Would have bought an ESEE 3 But !!!

I'm a truck broker, and its put a hurting on the trucking industry for sure. If diesel gets to be over 4.00/gal the industry will change as we know it.
 
Gas is like clean water, I just pay and move on. I can't change the price of it. I commute and while it seems the people who live 3 blocks from work are the Chicken Little types in the back of my mind I keep thinking if it keeps going up it will be cheaper to quit my job instead of driving to work. :D

Bend over America. Your beloved .gov has plenty of solutions, but that wouldn't be good for business.

I for one am starting the new GM....GALT MOTORS.
 
I love my truck, but since I drive about 60 miles day just getting to work and back, I'm thinking of buying a corolla and just use my truck for when I need to haul something, but the price on small good-mileage cars seems to be high just because of the gas prices :( .
 
This about sums it up here.
Diesel is getting so high they ran out of words to describe it. :eek:

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hahaha that sign is great! my dad owns his own semi so that means hes spending around $1800 a fuel up (give or take a bit) and at about 6-7mpg that happens pretty often. would be interesting to see an electric version of a semi come out. one that could actually pull stuff.
 
Just filled my diesel up at $3.77 a gallon. It is only going to get worse. I need something other than a 3/4 ton truck to drive the 3 miles back and forth to work. When the weather lets up I can ride a bike or walk until then it is a fill up about every week and a half.
 
zackfraser said:
I'm a truck broker, and its put a hurting on the trucking industry for sure. If diesel gets to be over 4.00/gal the industry will change as we know it.
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I'm a Volkswagen technician. Our sales guys aren't doing too shabby ;)

Still, I noticed high-test was $3.999 next door from the shop yesterday :eek:

-Nadz
 
Apophis said:
Have you heard of the Fed's Quantitative Easing? Basically the Federal Reserve is buying up Treasury Bonds from the large banks, flooding them with liquidity (cash.) The banks have to do something with all this money (which the Fed basically conjures up out of thin air) so they bid up asset prices (reflation, speculators.) It is no coincidence that the huge run up in stocks from the March '09 bottom through April '10 and again since last Sept both happened to occur while the Fed had large scale asset purchase programs in place. First with MBS (Mortgage Backed Securities aka "toxic assets") and now US Treasuries. These rallies, imo, have very little to do with fundamental economic growth or "recovery." This effect is not limited to stocks, however, as all types of commodities and the precious metals have also seen huge increases over the last year (http://finviz.com/futures_performance.ashx?v=16) Food inflation and unemployment are major factors in the Egyption uprising currently taking place. For any number of reasons Oil has been a laggard, but many experts were already predicting large increases in the crude price this year even before the unrest began developing in the Arab world. In the near term, it appears that fiscal and monetary policy, as well as geopolitical tensions will have far more impact on food and energy prices than good 'ole supply and demand...
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i agree...

alex jones and lindsey williams go check them out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-kmI1hzbI0
 
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paid $3.29 last night for a $69.00 tab -- wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't my 3rd tank in 10 days...
 
8.46 USD / gallon for diesel, if I calculated correctly. Most part of the cost is tax, hope the tax-money goes to something useful. :D
 
Are you guys posting ethanol/gas prices or looking only for 100% gas? Last month I kept track of gas mileage with ethanol vs real gas - 9% better gas mileage with real gas, and truck runs better. That's a big difference. Now I am only buying gas from a couple of places to get the real stuff, generally pay 3-5 cents higher but obviously worth it.
 
GoNadz said:
I'm a Volkswagen technician. Our sales guys aren't doing too shabby ;)

Still, I noticed high-test was $3.999 next door from the shop yesterday :eek:

-Nadz
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I'm sure your sales guys are doing awesome selling those TDI diesels, what do they get 30-35 miles to the gallon. Big difference between that and a semi rig. They're lucky to get 7 MPG.
 
bluefivespot said:
Are you guys posting ethanol/gas prices or looking only for 100% gas? Last month I kept track of gas mileage with ethanol vs real gas - 9% better gas mileage with real gas, and truck runs better. That's a big difference. Now I am only buying gas from a couple of places to get the real stuff, generally pay 3-5 cents higher but obviously worth it.
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Real gas does do better on mileage and power, unfortunately TN just started an all gas must have ethanol policy and I would have to drive into GA to find real gas now.

Regular just hit $3.39 a gallon here. Glad i no longer have the old F-250 4x4 with the built 360 V8 I used to drive. Getting used to the ranger took a minute but i like being able to drive past gas stations now.
 
I was actually glad to pay $3.39 a gallon last night for unleaded regular near home. Most of the "better" gas prices in MD and PA are near me, at least somewhat economical for me to go to, on www.mdgasprices.com, and www.pagasprices.com. I drive 90 miles roundtrip daily, and right now, I am driving a van. I believe that they offer prices for other states.
 
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