OUCH!!!

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 7:20 pm Post subject: OUCH!!!

With projected regular unleaded prices to hit $2/gallon this summer in the midwest, that means:

40 Gallons x $2 = $80 to fill up the tank

I knew school would pay off some day. I hate to see those marina gas prices...$3-4/gallon.

OUCH!!!!

Rocko · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 7:24 pm Post subject:

yeah, i'm glad i'm a gabillionaire. Laughing

James K. · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 7:24 pm Post subject:

man i know that will slow down how much riding i will get to do this season.

quigglymaster · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 7:58 pm Post subject:

good thing i work at a camp that pays for the gas. or i'd be broke. wait a sec, i'm already broke.

kk holiday · Criminal Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 55 City: lansing mi

They should make a hydrogen powered wakeboard boat.

Wakeboy551 · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:15 pm Post subject:

hey, where did you get your information? I was wondering if you could share with me, or find out what they're gonig to be like on the Westcoast, particularly up in the Northwest, California's gas prices are like 50-75 cents more than WA.

Thanks in advance

JER

Brian R · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 161 City: da noke

man i hope it wont get that high .. i cant afford it

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:23 pm Post subject:

Actually they were talking about it on the radio this afternoon. I'm not sure about price everywhere, but I do know they are all on the rise. TN has a really high sales tax (like 10%, but no income tax...yet!) so I'm not sure if that has something to do with it or not. I'm sure most of the larger metro areas are probably already at the $2 level. We are currently at $1.60 here and I live in Rural Hillbilly, TN.

Liquid_Force · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:28 pm Post subject:

yeah up here in North Dakota we r at like 1.62. but they said it should drop back down to 1. 30 ..maybe 1.40..so its good boarding up here

quigglymaster · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:34 pm Post subject:

gas is super expensive up north here. it's about up to about 84.9 cents/ litre. so u guys shouldn't complain that much. ur getting twice the gas for for half the price that we do. i think i don't know the math but that seems about right.

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:43 pm Post subject:

Hey Guiggly,

You are going to have to post that in US$/gallons. We uneducated Americans (or at least me) never learned metric conversions in school. Our teacher told us that the rest of the world would eventually go back to using the old English standards of measurement. Thanks! Smile

quigglymaster · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject:

that would be about.... umm... 84.9*4=3.40/gallon. i think that's about right. and ur teacher's wrong b/c the whole scientific world uses metric b/c it's easier to change into other metric units ( i couldn't find the right words)

slaydit · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 8:50 pm Post subject:

im happy our moomba runs off air.

-jey

sean o rama · Criminal Joined: 27 Jan 2003 Posts: 57 City: Sammamish

just stop eating

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 9:01 pm Post subject:

Wow...you went for the air option on your moomba? I was going to go with that option too, but I just couldn't justify paying the extra $60 when gas is so cheap these days.

Chukee_R · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 9:44 pm Post subject:

Gas is 1.72 here right now but unleaded and octance 94 cost the same amount.

laser145 · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 9:51 pm Post subject:

Gas prices hurt, always nice to have a few friends that can help you out with it.
-Taylor

Mariognarly · Addict Joined: 14 Jan 2003 Posts: 853

They have hydrogen powered vehicles, its just not economical to produce them. I am sure you could get a boat that runs on hyrdrogen(extracted from water) but you would have to pay a pretty penny.

Shawn Madison · Posted: Feb 17, 2003 10:58 pm Post subject:

I'm sure it will cut into my riding, but not my boating time. I can still set back in a cove and throw back a few with the ladies to look at! Cool

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

This weekend I payed a $1.86 in Orange County. It's going to get bad this summer.

slaydit · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 3:05 pm Post subject:

umm, any of you guys think of the little thing in iraq...whats the word for it..oh yeah.. THE WAR......mmm.....gas prices are only gunna increase....

i tell ya, the air option on the outback is the way to go.

-jey

bluefish86 · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 3:09 pm Post subject:

I just realized something: the gas signs and pumps only have room for three digits, so the prices can't possibly go over 99.9cents/litre. woohoo Exclamation

Public-Enemy · Criminal Joined: 18 Jan 2003 Posts: 74 City: South florida

run around at night and syphon gas from others Twisted Evil

pillage the village! · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 5:03 pm Post subject:

duDE DOES ANYONE KNOW HOW MUCH FLORIDA WILLL BE

criminally_minded · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 7:21 pm Post subject:

They can convert cars to run on natural gas, which is a lot cheaper. Is there any reason they can't do this with boats?

Nor*Cal · Ladies Man Joined: 12 Jan 2003 Posts: 9479 City: Sac

That'd be sweet Crim. I think once they figure this Venezuela stuff out gas prices will drop some.

slaydit · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 9:28 pm Post subject:

what venezuela stuff? I dont watch tv much...and i rarely switch it to the news.

-jey

RUSSIAN · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 9:41 pm Post subject:

I paid 2.19 for 92 today, 50 bucks to fill up my truck Crying or Very sad

slaydit · Posted: Feb 18, 2003 10:16 pm Post subject:

92 ????? are you rich? all about the 87 baby...
what are you driving? a Viper....pfft....aristocrats and their 92 octane gas.

-jey

Realistik · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 7:10 am Post subject:

Gas here is like 1.63 but i was told they are expected to rise to 2.50 by the beginning of May
All i know is that im broke as it is

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 8:15 am Post subject:

Yeah..I hear ya about the 92. I have a supercharged Xterra and it will only take 92. I bought it last January and it sounded like a good idea at the time.

madCat · Outlaw Joined: 13 Jan 2003 Posts: 106

I'm not saying you guys are wrong, but we have gone through this the last 2 years. Same exact time of the year, high gas prices and everyone saying how they heard it is was going to be $2/gallon by summer. Deja Vu anyone?

jvanick · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 10:29 am Post subject:

I'll just stop drinking beer when I wakeboard...

Or, everybody will have to just chip ip a few extra $$$ per trip...

40gallons * 2 = $80
but...
last summer we were all paying like 1.60 anyways so

40gallons * 1.60 = $64

that's only $16 more per trip.

when you look at it like that it doesn't suck as hard.

-J

Retirement Fund · Posted: Feb 19, 2003 11:34 am Post subject:

40 * $2.00 = $80
40 * $1.60 = $64
$80 - $64 = $16
Beer Fund - $16 = OUCH!

Dude...no matter how you look at it, it still sucks!

Dirty$outhRida · Addict Joined: 24 Feb 2003 Posts: 665 City: Austin, Tx.

man that aint enough for the beer fund, ill stop eating before i stop boarding