Yep we are paying $1.95 for 87octain $1.75 for diesel in No.Walpole NH. @ 9:00am this morning. Are we ever going to get relief from this?

 

High gas prices are killing me im 17 make 5.15 an hour and i have to drive my 77 f250 400 to school every day with out it i would never make it out my drive way in the winter i have to push snow up to 3-4 feet to get out ym drvie way a little car would never make it and its almost 40 miles round trip(going to be almost 100) i cant afford to pay that much but we are the commoners and the kings rule all.

 

Man I love my new (turned 1 week old today!!) F-150.... Had to dump $50 at the pump yesterday... oh well! I've never purchased a car based on MPG.. I know what I got myself into. If people can afford to pony up 30k+ for a nice large truck/suv, then they can afford the gas (unless you are living beyond your means, then I'm sorry for your poor decision making)!

I'll admit it really hurts the low-income group and those that rely on their trucks for work reasons.... but then again, those that use their trucks for work should be passing the saving onto your customers! The airlines do it, bus companies do it, etc.

Only folks left takin' it in the pants is the low-income folks...

 

For some reason everyone thinks not buying gas for one day or even one week will make a difference. The truth is, we will all end up buying gas anyway after that day or week, so essentially the oil companies haven't lost out at all. The most effective way to boycott oil companies and make them bend to our will, would be to chose one nationwide company, ie. Shell, 76, Texaco etc, and just boycott them. The companies would hold out as long as possible hoping for people just to forget, but if everyone participated they would have no choice but to drop their prices, and the remaining companies would have to drop theirs to remain competitive. That is how it should be done, but how on earth could we get every single person in America to do one thing the same way, it is impossible. Americans have a flair for not going with the flow, in some cases this is a good thing, the Revolutionary War for example. In other cases this is a bad thing, like in the case of our conceptual boycott. On the subject of high gas prices, my daily commute is about to get substantially longer. Right now I drive a 93 F-250 that gets at best 12-14 MPG highway, but as anyone in Seattle knows, you don't get highway mileage in the daily Seattle commute. So I am actually looking at something closer to 10-11 MPG, not good. Anyway, the reason I bring this up is because I am looking for advice on what vehicles some of you might recommend to a guy who is 6"4' and hates cars that can't push him back into the seat when he stomps the gas. ( I know, kind of counter productive when I am looking for efficiencyu, but a guy has got to live too).

 

Nice thought but I don't think you could convince folks to do that I would in a heart beat if I knew it would work.

 

These gas prices are not only hitting the pocketbook hard but hurting truck sales too. The big three truck sales for the month of April were way below analysts expectations.The bread and butter of the big 3. Look for better incentives on trucks.

 

I know it wouldn't work, and I said as much in my post. But my point was that if something like that were to be tried, you would have to do it right.

 

you can say that again!!!



i'm 6'1", 230 lbs, and rather wide in the shoulders. my wife's jetta desiel accomodates me quite well. smooth ride....monsoon sound system....and that little turbo desiel has got some punch to it. i highly recommend it, if your looking for an economical commuter vehicle.

 

I agree with you 100%, lack of refinery capacity is the problem. The reason we have lack of refinery capacity is because of all the tree huggers. The new refineries will have to meet stricter enviornmental standards that will make them non-profitable, or at best margionally profitable.

 

Bought my pickup a few years ago and man I am sure glad i kept my car also drive my pickup when I need to.

 

No comments on my idea? Probably couldn't find politicians with the guts to give it a try anyway.

 

I used to own a powerboat. Cost around 150 to fill it up when gas was 1.40 a gallon. That would last a whole day. Im glad i sold that thing,But im looking for another just smaller with one engine instead of two. If gas prices keep going the way they are i wont even be able to afford to put fuel in the thing.But ya gotta pay to play!

 

Not to be a stick in the mud, but.....
look thru this info. if you want to:
http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/aer/txt/ptb0522.html
http://www.eh.net/hmit/compare/ (scroll down to find info on gas prices)
http://www.cato.org/research/article...or-040406.html (this one was particularly interesting to me).

Seems gas might not be as expensive as we think it is....
edit to add: based on info I have found, it is estimated that, allowing for increased demand, there is about 80-90 years worth of oil still in the ground.

 

Guys hate to break it to you, but even at 2 bucks a gallon it is still low.

Think about it the price of just about everything else has gone up dramatically in the last 30-40 years......avg car...up 10 times the peice in the early 70s, smokes, cost over 6 times as much, bread/milk smae thing....gas....has tripled. maybe a LITTLE bit more. We should have been payin 3 bucks a gallon for the last 10 years guys.

 

Ya, I don't miss my days in CT. I used to live in Stamford and Bethel.