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  • rusty bumper
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    Originally posted by Aurora40
    Wow... Yeah, cars still make about 130hp on average, just like in 1973, and get about 11mpg, just like in 1973... Hardly anything has changed at all.
    You would think that what with all the advancements that have been made in engines, electronics, and emission control, as well as better fuels, that a V-8 engine would be getting about 30MPG by now.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by Aurora40
    It seems like your poll was really just an excuse to rant. If your gasoline is really going up 3-12 cents every day then maybe it's time to move, as this is not even close to the norm in the rest of the United States.



    Wow... Yeah, cars still make about 130hp on average, just like in 1973, and get about 11mpg, just like in 1973... Hardly anything has changed at all.

    If you are driving a car from the 1960's on cruise nights, then it's no surprise that you are getting the same economy now that you did back in 1973...
    Not rant, just comment on a sorry situation, hurting a lot of unfortunate folks, created by a number of factors, including plain ole human greed.

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  • Aurora40
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    Originally posted by bencar
    and virtually every day it jumps by anywhere from 3-12 cents a gallon.
    It seems like your poll was really just an excuse to rant. If your gasoline is really going up 3-12 cents every day then maybe it's time to move, as this is not even close to the norm in the rest of the United States.

    Originally posted by bencar
    The same thing was said during the so-called 'Oil Embargo' of 1973, and here it is 32 years later, and little has changed.
    Wow... Yeah, cars still make about 130hp on average, just like in 1973, and get about 11mpg, just like in 1973... Hardly anything has changed at all.

    If you are driving a car from the 1960's on cruise nights, then it's no surprise that you are getting the same economy now that you did back in 1973...
    Last edited by Aurora40; Jul 17, 2005, 02:18 PM.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by ebpcivicsi
    We actually have some of the cheapest gas in the world here in America. I think it is just something that is destined to occur, there is only so much oil on the earth. Perhaps a drastic price increase will force manufacturers to produce more efficient motors.
    I get about 35+ mpg even with 8100 available revs so it doesn't bother me near as much.
    (Perhaps a drastic price increase will force manufacturers to produce more efficient motors.) The same thing was said during the so-called 'Oil Embargo' of 1973, and here it is 32 years later, and little has changed. I'm afraid that prices will continue to escalate, supplies will dwindle, hot air will abound, and most of us will simply get bled drier than the Wells the Oil came from.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by Rusty Bumper
    I got a good look at you restored car, and it looks just like the one that Sgt. Carter used to drive on Gomer Pyle USMC.
    If I remember right, the car that Sgt Carter drove on 'Gomer Pyle USMC', was a 1960 Dodge Dart, which was a full size car that model year.
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  • ebpcivicsi
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    We actually have some of the cheapest gas in the world here in America. I think it is just something that is destined to occur, there is only so much oil on the earth. Perhaps a drastic price increase will force manufacturers to produce more efficient motors.

    I get about 35+ mpg even with 8100 available revs so it doesn't bother me near as much.

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  • rusty bumper
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    Originally posted by bencar
    Yeah, but it just isn't the same without that car or truck you worked so hard to restore. The good news, if there is any to be had here, is that my 1960 Plymouth is very economical to run, equipped as it is with a 'Slant-Six.' The bad news, is that is still requires gasoline to run
    I got a good look at you restored car, and it looks just like the one that Sgt. Carter used to drive on Gomer Pyle USMC.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by taylor192
    Boohoo, stop crying.

    Premium was $1.059 CND/L this week, that's $4.02 CND/Gal, or $3.30 USD/Gal!

    Yes it does affect some plans, yet for the most part a 10-15% increase isn't that big a deal. Gas is down 5% today, so really the 15% increase we saw is back to 10% and will probably be down to 5% next week.
    Unfortunately gasoline has gone up by a lot more than 10-15% around here since about April 2005, and virtually every day it jumps by anywhere from 3-12 cents a gallon. There have been a few backslides in gasoline prices, but they've been short lived, and wiped put by subsequent increases. On top of that, our thieving Legislators, who plundered the State 'Transportation Trust Fund', used for road repair, are now waiting until just after the Fall elections to zap us with a 10-15 cent a gallon increase in the State gasoline tax. So, no relief in sight around here
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  • taylor192
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    Boohoo, stop crying.

    Premium was $1.059 CND/L this week, that's $4.02 CND/Gal, or $3.30 USD/Gal!

    Yes it does affect some plans, yet for the most part a 10-15% increase isn't that big a deal. Gas is down 5% today, so really the 15% increase we saw is back to 10% and will probably be down to 5% next week.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by travisdecpn
    Cruise night, is cruise night, and always will be cruise night even if I have to start riding my bike instead of driving my truck.
    Yeah, but it just isn't the same without that car or truck you worked so hard to restore. The good news, if there is any to be had here, is that my 1960 Plymouth is very economical to run, equipped as it is with a 'Slant-Six.' The bad news, is that is still requires gasoline to run
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  • travisdecpn
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    Cruise night, is cruise night, and always will be cruise night even if I have to start riding my bike instead of driving my truck.

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  • bencar
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    Originally posted by Rusty Bumper
    If prices keep going up, then it looks like we'll have see a loan officer just to buy a tank of gas!
    Hey, no fair stealing my material But, unfortunately you are very close to right, and the worst part about it, neither the 'Oil Companies' or the politicians they own, could care less how much they hurt everyone. Besides, they've always hated that 20th Century American creation called the 'Middle Class.'

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  • rusty bumper
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    If prices keep going up, then it looks like we'll have see a loan officer just to buy a tank of gas!

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  • bencar
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    Around NJ, for those of us whose cars won't run on Regular, the ransom for a gallon of gold, is $2.37 to $2.65/gal., and rapidly climbing day by day
    Last edited by bencar; Jul 21, 2005, 06:22 PM.

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  • Superior Shine
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    I live in southern California and as of July 11, 2005 the going rate is about $2.45- $2.50 per gallon.

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