Gas Prices thread - Page 4

dscort · 03-11-2008, 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by ceo012384

You bought an american automobile... par for the course.

i got it when i was working at a ford dealer. now i work for toyota. im a bodyman so all my cars are salvage rebuilds, so i cant just sell the focus and get any kind of $$ for it so ill drive it for a couple more years... im liking the yotas though...

NONE_too_SOFT · 03-11-2008, 07:08 PM

yotas? is that what the kids are callin em now a days?

ceo012384 · 03-11-2008, 07:09 PM

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Originally Posted by dscort

i got it when i was working at a ford dealer. now i work for toyota. im a bodyman so all my cars are salvage rebuilds, so i cant just sell the focus and get any kind of $$ for it so ill drive it for a couple more years... im liking the yotas though...

The focus isn't a terrible car necessarily, especially if you got it for cheap. American car resale is so shitty you can get some good deals. But if you want an economy car, you gotta go far east.

vabarber2 · 03-11-2008, 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by NONE_too_SOFT

yotas? is that what the kids are callin em now a days?

It was toyos back in my day!

dscort · 03-11-2008, 07:11 PM

2 weekends worth of work and $5500 for a focus w/ 9700 miles.

vabarber2 · 03-11-2008, 07:12 PM

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Originally Posted by dscort

i got it when i was working at a ford dealer. now i work for toyota. im a bodyman so all my cars are salvage rebuilds, so i cant just sell the focus and get any kind of $$ for it so ill drive it for a couple more years... im liking the yotas though...

Much easyer to find a honda banged up! Or any honda parts!! And they're great on gas!! My 1st one was like 40 mpg!!!!

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Originally Posted by dscort

2 weekends worth of work and $5500 for a focus w/ 9700 miles.

Understood! You cant beat that, but what you saved in the price was a known loss on resale! as well as a loss at the fuel pump!

dscort · 03-11-2008, 07:15 PM

not when ya know every nut and bolt on a car and find parts laying around the shop, they get fixed pretty easily. not really familiar w/ hondas

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Originally Posted by vabarber2

Much easyer to find a honda banged up! Or any honda parts!! And they're great on gas!! My 1st one was like 40 mpg!!!!

Understood! You cant beat that, but what you saved in the price was a known loss on resale! as well as a loss at the fuel pump!

at the time, i didnt know itd only get 28mpg. other wise i would have got a cheapass escort.

vabarber2 · 03-11-2008, 07:25 PM

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Originally Posted by dscort

not when ya know every nut and bolt on a car and find parts laying around the shop, they get fixed pretty easily. not really familiar w/ hondas

at the time, i didnt know itd only get 28mpg. other wise i would have got a cheapass escort.

I know what ya mean!

OneSickPsycho · 03-11-2008, 11:33 PM

They've been talkin' about gas going over $4/gallon for the past three years now... I wonder if this will be the year...

We still get our gas cheaper than anywhere else in the world...

bombadillo · 03-11-2008, 11:52 PM

Shoot, mine is up to 3.79 already here in Eureka, CA!!! Diesel is 4.19 and its been over 3.50 for well over 2 months now. People always talk about S.F. being the highest in the nation, but drive 5 hours north and tell me again.

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NONE_too_SOFT Chopstix / \ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Akron OH Moto: 03 CBR RR Posts: 5,350	yotas? is that what the kids are callin em now a days?

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dscort Street Stunter Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Wauseon, OH Moto: 01 CBR929RE 95 CBR900RR Posts: 69	2 weekends worth of work and $5500 for a focus w/ 9700 miles.

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OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	They've been talkin' about gas going over $4/gallon for the past three years now... I wonder if this will be the year... We still get our gas cheaper than anywhere else in the world...

03-11-2008, 11:52 PM	#40
bombadillo Squid Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 9	Shoot, mine is up to 3.79 already here in Eureka, CA!!! Diesel is 4.19 and its been over 3.50 for well over 2 months now. People always talk about S.F. being the highest in the nation, but drive 5 hours north and tell me again.