Subj : Gas Crunch
To   : Ryan
From : Newborn
Date : Sun Sep 11 2005 09:29 pm

  Re: Gas Crunch
  By: Ryan to Newborn on Sat Sep 03 2005 03:42 am


 >   Re: Gas Crunch
 >   By: Newborn to Spiffwiggler & Frank on Tue Aug 23 2005 10:29 pm
 > 
 >  > Hey. I was jusst wondering how you two are handling the gas crunch.  The
 >  > price of regular is now up to $1.70 a gal, midgrade is $1.80, and premium
 >  > is $1.90.  It gone up .06 a gal the last two days.
 >  >
 >  > I drive a older Mercury and get maybe 12-15 miles per gallon since I do
 >  > mostly locale driving, food and medical trips.  I figure I spend $30-35
 >  > a month (up from my $20-22 normal cost).
 >  >
 >  > Not much I can do.  I can't afford another car, certainly not a new one,
 >  > and mine is now 14 yrs old.  Anything I can afford has amywhere from 96K
 >  > to 140k and costs anywhere from $3000 to 5000 dollars.  We have NO bus
 >  > transportation to speak of here in the county the cost of auto repair and
 >  > maintenace is out of sight.
 >  >
 >  > I hope the end of summer driving season makes a difference, but I don't
 >  > think in will.  With winter coming and the lack of refining capability I
 >  > fully expect speculation and greed to keep the situation going.
 >  >
 >  > Newborn
 > Wow. this is saddening. I'm replying to a message dated Aug 23rd about gas
 > prices bing 1.70. Now only ten odd days later it's a whole dollar more.

   It got to a high of $3.09 here for regular her ($3.59 for premium).  Almost
   all the stations were out of regular and there were long lines.  Now (09/11
   (remember that?) I've seen some stations selling regular for $2.99, still
   fairly expensive.

   Newborn
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