Thread: I need gas, Oh SHlT!

@ 4.37/gal for 94 octane on 18 gallon tank it's already $78.66 to fill up I'm quite sure it's already more than that in other parts of the country. It costs $60 to fill up a civic let alone a grand prix lol......

Originally Posted by TLSheff

OMG how dry to you let yours get? I put in 14g when its on the line for E, usually when it starts to get close its at 12g and I fill up because lower fuel means more chance of the strainer getting clogged or the pump sucking up gunk and messing up quicker... I just filled up and it was just under $60 with me buying a drink too

I usually fill it up and drive it till I have a gallon or two left. I know it's not good for the pump but I don't really worry about it. Car hasn't given me 1 trouble since I bought it. I honestly don't fill it up often either because I don't drive it but a couple times a week. Tank lasts me a pretty long time, usually drive it to see the in laws with the wife. It's highway mileage, I got 30.4 mpg on a 4 hr trip I did recently, runs good on 94 octane, never even seen .1* knock.

Usually it's the people that have to drive everyday in city + traffic that are complaining about gas costs in these cars. That and the people that are constantly downshifting their transmissons to hear the blower

Originally Posted by TLSheff

I fall under both of those but I still don't complain... its my DD, I put 200 miles a week on her. That's why I got a GTP with low miles, i just hit 90,015 miles when I pulled into work this morning. btw thats a 99 with 90k

1998 GTP 88k here last time I put gas in my car I actually put $40.00 in and it got me 9.2 gallons. As I filled up I was watching other people filling their cars/trucks up and they all had disgusted looks on their faces. Face it people the oil companies have the consumer by the balls. Nothing we can say or do about it either. It's as simple as budgeting your monthly gas costs into your budgets. When I graduated high school it was $0.95 per gallon I could fill my 900rr up for less than 4 bucks. I do miss those days but we still have my wifes honda that gets 37+mpg probably will have it for a while because of this reason. I hate driving it because it's slow as sin but it does drive nice and when you get 130+ miles before you come off full we'd be stupid to sell it.......