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Old 03-13-11, 08:24 PM
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either hes prepared for the higher gas prices.. or hes saving it up for himself during the soon to be zombie apocalypse...!
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Originally Posted by DCrosby
If you buy from Arco, or really cheap gas, be prepared to change your gas filter (PITA) every 2-3 Years, as cheap gas typically has a lot of gunk in it, since it's not top shelf stuff from the refinery....

Just FYI !
this is very true. i do not put this ish in my FD. i had to explain this to one of my buddies who went out and bought a ***** rover but was filling it up at Arco lmao.

prices still under $4.00 here, but barely....$3.81.
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Originally Posted by AmviciousRav
I think a prius would smoke a insight and get good fuel economy at the same time
I wouldn't be getting it to drive fast, might as well have a regular car at that point. Those things are useless if they are pedal to the metal.
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Originally Posted by Meiogirl
this is very true. i do not put this ish in my FD. i had to explain this to one of my buddies who went out and bought a ***** rover but was filling it up at Arco lmao.

prices still under $4.00 here, but barely....$3.81.
$3.81 is.. regular? so premium is... $4.01? tell me where!!
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Its the Arco I mentioned in the first post near PCH and Hawthorne. The Arco near Redondo Beach Village usually has the same price.
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oh.. Arco.. dunno about that. havnt tried it in mine before
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My beater crapped out last week... I had to leave it in LA to get repaired so I ended up driving the FD out to Phoenix. I make the treck across the dessert again this week. over 350 miles each way. Driving the FD daily is dangerous, not just for the wallet but also for my driving record.
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going to start driving my starlet as my daily . it gets 40mpg.... i am glad i did not swap out the engine ..it is $3.89 for 87 right now in n.y.
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Wow, did not know that NYC is now in the West...
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must have moved over here from the tsunami
Old 03-14-11, 04:47 PM
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sorry i posted in the wroung coast.......no tsunami jokes please..
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$53 at 13.388 gallons 87. pretty awesome i must say....
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Originally Posted by rx71king
sorry i posted in the wroung coast.......no tsunami jokes please..
not a joke..?
all countries used to be one whole land at one point until a little meteor happened

oh and I hope prices get higher, so then that'll keep some people off the streets more
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I'm glad my commute is only 5 minutes away. I can walk to work but I look cool in my DD RX-3 lol
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my commute is only 12 minutes each way...on my crotch rocket at least.
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Originally Posted by DivinDriver
Be sure to thank our President for this, come next November.

Failure in Mideast foreign policy + refusal to re-open gulf for drilling + refusal to allow new offshore drilling anywhere else = Higher oil prices.
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...212280315.html

What would you have the president do? We have plenty of oil; the reason gas is so expensive is because we know that it'll eventually run out. What's the point of expanding drilling? Saudi Arabia just REDUCED oil production because the crude market is saturated.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...aimi-says.html

Drilling out our own oil takes care of dealing with the middle east, but that isn't the reason gas prices are so absurdly high.
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^ did you really just put a link to aljazeera here?
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ARCO special 87 blend for my RX-3s. Never get a full tank as the additional weight will kill your MPG
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Originally Posted by gofastgtr
^ did you really just put a link to aljazeera here?
Al Jazeera is comprised mostly of ex BBC journalists and provides excellent, relatively unbiased reporting.

They don't report on Lindsay Lohan or Charlie Sheen or whatever the ****. They provide news.
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so... they're bi winning then?
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yes.

The most expensive gas station around here is selling 91 octane for $4.65

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Originally Posted by SilHaro
http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...212280315.html

What would you have the president do? We have plenty of oil; the reason gas is so expensive is because we know that it'll eventually run out. What's the point of expanding drilling? Saudi Arabia just REDUCED oil production because the crude market is saturated.

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-0...aimi-says.html

Drilling out our own oil takes care of dealing with the middle east, but that isn't the reason gas prices are so absurdly high.

Plus the fact that the USA gets most of it's oil from CANADA makes drilling in the gulf much less important. Anyone who takes policy advice from someone saying 'drill baby drill' and 'bomb, bomb, bomb Iran' needs to change the station.

Since safety standards and quality of rigs, blow out preventers, etc.. have had zero improvement a year since the disaster, I say stop issuing Gulf drilling permits until they improve.

And start tapping into our oil reserves when gas prices reach $5.00.
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prices are getting ridiculous!
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Keep them blinders on, folks...
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At first I figured priced would hit what they did back in 08 ...like $4.40 and start to come back down. Now I am not so sure



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