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Bookworm
Member
12-18-2001
| Wednesday, July 16, 2008 - 7:47 pm
Hmm, it has gone up here. We are over $4 in Iowa now. Have been hovering in the $3.80s.
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Kaili
Member
08-31-2000
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 6:48 pm
We were at $4.05 two days ago- $3.98 yesterday, and $3.94 today.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 8:12 pm
It's down here, was $4.57 now is $4.49.
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Wargod
Moderator
07-16-2001
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 9:21 pm
I stopped to get gas this afternoon (I was pushing it, my car wasn't registering any gas, lol) and it was $4.49 a gallon. It has dropped a bit but nothing like the 40 some odd cents sis was insisting on.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 18, 2008 - 9:33 pm
Ours dropped another 4 cents on my corner to $4.25.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 9:52 am
Last time I got gas it was $4.45. A few days ago, I saw it was $4.29 and yesterday it was $4.25. (Northern Calif, about 40 min. north of San Fran) I saw that in the east bay (Concord), one gas station was selling it yesterday or the day before for $3.99. It was featured on the news, but I only saw the teaser for it.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 9:58 am
Driving by the gas station, I saw that it has gone down from $4.59 to $4.55. Maybe I should go down to Concord to buy my gas (but I guess the $4 bridge toll would wipe out any savings).
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Tess
Member
04-13-2001
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 6:06 pm
We just spent $600.00 even to drive 4415 miles over 25 days in the midwest, south and Virginia. That's an average of 13.5 cents per mile. Mostly we were able to get gas at around $4.00/gal give or take 2 or 3 cents. The highest we saw was $4.59 but we didn't need gas at that point, thank goodness! We took a lot of back roads which kept the speed down yet there were not many places we had to stop for a light and idle. With the exception of the first day and the last day, we stayed off the big interstates as much as possible. The idea was to be able to see more, the bonus was the better gas mileage.
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 6:10 pm
$4.23 today at the same station! So Cal/Orange County. LOL, Merry, I would think so! I'm very lucky to have quite a choice of stations in a very small area here. No toll bridges. Tess, my dad always favored the "Blue Highways" though we also spent time flying across some areas.
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Jeneane
Member
05-18-2005
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 6:23 pm
Someone may have mentioned this above but DH is looking into a "scooter" Looks pretty good to me. They come much bigger than I thought so they can go faster and on all types of roads but still get really good millage.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 8:06 pm
gas prices are screwing with car prices. They are selling the Honda fit and civic 1000.00 OVER! msrp! we can get the Element for almost same price as Fit but no Elements in stock grrrrrrr I dont want to pay more than the sticker.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Saturday, July 19, 2008 - 9:35 pm
Jeneane - we highly recommend scooters! My DH got one in April, and he's using it almost exclusively. He's only had to fill up twice (he's only 3 miles from work), but the biggest saving is that I've driven his sentra instead of my Jeep. That's 34 MPG instead of 17! Plus - the scooters are cute. 
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 10:53 am
Pamy, Talk about taking advantage!! I know they'll probably say it's good business, but it's terrible for the consumers.
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:48 pm
twig, it is but ppl are paying it so they will keep doing it. We did end up getting a Fit and got a pretty good deal but we have spent the last 3 wks researching and refusing many offers
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 5:54 pm
good for you!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 9:27 pm
Oh! I thought you got the Element. Now I will have to go look up a Fit. I know what an Element looks like. Ah, cool looking car. Price looks pretty good too.
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Merrysea
Moderator
08-13-2004
| Monday, July 21, 2008 - 9:50 pm
My son bought a Fit about a year ago; he got one fully loaded for only $400 over the base price because it was the introductory year.
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Happymom
Member
01-20-2003
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 10:35 am
I saw on tv that in some places people are driving golf carts instead of cars. This scares me. They reported that in some towns golf carts are restricted to streets that are max 35 mph. At the end of the story, they showed a golf cart with kids in it. A business owner or manager or worker at a golf cart store or plant said they sell a lot more golf carts now that are for driving around town instead of to golfers for the golf course. This seems too dangerous to me. A golf cart goes so slowly and there is not protection if there is a crash involving a cart and a car that is going 35 mph (or faster). (or even a lot slower)
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 2:49 pm
We have a golf cart that we use around our neighborhood. Our cart goes around 15 mph. I think it's safer than the atv's the kids drive. I wouldn't drive it to the store or any place like it, though.
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Twiggyish
Member
08-14-2000
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 3:07 pm
Oh and Happymom, I agree they can be dangerous if they aren't driven carefully. I should add that we live on a dirt road and there is very little traffic.
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Teachmichigan
Member
07-22-2001
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 7:06 pm
Hope the new car is a good "fit" for you, Pamy! ****D&R****  
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Pamy
Member
01-02-2002
| Tuesday, July 22, 2008 - 7:23 pm
hheee hee!!!!!
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Seamonkey
Moderator
09-07-2000
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 1:16 pm
Gas was down to $4.17 for regular unleaded at both of my corner stations last night. Hope it keeps going down before I need to refill the tank.
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 6:54 pm
I got it for $4.17 at the cheap place in town this week. Other stations are still around $4.39 for regular.
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Tanzanite
Member
06-28-2005
| Friday, July 25, 2008 - 7:29 pm
Gas in my area has gone down from $3.89/gal. to $3.69/gal. and the news is stating that it has something to do with a company located here called SemGroup. They are some kind of oil company and as I understand the situation, they had high dollar amounts in the market speculating in oil until they ran out of money and are now nearing bancruptcy. In some way this has affected the price of a barrel of crude oil. All I can say is yippe for the consumer! It's time we get a break.
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