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EvilRB

11-09-2007, 12:20 PM

Gas Hits Five Dollars a Gallon In California, The End Times Draw Ever More Near

Although AAA of California is reporting some drivers are now paying $4 a gallon for regular unleaded gasoline, local Cali station KSBW found gas stations in Gorda, south of Big Sur, currently charging $5 per gallon for gas. While that's obviously an isolated occurrence, the average price is getting pretty high up the cost meter. For instance in Salinas, AAA recorded an average of $3.39 per gallon. Santa Cruz is at an average of $3.37 per gallon. Yes, the gas prices in California are always higher than elsewhere in the country, but this is getting ridiculous. Something must be done! Oh, Toyota -- please come and save us. If they only could get every individual in the United States to drive a Prius -- then all we'd have to worry about is cows farting. Also, we'd be living in a fantasy. (Hat tip to SwatLax!) [via KSBW]

Source: http://jalopnik.com/cars/gas-prices/gas-hits-five-dollars-a-gallon-in-california-the-end-times-draw-ever-more-near-320417.php

It's finally happening!! Fuck it I'm buying a bike!!

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 12:33 PM

I just inherited(kinda) an 06 r6. guess i need to learn to ride it.

ManoNegra

11-09-2007, 12:53 PM

Fuck, I need to more close to work...

B Love

11-09-2007, 12:58 PM

Yes Stock ka's for everyone

tacotacotaco

11-09-2007, 12:59 PM

dyslexia kicking in ^ haha jp

I wish we had a more efficient public transportation system. In other news might look into trading the accord in for a fit.

mehsilvia

11-09-2007, 01:03 PM

So FUCKED. Considering that ive got a typical SoCal work commute of 80 miles a day :rant2:

jskateborders

11-09-2007, 01:04 PM

I have the gas pipeline that runs from cali to Nm in my front yard. Time to tap into that shit...

B Love

11-09-2007, 01:08 PM

Hahah Gas is expensive but pretty far from 5 bucks. When I drive to Reno gas is always more expensive in Norcal

PRADOgy

11-09-2007, 01:15 PM

nows a good time to get a YARIS ftw!

BustedS13

11-09-2007, 01:16 PM

just filled up this morning for $2.78/gallon. gas was like 3.30 a couple years ago, why is this news? actually, it almost got up to 4/gallon for a little while around here, if i recall correctly. at any rate... we still haven't passed the energy crisis prices of the early 80's. quit your bitching, it could get a LOT worse.

240trainee

11-09-2007, 01:19 PM

Just paid over $3 a gallon today, this sucks.

Good thing my moped is almost done, gonna be driving that shit alot.

MELLO*SOS

11-09-2007, 01:33 PM

There isn't a lot you can do about it, complaining about gasoline prices is like complaining about the weather. Get better jobs, and create + stick to a budget!

Check out the historical prices on crude & gold...

Crude oil
http://www.wtrg.com/daily/clfclose.gif

Gold
http://www.kitco.com/LFgif/au3650nyb.gif

jackjack

11-09-2007, 01:38 PM

what else is new. time to rock that honda scooter i picked up at a garage sale for dirt cheap :bigok:

olah.inc

11-09-2007, 01:56 PM

LB.Motoring

11-09-2007, 01:59 PM

^ Its true, petrol has always been more expensive in Germany.

EvilRB

11-09-2007, 02:04 PM

what is your problem? you pay 5$ for a gallon, we pay 1,60 euro and more for a liter gas... and 1 liter is 0,2 gallon.. so dont bitch around...

60liter gas(a full tank) cost me around 140 dollar... thats real life in germany

Yeah but you guys have legal skylines and other cars that aren't allowed here and there is no speed limit.
not to mention your euro is much stronger than our dollar. Where your euro value is still improving and our dollar has lost over 30% since 2000.
It's getting better for you and it's getting worst for us.

olah.inc

11-09-2007, 02:15 PM

Yeah but you guys have legal skylines and other cars that aren't allowed here and there is no speed limit.
not to mention your euro is much stronger than our dollar. Where your euro value is still improving and our dollar has lost over 30% since 2000.
It's getting better for you and it's getting worst for us.

i dont think so, in germany are just around 20 skylines registred, who drives a rhd in a lhd contry? and who wants to pay 70000 dollar for an used gtr?

what does the good value bring me? i buy a part from us for 500$, shipp it for 300 and pay then 25% from the price + shipping to germany...

so i buy for 500 and pay at the end easy 1000$, just for example

sry 4 bad english

SiI40sx

11-09-2007, 02:20 PM

Awww man this is fuckin bullshit!! man!! fuck I drive soooo far to get to work too!!! oh wait a min.... no I dont! I only work 1 mile away from home! hahahahh SUCKERRRSSSS man just go buy a st165 or a eg and your fuckin set! Stop being spoiled (or trying to be spoiled but your not baller enough to do it) and get a more gas effecient car!

Dutchmalmiss

11-09-2007, 02:27 PM

^^^^^

haha 80's celicas FTW!!!

downshift_sideways

11-09-2007, 02:29 PM

Time to bring out the street bike again ;)

Or this is what you do....Get a big ass barrel...or as much 5 gallon buckets as you can.

Grab some friends, wear all black, go out into the night, and steal gas from trucks..and add it to your buckets.

and have a gas station at your house~~!!

I've gone 3,128 Miles w/o paying a single drop of gas before! hahahaha

BustedS13

11-09-2007, 02:30 PM

what is your problem? you pay 5$ for a gallon, we pay 1,60 euro and more for a liter gas... and 1 liter is 0,2 gallon.. so dont bitch around...

60liter gas(a full tank) cost me around 140 dollar... thats real life in germany

wow, real life in germany really sucks. except you guys get more KMFDM. oh wait sascha moved to seattle, you guys don't have dick! except for that autobahn thing. but who can afford that.

nah just kidding i hear your roads are like glass. that'd be sweet.

sillyvia13

11-09-2007, 02:31 PM

Fuel is the new world currency!
There are middle eastern gazillionaires buying it all up to have for when it is $110 a barrel there money will flip over 10 fold!
Electric car kids!
FUTURE IS HERE!!!
Turbos will be a story in 10 years! gas cars!
you ever see mad max! they kill for a gallon of fuel!
WATCH!!! YOU"LL SEE!
It's the end of the world as we know it!, it's the end of the world as we know it, AND I FEEL FINE!!

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 02:34 PM

sillyvia13

11-09-2007, 02:38 PM

i went to canada to get sr's and rb's and filled up in my home town before I left, got to border and needed gas I said! ahh I get it in canada! no biggie

Like German dude said, ITS SOLD BY LITER!
I PAID $2.75 a liter! WTF!!! I was very unhappy!
cost me more in gas, then it would cost to ship engines to me!

Plus I got a f'ing reb bull $5! canada dollar and us dollar is about same!
We Can all thank that mofo BUSH! bet you didn't know he had a large hand in the oil industry!
POLITICS AS USUAL~

EvilRB

11-09-2007, 02:40 PM

i dont think so, in germany are just around 20 skylines registred, who drives a rhd in a lhd contry? and who wants to pay 70000 dollar for an used gtr?

what does the good value bring me? i buy a part from us for 500$, shipp it for 300 and pay then 25% from the price + shipping to germany...

so i buy for 500 and pay at the end easy 1000$, just for example

sry 4 bad english

Yeah okay you guys spend more but I wasn't trying to turn this into a pissing contest.
I was just pointing out that $5 a gallon sucks and Now I'm hating have all turbo cars and a V6 that gets only like 25 mpg and thats the good one.

And just FYI I drive a RHD car in a LHD country it's not that different!

DUFFM4N

11-09-2007, 02:48 PM

where is gas $5? most i see is $3.43 for 91 around here where i live...

EvilRB

11-09-2007, 02:49 PM

^^Read the story

it's only time till we see it!

San Pedro is over $4 at chevron already

DUFFM4N

11-09-2007, 02:51 PM

didnt feel like reading all that, and i still didnt read it....but its ok....ive got a Honda Ruckus coming VERY soon

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 02:52 PM

didnt feel like reading all that, and i still didnt read it....but its ok....ive got a Honda Ruckus coming VERY soon

get the camo one!!!

DUFFM4N

11-09-2007, 02:55 PM

prolly...but it wont last long because im gonna end up going custom frame/paint anyways

ALTRNTV

11-09-2007, 03:08 PM

Good thing I have an '04 Civic. :keke:

B18C5MK1

11-09-2007, 03:11 PM

i dont even pay attention to gas prices anymore... but i have noticed i've been driving a whole lot less. heh.

everything is more expensive here. what's new?

In April of 2006 we reported that there were 330 detached homes listed for sale in Irvine, with a Median price of $999,900 The lowest priced detached home for sale is a 2 bedroom, 2 bath, 950 Square foot patio home on Orchard street and is priced at $499,098.

Today, there are 51 - 1 Bedroom Condos currently listed for sale in Irvine, Ca. These condos range in price from $255,000 for a 475 square foot condo on Streamwood in the Irvine Springs community of Northwood, on up to $729,000 for a 1 bedroom, 1.5 bath, 1,335 square foot high rise condo

SOURCE: http://www.ocrealestateblog.com/

1 bedroom. 1.5 bath. 730,000 dollars. seeing how california has the 7th largest economy in the world, it seems only fair (to others) that we pay more for stuff. do i agree? i dont know. i dont really feel like thinking about it right now.

sure, there's broke people here who cant afford 5 bucks... but i dont know.. it is what it is, i guess.

right now i live in a 2 bed 2 bath townhouse. rent = 2700 a month. my neighbor is Quinton "Rampage" Jackson. I'd figure he'd be pretty loaded and live in some huge house on the hill. nope, his pad is smaller than mine, but probably more expensive bc it's detached...

i dont even know what im talking about anymore...:confused:

5 bucks. meh. whatev.

olah.inc

11-09-2007, 03:14 PM

kdashy

11-09-2007, 03:18 PM

I bet that thing gets 50mpg, and its NOT a hybrid.

tre

11-09-2007, 04:02 PM

My friends 600+whp pump gas S4 gets 29mpg on the freeway, on the flip side he can drain his 14 gallon tank at the track in under 20 minutes of road racing.

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 04:08 PM

interesting a 600+ hp car gets 7 more miles to the gallon than a stock one?

B18C5MK1

11-09-2007, 04:16 PM

my daily drive is an vee dub, i hate it, the car is bullsh*t, 1,4 engine 75hp, when i put the pedal to the metal i start to scream cause its so slow...
but its good to safe money for my s13..
this is (like you us guys call it) euro style haha
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i've got a diesel "caddy"... needs some work to get it running though, but when it did run.. mpg was thru the roof! i want to swap a new tdi motor in it.

no pics of the caddy.. but for those of you who think im talking about the american boat, im not...

this is a caddy:
(hopefully mine will be this cool, minus those mirrors. :down: )
http://www.vmax.dk/static/images/vmax/wallpapers/800/VW%20Caddy.jpg

steve shadows

11-09-2007, 04:18 PM

interesting a 600+ hp car gets 7 more miles to the gallon than a stock one?

My car does 400whp on 91 octane and gets about 19 mph city, 28 hwy

my j30 gets about 16 mpg and does about 24 hwy

lol and its my daily fucking stupid "go green laws" in cali.

lets all drive less efficent gas guzzlers but at least they have cats and wieght 4000 lbs

fucking hate my state govt

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 04:20 PM

damn, how does that work?

steve shadows

11-09-2007, 04:21 PM

damn, how does that work?

good tuning duh

VROOOM

11-09-2007, 04:23 PM

is that shifting at 2500 or somethin?

AznDrftr.

11-09-2007, 04:23 PM

Yea we are right behind you guys almost, with $3.25 gallon for 93, and that was like 2 days when i saw it, havent been out of the house since then, so i dont know, could be more. But that shit is crajy man. Damn..

steve shadows

11-09-2007, 04:24 PM

is that shifting at 2500 or somethin?

3-4k at least bish

but sometimes I have to drive like this

http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb129/shadowerks/HPIM1542.jpg

not beacuse of my car

because of illegal immigrants cars and diesel trucks in the south bay

oh and dont forget the trains and boats that actually do 75% of all air pollution in LA

k's_silvia2.0

11-09-2007, 04:34 PM

I wonder how much 100+ octane is gonna cost?.

hijack3d

11-09-2007, 04:48 PM

I guess htis was a bad time to move to SoCal? Haha...

Anyway, I'm actually from Alaska, and there was (well is...) a really big controversy about whether or not to drill ANWR (Alaska National Wildlife Reserve) but what I'm hearing is that the main reason(not the only reason) why they haven't tapped into the oil there is because 80% of it is actually in Canada... But who knows, maybe if we get desperate enough we'll start construction on the new pipeline... I know if they get any higher, I'm going to brave a motorcycle in SoCal traffic...

zomgdrft

11-09-2007, 04:59 PM

I just rebuilt my wifes 96 Sentra for us to use as a beater car, every day driver, etc. I believe a good way to go for a lot of people here is Nissan's GA16DE. That is a fucking awesome engine for the money. They're dirt cheap and get around 35mpg on the highway. It's cheaper than anything from Honda and accomplishes the same thing. Of course, I'm a Nissan/Mazda fanboy, so my opinion may be a little biased.

0100

11-09-2007, 05:01 PM

15 min to work on my bicycle FTW. Yes even in the snow I ride my bicycle. Free workout too. Fuck fuel prices.

breakindrifts

11-09-2007, 05:06 PM

good thing i got an 07 r6 to ride around.,

tacotacotaco

11-09-2007, 05:08 PM

if only this was street legal my around the town buzzer
http://www.aprilia.com/upload/modelli/road/p01199_0069.jpg

when i lived in longbeach and for just moving within the city i had an rs50 like this
http://www.maxmoto.co.uk/images/aprilia_rs_50_4l.jpg
it was like 10 bucks at the most every 2 weeks, Fun light and had to tuck hard to get 70+mph but way cooler than a scooter, Sucks it got stolen i wonder how their faces looked when they realized it was only a 50cc.

SiI40sx

11-09-2007, 05:47 PM

why isnt that one bike street legal?? (i know shit of bikes)

tacotacotaco

11-09-2007, 05:52 PM

Something about being 2 stroke.

dirtdiggler666

11-09-2007, 06:21 PM

were all gunna need vespa's fucking gay:hammer:

0100

11-09-2007, 06:21 PM

[edit] Moved it to the motorcycle.

0100

11-09-2007, 06:36 PM

moved.

jhjij'jfdpsdgpd

B Love

11-10-2007, 12:21 AM

Hahah I need to get a bike or a civic. My sc is the daily

brndck

11-10-2007, 12:39 AM

i guess you kinda hafta consider where gorda is tho. its in the middle of nowhere. about an hour north and south of the nearest gas stations. they pretty much have a monopoly on gas in that area. if you've ever driven the 1 from morro bay to santa cruz or monterey, you know what i mean. once you get past san simeon there is NO gas stations till you get to big sur. and the station in gorda, every time i've ever gone through, is about 75cents to a dollar more per gallon than san luis obispo (where i'm originally from. slo is usually about 25-30 cents more on avg. then la/socal prices). yes gas is expensive. yes we should all buy more fuel efficient cars. this is why i drive a paseo as my dd. it gets 36 mpg avg. and looks like ass. /rant.

DRavenS13

11-10-2007, 12:43 AM

I'm just gonna get a mountain bike and ride to work everyday. Why a mountain bike? Because if you know the L.A. area, riding from South Central to Culver City is a GANG of stupid hills.

LB.Motoring

11-10-2007, 12:52 AM

Expensive Gas?

Less drive by shootings!

Im fine with that.

LOL.

johngriff

11-10-2007, 08:55 AM

Check this out, CASH index Plummeted.

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jax0dTfUiADcnyc9e-g03FqSUuxAD8SQ1ENO0

02BRB20

11-10-2007, 10:17 AM

whatever.

I honestly wonder if there will ever be another social revolution.

so many people have no problem with the massive $$ greedy CEO's make bc they know they can stick it up ppls asses and no one reacts anymore; power of the people has lost all its meaning

I love how pure speculation can drive prices up, just so ppl can buy low and sell high, its such bullshit.

B Love

11-10-2007, 11:21 AM

Expensive Gas?

Less drive by shootings!

Im fine with that.

LOL.

AHAHHAHAHA Thats only in your neighbor hood :hsdance:

articdragon192

11-10-2007, 04:14 PM

eulalia

11-16-2007, 10:30 PM

Wah wah wah. Prices have been going up for a while now. They have also dipped here and there. Deal with it. At least it isn't as bad as in Canada and in Europe. I get 21mpg on my VG30. Steve, tune my car to get better mpg, lol.

i need to tune my car asap!! lol i put 20 bucks every day in my car... going from garden grove to costa mesa.. which is like 10-15 miles one way

to bad i dont have the money for a tune because its going all to gas.. lol

motorsnail

11-16-2007, 10:48 PM

Go look at europes gas prices they aint bitchin:doh:

Andrew Bohan

11-17-2007, 12:11 AM

i'm ready

my bike gets 50mpg and i work at home. wiiinnnnnn

!Zar!

11-17-2007, 03:10 AM

I daily drove a turbo II when gas was 4 a gal.

So what. Just means I got to pimp my hoes harder.

s13Dr1ft

11-17-2007, 06:35 AM

my DD is a 00 blazer, for a crappy slow v6 it sucks gas like a hooker. Thankfully the highest ive seen gas localy was $3.16 which isnt suprising, i filled up yesterday for $1.99 (radio station does promotion at a gas station every friday)

I find it funny when people around here (indiana) start pulling there hair out when gas goes up $.10.

Audrey arm

11-17-2007, 06:46 AM

my DD is a 00 blazer, for a crappy slow v6 it sucks gas like a hooker.

I hear ya. My dd is a 96 Pathfinder. Gas guzzling, gutless V6 but i love it.

s13Dr1ft

11-17-2007, 06:55 AM

Yea, i dont even need the blazer. ive never needed 4x4 in our winters. my 2wd S10 plows through snow..but still gets shitty mpg lol.

eh, ill probably get a EK hatch soon for a DD. i miss the old EG coupe

S13SilviaGirl

11-17-2007, 06:46 PM

Gas here near Tokyo is nearly $6.50 a gallon....what are you all whining about?

Seriously though, That is why everyone out here walks and or rides a bike. Trains suck ass. I hate those bastards, and when there are 4 ppl you have to pay for...it is cheaper to drive.

SexPanda

11-17-2007, 06:50 PM

IF high gas prices are one sign of the appocalypse, then black people at a nascar race is another... Believe it or not, I have witnessed it.

Now all we need to do is for the president to drop "the big one"...

Say nuclear correctly. Then the four horsemen will ride in with their war, famine, plague and death... and candy.