Gas prices about to jump again

[03trubluGT]

All I know is the shit is getting expensive & I dont see how people can afford to make Car payments & pay a mortgage & all the other bills in this world. I just wonder how long before it gets to $5.00 a gallon & see the consequences of the cost of fuel

The reason I sold my GT with the 1.7L Kenne Bell back in April of 2006 was because premium gas was $4.60/gal.

I'm not near as bad off as some, but when a gallon of gas costs the hourly minimum wage, you better watch out. Thieves will get theirs, at your expense.

Grapevine PD caught a guy drilling gas tanks recently. The cost of the repair is going to be outrageous, kinda like the scumbags that sawzall the converters off of SUVs.


Remember this little tidbit:

When I was in the Middle East for Desert Storm, gas was a NICKEL a gallon over there.

[SEB]

I find it interesting that consumer technology as a whole is getting cheaper due to streamlined manufacturing, shipping, etc., yet they try to convince us that the cost to make gas is continually going up.

We as a nation HAVE to buy their product, and there's no alternative, so why not make excuses to gouge us?

Right! You cant tell me we can clone animals & have face to face video chat over a cell phone. But we cant get off oil! Yep if it smells like shit & looks like shit. It must be SHIT!

Im just wondering when these gas prices are going to come to a head in this country

[Big A]

I put a thousand miles a year on my car, and get gas so infrequently, that I often pull up to the wrong side of the pump (car filler neck is on the opposite of my truck).

The increase sucks, especially for the couple roadtrips a year, but I won't fret too much.

I'd be interested to know the actual margins on each step of the refining process. I've read that the gas stations make very little, and I understand the increase due to additives, but the oil industry has us by the balls, and they know it.

I find it interesting that consumer technology as a whole is getting cheaper due to streamlined manufacturing, shipping, etc., yet they try to convince us that the cost to make gas is continually going up.

We as a nation HAVE to buy their product, and there's no alternative, so why not make excuses to gouge us?

[tribaltalon]

i do have to say, working in the oil field has made paying for expensive gas much more bearable. lol. (that and i get a company truck with free gas LOL)

[2165 Turbo Rail]

well I filled up the TDI yesterday on the way back from the deer lease and I got 41.16 MPG our of the last tank... yes increase in fuel cost sucks... but not as much for me in the beetle as it does in the Avalanche

[SEB]

Dont live out of your means would help. Car payments arent necessary, stop driving something that gets 15 mpg, buy/rent an affordable home.

Your talking to the KING of No Car Payments or any payments for that matter. I own all my cars & my land & everything on it! My inlaws wonder why they are broke. I tell them. Your driving all that extra money every month. Thats why your broke!

I just hate that when gas goes up. So does food & everything else! You dont just feel pain at the pump! You feel it in every part of your everyday life

[kingjason]

Compare "so you don't think it had anything to so with it" with your post I quoted stating "five dollar a gallon is what crashed the economy the first time". Hardly the same thing.

You must have misquoted me

[slow99]

So you don't think it had anything to do with it? You have to by gas to get to work and around, but you do not have to make your mortgage payment. I always figured people chose to keep driving and just said fuck it with their bills. Not to mention the price of groceries,elctricity, went thru the roof. I could be wrong it would not be the first time. I just figured it played a role in it for all the people just barely getting along. Domino effect?

Compare "so you don't think it had anything to so with it" with your post I quoted stating "five dollar a gallon is what crashed the economy the first time". Hardly the same thing.

[kingjason]

Housing bubble burst, liquidity crisis, banking system failure, and contagion be damned - it was the gas.

So you don't think it had anything to do with it? You have to by gas to get to work and around, but you do not have to make your mortgage payment. I always figured people chose to keep driving and just said fuck it with their bills. Not to mention the price of groceries,elctricity, went thru the roof. I could be wrong it would not be the first time. I just figured it played a role in it for all the people just barely getting along. Domino effect?

[ELVIS]

dont be stupid, we arent supposed to buy gas this thursday! We really gonna show them oil companies!

god bless.

[slow99]

I believe the five dollar a gallon mark is what crashed the economy the first time.

Housing bubble burst, liquidity crisis, banking system failure, and contagion be damned - it was the gas.

[kingjason]

I believe the five dollar a gallon mark "may have helped " the economy crash the first time. Let it stay at five for any amount of time and watch. Lots of people living on the edge to keep up with the neighbors and it doesn't take much. Plus every damn thing goes up when gas peaks.

[onemeangixxer7502]

Dont live out of your means would help. Car payments arent necessary, stop driving something that gets 15 mpg, buy/rent an affordable home.

x2 or make more $$.

[A_A_G]

All I know is the shit is getting expensive & I dont see how people can afford to make Car payments & pay a mortgage & all the other bills in this world. I just wonder how long before it gets to $5.00 a gallon & see the consequences of the cost of fuel

Dont live out of your means would help. Car payments arent necessary, stop driving something that gets 15 mpg, buy/rent an affordable home.

[racrguy]

Just ignore him. He's saying people long oil (bullish) are going to lose $.

Ok.