Gas prices [ADMIN WARNING: NO POLITICS]

[Gregs24]

Thank God, IMO, that the USA steps-up and has since WWI to ensure the safety of the entire world. IMO the gas prices will be a short inconvenience to guarantee world safety via the defanging of Iran's maniacial determination to acquire a nuclear weapon. I'll gladly pay some more at the pump so my grand daughter (and the world) won't be faced with a radical government with nuclear capability. Every President for 5 decades has wanted to do this so it was about time IMO. It will be over soon enough then we can get back to discussion mods on our Mustangs.

God Bless America

Soon be 9 wars ended

For the Americans reading this, the above is irony (which is not a type of metal)

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[DevilDog]

Which means you most likely remember odd and even days.

I do. I also remember going through a whole tank of gas in a night while cruising and looking for girls.

 

[MAT1955]

gas usage while crusing for girls - well that's just money well spent at any price.

 

[Gregs24]

I do. I also remember going through a whole tank of gas in a night while cruising and looking for girls.

I think you were possibly looking in the wrong place

 

[DevilDog]

I think you were possibly looking in the wrong place

You're probably right. I think we ended up doing more street racing than picking up girls.

 

[jboogie1289]

Try 6.43$ northbay California. I dont think it ever went that high during the covid.

Oh, it did!!! My Brother out in San Fran sent me this during Covid …

 

[AZ_Ryan]

Im not really sure how you can have a conversation about gas prices right now, and not talk politics since the rise is prices over the last two weeks is a direct result of the decision to start a war in Iran.

 

[Wiley Marmot]

gas usage while crusing for girls - well that's just money well spent at any price.

Except ..............................for that time I was ordered out of town on pain of imprisonment by the local PD; when I was viciously provoked into impromptu street racing while cruising for babes.

 

[MAT1955]

@Wiley Marmot ..... but you lived to tell the tale and I bet it is quite some tale when you get into the details.....another great family legacy to instruct the grandchildren how it SHOULD be done!

 

[LouG]

It is what it is. This should all be over soon and then it will just keep betting better. Sold a big 38 foot cruiser with twin 502s with Bravo III XL counter rotating props a few years ago. Each engine was 430 HP. When "just on plane cruising " I burned 25 gallons an hour and a lot more if I went faster. It would hold 50 mph on the GPS. That would drain the tank in a short day's cruising. It was $1,200.00 to fill it up. On a week's cruise I would fill it up 3 or 4 times. Everything is relative. The cost for my stangs is a drop in the bucket. If you can't afford it get a used ev. This is a Mustang forum - we proudly burn the gas that the ev guys don't use....the more of them on the road (or more correctly waiting at charging stations, lol) the more gas for us.

Twin 502s with 5Kw Kohler used 5-7 gpm when in use at anchor.

BuT the good news is that I saved money on detailing as the wife (aka as the Admiral or just Boss for short) waxed the hull. Took three 8 huur days with us boyh doing it. Thank God we had a bottom coat put on it after the first year as that area took another 2 days to do.

Beautiful. But everyone knows a boat is a hole in the water you pour money into.

 

[LouG]

Back in the 70's fuel prices were fixed by law here. The boss knew when a price rise was coming and would fill the tanks the day before. A nice little extra profit, and exactly what the thieving fuel companies are doing now on a mega scale.

 

[smurfslayer]

Im not really sure how you can have a conversation about gas prices right now, and not talk politics since the rise is prices over the last two weeks is a direct result of the decision to start a war in Iran.

yes and no. The oil market is not driven by fact and logic, it’s a speculative market. Everyone who has ever had oil heat knows this all too well.

Absolutely ANYTHING that even remotely POTENTIALLY affects the availability of oil, drives the per barrel price up & sometimes ridiculously so. Despite the distance from oil to gasoline, fuel prices IMMEDIATELY spike.

Now, you would think that once the pressure on the market was relieved, gasoline prices would also fall concurrent with oil, but you‘d be wrong. Gasoline stays high sometimes weeks after oil comes down even when demand has fallen.

I have a LOT of neighbors and friends in the oil industry close by and there’s always an excuse. So they pay a beer surcharge to make up for the fuel cost I get to pay for their industry getting away with what is essentially a shell game.

 

[Nightmonkey]

Today I filled for $8.688/gal (2€/L, AKI 90)...
30% more than 2 weeks ago...

The bigger end will bei the Impact on prices in general.

 

[DevilDog]

Except ..............................for that time I was ordered out of town on pain of imprisonment by the local PD; when I was viciously provoked into impromptu street racing while cruising for babes.

I got stopped one night in the town adjacent to where I lived for speeding in my '70 SS 396 Nova. Admittedly, it was in front of the police station and I was going quite a bit over the speed limit. The officer told me if he ever saw me in "his" town again he'd throw me in jail. Needless to say, I was back in his town the following day and nothing happened.

I also got stopped for drag racing one night in the same car. The guy I was racing turned off his lights and ran. We had gone right by the officer who was sitting in a parking lot. I really, really thought I was going to jail. He had me dead to rights. Looking for some form of mercy, I told him I had recently gotten out of the Marine Corps and had been wounded in Vietnam. He went back to his police car, and I patiently waited to be handcuffed. He came back to my car a couple of minutes later and handed me my driver's license. I will never forget what he said. He, said "Get out of here and the next time you race, do it somewhere where you're not going to get caught." I later became a police officer and had a 37-year career in law enforcement. I can't begin to tell you how many times I used that line on kids I stopped for racing or screwing around.

 

[D/\rK•650]

Oh, it did!!! My Brother out in San Fran sent me this during Covid …

Wow I didn't remember it went that high

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