fail to do anything, then, supply will shrink, demand will rise, and prices will rise further.

[retailguy]

retailguy, ask j. gordon how exciting it is to drive 200mph into a corner. on sunday his brakes failed and headed into said corner. i but he was a little excited when his foot went to the floor!

Hmmm... Not entirely sure that "exciting" is the right word. I'd have to think that "terrifying" would get a few votes. I'll agree on the adrenaline rush, but I still don't think that's a positive thing.....

[MJZiggy]

I think I'll buy a hybrid...