Gas prices........

[Brucelee]

Obviously, our gas here in CA is BETTER, as it is much higher in price than in much of the rest of the USA

I paid 3.90 per gallon yesterday, or $55. to fill up.

Ouch!

Having said that, I don't drive all that much and take my MC much of the time (50MPG)., so that helps.

[Perfectlap]

Welcome to an America that is more dependent on speculative and volatile commodities markets (oil, wheat, etc) rather than growing technology and manufacturing industries.
In other words, expect to pay way more for gas, home heating and food.
We are losing our leverage on OPEC to control these costs because we're not the economic power we were even 7 years ago.
Adding salt to the gaping wounds is that foreigners aren't buying US stocks like they used to, first time in a decade that more money is leaving than coming in. American investors are getting out stock funds and pouring money into commodities funds. Dollar is in the toilet against the Euro and Yen. Gold is up big time. These are all the ingredients for a meltdown in the midst of a housing crisis.
The perfect storm....

One analyst said he went to London recently and asked the taxi driver how much he was paying per liter. The analyst gets out his calculator and figures London is paying $10 per gallon for unleaded. That's where we are headed.
Buy up those shares of Exxon, COP, PBR, NOV, VDE,etc..

[noone986s]

It is more like $8 a US gallon here, UK gallon is larger. Either way your point is valid. I have an X5 as my daily driver, it takes 97GBP to fill it which is about $190 US. Drives me crazy.

[racer_d]

Everytime I fill up the "minivan" (Hah.. 4,000+ lbs of slow ass people mover ; ) ) runs me $50 (its only $3-3.10 for regular) for 16 or so gallons.. Only have to do that 3-4 times/month. Plus another $30-35 per fill for the commuter car (filled 4-5 times per month) so.. about $400/mo on gas.

[TriGem2k]

My 1997 MBZ takes 26gallons and I have to fill that thing up weekly. It gets an average of 15mpg......Whatta HOG!

The Boxster gets filled up about once a month so its really not so bad.

On vacation this week in Maui, I paid $3.92/gallon for 87 octane in the rental car. High octane was well over $4.00.

[Brucelee]

That $8 a gallon has a bit of tax added to it??????????????

[peakpro]

Originally Posted by noone986s

It is more like $8 a US gallon here, UK gallon is larger. Either way your point is valid. I have an X5 as my daily driver, it takes 97GBP to fill it which is about $190 US. Drives me crazy.

my x5 (3.0) gets a whopping 11mpg in winter. Luckily my commute to work is 2 miles.