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at what dollar amount will the price of gas effect

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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:24 AM
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not for a long time.

what am i going to do? sit at home all day because the cost of gas is high? no, im going to keep doing what im doing.

edit: and why a husband and wife drive two sperate cars when they work at the same place is beyond me.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:34 AM
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Originally Posted by SwampThing,May 22 2008, 09:24 AM
not for a long time.

what am i going to do? sit at home all day because the cost of gas is high? no, im going to keep doing what im doing.

edit: and why a husband and wife drive two sperate cars when they work at the same place is beyond me.
we dont work at the same place. we work probably 4-5 miles apart. should have clairified that a little better.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:39 AM
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Originally Posted by versionJDM,May 22 2008, 08:34 AM
we dont work at the same place. we work probably 4-5 miles apart. should have clairified that a little better.
ahhh ok.

well i think if i was in your situation i'd drop my wife off or vise versa.

but my wife works different hours and no where close.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 08:59 AM
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I spent just over $50 to fill up my S yesterday for the first time in history.. when I bought the car it cost me about $26. But today I cruised 50 miles to work at about 90mph.. so I guess I'm not affected yet.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:13 AM
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Originally Posted by vtec9,May 22 2008, 09:59 AM
I spent just over $50 to fill up my S yesterday for the first time in history.. when I bought the car it cost me about $26. But today I cruised 50 miles to work at about 90mph.. so I guess I'm not affected yet.
it cost me 61 to fill the m3
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:14 AM
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It already has to me, I bought a Subaru Impreza 2.5i instead of a WRX for the main reason that the the 2.5i gets better mileage and uses regular gas.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 09:18 AM
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Even at $10 a gallon it would only cost me $100 to fill up each week.

I know people with trucks who are paying over $110 to fill up at $4.00+ a gallon.

All you have to do with the S2k is drive around in 5th and 6th gear to save gas.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:18 AM
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Originally Posted by AZDavid,May 22 2008, 10:18 AM
Even at $10 a gallon it would only cost me $100 to fill up each week.

I know people with trucks who are paying over $110 to fill up at $4.00+ a gallon.

All you have to do with the S2k is drive around in 5th and 6th gear to save gas.
actually they get better mileage if you shift between 4k-4.5k and stay around the rpm around town. i got 24 around town like that once.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 10:21 AM
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I am already feeling the pain. if it goes much higher I will simply start to dial in to work more often and work from home.
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Old May 22, 2008 | 12:05 PM
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Been daily driving motorcycles for a couple years now, mostly for fun but the added gas savings are a bonus. Previously the expensive tires make the gas savings null, but now that is not the case.

I get about 50-55 on the highway and 30 is the lowest I've ever seen in the city. If I was worried about gas though I'd just get a non Super Sport to ride and gas mileage would be 40+ around town, 50-60 on the highway.
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