Sigh ... I guess we are going to see rants like this more and more often.

Tonight drove by the gas station $1.438  

Already its costing +40 to fill up an Accent tank.  I am not looking forward to the summer rise in gas prices

if you have a vehicule with a 100 litre tank, there isn't as much surprise or mystery left in what it costs to fill 'er up

I'm shopping for a new car...

it's now between the civic and the amazingly exicting ... corolla  

Quoted from takochef

if you have a vehicule with a 100 litre tank, there isn't as much surprise or mystery left in what it costs to fill 'er up

Having a 95 liters tank give me just a bit of mystery !!!!

Cost me 140$ in gas to bring back games from Jvegas to my home with a pick-up...  we can't really always buy locally in this hobby so it will become harder to do buy/sell/trade

A few years ago, my wife wanted us to get a tent trailer.

..." thankfully" we never did.

(...imagine the cost to haul that round !  )

Interestingly, everyone and their dog is getting rid of theirs now
for exactly the same reason...  

I've even started to carpool to work to reduce fuel usage...

Welcome to the new era of [much] higher gas prices...

...sigh....

Steph

I'm shopping for a new car too. It's a toss up between a Raleigh and a Schwinn:






Of course, the reality is that people will still continue to drive their Dummers and their F350's. High gas prices or not, North American consumerism will never change.

I am super fortunate that my work truck also comes with a corporate gas card, and my work van lives at my home,
so i don't need 2 vehicles, i have my work van, and my wife has a rav 4 which doubles as a pinball hauler and a DJ equipment hauler,
it's not too bad on gas, but it still sucks, but only having one car makes life so much nicer

Eric

It is what the Earth has come to.  We could only do so much to reduce our gas costs and to help the prices come down a little bit.  But with nations like China, even if North America consumes less, China and others will buy more gas if it is available....

But honestly, if you don't have a V6 or V8 car, don't complain.  What I don't understand is people with 4 cylinder cars who think that they spend way to much on gas.  And yesteday, I saw an ad for a 4 cyclinder Hybrid Civic.  Wow, that is going to bring the weekly gas bill from $40/week to $35/week perhaps.  Big deal.

I do understand your complaint if you have a 6 cylinder minivan (with a few kids in the back for some of you) which guzzles much more.
And I understand it even more if you drive a truck on the road for a living (but then again, the expenses at the end of the year income tax will take care of the hikes in prices anyway).

If you drive standard, keep your revs down a little bit to save a few dollars a week.  Don't over accelerate when you are approaching stops or red lights anyway.

If you drive a V8 or big SUV, though luck (I am in that category).  You can't necessary sell what you own (lose money) and buy a new V4 Toyota Matrix, when you are used to acceleration/power/SUV comfort in the winter, etc.

Since more and more people won't go do extra driving around nor vacations (plane included), I guess Pinball prices will actually go up since more will want to buy them to stay home and play!  That means that local maaca machines might rise also as no one wants to spend gas money going to USA to buy a Pin....

Quoted from Steph

A few years ago, my wife wanted us to get a tent trailer.

..." thankfully" we never did.

(...imagine the cost to haul that round !  )

Interestingly, everyone and their dog is getting rid of theirs now
for exactly the same reason...  
Steph

That and boats..  Amazing the quantity of boats for sale this year!!!!  

Mike

  That means that local maaca machines might rise also as no one wants to spend gas money going to USA to buy a Pin.... [/quote]


The last few machines I brought up with NAVL had HUGE fuel surcharges on them...one thing that helps defray that though is that most machines are now selling for considerably cheaper prices than a year ago, so gas costs are pretty much a wash when you take that into consideration. Its still not a money making proposition though if you intend to resell ( TRUST ME ITS NOT!!). Once my current machines are finally sold I'm out for good, so maybe prices will start to rise locally unless someone picks up where I left off ( I don't recommend it!!).

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that most machines are now selling for considerably cheaper prices than a year ago,

Everyone better understand that it's only going to get worst ( or better, depending which side of the fence you're looking at it   )