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albaugh
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response 18 of 89:
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Sep 2 04:30 UTC 2003 |
Gas in Plymouth seems to be down to $1.71 / gallon. We'll see how much lower
it goes now that Labor Day has come and gone...
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gull
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response 19 of 89:
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Sep 2 15:02 UTC 2003 |
Re #11: Cool. I'd like to get a different car to replace my Civic, and
a diesel would be great. I think one of my main criteria ("quieter than
the Civic on the highway") rules out anything VW makes, though.
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jaklumen
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response 20 of 89:
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Sep 2 23:03 UTC 2003 |
Wow-- it's still about $1.85 here.
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other
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response 21 of 89:
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Sep 3 04:44 UTC 2003 |
I've filled my gas tank literally about 40 times since 9 August. Prices were
noticeably lower today, after the holiday weekend. However, I made a point
yesterday of keeping a steady pace of about 70mph, and actually got in over
150 miles before needing to switch to the reserve tank.
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albaugh
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response 22 of 89:
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Sep 3 20:45 UTC 2003 |
Down to $1.67 in Plymouth.
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i
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response 23 of 89:
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Sep 4 00:53 UTC 2003 |
Re: #19
I've no idea how quiet a Civic is. However, it's a fair rule of thumb
that the diesel car is loudest (compared to a gasser) at the lowest
speeds and quietest at high speeds.
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gull
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response 24 of 89:
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Sep 4 03:02 UTC 2003 |
With the Civic it's not so much the engine noise that's troublesome,
it's the road noise. It's nice enough on asphalt, but we have a lot of
concrete freeways with rough surfaces around here.
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i
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response 25 of 89:
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Sep 7 22:43 UTC 2003 |
IHB diesel fuel is about 30 cents cheaper than gas right now.
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glenda
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response 26 of 89:
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Sep 7 22:59 UTC 2003 |
We just filled up the tank in Findlay, OH at $1.54/gal, there were places at
$1.53 but we didn't feel like fighting traffic to get to the other side of
the street. Spending all day on your feet at a Ham radio swap will do that
to you. We noticed that the first gas station after we passed the Michigan
state line was $1.79. It was still $1.54 on the Ohio side.
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gelinas
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response 27 of 89:
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Sep 8 00:35 UTC 2003 |
I realised how bad off we were in I saw gas at $1.76/gal and thought, "What
a bargain." I know better.
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drew
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response 28 of 89:
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Sep 8 05:54 UTC 2003 |
The derivative seems to be well under the zero mark now, at least.
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albaugh
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response 29 of 89:
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Sep 12 17:30 UTC 2003 |
The Clark station in Plymouth listed Unleaded at $1.59, but then it seems to
have gone out of business (it might be getting taken over by Sunoco).
Today I paid $1.69 in a Sunoco in Westland that used to be Clark.
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rcurl
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response 30 of 89:
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Sep 12 17:42 UTC 2003 |
Clark closed a large number of stations, or rather sold them to new
managers, some of which I have never heard of before.
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keesan
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response 31 of 89:
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Sep 12 23:35 UTC 2003 |
Jim says he is now spending as much as $1/month on gasoline taking me to the
hospital twice a week. I hope eventually to be back on a bike. Normally he
only has to buy gasoline once a year (for two trips to Detroit). How does
the average American's gasoline bill compare to what is spent on food (some
of which is also subsidized, esp. if you eat cows).
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klg
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response 32 of 89:
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Sep 13 01:27 UTC 2003 |
Plan on the car for quite a while.
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goose
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response 33 of 89:
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Sep 13 04:39 UTC 2003 |
Sindi would freak at my monthly petrol bill....
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slynne
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response 34 of 89:
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Sep 13 08:56 UTC 2003 |
I probably spent $30-$40 a month on gas
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gelinas
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response 35 of 89:
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Sep 13 12:52 UTC 2003 |
(So far this year, I've spent $804.02 on gas: $493.77 for the Saturn and
$310.25 for the van.)
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keesan
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response 36 of 89:
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Sep 13 14:13 UTC 2003 |
What we find strange is when people build expensive large houses 50 miles from
where they work, which are designed to use minimal energy (solar, etc.) and
then use more energy getting there than in heating a house in town. A friend
of ours interested in zero-energy houses (they generate as much as they use,
or more, he has a windmill and solar panels), lives 12 miles from town and
drives it every day while his wife commutes to the Detroit area to teach about
how to use less energy in architecture. This is temporary (for the past 30
years or so) until they move to an intentional community (where he will still
probably have to drive everywhere). They have not bothered to insulate their
farm house since it is temporary (they heat it anyway) but the refrigerator
runs off the solar panels. People focus on one thing at a time.
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katie
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response 37 of 89:
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Sep 13 18:19 UTC 2003 |
I spend about $10 per day on gas.
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happyboy
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response 38 of 89:
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Sep 13 23:59 UTC 2003 |
i have gas right now.
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lowclass
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response 39 of 89:
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Sep 14 01:46 UTC 2003 |
...and I have plenty I'm willing to share.
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tod
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response 40 of 89:
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Sep 14 06:42 UTC 2003 |
This response has been erased.
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keesan
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response 41 of 89:
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Sep 14 15:45 UTC 2003 |
Jim is spending $4/week on parking at the hospital when he gives me rides
there and stays all day. And $1/month for the gasoline to get there. The
wheelchair use is free.
What would it have to cost for gasoline before people would take the proposed
new train from Ann Arbor to Lansing instead of driving? Let's assume $10
round trip for the train (or was there also a proposed ticket cost?).
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cmcgee
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response 42 of 89:
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Sep 14 17:10 UTC 2003 |
Actually, the Lansing transit authority dropped the idea for that train about
a year ago. Preliminary estimates of the cost to run it compared to the
number of trips people said they were interested in taking it were just too
high. And mind you, that's what people _siad_ they were interested in, not
what they would actually do. In transit people usually express far more
interest in theory than they demonstrate once the service is in place.
In this case, people didn't even express interest in the service.
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