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  1. PeterS

    PeterS Five Time F1 World Champ
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    #1 PeterS, May 5, 2005
    I threw in the towell on B&M'ing about gas prices last night after popping $53 to fill up my 4Runner. It is what it is and I think we are all screwed in the months to come. I just don't care anymore on how high gas gets. Am I alone here?
     
  2. matteo

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    #2 matteo, May 5, 2005

    How much is gas anyway?
     
  3. judge4re

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    #3 judge4re, May 5, 2005
    No clue.
     
  4. tonyh

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    #4 tonyh, May 5, 2005
    Think yourself lucky. A gallon costs equiv of $8.70 here in the UK :eek:
     
  5. matteo

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    #5 matteo, May 5, 2005
    You also get free health care and your roads are better so STFU :)
     
  6. tonyh

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    #6 tonyh, May 5, 2005
    Don't get nothing free, m8. My tax rate is 45 % to pay for all that :eek:
     
  7. DMC

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    #7 DMC, May 5, 2005
    $2.45/gal for Premium here.

    Another $.50, well, I don't care much. Every $.50/gal increase is about $320/year for me. Cost of living, what can you do. I can cover the $26 per month.
     
  8. BMW.SauberF1Team

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    #8 BMW.SauberF1Team, May 5, 2005
    I only use about 150 gallons a year so I don't care as much.
     
  9. Fan512bbi

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    Bollocks!!! free health care LOL on the NHS you will wait on average 3 years for an op no matter how urgent, unless you go private and pay, and as for the roads, they are the worst in Europe, yet we pay the highest road tax, so STFU :D
     
  10. UroTrash

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    #10 UroTrash, May 5, 2005
    I care.


    If it slows the ecomony.
     
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    #11 UroTrash, May 5, 2005
    In my office, you name the date, (including Medicare, the gov't program for the elderly).
     
  12. FarmerDave

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    #12 FarmerDave, May 5, 2005
    Agreed... Let's not forget that everything gets where it's going on a truck... Raw Materials, partially finished goods, completed goods, etc etc.
     
  13. judge4re

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    #13 judge4re, May 5, 2005
    Hedge, buy oil companies.
     
  14. sjb509

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    #14 sjb509, May 5, 2005
    If it went to $3 and stayed there with little hope of it dropping, it would weigh into my decision for a primary use car when it came time to trade. Even $2+ will probably have an impact as well. But it isn't worth getting rid of a gas sucker like my Liberty, I'll just keep driving it for now and still be money ahead.

    Hybrids will continue to gain popularity, even though they cost more to buy. Five years of $3-4 gas, and the average car buyer will change the way they think about SUV's, IMO.

    For toys it doesn't matter.
     
  15. UroTrash

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    #15 UroTrash, May 5, 2005

    done.
     
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    #16 BWS550, May 5, 2005
    YEA, BUT YOU HAVE PRINCE CHARLES :)
     
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    #17 tonyh, May 5, 2005
    Wanna swap? ;)
     
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    FOR WHO, JOHN KERRY?? :)
     
  19. matteo

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    Joan Ass is there too ya know.
     
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    D@AMN, BRUCE!!!!
    --- SPICEY
     
  21. kizdan

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    #21 kizdan, May 5, 2005
    I certainly care. I drive a Tahoe, and when it starts costing over $40 to fill it up, it gets my attention.
     
  22. parkerfe

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    #22 parkerfe, May 5, 2005
    When you take inflation and the US average income into consideration, gas is cheaper now than it was in 1950.
     
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    #24 LAfun2, May 5, 2005
    $3.15 here as of yesterday.
     
  25. Koby

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    #25 Koby, May 5, 2005
    I care because there is NO reason for it. Oil profits are at an all time high.
     
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