Then I'll shut up now

 

Well, here in Alberta, where we produce AND get taxed the most, (King Ralph's prosperity cheque helped some...i hope he send another) I mite hafta start ridin the ol' horse to town.

When people realised I come from such a small town they always ask, whats the fuel economy on a horse, All i can say is 40miles to the bushel

 

WE don't get taxed the most in Alberta
Alberta has the lowest tax in Canada.

They get taxed the most in the Martime provinces and BC.

 

i stand..err, sit corrected. but we are still charged too much for fuel, even though we produce it.

 

Blame Nafta

We have to buy Oil to make gasoline as it requires Sweet Crude like in the Middle East & Venezula

Our Oil is only good for making Diesel Fuel & Heating Oil.

 

Interesting Mil1ion, that was something i never knew..unfortunately diesel was higher than gas for a bit a couple weeks ago.

 

I have to totally agree with this. I saw one parked near a Ridgeline and couldnt help but walk around and stare at the shear hideousness of the both of them, I couldnt decide which one was uglier. Krewet, I had a rental Prius for a month and the mileage was a consistant 45-50 mixed, the lower mileage occured when I drove it like...well, a rental. The gas motor hardly ran at all at freeway speeds, only when a variation in the road required more power such as a slight hill.

 

I am not yet at a breaking point although my feelup cost did finally top fifty bucks yesterday and that will last me about six days. I found a little 93 escort five speed with a bad head for four hundred bucks. The head should be out of the machine shop monday. After I ensure the escort will get me where I am going I am gonna swap a 400/c6 into my truck which will make the mileage worse. My truck will pull more like a truck though. After I get all the oil leaks taken care of on my 302 (the engine in the truck) I will find an old mustang or capri to throw my 302 in. The stang/capri will become my daily driver and my wife will get the escort. My old truck will crank up when I want or need to drive a truck. I realize with the extra tags and insurance I will not save money on gas. The extra vehicles will give me alot of benefits though. My wife will be able to go to work. I will have piece of mind of having spare vehicles. I can tear into my truck for upgrades any time I get ready. My truck will do alot better job on what its intended to do. I will save miles on my truck.

 

We've changed our driving habits drastically in this house. But even more than that, we've changed our lifestyles. Before gas hit $1.50/gal, the wife and I commuted and took weekend trips that usually totaled over 50,000 miles a year on the two vehicles we drive, so we were both just about double the 12,000 mile/year average.

When gas hit $2 we got jobs 5 miles from home. I bought a motorcycle that gets 45mpg the Ranger that gets double the mileage of the Bronco. The wife takes the bus most days. (It's funny how gas prices go through the roof when motorcycle weather hits.) Now, we both drive way under 10,000 miles a year - Total mileage for both of us. I'm getting sick of weekend projects around the house.

I yanked my 18 year old daughter out of bed yesterday morning to make a dump run of brush and yard waste. The gauge was sitting on E, popped $10 in the tank - didn't even give me a 1/4 tank. I was telling the kid how that used to fill my Torino when I was her age, (jeez, I've turned into an old fart. Didn't mention anything about walking 8 miles through snow).

We did have a good discussion. Here she is with no car, because she can't afford the gas on minimum wage. I tried to formulate a response using the the old, "it's all relative when you take the increase in wages over time, blah, blah, blah." The problem is - I couldn't. When I was a kid making $2.65/hr minimum wage, I was paying about 60 cents a gallon for gas. Even when the gas crunch hit and it was over a buck a gallon, it wasn't as bad as it is now. Best I could tell her was, "Sorry kid, your life sucks."

The problem is, so does mine. It's a little bit, gas and everything else cost too much, and a little bit - our money isn't worth that much anymore.

 

i can't have a breaking point, the truck is the only vehical we own and can't in now way afford another, especially just for gas purposes.

at least my truck is also my hobby, so its just spending money like someone would on their woodshop or something, and its a diesel at least.

but the screwy thing is that i am still unemployed, so in looking for a job and going to interviews, i have to drive here and there everywhere across different states for interviews, after fuel, food and hotel, it starts to add up quick!

 

I'm broke!!! 12 MPGS on my truck, and I just spent alot of money to heat my house this year. I'm broke

 

FghtinIrshNvrDie Are you okay? Do you feel alright? *checks temperature like a mother would*.

That thing is ***-ymptote ugly.

Ryan

Wifey thinks it's cute. I think it's got the 2.4 out of the Cobalt SS, and it goes like crazy. Not everyone likes the looks, but I've been saying it was going to be a home-run for Chevy..... and I was right. Initial build was 65K units, then they bumped to 83,000..... then 110,0000.... and we're still back-ordered on the flippin' things.

In Ford- land, we once again can't get an Escape Hybrid for love or money, 4-cyl Rangers are short, and Focus's are flying out the door. Repeat of last year.

 

Yeh I definitly think its at the breaking point for sure. Nobody should balme us poor peoplefor cutting back on fuel usage we are. Its the upper crust who are burning fuel like there is no tomorrow. If you are a millionaire do they really careabout $5.00 gas. It doesnt affect them a bit. No conservation for them. An believe me there a lot off millionaires in this country an there are more every year. Sad to say many people using trucks instead off cars anymore. When cars would do just fine. Its kind off odd when you stop at a gas station an you see a lawyer or a doctor with there suit in filliing there diesel truck. Its a free world people can drive what they want but really they have what use do they have for a diesel truck. The moral off the story is the well todo could care less if fuel was $5.00 a gallon or $10.00. The spread between the rich an poor is widening. If everybody that uses a truck could use a car our fuel prices would go down Im sure.

 

Although they are one in the same, I don't look so much at the price per gallon of fuel, as I do at the total cost at fill-up.

At approximately $3.00/gal (diesel), it's currently costing me $75.00 at fill-up. In my original post, I noted my 'breaking point' to be $5.00/gal. For me, I think it's this milestone of hitting over $100.00 ($5.00/gal x my 25gal fuel tank) at fill-up, that brings me to my breaking point where ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.

 

I'm not there yet but it's close...

I average 700 miles a week commuting...just bought a 96 Ford Aspire with 47k original miles on it. Hopefully that'll last me for awhile. It gets 40mpg on the highway as long as I don't go over 65mph...which means I'll be spending all my time in the slow lane, which makes for a LOOOOONG 600 mile day.

Scott