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badhazard 04-24-2006 02:32 PM

Another Gas thread weeee
 
Hey everyone this is my first post. I been readin the site for a bit now and i plan to get a rx8. i just curious about what people thought about gas. I was listening to the radio and they said that gas might be 4 dollars by the end of the year. I could care less what the mpg. i dont mind paying. but just wanted to know what people thought.

Paul_in_DC 04-24-2006 02:39 PM

A spokesman at OPEC the other day said crude oil prices would come back down soon from $75US/bbl to maybe as low as $50. So hopefully this is a temporary pain in the rumpus.

Skythe 04-24-2006 02:41 PM

This muthafucka can't be serious....

Oh I feel the heat, it's gettin warm in here. I feel the flames comin

A simple search on "gas" and "2.99" will let you know how some of us think about the rising fuel costs.

cleoent 04-24-2006 03:10 PM

The consensus is that most of us enjoys pending 65 dollars to fill our tanks 2 times a week :) :rofl:

stickman 04-24-2006 06:55 PM

Gee, what happened to your tank of gas? The RX8 it.

BlueEyes 04-24-2006 06:58 PM

Holy Christ on the cross Batman, another gas thread!

Revolver 04-24-2006 07:03 PM

Batman leaps into action:

kerpow!

thwack!

sock!

Die thread, die!! :mdrmed:

newcastle 04-24-2006 07:04 PM

ROFLCOPTER!


Originally Posted by Skythe
This muthafucka can't be serious....

Oh I feel the heat, it's gettin warm in here. I feel the flames comin

A simple search on "gas" and "2.99" will let you know how some of us think about the rising fuel costs.


Aseras 04-24-2006 09:43 PM

It's better than $6-7 gallon in europe.. has been for years in places, you will survive. It'd be nice for it to go down but don't expect anything major until the end of the year at the latest...

until gas is > $10 gallon it's still cheap energy. Gas companies are screwing themselves... everyone is gonna get pissed and move to other fuels, ethanol, hydrogen, biodiesel etc... and this is gonna be the catalyst that makes it happen, if they ate some profit and kept oil cheap though "uncertainty" instead of shaking a magic 8 ball everyday for a reason to raise prices, they could keep a stranglehold on world energy.

right now with mass production it's economically feasible ( less than $5k per car )to convert just about any car to a solar power hydrolysis hyrdrogen system.
You could do all the parts off the shelf yourself tomorrow for less than $15K. The hard part would be engine managment and installation.

Off the grid free power, fill your car up every other day and get 300 miles or better per fill.

Right now there's companies lining up to do this too.. and they are CLOSE to mass market..
best I've seen right now is united nuclear's. Google it if you wanna know more...

\\Konig\\ 04-24-2006 09:50 PM

14 mpg on my last tank with around 85% city driving.

irfan 04-24-2006 09:52 PM

arent they struggling to finish solar power races with cars that weigh 300 pound and have one person in it, and a university's engineering budget? seems every cloudy day = pit stop. i think ur a little off on the solar prices. Hybrids cost a 3-4K premium and when the prius came out toyota was eating up a ton of cash on each one. solar in cars has a long way to go unfortunately.

Dro 04-24-2006 09:54 PM

that is why my car runs on double cream and not something as crude as petrol

duhhh

RazzyBRX-8 04-24-2006 09:55 PM


Originally Posted by stickman
Gee, what happened to your tank of gas? The RX8 it.

Actually. That's kind of funny.

Aseras 04-24-2006 10:02 PM


Originally Posted by irfan
arent they struggling to finish solar power races with cars that weigh 300 pound and have one person in it, and a university's engineering budget? seems every cloudy day = pit stop. i think ur a little off on the solar prices. Hybrids cost a 3-4K premium and when the prius came out toyota was eating up a ton of cash on each one. solar in cars has a long way to go unfortunately.

you missunderstood, you use solar cells to produce electricity @ your home. You use this electricity to hydrolyze water into oxygen and hydrogen. ( remeber science class? ) You store the hydrogen and fill your car with it. Depending on sunlight etc, it could take a couple days to fill your car, but that's adequate for most people.

yiksing 04-24-2006 10:10 PM

If you don't mind the mpg, why bother starting this stupid thread

Skythe 04-24-2006 10:19 PM


Originally Posted by yiksing
If you don't mind the mpg, why bother starting this stupid thread

Remember everyone, there are no stupid questions or stupid people, just stupid posters

Mugatu 04-24-2006 10:29 PM

oh for the LOVE OF GOD ARGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH.

BunnyGirl 04-25-2006 11:39 AM

^ :rofl:

I got 23.5 MPG last time so I am happy. :)

deamicls 04-25-2006 12:03 PM


Originally Posted by BunnyGirl
^ :rofl:

I got 23.5 MPG last time so I am happy. :)

:shocking: :shocking: :shocking:
:Wconfused :Wconfused :Wconfused
:confused: :confused: :confused:

stickman 04-25-2006 06:23 PM

Bunnygirl, you must have sails on that thing to get over 23mpg, either that or you got the optional pedal package. I assume you do a great deal of highway driving at very moderate speeds.

Paul_in_DC 04-25-2006 07:17 PM

Hell I got 23 while driving down to VIR a few weeks ago... 75mph on cruise control. If I'd kept it to 65 it would have been better mileage, but boring as hell.

stickman 04-25-2006 07:53 PM

If you were on an interstate or other major highway 75 counts as moderate.

Revolver 04-25-2006 08:01 PM

Gas milage threads - the beige of car forums.

skwidd 04-25-2006 08:40 PM


Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
A spokesman at OPEC the other day said crude oil prices would come back down soon from $75US/bbl to maybe as low as $50. So hopefully this is a temporary pain in the rumpus.

And the former CEO of Exxon Mobile said he thinks the oil industry will have its day of reckoning.

It's a conspiracy!

PWRCLOSER 04-25-2006 09:05 PM


Originally Posted by Paul_in_DC
Hell I got 23 while driving down to VIR a few weeks ago... 75mph on cruise control. If I'd kept it to 65 it would have been better mileage, but boring as hell.


No way!! Ive never been able to get over 16 mpg and thats with DSC and traction control OFF but Im not sure if even that helps.


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