$5 Gas in 2012?

[e30trooper]

paid 3.43 for 93 this morning.

suck it

3.43 ? Did you siphon it out?

[Pussy30]

paid 3.43 for 93 this morning.

suck it

[e30trooper]

Diesel went down 4 cents last night. Currently at 4.39 a gal now.

[M42Power]

Diesel you bastards.

We run efficient little diesel cars like vw polo's tdi that get 3.3 liters by 100km

[mrsleeve]

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Had a rental Ford Escape Hybrid that was like that. You pull up to an intersection and the little Gerbil wheel in front just stops.

I was AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH WTF WTF WTF I am in a strange city in 5pm traffic and this thing quits at the intersection out in front the fucking Airport????

I turn the key nothing. Then I remember that this POS is a Hybrid so i just let off the brakes and it silently rolls 3-4 feet, the light turns green and I stomp on the go pedal, Nada for what seemed like 10 mins with horns and shit blowing behind me as we slowly roll into the intersection. Finlay this POS decides I want to go again fires up and we take off. But for as far as my foot was planted up that gerbils ass, we didnt go very good and it would not rev up to the indicated red line on the tach from a red light or anywhere for that matter.

[tjts1]

We ended up buying a CPO 2010 honda insight for less..alot less

I drove one of those from zip car I think. Worst throttle response from a dead stop I've ever experienced. Wait at a stop, light turns green, press the gas pedal, nothing. Other cars are already moving so I press the pedal further, still nothing. The first car is already on the other side of the intersection and I'm still standing still with my foot glued to the floor and the engine starts, tires chip and I'm off. They really need to fix the whole engine start/stop thing.

[redsubdivisions]

Considering a vast majority of the members on here are gearheads (or petrolheads for the UK members), did anyone see the episode with the BMW M3 and the Toyota Prius on Top Gear? The Prius fully accelerated around the track got worse gas mileage than the M3 because the M3 was feathering the throttle and staying right behind the Prius. It's not about changing your cars but rather your driving habits. I went out and bought a 2.93 LSD so I could do low speed drifting and still get decent MPG around town. it's a BMW and not an econobox that gets 43MPG, but it beats a car payment.

[z31maniac]

So it's smaller and less powerful than the new Fiesta, and get's worse gas mileage using premium?

Way to go Chrysler! Glad to see the new CEO's are already counting on more bailout money.

[Naplm00]

5 bux a gallon? let me introduce you the Fiat 500.

I test drove this...its fucking tiny and will only get 38 MPG on PREMIUM. Fiat states that running it on regular will negatively effect the mileage.


We ended up buying a CPO 2010 honda insight for less..alot less

[mrsleeve]

Right. Because oil is the only form of energy available to us. You're a friggin genius!

Well no but it is the BEST. It holds the most BTU by volume, its the most stable at atmospheric pressures and temps. its the most economical to produce into motor fuel from both an economical stand point and from a NET ENERGY CONSUMPTION stand point to get the point of usable fuel etc... Shall I continue??


You need to join the real world that is governed by Physics, economics, common sense, and reality. When you do, Check the Idealism at the door.

[z31maniac]

Well the world uses 89 million barrels of oil, since you're too lazy to back up your own assertion, I'll take 90 seconds and google to get an answer. And the US accounts for a little over 25% of entire world consumption.

From what I can find the number seems to be about ~175-200 million gallons of gas per day, depending on the source. EDIT: A good source is proving hard to find. I've found some stuff that says as far back as 2005 America alone was using 320+ million gallons of gas per day. I'll keep looking around.

What are we doing to waste it? And how do you propse to stop such waste? Or do you just prefer to spout meaningless platitudes in an attempt to seem educated on the topic like tjts1?

[dj01540i6sp]

Ok every one, you would be amazed at how much gas the world uses in just 1 ONE Day take a guess - 500 Million Gallons? I would say is on the low side! If we all would just stop wasting it, It would back up at the refineries and then they will drop the price to unload it. And then still be conservative to keep it affordable.

[z31maniac]

Right. Because oil is the only form of energy available to us. You're a friggin genius!

You never answered my question about the food supply.

Did your algebra homework take up to much of your time?

[M-technik-3]

So the country is gonna convert in six months sweet is the infrastructure ready? Yeah we like our oil plain and simple. As do most car guys.

Do I want to pay 7 bucks a gallon _____ no but until then I am tired of being wiped with wet pasta due to greed.

[tjts1]

Addiction???? WTF energy makes the world go round. Energy is the source of Life you know

Right. Because oil is the only form of energy available to us. You're a friggin genius!