The Big Stupid (Gas prices) ranting thread...

DanielB

yep, time for us Americans to do what we do best....


Complain about gas prices! :lol3

last time i checked it was 2.12 a gallon of unleaded here in Kansas City...


lets hear your horror stories about gas prices, and people from around the world feel free to join in too:thumb



Daniel

Richard

Last time I looked it was around $6 USD a gallon in Madrid. Might just as well complain about the weather though...

Bob Bell

DanielB wrote:

yep, time for us Americans to do what we do best....


Complain about gas prices!

last time i checked it was 2.12 a gallon of unleaded here in Kansas City...


lets hear your horror stories about gas prices, and people from around the world feel free to join in too



Daniel

Thats cheap its 2.33 here. And I just drove 180 miles this weekend to photograph ducks Good thing I get 30 miles to the gallon on the highway

StevenV

Either $2.20 or $2.01 here... at stations less than a mile apart!

Tessa HD

here's my rant...
We (the town I live in) have a refinery in our back yard giving us cancer, yet we pay more than most places in the U.S. If I drive 40+ miles in practically any direction (except New York) I'll pay less - go figure. It's been a popular topic in the "letter to the editor" over the years. I try not to look at the prices and think about it much - it's too upsetting. However, I didn't think the prices were too bad lately.

Edit: we're told we pay more because our gas is "fresh" - guess I'm fortunate (?!)

tessa

Andy

rsinmadrid wrote:

Last time I looked it was around $6 USD a gallon in Madrid. Might just as well complain about the weather though...

I'm with you, Richard. I'm not a fan of these beefs - I feel very fortunate here as far as gasoline (petrol to many)a prices, versus what nearly the entire rest of the world pays.

DanielB

Andy wrote:

I'm with you, Richard. I'm not a fan of these beefs - I feel very fortunate here as far as gasoline (petrol to many)a prices, versus what nearly the entire rest of the world pays.

i have a friend in Albania and theirs was equivilent to $12 USD a gallon at one point....

i do remember the "good ol' days" though... one time it dropped down to .97 a gallon i think about 3 years ago


ahhh those were the days... lol

dragon300zx

DanielB wrote:

i have a friend in Albania and theirs was equivilent to $12 USD a gallon at one point....

i do remember the "good ol' days" though... one time it dropped down to .97 a gallon i think about 3 years ago


ahhh those were the days... lol

You were still in diapers when I started driving (well very very close to it at least) I remember when gas was always below a buck a gallon. 90 cents a gallon was normal.

Oh and can I add that you just made me feel old.

DanielB

dragon300zx wrote:

Oh and can I add that you just made me feel old.

dragon300zx

Molsondog wrote:

90 cents! How about the gas wars of the early 70's when it was $0.25. Then came the embargo and the landscape changed.

Ride motorcycles. I get 50 mpg.

Early 70's eh. Well ya made me feel young again...:):

ivar

Hmmmm, "The Big Stupid (Gas prices) ranting thread...", and it is started by someone who is not old enough to drive (or are you? what is the age limit there anyway? permit at 14 maybe?). So, why is the price of gas on your mind, Daniel? Would you drive less if it got more expensive?

Even i remember getting gas for under a dollar when i lived in TX. It's about USD 6 a gallon where i live now

DanielB

ivar wrote:

Hmmmm, "The Big Stupid (Gas prices) ranting thread...", and it is started by someone who is not old enough to drive (or are you? what is the age limit there anyway? permit at 14 maybe?). So, why is the price of gas on your mind, Daniel? Would you drive less if it got more expensive?

Even i remember getting gas for under a dollar when i lived in TX. It's about USD 6 a gallon where i live now

i have a permit, and they're thinking of raising the age limit to 18 for a normal liscence instead of 16


and yes, if gas is too expensive, i won't drive. i'll just ride my bike to shooting locations

rahmonster

It's $1.27 australian for a litre of unleaded here...and I can't be bothered to work out how to convert that. I have in he past year had to pay $1.40. I don't know why it's so expensive here, they did a study and my town is the 3rd highest price in the state for some reason. I remember a few years ago when it was almost $1.20 here, driving to Brisbane and paying 85c a litre...

ivar

DanielB wrote:

i have a permit, and they're thinking of raising the age limit to 18 for a normal liscence instead of 16

and yes, if gas is too expensive, i won't drive. i'll just ride my bike to shooting locations

Over here a "permit" as such doesn't exist. Mandatory lessones, and no exam untill the instructor thinks you are ready. And no lessons before the age of 18. Atleast i got a US license just by showing my foreign one. (both the TX and FL one did not say i wasn't an american, i always wondered about that) Driving a car here is too expensive, fuel @ USD 6 a gallon, taxes by weight of the car, alot of payed parkingspots in cities.... I can't afford a car for sure. When i lived in the US i couldn't do without one though. But it is funny to see that people complain about gas prices being 2-something, with it being 6 here.