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#181 Postby SouthFloridawx » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:47 pm

Ok we will agree to disagree... that was fun gtalum :D

I like a good old fashioned argument now and again.
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#182 Postby gtalum » Thu Apr 20, 2006 3:49 pm

SouthFloridawx wrote:I like a good old fashioned argument now and again.


Me too! :D
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#183 Postby Janice » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:24 pm

Well, I am going to buy a new car at the end of this year and it will definately be a compact. I am looking at a used, couple years old to save big bucks, volkswagon convertible. I can save a couple thousand just by getting one a couple years old. Living in Puerto Rico near the ocean is hard on cars, no use getting a big buck car.
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#184 Postby SouthFloridawx » Thu Apr 20, 2006 4:43 pm

I just saw 3.15/gal just east of 1-95 in boynton beach. :eek:
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#185 Postby Janice » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:05 pm

CNN just said one place in California $3.77. I will try to find a link on their homepage.
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#186 Postby feederband » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:10 pm

$4.00 in New York..
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#187 Postby Janice » Thu Apr 20, 2006 5:14 pm

Well, we are still way below what some countries in Europe are paying. And, they have been paying high prices for a long time. That is why you see all those little cars running around everywhere. I guess we will just have to build more subways and trains.
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#188 Postby azsnowman » Thu Apr 20, 2006 6:23 pm

For SOME reason, we're still at $2.99 for the CHEAP stuff........tourist season is JUST now starting, I'm SURE by this weekend they'll raise the price by 20-30 cents and I can't WAIT UNTIL Memorial Day weekend, probably looking at $4-$5 a gallon by then. :grr: Gas prices in Phoenix (according to the news this a.m.) is anywhere from $2.79 to "$3.67" a gallon........the 3 bucks stuff is at the INDEPENDENT stations, ya know the kind, owned by Iranians, Iraqis and other "ethnic" peoples :roll:
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#189 Postby TexasStooge » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:06 am

Here are the lowest gas prices in North Texas:

WEATHERFORD: $2.79 at Murphy USA, 1836 S. Main
BEDFORD: $2.81 at Texaco, Central & Bedford Road
LEWISVILLE: $2.82 at Costco, Highway 121 near I-35E
IRVING: $2.83 at Diamond Shamrock, N. MacArthur at Oxbow
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#190 Postby dizzyfish » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:17 am

5 cents overnight. 2.91/3.01/3.11
Wonder what it will be when I go home today! :x
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#191 Postby alicia-w » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:40 am

gtalum wrote:
southerngale wrote:I don't think it's greedy for a family of 7 to have a van. A lot of couples have 4 or 5 kids and need the bigger vehicles. Why should they give them up?


To reduce the amount of petroleum they burn.

It's irresponsible to have 4,5, or 7 kids in the first place.


That's a rude statement. It's irresponsible to have ANY kids if you dont take care of them, but how many kids people have is frankly none of your business.
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#192 Postby alicia-w » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:42 am

Janice wrote:Well, I am going to buy a new car at the end of this year and it will definately be a compact. I am looking at a used, couple years old to save big bucks, volkswagon convertible. I can save a couple thousand just by getting one a couple years old. Living in Puerto Rico near the ocean is hard on cars, no use getting a big buck car.


you should look into a VW more closely. they strongly recommend the use of premium gas which (the last time i checked) also had a premium price tag.
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#193 Postby gtalum » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:44 am

alicia-w wrote:That's a rude statement. It's irresponsible to have ANY kids if you dont take care of them, but how many kids people have is frankly none of your business.


Rude? Maybe. But still true. And overpopulation is everyone's business, unfortunately.
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#194 Postby alicia-w » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:44 am

280 X 15% taxes = 238.00 per week after taxes


I'd love to be able to get away with paying only 15% for taxes.... i'd have more money for gas!!! :lol:
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#195 Postby Janice » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:47 am

Hey, lets get along and quit arguing.

I have checked into the Volkswagons. They are fine.
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#196 Postby gtalum » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:04 am

The only VW's that need Premium Unleaded gasoline are the ones with the turbo engines (the 1.8T in the models up through 2005 and the 2.0T in the 2006 models). These days, the cost difference between Regular and Premium is such a small percentage that it makes very little difference anyway.

If you're looking at VW, I wouldhighly recommend you check out the diesels currently available in the Beetle, Golf, and Jetta. Diesel fuel fluctuates between just below the cost of Regular Unleaded and just above the cost of Premium Unleaded, but the incredible fuel economy fo the cars way more than makes up for the expense of buying diesel fuel. The TDI Jettas get something like 45 mpg's in real life performance. And the best part of the TDI's is that they still perform quite well even as they save fuel.
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#197 Postby Janice » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:08 am

Our neighbor has the cutest metalic green Volkswagon convertible. I think I would look so good driving it all around, haha. I think for the size of the car, the gas difference would not make that much of a difference.
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#198 Postby angelwing » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:15 am

Just read on DrudgeReport that some pumps are drying up in Philadelphia (and I need gas...again sigh)In NJ cheapest I saw was $2.79, Philly was $2.91
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#199 Postby Stephanie » Fri Apr 21, 2006 8:19 am

angelwing wrote:Just read on DrudgeReport that some pumps are drying up in Philadelphia (and I need gas...again sigh)In NJ cheapest I saw was $2.79, Philly was $2.91


That's what I paid yesterday.

They're having problems with getting the terminals setup to mix the gasoline with ethanol and they are also changing the formula from winter to summer solutions. The Sunoco station on the AC Expressway didn't have regular gasoline available last night. The Philadelphia Inquirer had a big write-up this morning on the various gas stations running out of fuel.

I just hope "when" they get this resolved, we see some relief at the pumps, or at the very least, the price stays level.
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#200 Postby feederband » Fri Apr 21, 2006 12:32 pm

$74.80 and rising. :(
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