Gas prices up again

travman23 · 06-07-2008, 02:21 PM

Glad I filled up at $3.67 last night, just saw it jumped to $3.89!

Ever notice how gas only goes down a few cents at a time but always goes up by 10-20 cents at once?

alaskaguy · 06-07-2008, 02:25 PM

We are jumping from $4.29 per gallon to $6.10 per gallon.

eclone · 06-07-2008, 02:26 PM

As I was filling up today at 11:00 for $3.67 the lady came out and changed it to $3.89. Just in the nick of time! I'm not one to drive around to save a penny or two/gallon on gas, but I'll sure take saving $.22/gal on 18 gallons

HandSanitizer · 06-07-2008, 02:35 PM

They are moving my office from Downtown Des Moines to West Des Moines and I calculated its going to almost be $100 a month decrease in pay.
That sucks.

Arkansas · 06-07-2008, 07:11 PM

Most down here have jacked the price up to $3.84 with some in Fayetteville already at $3.99. Fortunately, just across the border in Missouri, Wal*Mart and MacAdoodles were still at $3.59 which was obvious by the traffic jams around the pumps. I topped off and should be good for the week.

brianhos · 06-07-2008, 07:22 PM

Really, in the grand scheme of things, who cares. Maybe we can wean ourselves off oil now. Time to get rid of the SUV's folks, it is never going back to $1.

Wesley · 06-07-2008, 07:31 PM

Time to get rid of trucks?

Sousaclone · 06-07-2008, 07:40 PM

The people I feel bad for are the guy who actually need to use their trucks for a living. Most of the people in the trades either have a full size truck or full size van, and I doubt they are seeing a raise to take care of the added expense.

AIT · 06-07-2008, 07:44 PM

When I heard oil went up a kajillion dollars a barrel yesterday I made sure to fill up my car and the gas can for my lawnmower. I felt pretty smart when I went out this morning and saw gas shot up overnight too.

Wesley · 06-07-2008, 07:50 PM

I ran out and gassed up yesterday also. It was a no brainer. If you run on fumes, you could lose you $500 fuel pump.

BigBake · 06-07-2008, 08:16 PM

If I get rid of my SUV what can I tow my boat with? Last I checked a Prius can't handle a tongue weight of 7000lbs.

kuney1 · 06-07-2008, 08:25 PM

I read an article that in 2010 Chevrolet is going to mass produce "The Volt" a electric car. This may well indeed be the future.

BigBake · 06-07-2008, 08:30 PM

Building vehicles similar to what we have today that get twice the gas mileage is the best answer. Car manufacturers have been getting a free pass on MPG standards for way too long.

Case in point: 2006 -> 2007 Chevy Tahoe. Somehow with a few magical tweaks to the exact same engine they managed to get 4 mpg more out of it in the 2007 model. I'd love to have someone at GM explain why they didn't do that in say...1995.

garn91 · 06-07-2008, 08:51 PM

farmers are getting killed out of this, that's who I feel for the most. It's a never ending cycle for them, no sooner get their crops planted and it's time to cut and bale hay.

Bobber · 06-07-2008, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Sousaclone

The people I feel bad for are the guy who actually need to use their trucks for a living. Most of the people in the trades either have a full size truck or full size van, and I doubt they are seeing a raise to take care of the added expense.

True, but many of even those folks can think smarter and get by with less. My brother farms and a couple years ago bought a beater minivan to putt around the farms and carry stuff around. He still has a pick up for the occasional time he pulls a trailor, but get's by 90% of the time with the minivan. He's saved a ton of fuel doing that.

I lived in Europe for a year and people work just as hard there and seem to get by with much smaller vehicles. I remember the guy who used to pick up feeder pigs from the farm I worked on came with a trailor hooked onto his BMW car. Worked fine for him. It gave me a double take every time he drove in.