FUEL PRICES

Wait are you trying to say Shaq is wrong if it costs $80 to fill your tank and if you put $20 in when your tank is half full it’s not full again.

I haven’t watched NBA since the magic bird Jordan days but I do have to watch YouTube clips of Shaq and Barkely on TNT. It is better entertainment than any sports game.


I unfortunately drive gm pickups so since 2012 their junk air vents that plug with dirt after 20k on dirt roads won’t let you fill fuel so I very seldom leave with a full tank. I just fill tell I’m so pizzed off that I quit filling and hopefully I got at least 3/4 ful. Shaq would tell me gm is saving me money.

Edited by Kansas99 - 15 Mar 2022 at 10:14am

I think a lot of people only drive around town on short 10 mile trips... Maybe getting 100 miles a week or less.  At 15-20 MPG they are using 6 gallons.... $25. a week ........... might be all they can afford on a "weekly" basis.

steve(ill) wrote: I see a lot of people just putting in $20 -40 . into the tank... Only the working guys with pickups doing a lot of driving are putting in $100.

If it wasn't for Credit Cards think of the armed robberies that would occur as people would be carrying large amounts of cash to buy gas! Would be like the Old West with a Shotgun Rider to keep the Coach driver from getting his strong box robbed!

if it wasn't for credit cards, the economy would be a lot different.

You can prepay inside a preset amount with a card.  That'd be nice to have the $$ option right at the pump I guess, though I never mess around with a few dollars personally, when I need gas I fill my tank.  Prepaying inside, if you ask for a fill up, I don't know if it would go past $100 or not at the pump, I sort of guess "NOT" at this point in time.  I just about never do that, unless all the pump readers are out of order!

Bought gas at an Inconvenience Store last week.  Borrowed dad's truck (with the engine size on an emissions sticker on the rad support) because it's much more suitable for towing.  Gassed it up for him, $129 to fill it up.  EXCEPT, pumps are programmed to shut off at $100.  Must be the programmers thought any more than that must be spilling on the ground or something.  So, then the pump won't read your card again, because you just used it, says go see the cashier.  I tell her, with the price of gas, $100 doesn't fill a pickup, that's a dumb limit.  "OH I hear ya!"  Her preprogrammed response to the hundreds of people complaining to her about the price of gas.  I said, I'm not complaining to you about the price of gas, I'm telling you about how your pumps work!  She just looked lost, might as well have just talked to the pump about it.  

was at the counter this morning waiting to pay for the old ladys.....oooops....i mean the loving wifes cinimon roll and a lady was ahead of me complaining about the price of gas at that station telling the clerk it was hard paying for it to go to work...i piped up and told her i didn't feel sorry for her since she was sipping on an $8.00 cup of coffee from the local Scooters! she huffed out the door and everyone in there and myself had a good laugh!

steve(ill) wrote: Farm season / planting starts in a couple months... You guys be sure to use your NEW ELECTRIC Tractors that FreeGas is pushing !!

Even Tesla uses gas powered vehicles for their service vehicles.

Farm season / planting starts in a couple months... You guys be sure to use your NEW ELECTRIC Tractors that FreeGas is pushing !!  

I have NOT read the majority of the above posts, BUT, with ALL major manufactures going to "hybrid/electric drives, WHY is there so much "cackle" ?? And IMO the cost of gasoline "should" be 'nil today 

jaybmiller wrote: re: #3... Holy cow ! That was a real moooving experience !! Udderly rediculous

Edited by Kansas99 - 11 Mar 2022 at 2:03pm