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Poll: Gas Prices Changing Your Plans? (93 member(s) have cast votes)

How are gas prices affecting your travel plans?

  1. Makes no difference, I'm hitting the road! (73 votes [78.49%])

    Percentage of vote: 78.49%

  2. Ouch, I'm staying close to home, shorter trips (17 votes [18.28%])

    Percentage of vote: 18.28%

  3. My wallet is empty, no trips for me. (3 votes [3.23%])

    Percentage of vote: 3.23%

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#31 ski3pin

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Posted 19 April 2012 - 04:02 AM

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but it will encourage me to plan long range trips to maximize my wandering/fuel burned.


I like that way of thinking, thanks!
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Posted 09 October 2012 - 02:01 PM

Well, gas prices here are now at an all time high. At our local station regular is $4.60 a gallon. News media says its a California thing along with the usual recycled list of reasons for the spike in prices. My gut feeling is more along the lines of conspiracy theory, something I'm not prone to indulge in. We have an election in a few weeks.
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Posted 09 October 2012 - 03:20 PM

Well, gas prices here are now at an all time high. At our local station regular is $4.60 a gallon. News media says its a California thing along with the usual recycled list of reasons for the spike in prices. My gut feeling is more along the lines of conspiracy theory, something I'm not prone to indulge in. We have an election in a few weeks.


You know ski, I had to gas up at Silver Lake, Or on my last trip back from Washington State last month and the price was $4.05/gal and figured that was about right for where I was-now that price looks good! I'm one of the ones who usually doesn't care that much about price-sort of figure it in as a cost of adventuring; but this is starting to worry even me. Conspiracy theories aside, it is sort of hard not to wonder why, i mean just because the oil companies are against the pres and for the other guy and the gas goes up just before said election. But it doesn't make sense for Ca-it's a Democratic state, now if were were talking about one of those states in play-wait a minute like Nevada, their prices are shooting up too-been talking allot about it on Reno TV. What about what conspiracy theory? This is above my pay grade, time to run away and play-but make sure my absentee vote has bee sent in first!:mellow:

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Posted 09 October 2012 - 09:33 PM

Mr. Smoke, yup above my pay grade too and all I end up gettin' is either mad or a head ache. When I want to be happy I just check the price of gas in Ely or Jackson, Wyoming isn't bad either. Someday this will all get sorted out and we'll all be happy.................
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 01:26 AM

Saw gas as high as $5.69 this last weekend in San Francisco. I had the scan gauge for a while, and got rid of it after I figured I probably had re-learned my driving habits enough not to benefit much from it anymore. Three biggest things I learned were: Don't be in a hurry to get up to speed, 2: MPG goes down exponentially above 65 MPH or so, and 3: always travel in the highest gear possible. (Yeah, you lose out on a lot of torque this way.)

Gas prices have forced me to maximize my trips to do my homework ahead of time and get the most enjoyment from every mile. Aside from that though, burning a lot of gas is just one of the costs of living in the desert. Basically, everything is 50 miles away no matter where you want to go.
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 02:19 AM

It's only $5.41 at the Shell station in Bridgeport, CA on 395. I'm still using my scanguage II. It sure shows you what happens when pressure is applied to the accelerator.
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 04:33 AM

In Hope B.C. our gas is at $1.33/9 per liter or $5.07 per US gal. Diesel is at 1.26/9 per liter or $4.80 US gal. I haven't looked at Mexico but I am sure its cheaper. Sure wished we could spend another winter down there.
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 05:22 AM

I drove from Bend, OR to Redding, CA tonight. Filled up at an independent station in Klamath Falls, OR and paid $3.99/gal. 15 miles further south along US 97 in Doris, CA an independent station was charging $4.99/gal.
What a difference a border makes!

(Of course, the fact that Doris is tiny adds a bit to the price, apart from the California factor.)
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Posted 10 October 2012 - 02:53 PM

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Posted 10 October 2012 - 03:23 PM

What a difference a border makes!


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Always interesting to compare California to Texas.
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