gas was 6 cents a gallon cheaper today than yesterday. i was like DAAAAAAAAMN

usa #1

economy wins

ps - yesterday it was 50 bucks for 12.345 gallons. pretty neat number huh

7/8/2008 12:01:22 PM

7/8/2008 12:10:27 PM

I haven't put gas in my car since May 23rd

7/8/2008 12:11:14 PM

I really want a honda accord.

7/8/2008 12:52:55 PM

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"I haven't put gas in my car since May 23rd"

how gay of you to keep track...

7/8/2008 12:54:27 PM

^^ I think everyone with an SUV does.

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 12:54 PM. Reason : ]

7/8/2008 12:54:49 PM

actually oil is retreating today...


way to stay up on current events

7/8/2008 12:55:15 PM

7/8/2008 12:57:26 PM

pixels

7/8/2008 1:00:21 PM

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"I really want a honda accord. "

get one.

7/8/2008 2:39:58 PM

im convertin me a honda del sol to a regular electric vehicle, uh huh

7/8/2008 2:41:32 PM

I DRINK IT UP!

7/8/2008 2:45:14 PM

^^ ha

good luck with those 1500 lbs of lead acid batteries you are going to need

7/8/2008 2:46:44 PM

i've abandoned my boy!

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 2:48 PM. Reason : actually you won't need 1500lbs, the new batteries MIT has come up with has changed things]

7/8/2008 2:47:02 PM

^^well its worth it, and you'll take out all the engine and most of the parts so the final weight will still be significantly lower
besides its gas free



also im hoping that there will be better batteries and that the EV trend will make them less expensive.

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 2:55 PM. Reason : .]

7/8/2008 2:54:37 PM

not economically worth it

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"you'll take out all the engine and most of the parts so the final weight will still be significantly lower"

ha [no]

you are going to take out about 700-800 lbs to put in 1500 lbs or so not realizing that you are going to have to increase some components to handle that additional weight

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 2:56 PM. Reason : 

7/8/2008 2:55:12 PM

well not if you're thinking just gas savings

if you're looking for a new used car and were planning on spending 5 - 10 K
then why not just get a shell for a few hundred
and spend 8K converting it, then you'll pay the difference in gas savings within a year or two
and you're doing the right thing

7/8/2008 2:57:51 PM

GO USA

7/8/2008 2:59:33 PM

I get about 16mpg but I my job is only 2 miles from home Thank God this wasn't going on in the summer of '05 when I worked in RTP every day. Gas was a little over $2 a gallon back then.

7/8/2008 3:00:43 PM

re: 1500 lbs

i know nothing about the amount of weight it would take or any of that shit, or how much weight the car would lose

but the factoid i heard was that each 100lbs of extra "trunk weight" accounted for 2mpg lost... so i dont know (what DO i know haha) if that means that it only takes away if its over designed weight

but if you take that literally, the extra 1500 lbs would take away 30mpg,,, what would the hybridness add? haha

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 3:05 PM. Reason : gas has doubled since the stupid democrats took over]

7/8/2008 3:04:30 PM

a buddy of mine priced out building an electric s-10 that uses the tranny, and it would pay for itself inside of 2 years. 91 mph top speed, acceleration is ass, 70 mile range or so, and 8 hr recharge means no gas for the ride to work ever again...who gives a damn if you have to beef up the shocks for the battery weight, not buying gas is where it's at.

7/8/2008 3:04:52 PM

RABBLE RABBLE GAS PRICES

RABBLE RABBLE GOVERNMENT

WHAT R SUPPLY N DEMAND?

7/8/2008 3:10:59 PM

dont rabble rabble in here mothafucka

praise usa #1 and admit that gas won a few battles but the economy has won the war.

6cent HIT POINT DAMAGE

7/8/2008 3:13:17 PM

^^^thats pretty good, also right now you gotta have more of a reason that just saving $$ to get it

luckily for me i'm looking for a new car since mine hit 200,000 so getting a shell and converting it is a good investment
the only thing is i'll need to keep my current car for long trips. which is fine with me

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 3:15 PM. Reason : ^]

7/8/2008 3:14:37 PM

also some people dont put power steering and power break, i think i will try to since that would really suck not to have

7/8/2008 3:15:12 PM

power break BRAKE

7/8/2008 3:17:22 PM

yea no power steering would suck, but it saves you 200 rpms that could be utilized running the a/c.

7/8/2008 3:19:19 PM

no i meant power break, like power nap, but its in shorter and done in the car


^well i figure you can use a seperate battery for that or something i read, idk, maybe someone else does

[Edited on July 8, 2008 at 3:20 PM. Reason : .]

7/8/2008 3:19:27 PM

this is a good breakdown of a conversion of an s-10

http://www.earthtoys.com/emagazine.php?issue_number=07.12.01&article=evconversion

7/8/2008 3:39:46 PM

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"usa #1 economy wins"

omg i told you guys

7/31/2008 3:41:49 PM

i put $120 in my truck today, i'll do the same the next week, and the week after, because i dont have a choice and bitchin aint gonna help it, deal with it you pussies, if you cant afford to drive, then maybe you need to sit down and rethink things

i can only hope the shittiest drivers are the poorest ones, it will keep more of them off the road

7/31/2008 3:44:20 PM

7/31/2008 3:44:40 PM

^^you spend almost 500$/month on gas? I can pay my apartment rent and have 190$ left over. Jeez.

7/31/2008 3:48:59 PM

it's gone down a over a quarter a gallon this month... they found the tipping point and it went back fast.

anyway usa #1

^ yeah thats like 516 a month, that's just stupid. mine's somewhere in the 250 range and i feel like a jackass paying that much

7/31/2008 3:49:27 PM

and I just bought a vehicle that gets 10 mpg and requires premium.

7/31/2008 3:52:48 PM

from what I understand, the gas prices are going down mainly because the high gas prices have decreased foot traffic in the convenient stores attatched to pretty much all gas pumps. those owners are willing to take a hit at the pump in hopes of making up for it with increased foot traffic in the stores.

7/31/2008 3:54:07 PM

Quote :

"and I just bought a vehicle that gets 10 mpg and requires premium. "

damn you always seemed like a smart guy to me... unless you bought something big to tow something big, you're a jackass! ha ha

7/31/2008 3:55:31 PM

think i'm under 100$/month.

7/31/2008 3:55:34 PM

7/31/2008 3:56:25 PM

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"think i'm under 100$/month."

i wish i were, i don't drive unless i have to. well, i could walk through the woods to the main road and catch the city bus, but no thanks. my commute is pretty long already without adding slow ass buses and stops and transfers and all that crap. i leave the house some mornings at 515-530 as it is.

but i do walk through the woods to go to the store and stuff like that.

7/31/2008 3:58:32 PM

I drive a 94 Civic coupe and my commute is about 6 minutes. Most of that 100$ is driving around for social things. Living in the middle of Charlotte helps too. I can get anywhere i want to go in like 10-15 minutes and rush hour usually doesn't effect me.

7/31/2008 4:01:09 PM

fuck gas ass

7/31/2008 4:02:06 PM

Quote :

"rom what I understand, the gas prices are going down mainly because the high gas prices have decreased foot traffic in the convenient stores attatched to pretty much all gas pumps. those owners are willing to take a hit at the pump in hopes of making up for it with increased foot traffic in the stores."

i'd lean more on the side of oil dropped around 30 dollars a barrel

7/31/2008 4:50:14 PM

lol, being carless and cat bus ftw

7/31/2008 4:51:53 PM