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Old May 31, 2004 | 02:08 PM
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i'm hoping to just see it drop below two dollars again, right now it costs me about 55 dollars to fill up my tank at 2.35. this is ridiculous, and they are only saying it is going up
 
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Old May 31, 2004 | 07:42 PM
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life as we knew it 2 years ago is over isn"t it
 
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Old May 31, 2004 | 09:05 PM
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2.39 for 87 in so-cal today
 
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Old May 31, 2004 | 10:26 PM
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some filthbag reporter was saying the major hike in prices is due to our lack of refineries here in the U.S. That is the biggest bag of bs I have heard in a while.
 
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Old May 31, 2004 | 11:19 PM
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refineries are obviously not the problem.there is some truth to supply and demand,some states like here in calif. have overly strict emmision regs that preclude other states fromhelping us much,but when you look at the oil company quarterlies and see the huge profits they have(not necessarily a bad thing if you own stocks) it is easy to see there is a lot more reasons then "not enough refineries" causing price hikes.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:09 AM
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I think more citizens need to purchase firearms, that would lower gasoline prices. Why, I don't know, but an armed society is a polite society.

//John
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:42 AM
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well i had to drive the truck today because i have to pick up my daughter after work but i put in $10 from the fuel light and got a 1/4 tank, it sucked to see $10 only pump out like 5 gal of fuel....im like "oh goody this should last me 2 days or so"
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:46 AM
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thank god for the v-6 f-150's I bought the smaller engine in mine to prevent some speeding tickets, it didn't work, but it does only cost about 40-50 bucks in gas to fill it. That will last me a week 300 mi. or so.


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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 07:04 AM
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hey john you know that assuming you have a 25 gal tank and based on your statement that you get about 300mi/tank you are gettin 12MPG which is worse than the 4.6L V-8 i realized that the week after i bought mine...and according to motor trend the Triton 5.4L 8 Cylinder 300 hp Gas Engine
4 Speed Elect. Controlled Automatic OD (44B) Transmission 15 / 19 MPG
 

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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 07:06 AM
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i think it is 20 gallon, be either way, I failed to let you know that I never let it get below 1/4 so about 17 gallons per fill.
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 07:09 AM
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thats about 17.6mpg not terrible for the truck and about 2mpg more than the 5.4L v-8
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 04:34 PM
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i am getting 18+mpg 01 scab5.4 4x4 mostly highway about 85%16.5 round town like 365miles per tank with abit left
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:27 PM
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i am getting 18+mpg 01 scab5.4 4x4 mostly highway about 85%16.5 round town like 365miles per tank with abit left
wow thats pretty darn good man
 
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Old Jun 1, 2004 | 06:47 PM
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started at 15.5 add k+n removed air silencer 16.25 add tonnue cover 17.5 add synthetic 5w20 18.00 just installed underdrive pulleys better but havent checked yet
 
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Old Jun 16, 2004 | 06:13 PM
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Exclamation Gas Update

It is time for a gas update!! No one has posted on this thread since June 1st..
In my small town in north central Indiana gas prices have dropped in the past two weeks by almost 20 cents!! I bought gas for a 1.92/gal on Monday and it is still decreasing-today was a 1.89/gal!! Hopefully it keeps getting lower.

Another thought--Which day of the week do you guys seem to get the best gas prices?? I would figure the weekend would be the worst since the most travel occurs then...
 
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