Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! August 18, 2005, 04:12:42 AM What now?? Prices are $2.72+ per gallon of 87 octane here. Funny thing, it's $2.73 near my house, and $2.47 just 35 miles away by work. They are expecting about $3.00 by Labor Day. Bush must be getting ready to ask for another loan for the war...How much are the rest of you paying? Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #2 – August 18, 2005, 09:40:11 AM $3.56(112.9 cents/liter, 3.8 liters to the US gallon, 83 US cents to the Canadian dollar) Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #3 – August 18, 2005, 09:56:01 AM 106.7 Cents/Liter or$3.37/US Gal Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #4 – August 18, 2005, 10:55:51 AM It is $2.59 here now. I filled up yesterday for $32.00 but I already had about 10 gallons in the car when I started! Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #6 – August 18, 2005, 11:20:17 AM I think it was like $2.59 for the 89 octane I filled up on last.. but that was Saturday.. could've gone up again (and probably did) since then. Gettin' to be about time for a propane (dual-fuel.. wouldn't give up gasoline) conversion. :D Found a UK company selling conversion kits for 5.0s.. but they're apparently for UK F150 5.0s.. not sure how much adaptation it would take. Also found toroidal (donut-shaped) propane tanks with a gross capacity of 95 liters. (around 25 gallons, I think) Unfortunately with the 80% fill thing on propane tanks, it comes out to only around 20 gallons. I'd have posted a thread about it (dual-fuel conversions) by now, but it's something I doubted many here would have interest in. But who knows, as gas prices head for the $3/gal. mark and beyond.. Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #7 – August 18, 2005, 12:56:49 PM 2.59 here yesterday havent checked today. has anyone used E85? 85% ethanol %15 gasoline would this hurt our cars to run straight? supposed to be around $1 a gallon Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #8 – August 18, 2005, 01:12:11 PM I think the ethanol is corrosive to parts of the fuel system if they were not originally designed for use w/ it. Just what I recall reading whenever the topic of alt. fuels comes up. If it's in error, I'm sure someone else who knows better will set things straight on the topic. Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #10 – August 18, 2005, 03:54:30 PM Quote from: Thunder Chicken$3.56(112.9 cents/liter, 3.8 liters to the US gallon, 83 US cents to the Canadian dollar)I would gladly pay a bit more for gas if I could GO TO THE DOCTOR for free. At least you canucks got something right. Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #11 – August 18, 2005, 05:47:28 PM Quote:Originally Posted by Thunder Chicken$3.56(112.9 cents/liter, 3.8 liters to the US gallon, 83 US cents to the Canadian dollar) Quote from: amoosetI would gladly pay a bit more for gas if I could GO TO THE DOCTOR for free. At least you canucks got something right.I agree on that one... Since I retired, I'm paying $775 a month for health insurance for the wife and myself. Even at $3.56 a gallon that would buy a lot of gas... Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #12 – August 18, 2005, 07:04:37 PM 2.97 for 93 here.... The cougar has been driven only 25-30 miles since CJ... She now has 2 gallons in the tank and the saab is getting all the road action in the past month. 29 mpg or 12 mpg ...... hmmm..87 octane or 93 ..... hmmm...I think I'm going to let the cougar get some more sleep. Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #13 – August 18, 2005, 07:49:59 PM Quote from: amoosetI would gladly pay a bit more for gas if I could GO TO THE DOCTOR for free. At least you canucks got something right.If it were only the gas it'd be OK. Try paying 35% income tax. And that's the lower end of the tax bracket. Add 15% sales tax onto everything you buy (including gas and oil). $11 for a pack of smokes (thankfully I don't). $17 for a dozen beer. $25 for a quart of rum (again, I don't). 2.5% property tax (on a $100k house that's $2500 every year). Our health care system may be many things, but one thing it isn't is free.I dunno if you guys have been paying attention to the state of the Canadian health system, but it's been falling apart. Waiting times are in the several year range for things like hip replacements or knee surgery, and even things that should be done ASAP, like MRI's and CAT scans, have waiting lists of several months. When I was in a car accident I was ordered off work until I could see a neurologist. The accident was in January 1998, the appointment was for October 1998. Free health care ain't much good if you're already terminal by the time they get around to diagnosing you...Our emergency rooms are a mess as well, with people waiting several hours in the waiting room with a broken leg or the like. This is a side effect of "free" health care - every mother that has a kid with a runny nose rushes him to emergency. If they had to pay for that service you can bet they wouldn't...Now there's talk of a two-tier system, where those that can afford to pay can go to private hospitals. Most Canadians are against this, but as I see it, if somebody can afford to go to a private clinic that takes them off the waiting list for the rest of us, and everybody gets bumped ahead one spot in line for each person that goes private. The only problem I can see is that politicians will likely take more money out of the public system as demand eases a bit.Don't get me wrong - I do sleep better at night knowing that I'll never be driven to bankruptcy by a medical emergency. I do like our health care system, but it's in need of serious repair. And it ain't free. Quote Selected
Re: Gas Prices ^ ^ Again !! Reply #14 – August 18, 2005, 10:07:25 PM Nothing's free, just distributed elsewhere. Our Governor suspended gas taxes for awhile when prices first started soaring a year or so ago, but our property tax brackets were raised, and county tax added at about the same time. I live in Indiana, work in Kentucky, and pay taxes to both states, two different counties, a city tax to Louisville, city tax to Indiana, and to beat all, I have to pay a Tarc tax for the buses that run through the city. I've never been on one, but pay weekly for those that do ride.I just realized I should have started this thread in the lounge...sorry. Quote Selected
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