Is this going to cut down on any CS or HCS driving this summer?

I'm not planning on cutting back just yet. Actually planning on attending shows further than usual

http://money.aol.com/news/articles/_a/summer-gasoline-prices-could-hit-4/20080408092109990001

Luckily I live in a city with great public transportation. It allows me to have 2 impractical cars that I can enjoy and not get gas bill shock although when I do fill the tank I just ignore the final bill.

I have long since given up driving them to LA and SF since its cheaper to fly and more convenient. It is pretty amazing how much gas my sister and family use in SoCal making multiple trips around town and errands.

That being said it hasnt and wont cut back on me enjoying my day trips, tailgating, music festivals, tahoe trips, etc as that would be impacting fun time..and you dont mess with fun time! :icon_no:

Is it time for a veggie CaliSpecial engine rebuild? :grin:

I don't think so! This car is just too much fun to drive to let the cost of the fuel stop us from enjoying it ....

Here in Canada we're already paying extremely high fuel prices. I have to run "Super Premium" (94 Octane) in our 390 S code car due to it's high compression, and our current price is about $1.39 per LITRE, with regular fuel (87 Octane) at about $1.21 per LITRE! The conversion of Canadian litres to US gallons makes that about $5.26 per US gallon for me to buy the Super Premium right now. The speculation is that in Canada our fuel will hit $1.50 per litre for Regular gas by mid summer. If that is the case, then we'll likely be paying about $6.63 US per gallon on conversion for the "good stuff".

:eek:

Having said all that, when the warm summer weather arrives, we'll still keep driving our big block California Special, and I for one won't be holding back one little bit when the urge hits me to "stab" the throttle for a little surge of adrenalin ....

My best friend that I bought this car from last Christmas always puts it into the best possible perspective when we're discussing the cost of anything. He says: "It's just money ..... spend it and then go out and make yourself some more of it!"

Words to live by ....

I think I'll go out for a long drive in the CS after I get off work tomorrow. That big block "rumble" is absolutely music to the soul!

:wink:

PS: I put the new GT/CS licence plate frames that Casey supplied me with onto the car last night, and then took our 10 year old grandson out for his first "flight" in the car after his baseball practice was over. At least now he knows what the term "muscle car" really means ...... He figured it out by the time we hit second gear with the back tires still screaming!

:wink:

Took the car out for a bit of a cruise tonight since our weather was nice this evening. It makes a really good "stress reliever" after a busy day at work. Went for a drive around our neighbourhood, and then took a short blast out the nearby highway, and then looped my way back into town. Picked up one of my co-workers and took him for a short speed run as he hadn't had a ride in our car yet. He was suitably impressed and commented: "It has REALLY good acceleration doesn't it?"
:grin:
I motored into the local Chevron on the way back home, even though the gauge was still showing mid way between 1/2 and 3/4 tank. Up here in Canada, Chevron is the only gas chain selling "Super Premium" grade with 94 octane, and at $1.38 per litre it ran just a hair under $45.00 to "top up" the tank.
How does that compare to the average US cost to fill or top-off the tank on your GT/CS?

PS: Anyone figured out how to fill these GT/CS cars with that darn vertical pop-off cap and not have it 'kick back" and spill fuel all over our nice new licence plate frames?
:mad:

PS: Anyone figured out how to fill these GT/CS cars with that darn vertical pop-off cap and not have it 'kick back" and spill fuel all over our nice new licence plate frames?
:mad:

I fill it slow, about 1/2 speed and listen to the sound. When it sounds like it's almost full, I quit. Weird I know, but it works for me.

Steve

OK, I'll try that, what the heck, anything to stop pouring fuel all over the back of the car ....

Sometimes the "K.I.S.S." method is the best!

:wink:

Is this going to cut down on any CS or HCS driving this summer?

...No plans to cut back yet, but if it continues at the same rate for a few more years - we may be forced to look at alternatives...

;-)

I fill it slow, about 1/2 speed and listen to the sound. When it sounds like it's almost full, I quit. Weird I know, but it works for me.

Steve

It's a common problem on 68's and I assume other years. There was a thread here and on the Vintage Mustang Forum site as well on this topic.

I find that certain gas stations are better than others. Definitely pump at a slower speed and always keep a small towel in the trunk to place down folded on the bumper to protect it from getting scratched by the gas cap and to catch any overflow.

If you can find that station with the pump island on a incline and park with the front of the car downhill you'll be all set! I'm still looking for that station.

...No plans to cut back yet, but if it continues at the same rate for a few more years - we may be forced to look at alternatives...

;-)

Dang Tim! :icon_pani You used my car tags in the pic, so now you got me drooling for a steam engine! .....and I just finished putting the 347 stroker in.....

Next thing you know, you'll be adding propellers to my CS - yikes :grin:

Casey

Dang Tim! :icon_pani You used my car tags in the pic, so now you got me drooling for a steam engine! .....and I just finished putting the 347 stroker in.....

Next thing you know, you'll be adding propellers to my CS - yikes :grin:

Casey

...Oooh! Dang is right Casey! I didn't mean to make it your car, 'just that I have alot of left-over t-shirt art on this computer ;-O So sorry :-(

I can add a four-bladed prop - but wouldn't that make it a "P-47" Stroker??

;-)

Hi again,

Well, we had a decent weekend with good weather up here in Victoria, so we took the car out last night to my store's "Anniversary Sale" staff dinner, then I took it out for another short cruise out the highway to Sidney and back tonight.

I filled the tank before I came home and put it away in the garage, and since it was under the half tank mark by the time I pulled into the Chevron station the cost was about $55.00 for the "top up". How does that compare to other members costs for a fill up in your cars?

Again, I really don't care an awful lot just what the costs are to operate our GT/CS since I enjoy driving this car so very much, but it would be a bonus if the fuel costs weren't quite so high!
:cry:

Cheers,

Al & Laurie
aka
GT/CS S Code

PS: Up here in Canada our diesel fuel cost is now higher than our gas. It currently costs $1.22 a litre for regular gas, and about $1.30 per litre for diesel. The 94 octane Super Premium fuel I bought at the Chevron station was $1.38 per litre tonight.

Well, on the way home from work tonight I see that fuel just went up in price again today. It's now at $1.25 per litre Canadian for regular grade, so that should put the Super Premium 94 octane that I put in our car at about $1.42 a litre now ..... or about $5.50 per US gallon (approximately).

:cry:

Gas has reached over $4 in some stations in S. CA.

Well, on my way to work this morning I see that our local Regular gas just went up another nickel a litre to $1.30 per litre. I'll have to drop in to my local Chevron and see what the Super Premium 94 octane we buy is running now ....
:cry:

A friend of ours just emailed us to say that he'd made it back home from a trip to Wales, Scotland, and Northern England, and the cost of gas there was $3.00 a litre which equates to about $12.00 per gallon .....!
:eek:

We're hitting $4.00+ now in NY just north of Manhattan.

Someone on another forum posted they won't be going to Carlisle this year. They figured out that gas and admission and other costs for the weekend was equal to a month of groceries for his family and he just can't do it this year.

Where is it all going to end?
I have a knowledgable friend in the oil business. He tells me that TODAY'S COST of extracting 1 barrel of crude oil is $3.00 to $5.00 per barrel. Omigosh. That means the market speculators drive the market price to $100.00+ per barrel. Then the refiners take over & mark up their profit. I have no heartburn with a business making a profit - that's what I'm in business for. But the obsene profits harvested by speculators & the oil companies is hurting our economy, and indeed that of the world.
There's not a doubt in my mind that our country possesses enough oil for us to be self sustaining - at reasonable profits for the oil companies & refineries. It's what I call 'Leadership By Example'. Then let the rest of the world learn by our example. I'll never believe that the oil cartels are our friends. If you ever want to read some doubletalk, check out OPEC's website.
THEN, let's wake up & develope the alternative energy sources that only get lip service. What has been developed so far is a drop in the bucket.

I will now relinquish ny soapbox!!

Neil

There is talk in the NY Legislature to drop the NY State Sales Tax for the Summer which would eliminate about 35 cents of the cost per gallon.

The concern is the suppliers are going to just raise prices and eat up the savings.

It's amazing that some stations are raising prices 3 times in one week!!!

That gas in the tanks was not purchased at a higher price!
Some stations have been charged with price gouging for that reason.

The temporary elimination of the taxes (21 cents Fed, 35 cents State) would still keep the price $3.00+ per gallon. And it is what it is - a band-aid for temporary relief.
It will take Congressional action (fat chance) to address the oil industry, oil lobby, and speculators to bring fuel prices back to reality and true market value. My heart goes out to the truckers (especially the independents) that have their livelihoods so negatively affected.
Fuel is such a basic requirement for our commercial infrastructure, the domino effect spills into virtually all markets, primarily electric power & food costs.
And we can't control our own destiny? I'll never believe that. I pray for the leadership that will address this issue (G. Bush can't/won't - oil IS the family business, after all).
I gotta stop looking @ this thread!! I just get LIVID over this subject.

Neil

The domino effect is the scary part on what will happen. I feel for small businesses trying to survive.

A pizza place near me posted a sign the other day that the cost of their ingredients is skyrocketing - some of it up 300% - and they need to raise some prices.

Everything has to be delivered and that takes gas to get it there.

They raised the prices of their pizzas $3.00. A large pizza went from $12.00 to $15.00.

I picked up a pie the other night with 2 toppings and with tax is was $21.00
I couldn't believe it!

Well, the latest price at the pumps this morning here in Western Canada is now $1.34 per litre for Regular gas, or about $5.32 per US gallon. I didn't check our favorite Chevron station for their price on the Super Premium 94 octane we run in our 390 4V, but it will likely run about $1.50 a litre now, or about $6.00 per US gallon. Rumour has it that we'll be paying over $1.50 per litre for Regular up here in Canada by this summer, and it could even be higher than that later in the fall.
We're really looking forward to driving down to the Northwest Mustang Roundup in Washington in July just so that we can buy some cheaper gas!
:wink:

I paid $4.02 a gallon for super unlead yesterday 5-6-08 in Houston.

I filled up the tank on my 390 yesterday as well; in S. CA - my choices for 91 octane were, $4.29, $4.25, $4.32.and the car wash was selling gas at $4.59. It cost me $50 to fill the tank. Last week when I was filling the Landcrusier the pump stopped at $75.00; and it was still not totally filled. Thank goodness that we have a Prius as well it only took $26 to fill and gets 43+ MPG.

Victoria had the dubious honour of having the highest priced gas in Canada as of yesterday.
This article was posted in our local newpaper this morning ....
:sad:

I need gas and the prices are up again around here.
Looks like tomorrow will be the first time I pay over $4 for tank of gas since my Passat uses Premium.

(How come we don't call it Hi-Test anymore? Does anyone else remember Super/Premium referred to as Hi-test?)

Today I filled up my Expedition and 2 small gas cans for my lawn tractor ... the pump stopped on it's own at $100 ... ugh :mad:

I need gas and the prices are up again around here.
Looks like tomorrow will be the first time I pay over $4 for tank of gas since my Passat uses Premium.

(How come we don't call it Hi-Test anymore? Does anyone else remember Super/Premium referred to as Hi-test?)



...Yes; and I also remember my mother pulling into the gas stations in our '63 Olds Dynamic 88 station wagon saying; "Fill 'er with Ethyl" ;-)

When I was working in service stations during high school, it seemed the senior citizens called it "High-test" and the rest; Supreme. But gone are the service stations as well. By the way; Premium was $4.19 yesterday when I topped off the 390...

How many remember putting $5.00 worth of Shell 101 Octane premium in their tanks so they could cruise the ave. Fri. night and have enough to race at the track on Sat?

Steve (Old enough to know better, young enough to try it anyway :grin: )

...And the price $till climbs!...

Well my 08 is driven 3 to 4 times a week never to work!! Too many idiots that dont know how to park!!My wife and i limit trips to 1 to 1 1/2 hrs..Ill be selling my 69 f100 this summer, my ranger stx wlift kit 31 in tires is my drive to work go get beer rig..:grin: so gas has affected me so the 69 is going!!!My wife has the family 07 focus, so she drives me around on long family trips i luv it!!!::cheesy: but i can no longer afford to maintain 4 cars...but i did get my 08 up to 100 mph last nite racing a acura uphill, yep i won!!! normally i dont drive like that but something hit me inside after 7 12 hr wrkdays!!!::icon_ecst :icon_pani ....

Our gas here in Victoria just went up again and is running at $1.37 per litre, which equates to about $5.50 per US gallon.
Speculation is that by mid summer we'll be paying about $2.00 per litre or MORE .... and that is for Regular gas, not Premium.
Right now at Chevron the 94 octane Super Premium we run in our "S" code 390 is running about $1.60 per litre, or about $6.40 per US gallon.
:eek:
Don't like it much, but we won't stop driving this car, especially for the small amount of use it actually does get. It's strictly a "Show and Shine" and "Weekend Warrior" car, not a daily driver. I agree with the comment above, I'd be too scared to leave it parked in a local mall parking lot with all of the "Door Slammers" and "Paint Scratchers" that are out there these days!
:wink:

Here are a few more ....
:wink:

These were sent to me by a co-worker today.

Average price of regular in Los Angeles, CA $4.34 in Orange county, CA $4.32. This is up 23 cents in one week.

Well, it's up once again, and now Regular at the pumps up here in Victoria, B.C., Canada is running at $139.9 per litre. That equates to about $5.60 US a gallon equivalent!
Super Premium (94 octane), which we run in our "S" code 390 4V, is now running about $1.60 per litre, or about $6.40 US per gallon.
Can't wait to try out some of your cheaper gas on the road trip to Bellevue, Washington in July for the Northwest Mustang Roundup .....
:wink:
The general feeling up here is that we could be looking at about $2.00 per litre Canadian by sometime this summer. That's about $8.00 US per gallon.
:sad:

just filled up Fri. 4.19 for 93 octane ( premium).

Well, as of this morning the price of gas up here in Victoria hit $1.47 per litre, or the equivalent of about $5.88 US per gallon for Regular grade .....
Ouch!
:mad:
Traditionally, gas prices go up every holiday weekend, so by the upcoming July holiday I suspect we'll be paying between $1.55 to $1.60 per litre.
I'll keep you posted .....
:sad:

Average price of regular in Los Angeles, CA $4.41. This is up 9 cents in 3 days.

...Time to consider public subsidy for our classics. There's only one drawback however.....

...Time to consider public subsidy for our classics. There's only one drawback however.....

Pssst. Tim. Spellcheck. :wink:

Steve

Pssst. Tim. Spellcheck. :wink:

Steve

...I know... 'Hadn't had my coffee yet. Oh well...
;-) 'Need to ask Arlie where to find spellcheck in Photoshop!

This was sent to me and thought it very interesting -

Subject: Where to Buy American Gasoline


WHERE TO BUY AMERICAN GASOLINE. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW. READ ON.
Gas rationing in the 70's worked even though we grumbled about it. It might even have been good for us!
Are you aware that the Saudis are boycotting American products? In addition, they are gouging us on oil prices.
Shouldn't we return the favor? Can't we take control of our own destiny and let these giant oil importers know who REALLY generates their profits, their livings? How about leaving American Dollars in America and reduce the import/export deficit?
An appealing remedy might be to boycott their GAS. Every time you fill up your car you can avoid putting more money into the coffers of Saudi Arabia . Just purchase gas from companies that don't import their oil from the Saudis.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill up my tank, I'm sending my money to people who I get the impression want me, my family and my friends dead. The following gas companies import Middle Eastern oil:
Shell.................................... 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco.................... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil........................ 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway............. 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco.................................. 62,231,000 barrels
And CITGO oil is imported from Venezuela by Dictator Hugo Chavez who hates America and openly avows our economic destruction! (We pay Chavez's regime nearly $10 Billion per year in oil revenues!)
The U.S. currently imports 5,517,000 barrels of crude oil per day from OPEC. If you do the math at $100 per barrel, that's over $550 million PER DAY ($200 BILLION per year!) handed over to OPEC, many of whose members are our confirmed enemies!!!!! It won't stop here - oil prices could go to $200 a barrel or higher if we keep buying their product.
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Sunoco......................... 0 barrels
Conoco........................ 0 barrels
Sinclair....................... 0 barrels
BP / Phillips................ 0 barrels
Hess. ............................. 0 barrels
ARC0............................. 0 barrels
Maverick......................... 0 barrels
Flying J. .......................... 0 barrels (Smith's on Cerrillos)
Valero............................ 0 barrels
Murphy Oil USA* ............. 0 Sold at Wal-Mart , gas is from South Arkansas and fully USA owned and produced.

*Not only that but they give scholarships to all children in their town who finish high school and are legal US citizens..

All of this information is available from the U.S. Department of Energy and each company is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are importing.

But to have a real impact, we need to reach literally millions of gas buyers With the help of the internet, it's really simple to do. Now, don't wimp out at this point....keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!
I'm sending this note to about thirty people. If each of you send it to at only ten more (30 x 10 = 300)....and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)....and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers!!!!!!!

If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it...THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE-the entire population of the United States of America !!!!

Again, all you have to do is forward this message to 10 people. How long would that really take you? If each of us sends this e-mail out to ten more people, within one day all 300 MILLION people could theoretically be contacted during the next eight days!

I thought Amoco & BP merged some years ago??

Neil

In San Diego gas is running about US$4.50 per gallon (US$1.19 per liter) for 87 octane. I filled up my truck to go pick up a 68 289 engine and it cost me $80! Will be riding my motorcycle a lot more (50+ MPG) when I'm not hauling Mustang parts :)

In San Diego gas is running about US$4.50 per gallon (US$1.19 per liter) for 87 octane. I filled up my truck to go pick up a 68 289 engine and it cost me $80! Will be riding my motorcycle a lot more (50+ MPG) when I'm not hauling Mustang parts :)

I heard that gas is cheaper just over the border ... has anyone ever considered it?? ...

(check it out: http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/blogs/marty_blog/driving/want-cheap-gas-head-over-to-mexico/ )

I heard that gas is cheaper just over the border ... has anyone ever considered it?? ...

(check it out: http://blogs.thecarconnection.com/blogs/marty_blog/driving/want-cheap-gas-head-over-to-mexico/ )

A lot of my friends have said that it's a good deal (about 1/2 the price) but you never know what you're really getting when it comes to quality and octane. One of my buddies was getting gas down there told me that his engine started knocking and pinging when he filled up down there but the noises went away when he bought US Gas (other than ARCO). So I figured it's not worth the savings to ruin my engine...just my two cents.

Well, as I previously predicted and true to form, they raised the gas prices again over the holiday weekend so right now we're at $1.53 Canadian per litre, or about $6.12 per US gallon .... for 87 octane Regular. We're expecting the possibility of having to pay up to $2.00 per litre by the end of this year if this continues.
B.C. seems to be on the high end of things, with the prices in Vancouver even slightly higher than that, but the prices back East seem to run a little bit lower. My step-daughter out in Winnipeg said they're paying about $1.40 per litre right now.
:mad:

Well, as I previously predicted and true to form, they raised the gas prices again over the holiday weekend so right now we're at $1.53 Canadian per litre, or about $6.12 per US gallon .... for 87 octane Regular.


So as I see it in S. CA with regular at $4.73 a gal - gas prices are a bargin when compared to Canada. Have a great weekend.

So as I see it in S. CA with regular at $4.73 a gal - gas prices are a bargin when compared to Canada. Have a great weekend.

When gas prices were going skyhigh we were tracking how high they were. So I thought you'd be intreseted what I paid for gas yesterday; it was $2.49 (Regular) - DOWN $2.24 from July 3rd. Premium was $2.61. DOUG

buck 75 in Houston (saw on news).

I filled up this morning...$1.99 reg. at Sheetz Bus.64 Raleigh,NC

Johnny B.

Correction....it is now $1.97 around 4:00 PM.

$1.86 in Idaho.

Steve

A quick google search sent me here (www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx). I'm glad to see Cali still has some of the highest prices around and even happier I moved :grin: Although, when I get back to MO it is going to be the middle of winter so the CS will be pampered away in the garage. :frust:

Well, with the drop in crude per barrel prices these last few weeks our local gas has now dropped to 97.9 cents per litre. (This past summer we hit all time highs of about 149.9 per litre) Interesting that when crude oil was down at these same sort of prices per barrel last time (a little while back of course) the price at the pumps was only at about 75 cents a litre.
:confused:
One of those things that makes you go ...... hmmmmm.
Seems the oil companies are very quick to raise the pump prices when crude goes up, within a day of the change in price on the world market, but now that it is dropping down again they're being just a little bit slow in dropping the pump prices in relation to their current costs.
Just my humble opinion of course ....
:mad:

A quick google search sent me here (http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx). I'm glad to see Cali still has some of the highest prices around and even happier I moved :grin: Although, when I get back to MO it is going to be the middle of winter so the CS will be pampered away in the garage. :frust:

Welcome to the great state of Missouri. I'm a California transplant too. 38 degrees today and moving toward Winter. It only takes a season or two to get acclimated. In what part of the state will you be? Nice having another CS in our region. Good luck with the move.

A quick google search sent me here (www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx). I'm glad to see Cali still has some of the highest prices around and even happier I moved :grin: Although, when I get back to MO it is going to be the middle of winter so the CS will be pampered away in the garage. :frust:

what do you mean pamperer away in the garage??? :grin:. Mines a daily driver, only time I don't take it out is when it snows or ice.( steal my dads expedition).
gas here at $1.79 for regular.

Gas is finally going for under $2/gal here in SoCal in some select locations :smile: (eg, $1.99 at Diamond Bar Shell, at 57 and 60 junction) ... here's some interesting info:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20081120/ts_csm/atwobucks

what do you mean pamperer away in the garage??? :grin:. Mines a daily driver, only time I don't take it out is when it snows or ice..

...Mine too! 'S-code commuting for three weeks now :-)