Atlanta's stupid mayor might want to ask the state's Attorney General about price gouging next time before he says it is "free enterprise". What a dumbass.

 

Gas around here just went from $2.59/gal to $2.77/gal and will probably jump again in the morning. I know that three days out of the week I am commuting to the city area, traffic on I-65 north in the morning every morning during week days is backed up for miles. My point is that I live around alot people that drive in to the city everyday for work and unless their making a shitload of money the gas proces are hurting them too. ALL these cars on the road with ONE person in them ALL of the cars. Personally I think it would be a good idea if some one came up with a website-a website where people could enter their starting point and destination and match those two up with others of the same. I know its not perfect and I know someone will find a problem with it, I know I can, but the point is that I am just thinking of something to help everyone. There is not one person that I know of that isn't reconsidering their lifestyle because the gas prices continue to rise, meaning people are having to make changes in order to pay bills, and basically to survive. I would make the site myself if I knew how but I don't possess the knowledge or resources to do so. Again, this is just a suggestion to solve the problem instead of just talk about it. Sorry about the long post.

 

I filled up Sunday so I'm good for almost 600 miles, got to loves dieseils

Was $2.88 for regular when I drove by a shell station about 10mins ago.

 

This is bad bad news for GM ---whose survival depends on the GMT-900 platform

 

Guys i just got back from Alexandria, La, running away from Katrina. We had to stay one night in Walmart parking lot with the camper. I went to get gas for the generator and all they had was 93 octane. so as i was filling up the can i notice it was only 2.48 for 93. I'm like wtf. Lady said the were out of regular and was selling the 93 for the regular price. Needless to say i went get the truck and filled it up plus the generator and two gas cans.

 

One thing about GM is that these trucks get about the best gas mileage outta any brand truck AFAIK. The new trucks are supposed to have DOD(displacement on demand) to get even better mileage. Now GM needs to give us the "lean cruise" option here in the US so we can get even better mileage, don't think it's good for cat converters or emissions though so that won't happen UNLESS you have a wideband and EFILive Flashscan.

quicksilverado - You're right that most of us still are much better off than the people that have lost everything down in the south because of the storm but, it doesn't mean we can't complain about things that are affecting our lives too. Maybe we should start a thread on how people can help out with donations(money/clothes/food/whatever) for the survivors of the storm.

 

The thread about donations would be a good idea. I fill up two and sometimes three times a week. So it hits me in the pocket also. I am not rich by any means. I work hard for my money and would rather spend the cash on other things besides gas. If you compare the price of gas after the hikes today it is still cheaper than it was in the early 70s if you factor in the rate of inflation. We in the U.S. are a bunch of spoiled whiners. Look at the prices the people in Europe and Australia pay. Not trying to tick anyone off. Just trying to point out that things are not that bad. Try to be thankful for the good things in your life. Higher gas prices won't kill anyone.

 

driving to work this morning, i seen 87octane at $2.89/gal. that is a $.20 increase since yesterday.

 

I checked out the red cross web and signed up to give blood.
Sounds like something small - but this disaster is going to have a huge impact on our blood supply.

 

$ 3.19/gal for 93, spent $ 69 for 21 gallons.