RMVette

Just curious, what's everyone paying for gas? We're at $1.40 to $1.50 range for 91 octane. Unfortunately I have to put that in all my cars! AGH! I usually fill up with 92 or 93 octane. :steering: :auto:

Smokehouse69

87 Octane 1.399
89 Octane 1.499
93 Octane 1.599

And no sign of it dropping!

BB wowbagger

Dont get me started on this...I think we are paying 4$ a gallon....I just love our gasprices over here.. :cuss :cuss

page62

For some reason, our part of town has the cheapest gas prices...which just went down.

$1.39 a gallon for 93 octane.

I have no idea about the lower grades because none of my vehicles like it!

Larry B.

I cannot believe how people complain about gas prices. Compared to everthing else today gas is as cheap as it was in 1960... a gallon of gas was 22 cents, a new car was $2000, a house cost 15K, bread was 18 cents a loaf and 10 cent would buy you a cup of coffee. Also... cars of today get a least twice the gas milage. SO quit whinnin' and enjoy your corvette :steering: :auto: :lolg:


[Modified by silvervetteman, 3:36 PM 1/20/2003]

74FLCONV

Here, here! :cheers: And I'll bet you don't have fat-ankled "soccer moms" driving their overweight, McDonalds-chomping kids 4 blocks to school in Ford Excursions or shouldn't-be-driving senior citizens in Lincoln Continentals (and other assorted JC's) running 45mph on the freeway or the "boom-boom-boom" boyz cruising up and down your street in their worn-out ex-police Caprices or "Bubba's" in their barely maintained jacked-up 4x4's tailgating at 85mph! Am I right?:yesnod:

We NEED $4/gal prices here (at least temporarily) to purge our roadways of this scourge! I go through about one tank a month on my vette (Sat. nite driver only), so higher prices won't affect the enjoyment of my hobby. My daily driver is a work van (necessary for my line of work) that gets 20mpg...businessmen and secretaries don't need lifted BB Chevy Suburbans to commute to their city jobs.

Most people complain about $4/gal...I can't wait. (with sincerest apologies to you daily-driver guys).

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

P.S. - Regular (85/87 octane here is $1.45) and I am not a commie!

Clink69

$1.83 for 93 octane. Need it for the Vette and Cobra both... If I drive to Virginia I can get it for $1.59

Chris :flag

AlwaysWave

:iagree: :cheers: :cheers:

RMVette

I wasn't whinnin', I was just curious. After you remove the taxes from a gallon of gas, it's relatively inexpensive.

OHSIXX

I pay $1.69 for 93 octane. :nonod:

BeachinVette

Danny: Let me ask you if you had 5 kids would you buy
A. A mini van (seats 7)
B. A SUV (seats 7)

Just curious as everyone seems to have a negative opinion of SUV's these day"s.
I picked an SUV I (my wife mostly) drive a Ford Expedition. Two reasons. 1. I hate mini vans. 2. I like it. I do not complain about gas prices my Vette (daily driver gets about 8 mpg. My "SUV" gets 11 and is a lot more enviromently friendly than my Vette is. :cheers:
Bob

74FLCONV

Ahh..IF is a big word, in this case. I do not have 5 kids (nor 1) and would not bring 5 kids into this world. We are already over-populated. However, if you want 10 kids, be my guest. If you want to drive them around in a Hummer, be my guest. If I were similarly situated, I would move near a school and have the little lady escort the little buggers on foot. If they needed to get to soccer practice, they would pile into the smallest Ford ZX wagon that would hold them (without having to worry about getting creamed by an SUV...there wouldn't be any if gas were $4/gal).

Yes, your SUV gets better gas mileage than your vette, but a VW Golf gets better gas mileage than your SUV. Walking to the park and school beats both.

Gasoline is in limited supply, harms the atmosphere and gives the towelheads a hand on the noose around our necks. I believe individuals should be limited to operating the miniumum vehicle as necessary suited to complete their daily chores/employment. A construction supervisor who hauls lumber and traverses muddy sites needs an SUV. Soccer moms do not. Legislation cannot accomplish this (political suicide for any politician who even suggests it), but $4/gal. gasoline would.

Best regards,

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

NHvette

I pay about $1.45 to $1.55 for 87 octane in NH/MA area.
None of my cars needs any more than 87 - yet.

easy now, guys - no rassling in the forum.

I'm afraid I have to disagree with the following quote, as this reasoning would never allow us to drive the vette - since it is not really suited to complete
daily chores/employment. Unless you are a tire tester at BFG - smokin' 'em all day long.

Chris O'

It's around the 90 cents/litre over here!

74FLCONV

Is your vette a daily driver? If gasoline were $4/gal. would it still be your daily driver or would drive a Toyota Prius? My vette is a hobby car and does not affect how much I can spend on food/shelter (err...at least not in gasoline dollars).

My (counter)point is this...SUV's are the result of a marketing scheme by the Big 3 to revive car sales. SUV's (or any other gas hog) are not necessary for daily life and are over-kill for mom's driving their kids to school. Senior citizens don't need Mercury Grand Marquis and the punk working in the video store doesn't need a 8' tall 4WD Dodge Ram. I've been to Europe and everything seems to work very nicely there with $4/gal. gasoline (actually, it was $4.50/gal in Ireland).

Anyway, y'all are preaching to the choir, here. This is a high-horsepower, high-octane site devoted to the hot-rodding and preservation of America's Sports Car. Try posting some of your arguments for SUV's on a limp-wristed tree-hugging GreenPeace-sponsored site and see what happens. They'll track you down, skin you alive with a Swiss Army knife and bury your remains in a Birkenstock box.

Best regards,

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

Schmucker

Yeah, I was there about 5 years ago or so and one side of town was $1.01/gallon for 87 and then once you crossed a highway or something it changed to $0.99/gallon.

Right now we are at $1.46 for 87 and 89 (10% ethanol) and then $1.56 for 92. I'll be running 92 this summer, so it'll probably be around $1.70 by then. Meh, I don't mind, Corvettes are too much fun.

BeachinVette

Danny give me a link to their chat rooms. They never respond to my emails when I try to pick a fight with them. :lol:
Bob

RMVette

I certainly don't mind paying the cost of a gallon of gas! As Americans we have it pretty good. My '70 is a weekend/fair weather car where as my '98 is a daily driver. And my '98 actually gets better gas mileage than my Mercedes. The C5 gets 21 mpg in town and 31/32 on the highway. I do feel that gas is a limited resource and one day will be gone. Not sure if that will occur in my lifetime but I'd like to leave this earth thinking that there's a replacement for my future children. ANYWAY I didn't mean to stir up such a debate! I enjoy polluting, killing trees and burning fossel fuels! (JOKING!) Okay, now for a :grouphug: !

74FLCONV

So...what was your original question???:)

D. Ocean
Miami, FLA

BeachinVette

Sorry for de-railing your post Robert, that is why I started the other. But I guess it ran out of "gas".
BTW $1.39. The wife just filled up the SUV.
Bob