Gas $3.00/ gal ???

[AREA 51]

That's what some analysts are predicting for this summer. Should separate the suv men from the boys.

[Joe_Black]

Eh? I'll just pretend I'm driving a V-10 again or flying to work everyday.;pg;

[Capri]

I see sipping tons of gasoline as a way to encourage more auto makers make alternate fuel and cheaper hybrids

[Joe_Black]

Not to get too off topic, but I wouldn't be surprised if one of the main reasons American auto manufacturers aren't working on hydrogen power (like the rest of the world) is that just about anyone can make their own fuel.

[ScubaSteve]

That's why I'm configuring my VX to run off beer... preferably Sammy, so I can run a tap from the fuel tank to my center console.

I also think, without going off-topic, that they're basing this off the fact that we're supposed to pull outa Iraq in July... one could then predict the possibility of loyalist uprisings, a mini-coup, and the halting of oil exporting and contracts to the US.

I'm gonna go ahead and venture my own opinion... I'm gonna assume, safely i believe, that the US is far from willing to pull out without safely protecting their assets... why do you think they're selling contracts before the government (and therefore control of Iraqi exporting) is in the hands of the Iraqi council? We will continue to have a permanent presence (mostly Army, but some Marines since the Army can't provide their own security.... don't get me started on Jessica Lynch.. grr) in Iraq for another decade. Bush announced after nearly a month into Operation IF that Congress planned to fund the "rebuilding" (which we can assume to include the "de-building") with oil contracts to US companies. And since we all know Bush is an oil-tycoon, it's safe to assume that he'll be especially passionate about ensuring this happens.

Oil prices, in my quasi-professional opinion, should bounce around (that's mostly the importer - not the exporter) but won't go NEAR $3.00 a gallon (at least in the MD/VA/DC area). I know some states have rediculous gas prices, but it's mostly a result of state taxes, not the price per barrel of oil...

Thoughts?

[Dallas4u]

Originally posted by ScubaSteve
That's why I'm configuring my VX to run off beer... preferably Sammy, so I can run a tap from the fuel tank to my center console.

That is the MOST WASTEFUL thing I have ever heard! How DARE you burn beer for fuel. Beer goes in the belly! (Maybe you could use Pabst or The Beast for fuel... of course, you may encounter pinging)

[Bantan]

I got gas at .75 cents per gallon on my way to work last nigth. filled up my tank for $15 now thats what I'm talking about. I cannot even remember when gas was that cheap. Apparently the pump was programmed wrong instead of 1.75 per gal. Nevertheless, I told all my Co-workers, and after work there was a line at pump#2.

[Anita]

Use Guinness. Take the foam off the top and polish the cladding with it. Two-fold use!

[Dallas4u]

Originally posted by Bantan
...instead of 1.75 per gal.

I'm in the Newark, NJ area right now, and I haven't seen regular unleaded for more than $1.50. Are you using plus or premium, or is it just that much more expensive in NY?

[nyc #1 ironman]

Hey Dallas,
I was in Newark Saturday. What r u doing all the way over in theses neck of the woods?

[Jim98122x]

Automakers don't care how many miles-per-gallon their vehicles get. If they did, why would they keep making Pig-mobiles like Ford Excursions and Expeditions and GMC Yukons and the like? They keep making them because people keep buying them, and the public doesn't care enough about fuel economy.

As long as people are foolish enough to keep buying vehicles that get crappy fuel mileage, they'll keep making them. Hey, we have to count ourselves in that mix. The Vehicross isn't exactly thrifty in fuel economy. If I didn't drive so few miles per year (about 7,000) I wouldn't have bought one either.

The only way to encourage automakers to make more fuel-efficient vehicles is to stop buying the big, fat ones.

BTW, people in Europe like SUV's too....they just have lots of smaller and more thrifty ones to choose from, which we never see over here.

[Dallas4u]

I am working with my boss and my counterpart here on the east coast at the ChevronTexaco asphalt facility in Perth Amboy. I've been here since Tuesday (Jan 6) and will be here until this Friday.

It's isn't the prettiest place in the world by any means!!! At least I get to shack up at a decent hotel!

[Bantan]

Originally posted by Dallas4u
I'm in the Newark, NJ area right now, and I haven't seen regular unleaded for more than $1.50. Are you using plus or premium, or is it just that much more expensive in NY?

The later, it is indeed more expensive in NYC, but so is everything else. Some folks even drive to NJ to buy gas. BTW this is the second time you come visit, close to a VX meet, and not hook up with us Fellow VXers. Thats F@#$ up, whats the matter, you don't like us NYCers? Oh well, you gonna miss the "Apple Booty" contest in Brooklyn on Saturday nigth.

[lenny]

wow wish i could get fuel for that price

when i go and fill up im paying $6.44 per gallon 4.5 litres,,,,,, well £3.50 in the uk think ive converted it right

but like everything else in this .......... country we get ripped off
big time

[Dallas4u]

Meet? What meet? Where the hell?

I don't keep up with the meets too much since they are usually too far away from me. It would be sweet to go to one this far from home, but I'd miss not having my VX with me... I'm rollin' in tha Malibu right now!