Price of petrol/gas

[Jeff1546 46]

 

[smoke665]

I feel the pain. Diesel fuel is at $5/gal. That's $200 to fill up the 40 gal main tank on the F350.

 

[TreeofLifeStairs]

I feel the pain. Diesel fuel is at $5/gal. That's $200 to fill up the 40 gal main tank on the F350.

The obvious solution here is for you to buy that one ton electric truck…oh wait, that doesn’t exist. :/

 

[smoke665]

@TreeofLifeStairs you know, I grow thousands of bushels of corn and soybeans every year. For less than $5k I could buy a column still to produce ethanol and a press/filter to produce soybean oil. Not only could I fuel my car and truck, but I could drink the shine, and cook with the oil........now that's a environmental win!!!!! LOL

 

[jeffashman9]

Almost 90% of the People where I work want to continue working from home. With these fuel prices, it's obvious why.

 

[NS: Nikon Shooter]

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Why did I believe the word has gotten crazy some 20 years AGO?

 

[Jeff1546 46]

Its not too bad for me, last year we changed to a Hybrid vehicle..

 

[smoke665]

Its not too bad for me, last year we changed to a Hybrid vehicle..

You must live in a flat metropolitan area. My good friend and neighbor bought his wife a hybrid a couple years ago, but we live in a rural mountainous area. He traded it a short time later because there was no advantage to it.

 

[Jeff1546 46]

I must say that we do live in a fairly flat area but last year I drove the the Welsh coast involving some very mountainous roads. We managed to get 70 mpg which I thought was amazing....

 

[snowbear114 46]

Slinky is averaging around 20 mpg; not too bad for something shaped like a brick. The state is trying to suspend the state gas tax for 30 days. MLW filled up the truck using our "points" we get for shopping at a particular supermarket, so less than $3.50 per gallon.

 

[AlanKlein80 19]

One of my cars takes super (93 octane) so it costs an additional 50 cents or so here in NJ over regular octane. Brings price up to around US$4.75 per gallon. Add higher costs for film and photography is getting more expensive.

 

[smoke665]

I must say that we do live in a fairly flat area but last year I drove the the Welsh coast involving some very mountainous roads. We managed to get 70 mpg which I thought was amazing....

I considered a hybrid Ford Escape when I replaced the wife's car in 2020, but ultimately went with the 4cyl turbo. Can't complain about the pep and fuel mileage. On highway will run 25-27 depending on terrain/wind/speed. The truck is a beast (440hp, 890ftlbs of torque), I regularly tow anywhere from 5-18 thousand pounds. That beast unfortunately comes with a hunger for diesel.

 

[webestang6411]

$3.96 filling up the 99 Pony here in St. Lou.

I don't mind. I like to drive, it's why I own 4 automobiles.

 

[TJMcG113 1]

You must live in a flat metropolitan area. My good friend and neighbor bought his wife a hybrid a couple years ago, but we live in a rural mountainous area. He traded it a short time later because there was no advantage to it.

We live in a rural mountainous area, and bought a Prius in 2016. 58 to 65 mpg as opposed to Silverado 2500 at 9-11. I'd call that advantage Prius.

 

[terry_g1]

My CRV gets good mileage my GMC Sierra is a bit more expensive to run.
But with the price of gas my KLR650 will get a lot more use this summer.
At better than 56 miles per gallon around town plus the fun factor.