Joe G Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 The first Rita that Google came up with Quote
Free For All Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 She's lovely. Is she a meter maid? Quote
Joe G Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 You mean with the cap? Ya got me. Quote
Joe G Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 Another lovely Rita. ← You bet your britches. Quote
Free For All Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 You mean with the cap? Ya got me. ← Sorry. Obscure Beatles reference. Quote
BERIGAN Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 You mean with the cap? Ya got me. ← Sorry. Obscure Beatles reference. ← I got it.... Quote
John Tapscott Posted September 23, 2005 Report Posted September 23, 2005 (edited) Gee, I feel like a fool. All day yesterday, we kept hearing dire media reports that the price of gas would double today from its current high level of $1.03CDN per litre. In fact, a couple of rip-off gas stations jacked the price up near $2.00. Some people just can't resist taking advantage of others. Anyway there were long line-ups at the stations last night. At 10 PM I waited 20 minutes to fill my car at $1.03, then went home, took my wife's car and waited another 20 minutes to fill it. Finally got home for good at 11 PM. Guess what the price of gas is this morning? $1.03 per litre. No line-ups. Sometimes the media does us a disservice. Edited September 23, 2005 by John Tapscott Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 22, 2006 Author Report Posted March 22, 2006 the shit is going back up Quote
connoisseur series500 Posted March 22, 2006 Report Posted March 22, 2006 the shit is going back up No choice now but to cut down on some of your jeepin' SS. Quote
Jim Alfredson Posted July 17, 2006 Report Posted July 17, 2006 $3.15 a gallon for regular 87 octane in Lansing today. On my way to buy diapers, I passed two Citgos. One had the $3.15 price, the other had $2.94. I should've stopped, but I figured I read the sign wrong on the first one. Nope. Now everything in town is $3.15 a gallon. How does gas go up 20 cents in less than a few hours? This is insane. Quote
rostasi Posted July 18, 2006 Report Posted July 18, 2006 (edited) Yesterday, I paid the equivalent of $7.14/gallon at an Esso station on the Autobahn. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=1...lon&btnG=Search It's up f**king everywhere! Rod Edited July 18, 2006 by rostasi Quote
Soulstation1 Posted November 7, 2006 Author Report Posted November 7, 2006 gas is gonna be .95 cents today, mfs need to get elected today Quote
7/4 Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 gas is gonna be .95 cents today, mfs need to get elected today .95??? You're pulling our leg. It's 1.98 here. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 What do I care? I get 50+ mpg... Quote
7/4 Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 What do I care? I get 50+ mpg... And what are you driving? Quote
Jazzmoose Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 Mind you, rainy days suck shit... Quote
7/4 Posted November 7, 2006 Report Posted November 7, 2006 Mind you, rainy days suck shit... along with groceries and guitar amps. Quote
The Magnificent Goldberg Posted January 26, 2007 Report Posted January 26, 2007 On AAJ a couple of months ago, we did a bit of comparative work on the price of petrol here and in the US. Here's the result. Tritone sub Originally Posted by the magnificent goldberg I've always thought that Americans had it easy in terms of petrol taxes. In my locality, the cheapest petrol (gas) is 84p per litre, of which just over 50p is excise duty. Another 12p is Value Added Tax. So the total tax take out of a litre of petrol is 62p. The actual price of petrol is 22p; the tax rate is 282%. VAT is 17%. See here for excise rates http://customs.hmrc.gov.uk/channelsP...E_PROD1_024961 Turning that into $ (1 pound = $1.95) per (US) gallon, (3.7854 litres = 1 gall) 84p = $1.64 per litre = $6.21 per US gall 62p = $1.21 per litre = $4.58 per US gall 22p = $0.43 per litre = $1.63 per US gall So, how much are you paying for petrol? And how much of that is tax? And how much are people proposing it should rise to? MG Yes, you're right MG, we do have it much easier in terms of gas tax. Thanks for providing those numbers. So if you pay $4.58 per gallon just in tax that's more than 10 times what we pay! It varies a little from state to state, but not much. Here in Maryland I pay $0.42 per gallon. Here's a chart with 2002 data (don't think it's changed much since then): http://www.energy.ca.gov/gasoline/st...tate_2002.html The price of gas around here right now is about $2.25 per gallon. But if you think we have it cheap wait til you hear how much they're paying in Venezuela! Somewhere or other, I've seen that Americans use three times as much petrol as Britons. But the population density of the UK is over 7 times greater than that of the US, so the average distance of all journeys in America should be seven times greater than in the UK and you should be using 7 times as much petrol as us. Well, perhaps not, but it's clear to me that the price of petrol here isn't doing much to depress demand. MG Quote
Soulstation1 Posted March 12, 2007 Author Report Posted March 12, 2007 back up to $2.50 a gallon Quote
Noj Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Been hovering around $2.90 to $3 out here for a while. Quote
Jazzmoose Posted March 12, 2007 Report Posted March 12, 2007 Lately it has been in the high 70s and low 80s temperature wise and gas is around $2.40 again. The Kawasaki seems like a good move again. Finally! Quote
Soulstation1 Posted April 10, 2007 Author Report Posted April 10, 2007 $5 worth of gas doesn't even get me back to the E line Quote
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