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    Here we go Again!!! 4$ Gas Prices

    What. where. how much are you up to so far
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    I am in Los Angeles right now. I have seen prices for highest octane as high as about $4.57 and as low as about $3.70. Lowest octane ranges from $3.40 to $4.19. But, the difference between $4.00 and $3.00 gasoline [[or even $ 1.00 gas) doesn't affect me much. My little Nissan gets about 35 mpg in the city, and I drive only about 2,000 miles a year. It's a 1997, and I have barely 28,000 miles on it.

    When I'm in The Netherlands Germany and Denmark I don't drive a car [[although train ticket costs have risen quite a bit in the past 20 years).

    I remember when gas in USA was 6¢ a gallon! And you could get retail 45s for 39¢! The good old days!

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    $4 bucks? i know your gallon is 80% of ours but $4 bucks?what you call a 50 u.s.gallon drum is 45 imperial gallon drum here.we're paying about $8 bucks.which gallon would you buy?

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    Quote Originally Posted by abfan View Post
    What. where. how much are you up to so far
    Yikes! Wonder how much a used bicycle runs these days?

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    Depends. We've found out here [[Central Washington) gas prices vary widely, from $3.10 to $3.49 within about 20 miles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by blueskies View Post
    Yikes! Wonder how much a used bicycle runs these days?
    I don't know, but I have 4 of them [[one in The Netherlands, one in Germany, one in Denmark and one in Los Angeles [[which I am afraid to ride on the streets, and have no time to take to the coastal bikeway). In Europe the bicycle is my main transportation. I used to ride on the bicycle highways from Den Haag all the way to Amsterdam [[just to visit friends or go shopping). I used to ride from Bremen to Oldenburg just to visit friends, and from Kopenhagen to the west side of Sjaeland [[its island), and even to Odense [[on another island). It's a good way to get exercise. I wish I could ride it to go shopping in L.A., but I'm sure I'd be killed. The drivers drive 60 mph around corners and don't expect to see bicycle riders.

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    The last time I bought petrol in The Netherlands, we were paying about 4.5 times as much for it than you were in USA. And yet you complain about $4.00 US for a US gallon. I imagine that current prices in Europe are still between 4 and 6 times that in USA.

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    Quote Originally Posted by robb_k View Post
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    The last time I bought petrol in The Netherlands, we were paying about 4.5 times as much for it than you were in USA. And yet you complain about $4.00 US for a US gallon. I imagine that current prices in Europe are still between 4 and 6 times that in USA.
    The main difference being that you can drive across Holland in 2 hours. In the Unites states, it would take about 4 days.

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    It is up to $4.45 in some parts of the city and $3.60 near me

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    Quote Originally Posted by jillfoster View Post
    The main difference being that you can drive across Holland in 2 hours. In the Unites states, it would take about 4 days.
    It doesn't help that in most US localities, local development policies encouraged the growth of suburban sprawl, making it necessary for people to have cars to get around. Eventually oil will become scarce and a lot of people will be screwed over as prices go up.

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    At the most expensive stations gas is around $3.67 this morning. I just paid $3.24 on Friday.

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    rom Den Haag all the way to Amsterdam [[just to visit friends or go shopping). I used to ride from Bremen to Oldenburg just to visit friends, and from Kopenhagen to the west side of Sjaeland [[its island), and even to Odense [[on another island). It's a good way to get exercise. I wish I could ride it to go shopping i
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    wow ur just all over the place.. how is Amsterdam..Looks interesting from what Ive seen

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    so your paying about $4 for petrol think your self lucky you dont have uk prices put in £25 in my car [[its a renault clio) small engine and that half filled the tank ............for every £ we pay for petrol the goverment take about 70% ..robbing b*st*ds.................

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    Where I am the gas is still around $3.45.

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    Quote Originally Posted by staceys dad View Post
    so your paying about $4 for petrol think your self lucky you dont have uk prices put in £25 in my car [[its a renault clio) small engine and that half filled the tank ............for every £ we pay for petrol the goverment take about 70% ..robbing b*st*ds.................
    Aaah, but think of what the goverment [[Labour or Coalition) do with all that income, staceys dad!
    Think of how it helps to clear our deficit!
    No.......you're not convinced? Me neither!!!!!!

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