Please read! Possible solution to raising gas prices

[e34]

man today i saw a gas station in Malibu at $2.85 man thats allot like 1.56 was a great price but they are going too far. what they want to reach the $6 a gallon proce or something. Its just too much i may have to sell my e34 and get a motorcycle, they get atleast 40mpg.

[AllanS]

Right- in NY it's 30 cents per gallon for state tax and another 18 cents for local. It definately adds up. I'm not saying that the oil companies aren't partly to blame, but the taxes for gas are ridiculous. They also go for things other than making sure the roads are clean, which is a different story.

I guess we're sort of lucky in the states though... we could be in the UK, where 75% the price of gas is tax :P

[Loke]

Im not gonna start ranting about the average american here, so take this post as a friendly advice - and not a flaming towards you guys. Before you start going insane over your "high" gas prices - consider this:

Norway is one of the richest contries in the world. Last time I checked, we were number 3 or something - behind some oil-producing arabic contries. The reason why Norway is a rich country, is mainly due to two natural resources we control: fish and oil.

Youd expect an oil-producing country to have cheap gas, right? Wrong. You all complain when 1 US Gallon costs more than $2. Want to know what gas cost in Norway (applies to most european countries to some extent btw, but Norway is the "only" oil producing country here).

1 US gallon = 3.758 metric litre

$1 = ~7.2 NOK

For 1 metric litre gasoline, we typically pay ~9.5NOK. This would amount to:

(1 metric litre *9.5NOK * 3.758 metric litre) / 7.2 NOK = ~ $4.95 per US gallon

The average american doesnt pay **** for gas today. In fact, USA is one of the most environmental-UNfriendly countries in the world. (Think Mr. Bush and Kyoto-agreement).

The morale? Do yourselves a favour. Get rid of Mr. Bush and elect someone who can bring the US back on course to what it once was. And yes, I own a BMW 525iA and I do get to drive it, despite "insane" gas prices...

Cheers ;-)

[AA540]

Yes, I was only using that as an example. Virgina has a VERY strong cigrarette lobby in Richmond. The cig taxes are set by the commonwealth and the local counties have to do what the state tells them. All the states that nieghbor VA have cig taxes close to $1. My property taxes are 1.161 per $1000, that is on houses etc. And on top of that we have personal property tax on cars 4.57 per $1000, less 70% due to tax cuts. I have a simple 3bedroom house with 2 baths on a 10k sqft lot, my taxes last year were $3300, since my assestment went up 20%, my taxes go up 20% to close to $4k.

Between raising taxes, higher health costs, higher everything, my little raise at work for above average work I feel like I am slipping behind. I sure wish there is some relief in site.

Next time I move, I plan on being as close to work as possible, I like the new Toyota Prius. I've been following that vehicle for years, hats off to Toyota for a great feat of engineering. I wonder if they are still taking a loss on each vehicle sold.

AA

[AA540]

Yes, you are correct. We do have it nice here in the states as far as gas prices are concerned. And yes US stats are, population of 281mil out of 6.1billion for the world, yet we consume 25% of the worlds energy.

And yes I try to do my part to save. I dont mind paying a little more for energy efficient items such as refridgerators, CFL bulbs, dimmers, sensors, etc. dont mind taking public transportation on occasion to head to the city.

Waiting for November.

AA


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[MO525]

Geo/Chevy 3 cyl., 5 speed Metro Hatchback.
Don't laugh.
This is my third one. I've owned them for years.
They get 40 MPG+ like clockwork and cost practically nothing to maintain/own.
Those new hybrids are RATED at 50 mpg plus but have you actually ever seen a magazine test that actually GOT that range? Not me.
The 40 MPG range is more like it.
$1900 Metro or $20,000 hybrid....Hmmm...let me think... DUH.

My wife drives our 525i.
I drive the Metro daily, saves a lot of wear and tear on the Bimmer.

Hey, you can pick up a Metro for under $2000 now.
At least until the fuel prices go nuts...then it's a different story.

Just my 2 cents.

[AZ_Jason_S]

Geo/Chevy 3 cyl., 5 speed Metro Hatchback.
Don't laugh.
This is my third one. I've owned them for years.
They get 40 MPG+ like clockwork and cost practically nothing to maintain/own.
Those new hybrids are RATED at 50 mpg plus but have you actually ever seen a magazine test that actually GOT that range? Not me.
The 40 MPG range is more like it.
$1900 Metro or $20,000 hybrid....Hmmm...let me think... DUH.

My wife drives our 525i.
I drive the Metro daily, saves a lot of wear and tear on the Bimmer.

Hey, you can pick up a Metro for under $2000 now.
At least until the fuel prices go nuts...then it's a different story.

Just my 2 cents.

Payin' for gas is worth not having to drive a Metro. More the power to you, I understand your logic. I guess its like my girlfriend says, "Not everyone is as cool as you" I take that as a compliment, but I am pretty sure she doesn't mean it that way. I guess I'm just not that humble. If I was going to get a fuel efficient vehicle that didn't have 2 wheels, it would still be German, it would have an engine in the back and it would be air-cooled. Oh yeah it would also be rear wheel drive.

[winfred]

one of these?
http://www.ultravwmagazine.com/quiet.html
13.40 in the 1/4 and i bet it still gets mileage

[AZ_Jason_S]

This is a car I built a couple of years ago. It wasn't 13 sec probabaly hi 14 sec. 1915cc with alot of cam and heads. It burned out in first, broke a little traction in 2nd, and sometimes even chirped 3rd. I snuck up on alot of "would be" fast cars with that thing.... Ain't nuthin like blowin' some rice-chump off with VW Bug.

[winfred]

i allways wanted to get a early bug or karman and install a bad ass rotary motor, mazda trix or racing beat sells a kit to connect a 12a or 13b rotary to a vw transaxle, i think a hot street port side draft webered 13b would be cool, about 175 - 200 hp. or if you wanna race, a peripheral port beast, nothing like 315 hp from a 80 cid normally asperated motor, not very streetable, idles around 3500 and don't make power till around 7000, but from there till 11k look out