expat wrote on Mar 1^st, 2011 at 5:59pm:

I've travelled a bit, and I DO understand what you mean. As high a price as we think we pay, it's still very often just a fraction of what other countries do. However, ("rich, spoiled," American statement in...3,2,1,) imagine your fuel prices today, and add 30-40% more to it in 6 months time. That's just about how it hit us. For me, it isn't really the price that bothers me, it's the rate at which the price is INCREASING that's unsettling.

Groundbound1 wrote on Mar 1^st, 2011 at 8:18pm:


To think, my grandfather griped about paying .15 cents a gallon back in the 1930's and my dad complained about paying about .40 cents per gallon in the 1960's. In the 1970's it was around .60 cents a gallon. In the 1980's it was about .70 cents a gallon.

So it took an average of 10 years to go up about .10 cents per gallon. Nowadays it can go up .10 cents in a single day because speculators panic if someone in the oil industry is seen scratching his ass with the wrong hand.

ozzy72 wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2011 at 8:37am:


Goes to show you that both sides of the pond have their fair share of smartass's....lmao. I guess on this side we have more grades and more chances to pull a prank.

I remember one steakhouse sign that said, "You can't beat our meat!" It only lasted until the owner came in laughing his ass off and said it was a bit to risqué.

We did have allot of laughing customers that morning that came in with the lunch crowd.

Bet ya can't guess who the smartass was that put the sign up....

patchz wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2011 at 12:56pm:


The ole apatosaurus (brontosaurus) keeled over dead, more oil for the future....lmao.

Allot has changed since it's creation in 1932...

Haven't seen one of the stations in many, many moons.

DaveSims wrote on Mar 2^nd, 2011 at 4:43pm:


Darn and I thought it was bad when my Silverado 4X4 cost $35.00 to fill from approx. half a tank. It has a 26 gallon tank and a 4800 Vortec V-8....

I guess in a strange way, I'm lucky I'm disabled. I only drive my truck 12 miles a week on average. A half tank of fuel normally lasts me a good month or two.

The mechanics at the dealership laugh at me every April when I bring my truck in for inspection. I normally don't make the average of 3,000 miles per year fro the routine oil change. So my oil changed every April whether it needs it or not.

My 1999 truck just last weekend topped 60,000 miles. The first 48,000 were put on it between 1999 and 2001. So the last 12,000 miles has taken me 10 years to put on it; that averages to 1,200 miles per year! Darn... 

Crap, I might as well sell the darn thing! All it is anymore is yard art! 

Back in 2001 I purchased a set of Michelin LTX M/S all season radials with an 80,000 mile tread rating. At the rate I'm driving the truck, the darn tires will rot off the truck before they wear out. It'll be another 70 years before the tread wears out.....lmao...