cost of gas

[Silver 10+ year member]

3$/gal here now. Time to ride my bicycle down the e-way. //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/crap.gif.7f4dd41e3e9b23fbd170a1ee6f65cecc.gif

 

[swoosh 10+ year member]

Yea, biodiesel is cool stuff...very efficient. I think a popular name in science or automobiles (I can't remember who...maybe Daimler) predicted that we'd use a peanut-oil based fuel in the future...and his prediction isn't too far off.

Yeah, a few months or so ago I was watching "Trucks" on TV. Stacey had a biodiesel setup showing it off on there. It looked pretty easy, a hell of a lot cheaper too!

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

I saw two gas stations next to each other right after school today....one was 2.49 for regular, the one next to it had it for 2.75 for regular

 

[Chevillac 5,000+ posts]

Ok, thanks for boldin it for me, im blind. People here are talking about buying honda accord hybrids when we get back, and I told them about your calculation, then searched for more. Thats the one thing everybody brings up, "but you get a tax break."

 

[millerscents 10+ year member]

Biodiesel is the way to go.
Initial setup costs of around $200-300, but over the course of a year you'll more than make it back...will run in any, unmodified diesel engine with no supposed loss of HP.

If you use your car for nothing but commuting back and forth, an electric conversion might be an option. However, they're heavy, expensive initially, and have a pathetic range (most get 50-75 miles on a single charge).

looked at the place that the tv show truck did the bio fuel on and the $ for the kit was 3 grand to 4 grand b4 shipping

 

[Expy2000]

add you only get a tax break if its a NEW car..

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[JimJ 5,000+ posts]

looked at the place that the tv show truck did the bio fuel on and the $ for the kit was 3 grand to 4 grand b4 shipping

That's like taking a professionally installed system with W7's from an authorized shop, and saying that's how much car audio systems cost //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif

Putting it together yourself, you can do it for $300 or under.

 

[chubby 10+ year member]

ethanol

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

went by a few stations today one was $2.95 for reg. Im not even in a major city !!!!

 

[snb778 5,000+ posts]

yyyyyyyyep, as I predicted last night in this thread...gas went up about 15-20 cents in 1 day!!!!. Luckily I went and filled up last night, assuming this was going to happen.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Shure the bio diesel kid that was on TRUCKS costs $4000 but that doesnt mean you cant make a profit off of it //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

My dad is a fireman and the city told them that the pipe that brings our gas in from the gulf is closed and that they think we have a 48 hour supply left. And they have no clue when the pipes will open back up. 4 stations have already ran out....

 

[mattf 5,000+ posts]

That really *****.

 

[supa_c 5,000+ posts]

Cant fight fires without a fire truck

 

[chris96camaro 10+ year member]

yea they can only run emergency calls....so instead of going to all medical calls, fires and all car crashes, they can only go to entrapments and fires