Fill 'Er Up

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Thursday May 24, 2007

I've seen that photo before, and I never get tired of it.

f.sciarrillo · Post by **f.sciarrillo** » Thursday May 24, 2007

Isn't that the truth ...

IScreamSLAYERatCoverBands · Thursday May 24, 2007

still... when you put into perspective that 1 gallon of gasoline.. which is used to power a half-ton mechanism that can haul 6 people plus a trunkload of shit has JUST become a little more expensive than a gallon of milk... a beverage... it kind of puts things into perspective

Klamachpin · Post by **Klamachpin** » Thursday May 24, 2007

Yeah, that happened to me at Sheetz yesterday when I had to top off my van for this weekend. I think from now on I'll try to stick to my old habit of not letting the gas level get below 3/4 of a tank. That way, when I do top it off, it won't seem so bad.

DirtySanchez · Post by **DirtySanchez** » Friday May 25, 2007

IScreamSLAYERatCoverBands wrote:still... when you put into perspective that 1 gallon of gasoline.. which is used to power a half-ton mechanism that can haul 6 people plus a trunkload of shit has JUST become a little more expensive than a gallon of milk... a beverage... it kind of puts things into perspective

Yeah, cuz I use 25 gallons of milk just to get to work every week.

BDR · Post by **BDR** » Friday May 25, 2007

Klamachpin wrote:Yeah, that happened to me at Sheetz yesterday when I had to top off my van for this weekend. I think from now on I'll try to stick to my old habit of not letting the gas level get below 3/4 of a tank. That way, when I do top it off, it won't seem so bad.

That's what I do sometimes ... wow, it only cost $10 to fill up, awesome!

r:>)

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday May 25, 2007

I remember someone once said to me that the average Sheetz employee probably doesn't make enough money to drive to work in order to sell the gas that they need to put in their vehicle. That's an ironic little observation.

bassist_25 · Post by **bassist_25** » Friday May 25, 2007

I wonder if I can soup up my Ford Focus to look like one of those vehicles in Mad Max. It looks like the plot of that trilogy is going to start playing itself out pretty soon.

Primates · Post by **Primates** » Friday May 25, 2007

bassist_25 wrote:I remember someone once said to me that the average Sheetz employee probably doesn't make enough money to drive to work in order to sell the gas that they need to put in their vehicle. That's an ironic little observation.

Nah, My dads Ex works out a Sheetz here in Du Bois. And she makes damn good money too. May be true for some of the other stores. But none around here. Im thinking about just saving up for a conversion kit and run my damn car on ethinol.

One thing is for sure, We're getting raped on gas. Im hoping that bill the senate passed will fuck big oil up.

Banned · Post by **Banned** » Friday May 25, 2007

More than half of the price of gas is TAXES. Why not ask the oh so concerned politicians to cut their take, and cut the tax on gas and make it afforable?

Everyone loves to hate business. The cost of gas is governtmental also, half of it is taxes.

Post by **Jim Price** » Friday May 25, 2007

Klamachpin wrote:

I think from now on I'll try to stick to my old habit of not letting the gas level get below 3/4 of a tank. That way, when I do top it off, it won't seem so bad.

This is what I've been doing, although not necessarily by choice. The gas gauge on my car is screwed up; it will show the tank full when I get it filled, but within five minutes the gauge drops to empty, so I'm not certain where the level of gas in my tank is. So I top the tank off every other day or so, just to be on the safe side.

I get my gas on the Sheetz plastic, so I just have to deal with one big bill at the end of the month.

bassist_25 wrote:

I wonder if I can soup up my Ford Focus to look like one of those vehicles in Mad Max. It looks like the plot of that trilogy is going to start playing itself out pretty soon.

Even though the Mad Max trilogy are my favorite three movies of all time, I hope real life doesn't get that bad on the roads.

I remember seeing The Road Warrior on either TBS or TNT a few years ago, and they had Billy Bob Thornton providing color commentary on the movie during commercial breaks. He made the observation that with all those high-performance car chase and battle scenes over gasoline, they probably burned more gas in the battles and chases than they actually wound up getting after defeating one another...

lonewolf · Post by **lonewolf** » Saturday May 26, 2007

bassist_25 wrote:

I wonder if I can soup up my Ford Focus to look like one of those vehicles in Mad Max. It looks like the plot of that trilogy is going to start playing itself out pretty soon.

I don't think global nuclear war is in the cards any time soon.

I just went on a 4-hour ride Friday and it only cost $8 to top off the tank.

Burnt my arms and nose to a crisp--it was great fun.

moxham123 · Post by **moxham123** » Saturday May 26, 2007

undercoverjoe wrote:More than half of the price of gas is TAXES. Why not ask the oh so concerned politicians to cut their take, and cut the tax on gas and make it afforable?

Everyone loves to hate business. The cost of gas is governtmental also, half of it is taxes.

Here is a current map that shows the cumulative various state sales taxes charged on a gallon of gas to consumers. This is in addition to all the other national, state, and local taxes charged to the oil companies and businesses that sell gas for them to operate. Ultimately, these taxes are also passed on to consumers and included in the price of a gallon of gas.

http://www.taxfoundation.org/UserFiles/ ... -690px.jpg