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Escapee
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06-15-2004

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 3:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
I am thinking a moped is a great idea, but I am also thinking that helmet hair in my office would be just asking for the teasing treatment. I wish we had public trans here!!!

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 3:24 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i have seen those, cost..how much are they?
do you need a motorcycle license?

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 4:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
They vary, around $5K or so, depending on the model and options. And no, you don't need a license for them. You have to check to be sure you can ride 'em on sidewalks (some cities have made it illegal to do so). But they are allowed around. They easily fit into an elevator (if you work in a high rise), are quite small to stash in a corner of the house or garage, and are really REALLY easy to ride once you get used to 'em. (I was offered the chance to review them when they first came out, and absolutely had a ball flying up and down the hallway in the hotel where they were being demoed here.)

They even come in three colors (black, white, silver) now!!! Some models have a handlebar bag, and others have side cargo carriers.

They are TOTALLY fun to ride, super eco-friendly, pretty darned quick, and such a convo starter!

(I think if you spend about $50/week on gas, you'll pay for the Segway in a year just on gas savings. But that doesn't also count wear and tear, insurance, and so on. Plus, they are green! I really and truly was going to get one, till I quit to go work at McAfee!)

www.segway.com

BTW, looks like there are at least two Segway dealers in Houston. Might be worth checking out.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 4:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
i am not quite at $50 a week (thank god!!)
i actually have riden one a couple years ago. they are cool!
can you ride them on the street? there aren't sidewalks my whole way to work.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 4:57 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Annie, I dunno. I'd go check 'em out at a dealer. They will be able to give you better pricing (as that $5K was a couple of years ago). And they'll also know the laws surrounding 'em in your city.

Even if you aren't at $50/week for gas (yet), I'd think it's still worth it for a commuter vehicle. Anything electric is gonna be more eco-friendly than anything not. Even an electric scooter or golf cart would be better. (Heck, my dad rides one of those handicapped scooters all over his property. You could even get one of them! <grin>)

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Thursday, May 08, 2008 - 5:38 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
When I lived in Miami, I lived ten miles from work. Some days it would take me one hour to go those ten miles. There was a woman on a moped who whizzed by me every day. I hated her guts.

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 1:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
I had to get gas yesterday, decided since the kids only have a couple days of school left and I have no plans after that I was only putting in $25. Close to half a tank, should last a while. Remembered today Darren's going out of town Saturday and taking my car so he'll have to fill it up...ick.

We drove by the gas station today, it's $4.41 a gallon. I didn't even pay attention to the price yesterday, other than noticing $25 got me less gas than it did a couple weeks ago. $4.41. Me and the kids will be staying home a lot this summer.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 3:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
boy War I should consider myself lucky that gas in Boston is about $3.91 a gallon

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 7:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Um I guess I shouldn't mention that gas dropped to $3.62 yesterday? Tho I think regular unleaded is $3.75. We get 10% Ethanol. And with all the flooding here in Iowa the prices are going to soar again.

Don't think it's fair to think our prices are lower so we should be happy and not whine. The cost of living is a bit cheaper in Iowa and the wages are alot lower. If hubby would have accepted the promotion and transferred to San Diego he'd make a heck of alot more $$$ [before the raise for the promotion] but we'd probably be about the same off in comparison with the wage increase vs. the cost of things there. The promotion would have put us better off money wise but we'd rather not live in San Diego. Didn't care for it there.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 7:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I take offense, Serate. San Diego is a lovely place to live (it's why we call it paradise).

Gas here is up over $4.40 I think. I dunno. I filled up over the Memorial Day weekend and still have a full tank of gas! One advantage of "commuting" to a Bay Area company? They pay! <grin> (Well, OK, they pay the airfare!)

Wargod
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07-16-2001

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 7:34 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Wargod a private message Print Post    
San Diego is a beautiful city. I love vacationing there, wouldn't want to live there though, way too big for me.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Wasn't trying to offend you Costacat. Or anybody else who lives there. I just didn't like it there. I wasn't looking at it in eyes to vacation there so maybe I would have thought differently. But having one trip to make the decision, I had to only look at it in eyes of do I want to live here. And I didn't.



Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 7:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Gas is about 3.99 in my area. You'd think with major ports in Florida that we would get a break. Yikes!

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
Gas in my hometown in Western New York today lists a low of $4.09 to a high of $4.23. This range is within a 5 mile radius.

Escapee
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06-15-2004

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 8:09 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Escapee a private message Print Post    
Gas needs to drop at least 2.00 per gallon. This is insane!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Friday, June 06, 2008 - 9:41 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Serate, maybe you were looking in the wrong neighborhoods. We're quite diverse. I wouldn't move from my neighborhood if you paid me, and most people I know have lived here as long as I have (20 years) or longer.

Twigs, location doesn't mean diddly. I mean, heck, less than a couple hundred miles up the road are some major refineries. You'd think gas here in So Cal would be cheaper since, well, since they don't have to ship it or truck it across country. But oh, no! We don't get a break at all.

I just checked the "gas buddy" on our local news station's web site, and regular unleaded gas in my neighborhood runs from $4.21 to $4.77.

Some trivia for you from that same site:

Local Price Snapshot
Today 4.402
Yesterday 4.375
One Week Ago 4.198
One Month Ago 3.899
One Year Ago 3.249

So, up over a dollar from a year ago, and up over 20 cents from a week ago. Niiiice!

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 2:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
I used to live in San Diego and it is great!

Happily, I've seen more people walking and biking lately!

Gas is not going to drop. So, one idea is to fill up more often if you still have to drive. Today's gas will be cheaper than the price next week. I used to let it get to 1/4 of the tank, but no more, if I'm near Costco and there isn't a long line, I stop and get gas.

There are two cheaper (not cheaper than Costco though) gas stations around the corner in my neighborhood. Interestingly, the regular price is lower than the gas stations near the nearby highway (as always), but the price for premium is $4.99 and the ones near the highway for premium are only charging $4.51 for premium.

Pamy
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01-02-2002

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 5:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Pamy a private message Print Post    
if we really could get ppl to just use one company's gas the others would HAVE to lower prices. I know there is an email about it but not enough have ever done it to make a difference

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 7:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Our local Shell Station had gas at 3.93 tonight. The station just a few hundred yards away was 3.98 a gallon! Guess which one we went to? I asked my husband to check the pump before he filled up to make sure the price was listed correctly. It's crazy.

Serate
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08-21-2001

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 8:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Serate a private message Print Post    
Costa, we didn't even get around to looking for a place to live so it wasn't the neighborhood. It was where his job was located, the drive he would have to make to/from work, the cost of homes, etc. We MIGHT be able to find a small one bedroom apt for the house payment we are making now. Like I said before I wasn't trying to offend you or anybody who lives/lived there. It's just not our cup of tea compared to what we are used to. Oh and the thought of earthquakes terrify me. And the water. *L*

WalMart in our town keeps the gas prices lower. Other stations will raise theirs, WalMart doesn't. So then the other stations lower theirs.

Oldtex
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03-06-2006

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 9:51 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Oldtex a private message Print Post    
I experienced a way to save gas just a couple of hours ago.

If your spouse calls you on the phone and sweetly says "Honey, I need help", and he is 45 minutes drive time away from your location, tell him he is going to have to sleep in his car for the night!

He had taken one of his classic cars he is trying to sell, to a care meet. Discovered a tail light was out so stopped by auto supply, unlocked trunk to check it out and locked is keys in the trunk! This care does not have back seats that fold down. AAARRRGGG. Of course spare keys are here at the house with me. The nerve, he asked me to bring him the spare keys, at night, travel the interstate 45 minutes and exit into a "not so safe a part of some town at night" to some auto supply parking lot.

Needless to say, he is now sound asleep in our bed. But tomorrow will be payback.

Back to the point of saving gas...his gas hog classic car plus my extra driving (two 45 min. trips) did not save us any gas today! Hope he learned a lesson. Probably not.

Supergranny
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02-03-2005

Saturday, June 07, 2008 - 11:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Supergranny a private message Print Post    
I took the bus to Olympia and back...around 150 miles round trip. Grays Harbor Transit charges $1 for seniors. My trip cost $2 and I had a great time. I feel so empowered!! I can go to Joanne Fabrics now anytime I want...DH can't complain about using all that gas.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 2:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Our paper the other day said that a lot of people are just filling part of their tanks (needing to wait till payday). Then getting stranded, not always able to get to the side of the road, when they run out of gas. Waiting for AAA to bring them some gas.

I kind of think that having AAA deliver gas would cost a bunch more than stopping at the station. Better to plan upfront when heading out. Just a thought.

Biscottiii
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05-29-2004

Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 2:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Biscottiii a private message Print Post    
Oldtex, maybe NEXT time DH takes a road trip you could sweetly ask if he's got his bedroll in the vehicle. When I used to drive a lot more, I never left home without a bedroll in the trunk. Friends didn't mind if the party got too hardy, they could find me sleeping on their living room floor.

Actually, come to think of it, I've got a couple of them plastic shrinked wrapped to keep out moisture, in my little truck just in case of earthquakes.

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Sunday, June 08, 2008 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
But Bisc, the bedroll wouldn't do him much good if it was locked in the trunk with his keys.