Gas is killing me

[cds36]

I dont know about you guys but thank god my Heep isnt my daily driver. With gas as high as it is and going higher, herd it might get to $4 a gallon. I used to drive from Colton to Upland would spend $60 every 3 days was killing me. I mean WTF dont we pretty much occupy most of the mid east now where the oil is ??

Definatly need to regear !!!

[gcurtis]

I dont know about you guys but thank god my Heep isnt my daily driver. With gas as high as it is and going higher, herd it might get to $4 a gallon. I used to drive from Colton to Upland would spend $60 every 3 days was killing me. I mean WTF dont we pretty much occupy most of the mid east now where the oil is ??

Definatly need to regear !!!

Most of our oil doesn't come from the Middle East. ;)

[Skwerly]

Yea, mine IS my daily driver, and let me tell you while it isn't as bad as SOME vehicles I've owned, it's pretty bad! I have been searching for local employment here in Yucaipa due to the fact that I'M TIRED OF 12.00 A DAY IN GAS!

[cds36]

Most of our oil doesn't come from the Middle East. ;)

Well where ever the hell the oil is ......

[homebrew]

You guys are gonna hate me and will probably call me an a$$hole but I spend less then 15 a week. Gotta love them 2 wheels.

[cds36]

You guys are gonna hate me and will probably call me an a$$hole but I spend less then 15 a week. Gotta love them 2 wheels.

Haha, yeah I was able to pick up a $1200 4 banger hooptie $35 last me the whole week and it has air conditioning whoot !!!

[mikedashg]

Haha, yeah I was able to pick up a $1200 4 banger hooptie $35 last me the whole week and it has air conditioning whoot !!!

yeah, glad I don't DD my XJ anymore. 1700 for my hooptie. 29mpg

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[CustomCrawler]

But
1500 in gas money(Honda price)
10 bucks a week-The gas you spend in a honda.
XJ gets like 14-15 mpg. I got some problems im working out.

So 20 bucks a week.

10 bucks more a week. Will take 170 months to break even. Plus insurance.

[Monkey55]

Yeah... ALL you guys SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!1


12.8 mpg from my DD, which is my '55 Chevy because the XJ is sucking a$$ right now.. And I get 15.6 mpg from my XJ when it's drivable.. :explosion

I would like to ride my motorcycle more, but I really can't since I don't have a normal job with normal hours and a normal place to drive to.. :pirate1:


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Have a Nice Day Now...
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[johnnyc]

My $2K Mazda DD gets double the MPG as the Jeep. In the past 13 months, it has more than paid for itself.

Not to mention saving the wear and tear on the Jeep. Maintenance costs are also less. A 195/60/14 tire costs a lot less than a 33" MTR.

And when I added the Mazda to my insurance policy, my rate went DOWN. That's because the Jeep is no longer considered my primary vehicle. Only have liability on the Mazda and full coverage on the Jeep.

[mikedashg]

But
1500 in gas money(Honda price)
10 bucks a week-The gas you spend in a honda.
XJ gets like 14-15 mpg. I got some problems im working out.

So 20 bucks a week.

10 bucks more a week. Will take 170 months to break even. Plus insurance.

What Johnny said, you forgot to factor in the cost of the wear and tear on your Jeep vs the wear tear on the honda. You've just increased the longevity of your Jeep and all the parts on it. You won't have to replace the tires on the Jeep now as much. Unless you've got inchitis, that's another story.

And yeah, older commuter cars are cheap on insurance, and if you don't have another vehicle already, you can usually get a multi-vehicle policty discount. My insurance pretty much broke even.

[CustomCrawler]

I guess im thinking about my life. Being 16 it cost me 90 a month for just fixing the other guys car/and if he gets hurt. (if I get hurt im screwed, if I wreck im screwed. Its a stock jeep I got for 400 so Ive already saved 150 by taking a chance (5 months at 30 more for fixing my car IF I wreck it0)

[IslanderOffRoad]

I'm glad I have my Honda. I had it before my Jeep so the car payment doesn't bother me much. Its nice having a/c, 30mpg, and comfort on my daily drive.

that being said I drove the Jeep to work today just because I felt like it :D

[.hendrix.]

i drive my heep every day. i get between 10 and 15 mpg dependring on how i drive. i really needa new air filter and to weld up the holes in my exhaust. it sucks...

[djblade311]

I've been itching to get a DD econo car but HOA rules dont let us have more than 2 vehicles and parking is limited...sucks

[Jump This]

We have already hit $4.00 a gallon out here.....

:wierd:

[DutchPowerCow]

Here in the Netherlands one liter gas (95) cost about 1.45 Euro a liter...
1 Gallon = 3.78 liter ?
So 1 gallon = (3.78 * € 1.45) = € 5.48 (Euro)
€ 5.48 = $ 8.35

So 1 Gallon gas = $8.35

You guys have a long way to go :)

[JohnX]

Yeah... ALL you guys SUCK!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!1


12.8 mpg from my DD, which is my '55 Chevy because the XJ is sucking a$$ right now.. And I get 15.6 mpg from my XJ when it's drivable.. :explosion

I would like to ride my motorcycle more, but I really can't since I don't have a normal job with normal hours and a normal place to drive to.. :pirate1:


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Have a Nice Day Now...
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I'll trade you for my lexus and you can double you're mileage :)

[Phil]

But
1500 in gas money(Honda price)
10 bucks a week-The gas you spend in a honda.
XJ gets like 14-15 mpg. I got some problems im working out.

So 20 bucks a week.

10 bucks more a week. Will take 170 months to break even. Plus insurance.


Check your premises. Not all of us are driving to the high school and back.


Think, cost per mile.


My 35+ MPG Saturn paid for itself in a year.

[rocknxj]

I'm also tired of $15 a day for gas. I've removed my Conn Ferr rack and have gained about 2 mpg on the last five tanks over the last couple of weeks.

I'm buying a commuter skooter this week and will park my XJ for weekend fun. I'm going to miss driving my Cherokee every day. I guess that means I'll have more to look forward to on the weekends.

[Daedalus454]

I guess I'm lucky to have such a short commute. With my stock gearing I'm averaging about $.26 per mile, or 13.5 MPG, hope to bump that up a little when I regear. My daily commute is about 15 minutes one way, 20 with traffic, so it would take me quite a long time to pay for a cheap gas sipper. So for me to justify a second fuel efficient car, it would have to have some unique or "cool" feature, ie, a motorcycle, '60's VW, etc.

[bburge]

I live in Santa Clarita and work in downtown LA - about 30 miles each way.

My heep gets about 12-13 mpg. BUT:

I only go inot the office two days a week AND I take the train!

My Jeep commute is 4.8 miles each way to the train station AND my employer pays for my train pass AND my milage is paid back to myself in pre-tax dollars at 48.5 cents a mile. So I ain't doing too bad... ;-)

bburge

[Monkey55]

I'll trade you for my lexus and you can double you're mileage :)

My '03 CBR 600RR?? Ok... What year Lexus?? :P

My '55 is NOT going anywhere.. Thats going in my "will" and the keys will have to be pried out of hands when I die.. It was my first car and I bought it back in 1991.. (Step away from the Tri-Five) :twak:


:D




Here in the Netherlands one liter gas (95) cost about 1.45 Euro a liter...
1 Gallon = 3.78 liter ?
So 1 gallon = (3.78 * € 1.45) = € 5.48 (Euro)
€ 5.48 = $ 8.35

So 1 Gallon gas = $8.35

You guys have a long way to go :)


It's a good thing we don't live in Europe... :wave1:


Welcome... I thought there was a chapter closer to you.. But the SoCal Chapter is COOLER.. :cheers:


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[jeeperjohn]

Check this out. http://www.preignitioncc.com/mechanic/index.htm

[xtimmax]

My DD durango is pumpin out 12.1 to the mile. Which totally sucks because I only make a quarter above minimun wage, and drive uphill to work.

[Leep]

You are going to all hate me but my gas does not cost me anything. My commute is about an 70' walk from one end of the house to the other. And when I do need to drive somewhere my company pays for that bill.

Oh, my DD is a 06HD lifted with stock gears and larger than stock tires. I get somewhere between 14.5 and 15 MPG on the hwy.

I so sympathize with everyone cause when I was in construction and gas prices were 1.20 or less I bitched then.

For those if you with bikes, be safe. Your life is not worth a few bucks on a gallon of gas just to get economy.

Leep

[xtimmax]

You are going to all hate me but my gas does not cost me anything. My commute is about an 70' walk from one end of the house to the other. And when I do need to drive somewhere my company pays for that bill.

Oh, my DD is a 06HD lifted with stock gears and larger than stock tires. I get somewhere between 14.5 and 15 MPG on the hwy.

I so sympathize with everyone cause when I was in construction and gas prices were 1.20 or less I bitched then.

For those if you with bikes, be safe. Your life is not worth a few bucks on a gallon of gas just to get economy.

Leep

I like when you drive my car to work.

[Leep]

I like when you drive my car to work.

Good, now go fill the holes the dog dug...

[hollywood32]

Well I am paying 4 dollars a gallon for diesel but I can't complain to much as I'm getting 22 miles to the gallon on 35's with stock gearing.

[FordGuy]

Just filled my Diesel to go to Ocotillo Wells, Has a 57 gal tank, 20 gal for my toy box trailer, 15 gal race gas. Spent $423.15 on fuel and have not even gone to the grocery store. what in the hell!!!!!

[Clean Racing]

Well All I have to say is wait till the summer when its projected to hit $5 a gal for regular unleaded.. Man the trip to Moab in Oct is going to be expensive.. I am one of the lucky ones that has a inexpensive DD.. so the jeep sits still most of the time..

[FordGuy]

Race gas is going to hit $12.00 at this rate.

[djblade311]

My DD durango is pumpin out 12.1 to the mile. Which totally sucks because I only make a quarter above minimun wage, and drive uphill to work.

So when you leave work, do you leave it in neutral? it kinda works itself out that way. :) 24.2 mpg

[FordGuy]

Locking gas caps are going to become very important.

[Monkey55]

Check this out. http://www.preignitioncc.com/mechanic/index.htm


I'll believe it when I see it.. I like how they don't have any contact info..

As of right now, I'm calling :bs:


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[FordGuy]

Those gimmicks are such B.S, I don't see how they get away with the scams so easy. I can get busted for not having a customer sign there invoice right, and that a-hole is probably a millionaire.

[johnnyc]

Locking gas caps are going to become very important.

Ha. Remember the 1979 gas crisis? When you were only allowed to buy gas on odd or even days, depending on your license plate. Locking gas caps were a huge item back then.

I remember waking up at 5 am to get in line at the gas station on odd-numbered days.

[Monkey55]

Those gimmicks are such B.S, I don't see how they get away with the scams so easy. I can get busted for not having a customer sign there invoice right, and that a-hole is probably a millionaire.

LOL...... :roflmao:

I'm watching the video and at 18min 43seconds, he says something about the pre-ignition cat "conditioning" the fuel, therefore, you do not have to change your oil, and by not changing your oil so frequently, it should increase the life of your engine.. :gee:

Earlier in the video, he says that there are no laws prohibiting changing or upgrading a cat, therefore, it's perfectly legal..


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[FordGuy]

Ha. Remember the 1979 gas crisis? When you were only allowed to buy gas on odd or even days, depending on your license plate. Locking gas caps were a huge item back then.

I remember waking up at 5 am to get in line at the gas station on odd-numbered days. Damm Johnny, you must be way older than me!!

[bburge]

Ha. Remember the 1979 gas crisis? When you were only allowed to buy gas on odd or even days, depending on your license plate.

Man! I remember that! I was working at a pizza place that did mostly delivery business. We gave free pizza to a nearby gas station so that anyone in a "work uniform t-shirt" from our store could by gas on any day!

Other than that, you had to go through a lengthy process to get a special windshield sticker that indicated you were a "business driver" and could get gas anytime.

I also remember the "swift justice" metered to anyone who tried to cut in line when the lines were sometimes a couple of blocks long!

bburge

[FordGuy]

I must have just missed that, Born in 1964

[GrimmJeeper]

ive been selling ALOT of locking gas caps this last 6 months or so, and ive had 3 people come in to ask me how to get the locking cap off after thieves had ripped the top off it with pliers. one of them even said the bastards poked a hole in his tank to get the gas after breaking the gas cap failed. people suck.

[johnnyc]

Ha. I really dated myself, didn't I? Well, Bill knows what I'm talking about. Luckily, at the time, I was driving a Vega and going to school. So I didn't need much gas.

But I remember people would switch license plates between their own cars, so they could buy gas on the off-days.

Besides locking gas caps, there was a run on plastic/rubber tubing. :)

[PurpleCherokee]

I believe we get most of our oil from Canada. Or somewhere in Europe but then again maybe I'm just makin that up. If we could drill in Alaska or off the shores of our own country then maybe gas would be reasonable! Between buyin so much oil from other countries and taxin the crap out of it once it gets here we could prolly have gas back around $1.50/gal if we did somethin about it. UGH... friggin tree huggers... to be honest with ya, I don't mind killin a couple ducks or dolphins in order for me to pay less than $400 a month in gas!

[nick86]

A tank lasts me 3 weeks, but my commute is only 4 miles, round trip.

[Brendan_91XJ]

Ha. I really dated myself, didn't I? Well, Bill knows what I'm talking about. Luckily, at the time, I was driving a Vega and going to school. So I didn't need much gas.

But I remember people would switch license plates between their own cars, so they could buy gas on the off-days.

Besides locking gas caps, there was a run on plastic/rubber tubing. :)

I am there with you Johnny, I was swapping license plates on my old man's car at least twice a week.

[Jump This]

I just did some quick math, I have over $2000 worth of fuel on hand at most any time........yeah, don't get any ideas, its all locked up.

2@55 gal. race fuel, about $8 a gallon now.

RV with 80 gallons

2@ 55 gal. fuel as strategic reserve

1 30 gallon multi use drum

two F-250's that are normally full

two Jeeps , also kept at about 50% full.

Wife's car as well as some other gas powered equipment...

I wonder what the police would do about a 'grand theft fuel' case..

Rick

[Gerr]

Yea, mine IS my daily driver, and let me tell you while it isn't as bad as SOME vehicles I've owned, it's pretty bad! I have been searching for local employment here in Yucaipa due to the fact that I'M TIRED OF 12.00 A DAY IN GAS!
dude thats nothing you can double that and not hit what I pay in gas per day :bawl: $32.24 90 miles round trip 5 days a week some times 6 times

[homebrew]

I was driving 200 miles a day for almost a year finnaly sucked it up reuped my contract with the navy and moved to san diego that drive was not only killing my wallet but was killing me between 4 and 5 hoursa a day until I bought my bike

[FordGuy]

A tank lasts me 3 weeks, but my commute is only 4 miles, round trip. You have me beat, I drive 6 round trip

[xcm]

i have been DDing my jeep, and it needs to stop! not because of fuel, but rather im getting out of shape from not riding my bike (not a motorcycle either...)to work as i normally do....

working a 15 minute bike ride from home is very nice... especially in the heart of los angeles

[nick86]

You have me beat, I drive 6 round trip

yeah but it sucks, as it never gets up to temp.

[xtimmax]

So when you leave work, do you leave it in neutral? it kinda works itself out that way. :) 24.2 mpg

Actually in nuetral I can hit 99mpg. coming down highway 2 from wrightwood. Thats were i work.

[Leep]

i have been DDing my jeep, and it needs to stop! not because of fuel, but rather im getting out of shape from not riding my bike (not a motorcycle either...)to work as i normally do....

working a 15 minute bike ride from home is very nice... especially in the heart of los angeles

Took me an extra 10 seconds to get to my office this morning for my conf call. i had to detour thru the kitchen, there was a dog in the family room that would not move.

[xjjeeper19]

This makes me really love my 3 mile round trip walk/drive/run/ride into work....I think the only one who has me beat is dennis....

Justin

[xjjk]

4 bucks a gallon? 5? EEk. I already ride the train .. .my commute from Monrovia to UCLA at 47miles each way is only 1.50 a day or something like that. I feel for all you fellas who don't have that option. It wouldn't be so bad if we all received corresponding cost of living increases, but for some reason that just doesn't happen that way, does it?:firedevil:firedevil:firedevil

[markw]

I just did some quick math, I have over $2000 worth of fuel on hand at most any time........yeah, don't get any ideas, its all locked up.


Yeah, but knowing you, you probably left the keys in the locks. :) Must be an old age thing... :)

[IslanderOffRoad]

I'm very happy I'm on Catalina for the next 5 weeks; won't have to buy any gas.

[Goatman]

You have me beat, I drive 6 round trip

I'm under 2 miles, just over 1.5 each way. :)

And, I usually drive a used car home, something that I just bought.


Fuel is for trips. :D

[GrimmJeeper]

1.1 miles here. i have the same problem as ia_green96, by the time the ol XJ gets up to temp im parking it. i spend more time waiting for it to warm up than i do driving to work. :confused1