Are the normies noticing rising gas prices yet? Gas is at a multi-year high price.

[ncnealncn]

The average gas price here is $2.58. I've noticed no change in people's driving habits. I've heard nothing about the increasing gas prices. A few weeks ago there were still 2017 Prius on the dealer lots. They didn't order any 2018s until they sell the 2017s.

[oil pan 4]

Something else that's high in price lately, gold.
Enough to where I sold most of mine.

[ocnorb]

3.29 for Premium here this morning. 2.99 for regular.

Oil futures are up over 2.4% so far this morning; looks like we might be seeing $4 gallon again soon.

Traffic did seem to be a tiny bit less crazy this morning. I actually had to change lanes to go around an Escalade going UNDER the speed limit!! Not THATS never happened before.

[MetroMPG]

High gas prices are starting to pop up as a topic in the mass media. There was a piece on the news this AM about price increases (and how they're bound to go even higher as the weather improves).

Also this syndicated columnist (newspaper & online) wrote about what you can do to your car to make it more efficient. Proof that he's writing for normies and not us weirdos:

If you’re getting within 10 per cent of your vehicle’s NRCan (EPA) rating, stop reading this, you won’t do much better.

From:
Your Corner Wrench: Dos and don’ts for better fuel economy -- Barring mechanical problems, the best way to get better mileage comes down to how you drive

[mpg_numbers_guy]

Think I'll be seeing gas prices close to $3 soon....people don't get my hypermiling until I tell them it's basically like paying $1.90 for gas.

[Vman455]

"If you’re getting within 10 per cent of your vehicle’s NRCan (EPA) rating, stop reading this, you won’t do much better."

I don't understand this mindset. If people like this were all we had, we would still be living in a paleolithic era with no innovation ever.

When I drove across Pennsylvania this week, gas prices ranged from $2.89-2.95 across the state, but that didn't stop most of the traffic from going over the posted speed limit.

[RedDevil]

If you’re getting within 10 per cent of your vehicle’s NRCan (EPA) rating, stop reading this, you won’t do much better.

That's once in over 100 fillups. There were 2 outlier storms that tank. And I was still breaking it in. Oh, and it got serviced.

[vskid3]

Originally Posted by MetroMPG

High gas prices are starting to pop up as a topic in the mass media. There was a piece on the news this AM about price increases (and how they're bound to go even higher as the weather improves).

Got one of those here, too. https://www.ksl.com/article/46303053...-in-the-nation Apparently the average in Utah is $3/gal now. I wouldn't know, pretty much all of our day-to-day driving is electric with the Volt.

I don't really pay attention to how much gas costs. I just figure out which stations usually have the best deal and gas up there when I need to.

[Fat Charlie]

Originally Posted by Vman455

"If you’re getting within 10 per cent of your vehicle’s NRCan (EPA) rating, stop reading this, you won’t do much better."

That's just speaking truth to Murricans. If they're running a full size pickup or SUV, even driving technique can't save them (present company excepted, Slowmover). Hell, even with a manual and hypermiling the hell out of it (and being forced to avoid the big highway for other reasons) I was lucky to average 19 mpg in my wife's XTerra. More than 10% over EPA, but not numbers anyone other than a dedicated hypermiler would see.

Then he ends with a little tough love:

...but the 90 per cent of what goes into the mileage you get is the way you drive. If you can’t break the habits of jack-rabbit starts, speeds over 100 km/h, excessive idling and such, you might as well buy stocks in oil companies.

[MetroMPG]

Originally Posted by RedDevil

That's once in over 100 fillups. There were 2 outlier storms that tank. And I was still breaking it in. Oh, and it got serviced.

A normal person might read that and think: "2 fillups that were within 10% of the rating... that's pretty good!"