OMFG Gas! - Page 3

Deuce · #21 07-06-2006, 06:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Scottie

The only good thing for us is that the quality of fuel whether it be premium or regular is way better over here. Any TopGear watchers will have heard JC banging on about your crap fuel

It's not too bad in Indiana. We have 93 to 94 octane fuel here.

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motordavid · #22 07-06-2006, 06:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Scottie

I only have the time to take trips of 5000 miles when we take our holidays mind you the price on mainland Europe is slightly cheaper than UK prices.

You lucky that you have the time to do 3500 mile coast to coast trips I don't I'm working most of the time.

so I can afford to have my X5

Fiona,
I was being slightly facetious...it must get lost in translation.
My point was, we Yanks are aware that gas is very expensive
per gallon, by comparison in most Euro countries.

My other point is that the Continental US is a Big Country and
we don't have the train system most of Euro has; thus, we drive or, fly.

Unless I'm way off, your "avg. Euro" is not hopping into their car and
doing 1500 mile long weekends.

"5000 mile vacations"?! It's only a thou from Inverness to south Germany,
or 600 miles from Aberdeen to Paris. I suspect your normal Euro tourist is
not ripping off 5K Mile driving vacays.

My being retired has little to do with price of gas, trips, etc, imo.
Cheers,
mD

Scottie · #23 07-06-2006, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by motordavid

Fiona,
I was being slightly facetious...it must get lost in translation.
My point was, we Yanks are aware that gas is very expensive
per gallon, by comparison in most Euro countries.

My other point is that the Continental US is a Big Country and
we don't have the train system most of Euro has; thus, we drive or, fly.

Unless I'm way off, your "avg. Euro" is not hopping into their car and
doing 1500 mile long weekends.

"5000 mile vacations"?! It's only a thou from Inverness to south Germany,
or 600 miles from Aberdeen to Paris. I suspect your normal Euro tourist is
not ripping off 5K Mile driving vacays.

My being retired has little to do with price of gas, trips, etc, imo.
Cheers,
mD

5000 miles is from Inverness to Italy towing our caravan. via Belgium Germany Switzerland Austria Italy Holland and them home.

you right about the average weekend trip ours is usually about 400 miles as we travel between our home here at Inverness and our other home at Dunbalne.

Our average monthly fuel bill is £500 GBP. between out 3 cars and thats just everyday running work etc. trips home at weekend does not include holidays or anything extra.

SANguru · #24 07-06-2006, 06:43 PM

that's the dumbest shit I've heard all day especially when oil prices continue to hit record highs on daily basis. Doesn't seem so bad?? you've seriously got common sense and IQ of a rock.

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Yeah so Chuck and I came up with a perfect answer: from now on only 40.00 in the tank, on the X it lasts 5-7 days and the RR-3-5 and it doesn't seem as bad.

blondboinsd · #25 07-06-2006, 06:45 PM

Well since it costs more to buy a more efficient car then keep filling the car up I'm putting 40 bucks in, which makes it seem less depressing, so it goes up 10 cents, I'll live, its the full tank money that annoys me. I don't think that's stupid at all. It's more about the whole price for a fill up that is depressing.

vinuneuro · #26 07-06-2006, 06:57 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Yeah so Chuck and I came up with a perfect answer: from now on only 40.00 in the tank, on the X it lasts 5-7 days and the RR-3-5 and it doesn't seem as bad.

man, you crack me up

http://www.xoutpost.com/lounge/17290-...meone-say.html

SANguru · #27 07-06-2006, 07:29 PM

thanks for proving my point again. They should talk about you in the "real man of genious" radio commercial for Anheiser Busch.

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

Well since it costs more to buy a more efficient car then keep filling the car up I'm putting 40 bucks in, which makes it seem less depressing, so it goes up 10 cents, I'll live, its the full tank money that annoys me. I don't think that's stupid at all. It's more about the whole price for a fill up that is depressing.

Michelle · #28 07-06-2006, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by SANguru

thanks for proving my point again. They should talk about you in the "real man of genious" radio commercial for Anheiser Busch.

LMAO!!

motordavid · #29 07-06-2006, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by blondboinsd

...I don't think that's stupid at all. It's more about the whole price for a fill up that is depressing.

bb,
My Rec'd:
Hit up one of your Docs for Prozac or lithium carbonate Script,
ingest, and go get the sumbitch filled up.

It's like having a $3G/month mortgage: do we really have to
write that 3 grand check by the 10th of the month every
fookin month or, do we send 'em 700 bucks once a week and hope
they understand; the 700 buck thing makes us "feel less depressed."

blondboinsd · #30 07-06-2006, 10:14 PM

LOL I'm not my mother, I don't do prescription drugs

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