[Cam22]

I know I haven't been here in ages. (Been lurking/viewing lately) but I am so depressed and I just need top rant about it. My ridiculous little 2004 Toyota Corolla which I bought to save money now costs $29.00 to fill and when I bought her in August of '03 it only cost $14.00!!!! I am so sick of this BS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!





Ok rant over. Thank you for reading.

[Aaron]

You're welcome.

[highsider]

Quitcherbitchin. It costs $100 to fill the tank of my truck with diesel.

[Cam22]

Yes but the diff is:

My car: marketed as economical.

Your truck: not so much.

[highsider]

Originally posted by Cam22
Yes but the diff is:

My car: marketed as economical.

Your truck: not so much.

[Cam22]

no offense or anything.

[bump909]

i think what he's trying to say is that $30 ain't that much to complain about.

[TheIglu]

Last september when I went to Deal's Gap last I thought to myself "Man, I'm glad I won't ever have to pay $3.00 a gallon again next time I go to the Gap!"

Oh, shit, look at the prices! Just in time for my next Gap trip!!! How awesome!!!!

[benVFR]

You should ride a motorcycle???

[RandyO]

it is depressing, it cost more for one gallon of gas than it used to cost to fill my first car

I remember the advertizements VW used to have "two pennies a mile" not just for gas, total operating cost

now it costs 4 times as much to will up a motorcycle

I also remember Jack Benny's "I'll have a gallon"

[urudufusmisrael]

a liter ( YES A " LITER" ) of gas in Brazil cost about R$7,00 ( Reais ) i wont exchange for dollar but you get the idea 7,00 ! for a liter of regular gas...

Gas still very high priced but , think this way , how much it cost a gallon of Orange Juice ? (+/- $5,00 ) a gallon of Milk (+/- $4,00 ) and you will see that gas is just one more in the LIST ...

( most cars in Brazil are 1000 engines 1.0 liter , wonder why !?! )

[OreoGitorio]

The difference between a gallon of milk & a gallon of gas is that we don't drink 5 gallons of milk in a typical day

[Cue Ball]

Everyone with the look what they pay "over there" for gas can eat my shorts, I don't live there and don't give a fuck.

We are getting raped on gas prices. End of story.

[roso]

Originally posted by Cue Ball
Everyone with the look what they pay "over there" for gas can eat my shorts, I don't live there and don't give a fuck.

We are getting raped on gas prices. End of story.

couldnt be said any better
AMEN

[RandyO]

Originally posted by urudufusmisrael
a liter ( YES A " LITER" ) of gas in Brazil cost about R$7,00 ( Reais ) i wont exchange for dollar but you get the idea 7,00 ! for a liter of regular gas...

Gas still very high priced but , think this way , how much it cost a gallon of Orange Juice ? (+/- $5,00 ) a gallon of Milk (+/- $4,00 ) and you will see that gas is just one more in the LIST ...

( most cars in Brazil are 1000 engines 1.0 liter , wonder why !?! )

OK 7 reals for a litre of gasoline... in Brazil, I understand most vehicles run ethanol, what's a litre of ethanol cost down there /


how much is a real worth 46.8628¢ maybe

[Honclfibr]

The reason that gas prices are so low in this country as compared to most of the world is that most other countries tax their gasoline in proportion to the cost of building and maintaining the transportation infrastructure.

Whereas, in this country, roads are built and maintained primarily from income and property tax pools. There is a small tax on gasoline but with the exception of diesel fuel it is not close to in proportion to the cost of building national roads.

This is why public transportation fails in this country, because a massive subsidy of private transportation makes public transportation much less attractive. You hear about the feds bailing out Amtrak but rarely do we stop to think about the billions of dollars pumped into road maintenance every year.

As much as I like low gas prices I think it's foolish, real estate values and income levels have nothing to do with fuel consumption, tax gasoline to pay for our road infrastructure and lower the income/property taxes accordingly. Let the people who use the roads pay for them, and the best method of doing this (without a massive system of tolls) is to tax gasoline.

As a result, you would (eventually, we have a culture of personal vehicles born out of cheap government-subsidized road and disposable income) see a gradual rise in the availability of mass transportation systems, reducing the demand for gasoline and allowing people who don't want to pay the gas prices to find alternate modes of travel.

You'd also see more motorcycles and less motorcycle-crushing SUVs.

...Oh, wait, this thread is about high gas prices...Well in that case, for all you people in this thread who make less than me and own less property, quit your bitchin, I'm paying your fair share of the road maintenance costs And for those who make more and own more property than I...thanks for the free ride!

[Stoneman]

A tick over $80 to fill my 30 gallon tank on the pick-up this weekend. If I'm lucky, I'll get 300 miles outta it...

[LuvDog]

I hate that it takes me 2 swipes of the credit card to fill up the tank in my truck at a lot of stations.

[richw]

Honclfibr Please refrain from repartee during a rant


The fact that business, oil, and economics experts predicted this exact result when Johnson started his war on prosperity 40 years ago is no reason we shouldn't be surprised today.

[urudufusmisrael]

Originally posted by Honclfibr
The reason that gas prices are so low in this country as compared to most of the world is that most other countries tax their gasoline in proportion to the cost of building and maintaining the transportation infrastructure.

Whereas, in this country, roads are built and maintained primarily from income and property tax pools. There is a small tax on gasoline but with the exception of diesel fuel it is not close to in proportion to the cost of building national roads.

This is why public transportation fails in this country, because a massive subsidy of private transportation makes public transportation much less attractive. You hear about the feds bailing out Amtrak but rarely do we stop to think about the billions of dollars pumped into road maintenance every year.

As much as I like low gas prices I think it's foolish, real estate values and income levels have nothing to do with fuel consumption, tax gasoline to pay for our road infrastructure and lower the income/property taxes accordingly. Let the people who use the roads pay for them, and the best method of doing this (without a massive system of tolls) is to tax gasoline.

As a result, you would (eventually, we have a culture of personal vehicles born out of cheap government-subsidized road and disposable income) see a gradual rise in the availability of mass transportation systems, reducing the demand for gasoline and allowing people who don't want to pay the gas prices to find alternate modes of travel.

You'd also see more motorcycles and less motorcycle-crushing SUVs.

...Oh, wait, this thread is about high gas prices...Well in that case, for all you people in this thread who make less than me and own less property, quit your bitchin, I'm paying your fair share of the road maintenance costs And for those who make more and own more property than I...thanks for the free ride!

well said

[urudufusmisrael]

Originally posted by Cue Ball
Everyone with the look what they pay "over there" for gas can eat my shorts, I don't live there and don't give a fuck.

We are getting raped on gas prices. End of story.

go fuck yourself proud piece of shit

[urudufusmisrael]

Originally posted by Stoneman
A tick over $80 to fill my 30 gallon tank on the pick-up this weekend. If I'm lucky, I'll get 300 miles outta it...

today .. i left $90,00 at the gas station !

sad sad sad ( Diesel $2,93 ! )

[urudufusmisrael]

Originally posted by RandyO
OK 7 reals for a litre of gasoline... in Brazil, I understand most vehicles run ethanol, what's a litre of ethanol cost down there /


how much is a real worth 46.8628¢ maybe

maybe less . changes every day ! thank to americans OIL/Petroleo super Corporations !

[urudufusmisrael]

im telling NESR fucking sucks , bunch ( not all ) but a bunch of racists mother fuckers , and you wonder WHY "everybody" hates americans ?


fuck off
i wonder you will have ALL THIS CORAGE to say all this shit im my face ...

im really looking foward to see someone telling all this racist shit in my face

[R7]

Originally posted by urudufusmisrael
im telling NESR fucking sucks , bunch ( not all ) but a bunch of racists mother fuckers , and you wonder WHY "everybody" hates americans ?


fuck off
i wonder you will have ALL THIS CORAGE to say all this shit im my face ...

im really looking foward to see someone telling all this racist shit in my face

Oh this is gonna get good