Gas Prices..

[Sweed]

[RANT]

I know many off us on here drive, but I'm wondering who has noticed a rise in Gas Prices?

I didn't notice the rise from $3.30 to $3.60 down here, until recently. I hear people complain the whole time "Man, you know how much gas is", "Man, cost me $60 to fill my tank", "Man, I'm broke". But these are the same people that floor it from every light and go 10mph over the speed limit on the highway.

And I saw this come up on a CRX Forum.

How high would gas prices have to go before you change your driving habits?

Becuase if people slowed down and took it slow, went speed limit and took some weight out of thier shoes, their gas milage would go way up. Just becuase you have a Hybrid or Honda Civic doesn't mean you're wallet will be any lighter, it's all in Driving Style.

For example, if I mash it at every light, and go 10mph over the speed limit the whole time, my gas milage drops to about 25mph (still purty good..), from about 35mpg+.

So, how high does gas have to go before you (or the general public) change your driving habits?

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[XMODification]

LMAO - you're complaining about $3.60 - i'm paying $3.80-$3.90 over here in L.A. - over in Malibu it's already over $4 . It takes over $40 to fill up my little Neon now compared to $25 before all these price hikes and stuff. I do drive abit slower but it's not my style to do so every day -lol - a tank of gas last me about a week and a half to about 2 weeks sometimes now - you just have to keep your vehicle well maintained, tires at the right pressure, and don't step on the gas when taking off - you should gradually build up the speed and not launch off like a rocket .

Anyways, it should be reaching $4 a gallon pretty soon so until then I guess I ain't doing much as far as going anywhere or doing any unneccessary driving.

[WhiteMKIV]

Originally Posted by XMODification

LMAO - you're complaining about $3.60 - i'm paying $3.80-$3.90 over here in L.A. - over in Malibu it's already over $4 . It takes over $40 to fill up my little Neon now compared to $25 before all these price hikes and stuff. I do drive abit slower but it's not my style to do so every day -lol - a tank of gas last me about a week and a half to about 2 weeks sometimes now - you just have to keep your vehicle well maintained, tires at the right pressure, and don't step on the gas when taking off - you should gradually build up the speed and not launch off like a rocket .

Anyways, it should be reaching $4 a gallon pretty soon so until then I guess I ain't doing much as far as going anywhere or doing any unneccessary driving.[/B]

+1, yup thats basicly what i do now.....no more taking a car load of people to the beach. I tihnk im gonna purchase a motorcycle or scooter and hold off on the supra dream NOT! lol but still im most likely gonna go for a bike scince gas is going up. And here in Tampa Bay Florida gas is only $3.47 but not for long

[atruebudfan]

It's about 3.60 here, but i have to put 93' in due to the Cadillac eldorado i drive, so i pay 3.80. Before the gas prices went up i averaged about 16 miles a gallon in my car, since then i have been driving to save gas and its jumped to 19.5

[Titantaw12]

In New York its about 3:80. Its Crazy

[imnotmikal]

Most of you guys are talking about small cars, well my family is a truck/SUV family.
The only "car" we own is my brother's CRX he just got saturday.
Dad drives a '03 Silverado, gets anywhere from 13-17MPG, but its not that bad, he only drives about 200 miles to work on monday, and 200 back on friday. (He's a truck driver and is gone all week, work pays for the gas for the semi)
Mom drives the Suburban, gets about 14MPG stop & go. It's almost $100 to fill up, every week.
Brother drives an Envoy that actually gets pretty good. I tused to get almost 22, but he got some All Terrain tires and dropped to about 19-20. He still got 18 while pulling a CRX uphill on saturday.
His new CRX gets like 35(?).
Lasty, the '89 Silverado which will be mine, gets about 12 I guess. Mom and Dad are paying for my gas until I get a job, and hopefully by then I'll have my own little CRX.

(When we bought my bro's CRX on saturday, the dude tried to push a CRX on me that had a B-16 on it, and his main feature that he tried to sell it with was this: "This car will make you loose your liscense in a heart beat." I was like, dude, I'd like to keep my liscense..)

[xmodificationer]

Originally Posted by WhiteMKIV

+1, yup thats basicly what i do now.....no more taking a car load of people to the beach. I tihnk im gonna purchase a motorcycle or scooter and hold off on the supra dream NOT! lol but still im most likely gonna go for a bike scince gas is going up. And here in Tampa Bay Florida gas is only $3.47 but not for long

here around the Central Florida, Ocala area gas is about $3.50 And my dad has a 2007 Ram 1500 hemi Laramie with MDS so when you are driving under a certain RPM only 4 cylinders are in use so you save gas. But my mom has a 2006 Dodge durango V8 SLT that doesn't have MDS so that gets worse gas mileage.

[Sweed]

Originally Posted by atruebudfan

It's about 3.60 here, but i have to put 93' in due to the Cadillac eldorado i drive, so i pay 3.80. Before the gas prices went up i averaged about 16 miles a gallon in my car, since then i have been driving to save gas and its jumped to 19.5

Oh, wow. 19.5mpg...

Originally Posted by XMODification

LMAO - you're complaining about $3.60 - i'm paying $3.80-$3.90 over here in L.A. - over in Malibu it's already over $4 . It takes over $40 to fill up my little Neon now compared to $25 before all these price hikes and stuff. I do drive abit slower but it's not my style to do so every day -lol - a tank of gas last me about a week and a half to about 2 weeks sometimes now - you just have to keep your vehicle well maintained, tires at the right pressure, and don't step on the gas when taking off - you should gradually build up the speed and not launch off like a rocket .

Anyways, it should be reaching $4 a gallon pretty soon so until then I guess I ain't doing much as far as going anywhere or doing any unneccessary driving.

+1. I take off like a rocket at many lights and push 80mph (it's feel so slow..) on the highway, and still acheive 26mpg (avarage)... Hell, I got 35mpg holding 65mph on the highway with rocket lunches...

$40 to fill the tank? My Rex has a 10.9 gallon tank....

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

here around the Central Florida, Ocala area gas is about $3.50 And my dad has a 2007 Ram 1500 hemi Laramie with MDS so when you are driving under a certain RPM only 4 cylinders are in use so you save gas. But my mom has a 2006 Dodge durango V8 SLT that doesn't have MDS so that gets worse gas mileage.

Do you drive? No?
When I was up at UCF a few weeks ago, there was one or two gas stations selling gas at $3.00 PER GALLON. That was when it was $3.32 down here..

Originally Posted by Knvictd

Most of you guys are talking about small cars, well my family is a truck/SUV family.
The only "car" we own is my brother's CRX he just got saturday.
His new CRX gets like 35(?).
Lasty, the '89 Silverado which will be mine, gets about 12 I guess. Mom and Dad are paying for my gas until I get a job, and hopefully by then I'll have my own little CRX.

(When we bought my bro's CRX on saturday, the dude tried to push a CRX on me that had a B-16 on it, and his main feature that he tried to sell it with was this: "This car will make you loose your liscense in a heart beat." I was like, dude, I'd like to keep my liscense..)

CRX's, FTW!! Woot!
The Standard (dx) Version of the CRX is rated at 31/34mpg from the EPA. Add 10 for the HF's and the Si's get about the same.. But I've heard numerous people in Si's have 45mpg...

Be careful of the B16(??)'s. If it's not swapped right there can be problems as always. But, it's a fun motor/car to drive I mean an 160hp in a 2000lb car is rediculous. Oh, btw, the B16 still get's good gas milage. I'll see if I can dig up the picture for you..

Get some pictures of you brother's CRX and send him over to:
www.crxcommunity.com

[123Vette]

3.70$ in a volvo that does 16-18 mpg.....

i no this is a litlle a**holeish but i dont pay for my gas my parents do so it realy dont affect me, or them cuz they can afford it.

But i do agree it is getting a little high

[firebird999]

when my generation is driving, it'll be a better deal to buy a new car than fill up your tank.

[imnotmikal]

Originally Posted by Sweed

Be careful of the B16(??)'s. If it's not swapped right there can be problems as always. But, it's a fun motor/car to drive I mean an 160hp in a 2000lb car is rediculous. Oh, btw, the B16 still get's good gas milage. I'll see if I can dig up the picture for you..

I'm pretty sure this dude knows what he's doing. We took a look under the hood, but hell if I know
He had the hood all locked up. Hood pins with some industrial locks.

Originally Posted by Sweed

Get some pictures of you brother's CRX and send him over to:
www.crxcommunity.com

My bro isn't really a internet forum type of person.
But he's been through his share of Civics (This is his 5th Civic, 3rd CRX. He's had a Del Sol, and I forgot the other one... He never brought it home kept it at our cousin's, he had just started driving and mom didn't want him driving a Civc.... don't ask why...)
But for all I know, he could already be a member there.
I've got some pics of it, I'll upload like 2 or 3 and PM them to you.

[coolcar24th]

Dang yall make me feel bad for driving a camaro that gets like 10mpg when gas here is above 4 dollars a gallon. I guess its time to switch cars.

[texan_idiot25]

I can't but help to have fun in the GMC when I drive, I don't pay for it's gas (1st and 2nd that little guy will really move). The firebird averages some where in the 20s, I haven't given it much calculation though, but it's gutless so I find my self getting on it hard often with our realizing it.

At 50-55 mph, the GMC averages 25 mpg, at 65 mph, 18 mpg, at 70 or so, 16 mpg. And that's with a 10 year old 4.3L V6. And that's straight off the on-board computer.

Gas is in the low 3.30s. If new laws get passed, the prices will fall. Every year gas companies make record profits while still raising prices, and it's going through congress to SEVERELY limit them.

[xmodificationer]

what does me driving have anything to do with this?

[AeroSynch]

My Ford Escort gets about 23 MPG, and the gas lasts for about two weeks, since I barely drive it, and to fill it up it is around $35 +/- here in South Florida, with prices at $3.60, or around there.

[texan_idiot25]

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

what does me driving have anything to do with this?

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Because you don't drive.

[AeroSynch]

Originally Posted by xmodificationer

what does me driving have anything to do with this?

His first sentence says for those of us who drive here, basically.


I saw somewhere on the news about this station that sold gas for $0.76, but it was a few days ago.

[Donziikid]

It cost me $5.35 at the pump to fill up the Donzi at the marina. Places down in Detroit are seeing upwards of $6 at the pump for marina fuel.

[firebird999]

Originally Posted by Donziikid

It cost me $5.35 at the pump to fill up the Donzi at the marina. Places down in Detroit are seeing upwards of $6 at the pump for marina fuel.

WHOA! $5.35 per gallon?!?!?!!

[texan_idiot25]

Most boats seem to use higher octane, and that's just one example of how much control a station owner has over his pumps. On the water, where else are you going to go? More cha-ching.