Don't know if this has been covered but it was on the news a few days ago to expect gas prices to hit $3.00 a gallon this summer.

Anyone else have more info?

nooo....
ya gotta be kiddin... lol

guess it's time to stay home and polish the car... :rolleyess:

j. www.subiegal.com (http://www.subiegal.com)

What!? I can't afford that! I spend $100 per month on gasoline at $1.50 / gallon. I will be spending $200?!

I am glad I only work two blocks away from my house.

The pay sucks though.

And it gets DAMNED hot and humid down here. Oh well.... SUV idiots will be hurtin long before I am.

$3 a gallon cant be the same everywhere around the country. Gas prices range from $1.30 to $2.00 per gallon across the country as we speak. Anyways who says gas prices are going up that high? Where did you get yoru information from?

I kinda hope they do go up... then maybe some of the people who drive Excursions and Suburbans all the time will dump them, and I will be able to see to make a right turn...

That price will be more than sufficient to curb consumption considerably, thus driving prices back down.

It was on the evening News. I think NBC. After the local news they were talking about economy and the oil companies and a shortage.

Gas in my area right now for regular ranges from $1.49-$1.67. It should jump at least .20 cents before Memorial Day Weekend.

Oh dear...

How will you all cope with such high gas prices!! http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/eek.gif

All I'll suggest, is dont move to the UK... http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/rolleyes.gif

lol

J.

Jay, what's it at in the UK right now?

At least if it goes up to $3.00 a gallon the roads may not be as congested as they are now. It is just no fun driving in all the traffic. What burns me most is our state spending all the road funding to build carpool lanes for 2 or more persons, and then cars with two or more people do not use the lanes built for them! It is so stupid to build these lanes. There should be some kind of law that if you have two or more persons in a car and are not in the car pool lane or getting ready to exit you get a ticket. http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/rolleyes.gif



[This message has been edited by david2z4 (edited April 17, 2001).]

you don't really and honestly want to know the prices in the UK. your eyes will do this http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/eek.gif

and 3 bucks a gallon is lower than i was used to paying http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif so that'll fell better actually http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif
last summer i was filling up on 100 octane every fill up..or 93 and 2 bottles of octane boost race forumla just to prevent det. and pre-ingition http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/rolleyes.gif stupid motor http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/wink.gif And that was average cost of 3.89 or more a gallon sometimes even close to 4.35 a gallon http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif it got me in shape for this summer http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/wink.gif where i am going to be doing the same thing again.
Besides i got around 4-11 mpg if i was lucky in the scoob. most of the time around 7 highway..sounds fun, huh? I enjoyed it honestly, just cus it hadn't been done before and it was more fun that stock

Hell its more then $5 a gallon where I am already. At least we get better gas then the US does. I saw thast mentioned on a few news shows that OPEC cut production again in order to take the price of a barrel of oil back above $30 a barrel. Last summer it got to $35 a barrel and now OPEC is kind of getting greedy enough to drive up prices so they make more cash. That and a summer travel season with the SUV owners make what gas is available alot more expensive. In a way I hope the price of gas gets to the $5 a gallon that I have. Then you'll seperate who really needs a SUV and who is just a lying bitch. Should drive more then a few SUV owners to the train or bus for at least a while. Funniest thing was last year seeing a news show where they asked this guy at the gas station what he thought of it all. He said its too hard on a poor man like himself to afford gas for his SUV. This from a man standing next to a Lincoln Navigator. Hey buddy maybe that's why your poor?

hmmmm I remember living in England when we paid something like $6/gallon... damn american complain too much!

hehe (parents' mobil card) hehe

safety.

I ride my bike to work, I don't really care, premium's almost $2 a gallon here already.

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I saw that report in USA Today. I think the $3/gallon will be in places where it's already higher than average, i.e. the west coast. Anyhoo, my car will be in storage from the beginning of June until the end of October, so I could really care less. I just hope $2.25 isn't marketed as a "bargain" after the prices spike.

This will probably keep all the Navigators and Excursions sitting in the driveways with some pissed off owners....so tell me, what exactly is the problem with this, again? http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif

This is all baseless speculation. Nobody can predict what will happen to the world oil market months from now. In order for gas prices to reach $3.00 a gallon in the US, a lot of nasty stuff would have to happen. Quite frankly, I'm 99.9% certain that it won't.

At the most, I think it's safe to say gas prices might go up a maximum of 20 cents, but beyond that, any speculation is purely contrived and based on nothing but paranoia and the need for a scary story for the six-o-clock news.

Go to Europe..Then you'll see we've got it made!

Ummm, didn't the same "predictions" roll around last summer?? Pretty sure they did. As with most things:

I'll believe it when I see it.

Ahahah my GF just got a Toyota Prius, 57miles per gallon, so i guess she will be doing most of the drivinghttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif eheheh
Oh well, To drive my car its worth paying $40 bux per tank...hey less cars on the road, maybe less cops also?? Yeah!!! 100mph everywherehttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif

We saved the oil barons from sadam and look how we get repaid. We should have over ran them ourselves. Then kicked sadam to the vultures.

With rusia Like they are they`d probably buy from us.

But then we'd be setting a bad example!!!

But still oil would be cheap http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif

One thing!

Why does only gas go up? why does plastic bags and stuff stay the same?

Hey guys englands paying $1.30 for a liter of gas.

I live in the SF Bay Area, right now, prices for premium in my area (usually slightly below Bay Area averages) are running 2.10-2.20/gallon, with regular being just barely under $2/gallon again.

Will we hit $3 in this area for premium? I'd say we have a good chance, but not garunteed. $2.50 for premium? Now, that is almost garunteed here.

Ohwell, I miss my Festiva, although I got considerably less mpg than it was rated for, but my rex is FAR more fun. ;-)

This was first covered on CNBC several weeks ago. An energy expert predicted based on supply and demand that gasoline in California will go to $3.00 per gallon this summer. East of the Hudson, Florida, and the Midwest it will top $2.50.

I bet it'll get damn close.

Let it!!!

More reason for me to ride my motorcycle.

$1.99(87), $2.09(89), $2.19(92) at the Chevron located at I-5 and La Costa Ave, North County San Diego.

Remember the date Kids. 4/17/01

This thread WILL BE bumped this summer.

Skylab

Yeah that really sux, I have been only paying $1.32 for 87. But it just jumped up to $1.55.http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/frown.gif I cant afford anymore, I drive 20m to work.

Even with my bike..Suzuki SV650 it'll be expensive. Think on the flip-side that means rest of the world will be paying $7-8 per gallon.

oh no! my commute from home to work is at least 50+ miles! so i drive at least 100+ miles a day!! damn! if the gas price keeps on going up, i think i'll need to find a civic as a commuter! http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/frown.gif

Yeah, I heard about this. At first I thought it was a joke, but its not. http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/frown.gif Oh well, I'll just have to watch my gas now.. YEAH RIGHT! http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif

OPEC = Evil! http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/mad.gif

I hope some even more worth-while fuel cell cars start getting devolped cause of this...

I still want an Impreza though http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif

In the UK i think i am paying about $4.35USD for a US/gallon 97UK/93US Octane, if i have got that right.

I don't think we will see anymore push for fuel efficiant cars in the near future. I do see Bush raping our country for every last natural resorce. Short term fixes just like his dad http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/frown.gif

Hey, maybe you all need to move to Texas for the summer. Right now Exxon 93 is going for 1.61 a gallon at a few stations in my area. I hope this deal or something not much more than this will last through the summer.

So what if the prices go up. What do you expect when you buy a semi-gas guzzling kinda car? If your gonna pay 25K for a car, plus the price of insurance and maybe some mods, the price of gas should be the least of your concerns. You gotta pay to play. It all comes at the price (no pun intended) of owning a car. If you don't like it, get a bikehttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gifLet's assume you drive 12,000 miles this year, with an avg. mpg of 25 for the wrx. At 1.50 a gallon, you'd pay $720, but at 2.00 a gallon, you'll pay $960. Is $240 dollars a year a big deal? If you think that it is a big deal, then maybe you should consider a hybrid or something more fuel efficient. For $240 more, look at all the fun you'll have in that rex. Anyways, just my $0.02. BTW, I've get a deposit on a wrxhttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif

I will say one thing. I got an Amsoil filter from Larry (Ganzflow is on the way as I write this http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif ) and combined with the replaced O2 sensor I am getting REALLY good gas mileage. As a matter of fact I'm getting about 50% better mileage. I was using between 1.5 and 2 tanks a week for my commute before. Now I'm using 1. That's pretty significant! I'd be shocked if it weren't over 30MPG. The fuel economy is better than my wife's Forester and is a hell of a lot quicker to boot! If you don't have a free flow air filter, get one. You'll more than make up the price of the filter in fuel savings this summer...

Where did you get your free-flow air filter?? Is it a vender on this board??

i am trading in for a Honda Insight

360 miles per tank (14.2 gallon fillups). Fuel economy is challenging. Keep your right foot on a diet so it doesn't push the pedal down to the floor.http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/rolleyes.gifhttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif

Skylab

davidz24-- getting more crude only helps so much. there have been exactly ZERO refineries built since 1975... how much has consumption increased since then?

you can't just open one either, thanks to the massive EPA regulations and penalities. in fact, you can't close one for the same reason-- refineries loosing money continue to operate because they don't have the money to close in compliance with EPA regs.

in short, if gas does hit $3 look for legislative help because nothing else will make a difference.

I am sort of glad I do not drive my Prelude anymore :-) it had to have premium (89 would knock every so often) and premium is at BEST $1.70... I don't get paid enough for that... although I DID fill up yesterday for a measley $1.44/gal...

I'm glad oil prices are going up. I think they should keep going up until people stop buying huge polluting SUVs.
Something I learned recently
Cars emit their own weight in carbons every year if driven the American average (12k mi).
That means that the Excursion emits over 7600 pounds of carbons ever year. How many of you drive more than 12k per year? I know I do. I'm on track for about 18k this year, which is down from 36+ two years ago. How gross is that?
I don't have my notes handy, but it just gets better.

The price of gas needs to keep rising FAST.

Oh yeah... Mt. Kilamonjaro(sp. gack!) is going to be without snow in 14 years.
The polar ice cap is 1/2 as thick as it was 40 years ago.

OK, so most of us might live to see the polar ice cap completely melted. Does this scare you at all? Think of the climate change. Water levels will rise, wiping out coastal areas. The air will be warmer and will obsorb more water, making it more humid.
It's not even the end of April and some areas are already having problems with water runoff.

I don't know about you, but I think high gas prices are the least of our concerns.

I'm not to concerned about gas prices for my cars. I live only 7 min from work and I don't drive alot anyway. I could live with $4.00 a gal. But it does drive up the cost of everything, shipping, food, everything.

I would buy an alternative fuel car if one was available that didn't look like a dog and cost alot.

Well,92 Octane gas out here is still @ $1.79 a gallon which is reasonable now that I see how high gas is were y'all live at.. http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/biggrin.gif Let's see here.. I fill up every week @ 22 bucks.. 4 weeks in a month.. Hey! That's. 88 bucks a month.. Son of a.... that's a lot of mula for 50% water.. Oh well... I guess it's worth it to hear the sweet sounds of my turbo... Weeeeeeehhhhhhtttttt!!

By my reckoning at least 90% of the Excursion and Suburban buyers now are seriously behind the curve on this trend. The backlash is already long under way. They are in the same boat as the people clammoring to buy tech stocks in early 2000.

If I had a big one now and was even thinking about selling it, I would be trying my hardest right now to make it pretty and sell it. You can still snag some of the late trenders. But not for long. There is a growing glut of used large SUVs and it continues to grow every day.

--scott

man gas is just way too expensive but i agree kinda the more expensive the less big@ss trucks and suvs are on the road in theory they do use more gas and have more exhaust fumes or expellants.... SUV=sucky

horatio, you've bought into the "greenhouse" pseudo-science. did you know that even an average volcanic explosion puts more of those "evil carbons" into the air then all the cars combined EVER have?

you are mistaken about the ice as well, and climate change is natural. last I checked, Tunisia wasn't always a desert and neither was Iran. some meteorologists who DON'T have a green axe to grind now suspect that we are less than a thousand years from the start of the next ice age...

if you want to debate it further, let's take it to off-topic.

david, you're absolutely right about the affect of higher gas prices on the rest of the economy.

It all too much I'm selling my car and walking everywere, HHHAaaaa man I crack myself up.

I can get by without a car.

2-3 blocks to work, 8 blocks to my bank, 6 miles to my parent's house, 1 mile to grocery store. Heck before I had a license I would bike all over town.

Small towns rock for that. Too bad I am in the south with pollen up the wazzoo, horrible allergies, and this oppressive humidity.

Oh well, guess I will loose some weight!

Yes, Larry Ganz http://www.imprezars.com he also does cold air intakes and a number of other little specialty products. I have been VERY pleased with his stuff!

I think it is B/S that West Coast is always higher. But if anyone is interested I have a Justy for sale in the marketplace, I have another one that I might hold onto now. We also have a 76 Subaru that gets 40mpg. I guess the Turbo Legacy will have to go into Summer storage.

I'm not too crazy about gas prices going up, even with the potential of reducing the number of SUVs being driven. My automobile is my main mode of transport. I use about a tank a week or so. It's almost enough to convince me to steal my '94 Cavalier back from my mom and dad. It got 35+ mpg. Fortunately, public transit is increasing in my area. In May, MetroLink (St Louis Light Rail) will be running further east than E. St. Louis. That means I'll be able to catch the bus that goes by my apartment and ride it to MetroLink, which will take me right up to my workplace. Before, the only reliable public transit available, I still had to drive about 5 minutes to catch a bus. To make it more frustrating, it took another 45 minutes to get to work once I got on the bus. And it only takes about 25 minutes to drive to work.

Now, at least, I will stand to more than break even on transportation cost, and have a reliable way to get back and forth to work without depending on my car.

I've tried public transit before, but it wasn't convenient, cost-effective, or reliable. That was even true with driving a 1999 Mustang GT.

I just hope they don't raise the cost of using public transit by much. I'm sure it'll happen, as they'll be somewhat affected by rising fuel cost and the problematic economy.

Brian

Bah, if the gas prices go up up up I don't know how I'll pay for it :-x...

Edit: When the price of gas goes up, the price of EVERYTHING goes up...Honestly, the price of gasoline has a large impact on lots of things...

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YES!! Finally drivers of small cars with 4 bangers like ours will get their just desserts! And SUVs will become impractical for those who don't need them. Just like in Europe. If gas prices stay real high just think of the cool cars we'll get! BTW, I drive a lot...sometimes 100 miles/day.

Jeremy

Good time to look for a tow vehicle ... the owners that use them for everyday transport will be choking http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/smile.gif

All of you ignorant asses that say its only fair for Americans to start paying as much for gas as those elsewhere in the world remember this:

Americans have to drive more than anywhere else. My commute to work and back is almost 2 hours round trip somedays. We're spread out over here, its what happens to a nation who successfully expands. We can't afford to pay as much as someone who drives 1.5 miles to work, half of which is spent going around in silly circles in the middle of town.

I for one am for whatever must be done to lower oil prices or decrease or dependency on foreign oil. I say kill how ever many owls and frogs you have to, I want my gas now, and I want it cheap. If the little forest animals don't like a big drilling rig in their home, they can either move or evolve and take over. Either way, it doesn't matter to me.

I'm done now.

<left wing extremist attack armor on>

-Dog

No problem here...I only drive in the summer time and only have 12000 miles on a 2000 rs

later,
tony.

I only have 2000 miles on a 2000 RS http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/tongue.gif

Got to get out and drive more.

Alphadog,
How would you like it if they were to start drilling right in your backyard? Would you either move or evolve? Maybe a move would be good, so you could be closer to work, and not complain so much about gas prices and your evil desire to get whatever you want at all costs.

Sorry, i had to vent
i can not stand people who have zero care for the environmenthttp://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/mad.gif

Hey, Mr. Cheese (God your name is so appropriate)...

If they drilled in MY backyard? I would LOVE it! I would be filthy stinking rich. Hell I'll take that deal. I'm evil? OK, you got me. Evil capitalist pig.

-Dog

I would like to say some more words to you but realize this is not the place, and what would I accomplish anyhow?, for you are the leader <-- as your name implies.

I don't really care. I ride a bicycle to work.

I would gladly pay $6 a gallon if it get those Stupid Ugly Vehicles off the road.

Speaking of this... Theres a house down the street with a Suburban, Expedition, and Full Size Dodge truck... 2 of them parked in the street on a 1 lane road on a curve! http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/mad.gif

Anyone have a tank I can borrow to drive over them? http://www.i-club.com/ubb-files/smilies/mad.gif

the stupid thing about this is that we don have to get our oil from the middle east and the OPEC people.... we can get it here in our own country or from other places

They can't do that, Man i'm going to have to get a second job just to pay for Gas, Right now I spend a $100 a week on gas.