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Post Icon Posted: April 14 2006,11:00 pm Post # 1 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
$111.00 to fill the Suburban :eek I wonder if a 4 cylinder will pull the Blue Canoe :stupid

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OUCH...!! :cry
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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,7:48 am Post # 3 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
:eek  :eek The truck and boat are full of gas right now. I guess I'll find out shortly how much it's going to cost to fill'em up.......  :cry

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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,10:37 am Post # 4 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
That sucks!
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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,11:58 am Post # 5 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Geezus AZKC! Where do you buy gas? I have a '04 'burb with a 31 gallon tank. Doin' the math, and with my tank "bone-dry", that comes out to $3.58 a gallon! If this is a sign of the future, and I'm absolutely, 100% positive it is; maybe it's time we put sails on our cars and boats (wash my mouth out with bilge cleaner) and tell the oil companies to   :kiss  our collective butts! I mean, I know that a 'burb is by no means easy on gas; but it's my money and if I want to spend it on gas ,leave me alone with all the "gas guzzler" BS; but geezus, when is enough enough? :angry
BTW; made a "banzai run" to Vegas last week for the Son's wedding and averaged just under 21 mpg on the 'burb! Not bad considerin' that's better than what I used to get with our '99 Astro van (same run averaged just over 18 mpg). FYI; I used cruise control set at 70 mph in both situations. Says somethin' about the "efficient", gas-savin' V6 compared to the "gas-guzzlin'", pig SUV V8. Drivin' responsibly and smartly, a V8 can be as easy on the gas as a V6! Maybe better! :stupid

Edited by gigamurph on April 15 2006,11:59 am

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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,1:10 pm Post # 6 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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$111.00 to fill the Suburban :eek I wonder if a 4 cylinder will pull the Blue Canoe :stupid

Hang on to your pocket books its only going to get worse :banghead

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It sucks.. :angry

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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,3:58 pm Post # 7 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
$125 to fill the boat, $120 to fill the Excursion plus beer :stupid

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$125 to fill the boat, $120 to fill the Excursion plus beer :stupid

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Post Icon Posted: April 15 2006,7:27 pm Post # 10 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Tell me about it....yesterday I thought a wad of cash had blown out of the glovebox on the boat, what with the wind blowin' a hunert miles an hour in Needles.......

then I remembered putting a few gallons of gas in the tank at Topock after breakfast, before heading down to the sandbar.......

$3.75 a gallon!!!!! :eek

good thing I wasn't empty, that'da been $217.50!! :cry

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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,3:59 pm Post # 11 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I predict more floating will be going on this summer.
Crowds at the sandbars and hangout coves...which can be good :bowdown  or bad :beat , depending.

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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,4:40 pm Post # 12 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Quote (stingray @ April 15 2006,4:06 pm)
$125 to fill the boat, $120 to fill the Excursion plus beer :stupid

Do you have the V10 or a stroke in the Excursion?

Gig, KC prob has a 40 gal tank in his Burb  :good

Edited by Tuchop on April 16 2006,4:41 pm
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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,5:42 pm Post # 13 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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I predict more floating will be going on this summer.
Crowds at the sandbars and hangout coves...which can be good :bowdown  or bad :beat , depending.

Zig, the floatin' has already begun..... ;)

But unfortunately I can't float the boat on the 40 these days. I just can't understand the price difference over the bridge in AZ vs. CA.

Reg. was $3.30 gal in CA and $2.75 in AZ (although it did jump .04 between Wed. & Thurs.)

I feel violated! :(  :confused  :cry  :stupid  :banghead

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That's just f'n Needles....always the highest anywhere... :beat
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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,8:38 pm Post # 15 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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$125 to fill the boat, $120 to fill the Excursion plus beer :stupid

Do you have the V10 or a stroke in the Excursion?

Gig, KC prob has a 40 gal tank in his Burb  :good

The stroke  :good  with all the HP goodies  :good And as of tonight getting home from The Roadrunner the boat is on dead ass empty :banghead  :stupid  So in the am I will need to make a fuel run. :beat

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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,10:07 pm Post # 16 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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That's just f'n Needles....always the highest anywhere... :beat

the cheapest i saw was $2.63 @ the station up from london bridge in havasu. ya and needles has always sucked for gas prices. my little 4.3 may only go 50 but will run all day on 25 gallons.

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Post Icon Posted: April 16 2006,10:10 pm Post # 17 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
as far as floating when it get hotter i launch out of moabi run up to needles turn on the stereo :beer and float back down.
 saves lots on gas.

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Post Icon Posted: April 17 2006,9:29 am Post # 18 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
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BTW; made a "banzai run" to Vegas last week for the Son's wedding and averaged just under 21 mpg on the 'burb! Not bad considerin' that's better than what I used to get with our '99 Astro van (same run averaged just over 18 mpg). FYI; I used cruise control set at 70 mph in both situations. Says somethin' about the "efficient", gas-savin' V6 compared to the "gas-guzzlin'", pig SUV V8. Drivin' responsibly and smartly, a V8 can be as easy on the gas as a V6! Maybe better! :stupid

Were you towing something???   I have a '98 Astro and the wife gets about 23 around town with no problem. Last time on the road it got 26+ with ease.   :confused
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Post Icon Posted: April 17 2006,10:35 am Post # 19 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Gas Prices SUCK!  

Combine that with an 93 Dually and I'm  :cry  at the pump.
I get 9 Miles per Gallon in that beast.

If my math is correct, I could sell it and almost make payments on something newer in just the amount I save at the pump.   :stupid
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The only positive I see right now is that Diesel Fuel is finally not the most expensive at the pump, Super Unleaded has finally out paced it.

Loaded a $100 into the boat last Saturday, put it back on the trailer nearly empty  :cry , gonna have to wait and see when the next trip is...

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Post Icon Posted: April 17 2006,11:56 am Post # 21 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
Well I made it back with enough fuel for the week I think :rolleyes And Gig ;)  Tuchop is correct I have a 42 gallon gas tank in my Suburban. I think the gas was $2.85. The trip was about 320 miles and I think I used about 25 gallons that puts me around 12 mpg at 75 mph with a Auto, 454 and 4.10's. That seems a bit to good but I need to fill it up to be more accurate but I'm saving the $50 for beer :beer

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Why I love my highway gears and small block... let me count the ways. :D

Gas is 2.70 up at Thornydale and Cortaro as of this morning.  :good  :beat

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Post Icon Posted: April 17 2006,2:31 pm Post # 23 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
I'm thinking of going to a taller tire to take some of the gear out. She's wound pretty tight up around 80-85  :eek  :eek mph

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Post Icon Posted: April 17 2006,3:28 pm Post # 24 see this member send this member a private message  quote this post in reply
"Summer Blend" fuel prices for us Californians always have sucked. :angry ......but now with the prices being what they are we feel it even worse....... :(
Bring back the old Regular and Ethyl grades and forget about all this fancy, schmancy stuff. :D

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Well I made it back with enough fuel for the week I think :rolleyes And Gig ;)  Tuchop is correct I have a 42 gallon gas tank in my Suburban. I think the gas was $2.85. The trip was about 320 miles and I think I used about 25 gallons that puts me around 12 mpg at 75 mph with a Auto, 454 and 4.10's. That seems a bit to good but I need to fill it up to be more accurate but I'm saving the $50 for beer :beer

Never doubted ya AZKC! $3.58 does not seem so very far out of line today as it might have yesterday. My point was that I can't figure out why RAPE committed by an individual is a felony but RAPE by the oil companies is ignored! :angry ....and how so m any people can actually justify the record profits posted by Exxon and others. The price of a barrel of oil goes up, we pay more at the pumps because of it, and the oil companies reap the benefit. Does anyone else see what's wrong with this picture? :stupid

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