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Ninety-nine cents per gallon!!!
12/31/14 Topped off the tank and filled two gas cans for .99/gallon!!!
Wasn't going to do E85 it being winter and all but as I approached the station I thought "I'm not stopping unless fuel is completely ridiculous like a buck a gallon"..." How could I not?
I NEVER thought I'd see 99 cent fuel again.
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01-01-2015, 07:54 AM
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I wonder how many gallons of wasted fuel will be used now as a result of this, using the excuse " but it's so cheap now !
I think the very last thing on our minds now is the resulting environmental effects caused by burning that gasoline.
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01-01-2015, 08:45 AM
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Wasn't going to do E85 it being winter and all but as I approached the station I thought "I'm not stopping unless fuel is completely ridiculous like a buck a gallon"..." How could I not?
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Have some self control. The next thing you know you are going to be racing up to red-lights, warming up your car for 15 minutes and driving your pickup everywhere. We may need to do an intervention.
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01-01-2015, 08:45 AM
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"Gas is so expensive i can barely affoar to run my flame thrower exhausts on my lifted truck for an hour per day!"
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01-01-2015, 09:16 AM
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Have some self control. The next thing you know you are going to be racing up to red-lights, warming up your car for 15 minutes and driving your pickup everywhere. We may need to do an intervention.
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Well, I did go 65 mph after that for 50 miles. It's been a loooong time since I cruised that fast.
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01-01-2015, 09:52 AM
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Slippery slope.
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01-01-2015, 10:31 AM
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I have mixed emotions about gas being cheap. I'm glad I am saving money with lower prices, but I have a personal hatred for lifted trucks, which we're certainly going to see more of.
I know that these prices won't last, there will be an emergency or some political action that will make prices jump back to the mid $3 range.
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I have mixed emotions about gas being cheap. I'm glad I am saving money with lower prices, but I have a personal hatred for lifted trucks, which we're certainly going to see more of.
I know that these prices won't last, there will be an emergency or some political action that will make prices jump back to the mid $3 range.
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Or even higher than mid $3 per gallon... it's only a matter of time.
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01-01-2015, 12:38 PM
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That wasnt gas, that was e85. It was only 15% gas he purchased for 99 cents.
Im shocked, I get my e85 from mapco, aka east coast and their e85 trails the price of mid grade or 93 octane. Many cases I just buy 93 octane gas vs doing the e85 mixing.
2.11 a gallon here for regular.
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01-01-2015, 01:18 PM
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Have some self control. The next thing you know you are going to be racing up to red-lights, warming up your car for 15 minutes and driving your pickup everywhere. We may need to do an intervention.
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..............(quietly goes to hide in corner)
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