What's the price of gas where you are?

[Pandemonium]

See? 'Policing the world'... I mean, what the fuck is that? The US doesn't police the world, it protects its economic interests by means of war or destabilization.

[erotic cheeses]

in the cold north of england its one pound forty eight pence a litre - which is what two and a half dollars, even more in Ireland or the South - which is pretty pricey

[Bandit72]

£1.42 a litre ($2.25 a litre) The government here takes 82p a litre through tax. It is a JOKE.

[Hokahey]

Poor Larry. He has no idea how well we actually have it here. He's just like a real American!

[mockbee]

No doubt it's messy Larry, but your hyperbole rings hollow.

I must have missed it when Bush/Obama were gassing Americans.

[Larry B.]

Poor Larry. He has no idea how well we actually have it here. He's just like a real American!

YOU have it well. You're most likely in the higher half of the middle class, as probably most of the people here are. Hell, it's very likely that most of us have it well. That doesn't mean our countries aren't fucked up. And the US certainly is.

[Larry B.]

No doubt it's messy Larry, but your hyperbole rings hollow.

I must have missed it when Bush/Obama were gassing Americans.

I'd love to argue on that, but you gotta help me out here by thinking a little deeper. It would be a bit exhausting if I have to spell everything out for you, like 'there are other weapons besides gas'. Otherwise, it'd come to the point when I'd have to explain how the fact that most Americans don't use turbans doesn't make a difference.

But perhaps it's not entirely your fault. You've probably seen too many movies and you have the clear image that anybody whose name contains the particle 'abd' wants to kill you (and has probably killed at least 67 Americans and 4 kittens).

[Romeo]

We're averaging about $4.05 a gallon. Cash.

Credit is 10 cents more.

it's not a matter of driving less, it's a lack of decent public transportation country wide. I work 24 miles from my home. I have no other choice to drive since there isn't another alternative. The only true public transportation here is into Manhattan.

[blackcoffee]

The price of gas where I am is I make her sleep on the sofa....j/k

I'm like Creep. I have a company car and am fortunate enough right now that I don't have to pay for it regularlry. Last time I filled up (in Seattle) it was 4.30 or so.

[sinep]

The price of gas where I am is I make her sleep on the sofa....j/k

I'm like Creep. I have a company car and am fortunate enough right now that I don't have to pay for it regularlry. Last time I filled up (in Seattle) it was 4.30 or so.

fuck gas cards, i get remembered 51 cents per mile that i drive.

50mpg means i get paid $25.50 for every gallon of gas that i use.

[blackcoffee]

The price of gas where I am is I make her sleep on the sofa....j/k

I'm like Creep. I have a company car and am fortunate enough right now that I don't have to pay for it regularlry. Last time I filled up (in Seattle) it was 4.30 or so.

fuck gas cards, i get remembered 51 cents per mile that i drive.

50mpg means i get paid $25.50 for every gallon of gas that i use.

Well it used to be if you were in the field you expensed every bit of gas you used because the assumption was that you were always using it for work. Because I travel nationally and fly, I feel guilty if I don't pay to fill up on occasion. My car use is mostly to and from the airport, or an occasional local school where I have business. I love the deal I've got.

[Hokahey]

Poor Larry. He has no idea how well we actually have it here. He's just like a real American!

YOU have it well. You're most likely in the higher half of the middle class, as probably most of the people here are. Hell, it's very likely that most of us have it well. That doesn't mean our countries aren't fucked up. And the US certainly is.

No country is perfect. But it's ridiculously hard to not be able to have a roof over your head and a full belly in the US. I could make half of what I make (wouldn't be hard to find a job paying that) and still live perfectly comfortably.

I know countless people that do NOTHING and live perfectly comfortable off of welfare programs that my checks help fund.

What a life.

And then people have the gall to bitch. It's usually those same people too lazy to help themselves.

The ONLY people I have any sympathy for are those mentally incapable of helping themselves by finding the abundance of charity and government assistance.

Don't believe the hype Larry.

[creep]

The price of gas where I am is I make her sleep on the sofa....j/k

I'm like Creep. I have a company car and am fortunate enough right now that I don't have to pay for it regularlry. Last time I filled up (in Seattle) it was 4.30 or so.

fuck gas cards, i get remembered 51 cents per mile that i drive.

50mpg means i get paid $25.50 for every gallon of gas that i use.

there is no car that gets 50mpg. if i remember right you drive a metro.

maybe you should drive a moped.

The press continues to hype the sudden popularity of older economy cars as a solution to surging gas prices.

An AP story appearing in the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere this morning says "In the past year, the average used small car price has gone up 2 percent, from $9,278 to $9,470, according to wholesale auto auction data collected by the National Automobile Dealers Association." Tom Libby, senior director of industry analysis for the Power Information Network, a division of J.D. Power, told the AP that "his company's data shows the biggest used car price increases in the super-small category."

A San Jose Mercury News story gets specific, saying that some older cars, "like the [Geo] Metro," can get "as much as 45 miles to the gallon," which "rivals mileage for hybrids."

Sounds terrific. It isn't true, though.

The federal government altered the formula it uses to calculate gas mileage last year. The old formula -- the one used to calculate the mileage of those economy cars when they were first sold -- exaggerated the actual mileage most drivers saw from their cars. The new formula is supposed to be more accurate.

It's easy to compare old and new numbers -- the EPA has already done it for you, publishing the older numbers alongside the new, revised numbers on its website.

So let's look at the mileage of that 1992 Geo Metro. According to the old formula it should have managed a combined mileage rating of 38 mpg. That's not far below the 46 mpg of the current Toyota Prius, just like the Mercury-News claims. According to the revised formula, however, that 1990 Metro should actually manage only 33 mpg -- 13 below the Prius. That's not nearly as impressive. In fact, it's nearly the same rating as many current small cars. Considering that the 1992 Metro features only one airbag and earned a "safety concern" from the federal government even by the standards of sixteen years ago, you should probably think long and hard before paying thousands of dollars for one.

That hasn't stopped some people from making a profit off the trend while they can. CNN reports, "In May alone, 43 Metros of various years and models were sold on eBay, ranging in price from $221.50," all they way up to "$7,300. The cars have been hot items, drawing upwards of 49 bids on certain vehicles, with many of the auctions coming down to last-second bidding wars." One recent Metro buyer told eBay she "has acquired another Metro, which she is considering flipping on eBay for profit. She has her eye on a third at a local car lot."

[sinep]

there is no car that gets 50mpg. if i remember right you drive a metro.

are you going to make me go outside and dig up the sticker? are you really going to make me do that? is that something that i'm going to have to do?

cuz i'll do it...

[sinep]

oh, sticker says 49...



i did 54/55 on the way back from arizona once though.

[clickie]

if larry wasnt such a full blown asshole i'd probably help him out getting his foot in the door over here..
theres two guys fresh from chili who work at the auto shop 2 miles from my house...
they told me the motto over in chili is.." Where the weather is sunny and the people are shady..."
i'm pretty sure these guys were only hired because they dont have a problem ripping people off.

[mockbee]

Mmmmmmm..... fresh chilli

[clickie]

you guys hungry yet?

[clickie]

[sinep]

[Larry B.]

[Romeo]

Our field techs don't have company cars, they have to use their own vehicles but get $450 a month car allowance plus mileage. Only the guys who drive the company service vans have a gas card.

I needed one of my Philly techs to go to No Jersey on a call and he told me no because his car eats too much gas. He drives a BMW 550. Well motherfucker, go buy yourself a fucking Ford Fusion or a certified used Toyota for work and shut up. Someone like that who's job involves driving and decidedly drives a gas guzzler get 0 sympathy from me when gas goes over $4 a gallon.

[mockbee]

I usually don't even look at gas prices, but I did today. $4.90/gallon Premium ($4.69 regular) in my neighborhood. Luckily is still only cost about $12 to fill up the bike.

[perkana]

10 pesos per liter (regular)
10.74 premium
10.36 diesel

[Artemis]

$1.43 per litre today

$5.40 per gallon