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limpalong

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Don't kid yourself. It will be a huge struggle for this economy if it goes to $5. If you have any doubt, you should step out of your bubble once in awhile.

 

Food and water are the essentials that EVERYONE needs. What does it take to get those things to each and every person? Fuel, period.

 

What will I do? Drive even less. The only cars that pass my house lately are people leaving at 4am to go to work and a few county workers driving around. There used to be $80K set ups of pickups with boats in summer, and pickups with fish houses in winter that drove by here every few minutes to get to the lakes. There used to be groups of snowmobilers that would come by that I swear had 12K stuck in their sleds. It just isn't happening anymore.

 

 

It definitely effects everything from your ride to work to how much groceries will cost. Tires have continually been going up since 07/08 based on oil & rubber shortage. At least that was the story.

 

I know this, the regulations that have been & are in place would not have allowed this country to be built. Those same regulations are what strangle us now & will continue to do so until the people demand a change.

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RobDarden Enthusiast

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That's a good question, and something to think about. I don't think $5 per gallon will affect how much or what I drive. If needed to I would cut back elsewhere. I don't know how much fuel would have to cost for me to purchase an economy car. I just do not like driving a small vehicle unless it is a sports/muscle/pony car.

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It has more of an effect on how I drive then how much/what I drive. I am already paying about 4.82$ a gallon anyway while I am close to home and 5.10 when for the truck when I drive out of town to go snowmobiling, then about 5.50 a gallon for my sled's gas! Higher prices will not effect my driving.

Daryl LBZ Senior Enthusiast

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I have an 18 Mile Round Trip to work so theres no way Im selling my truck. If we go somewhere long we take her Cruze anyhow. I still might get a cheap car to drive on trips when we do go somewhere just to keep miles off of the Cruze since she has a decent size drive to work.

becker87 Senior Enthusiast

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I only fill up about once every two weeks, but I have been entertaining the idea of getting a motorcycle to drive to work.

latreille89 Enthusiast

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You can set my truck on fire and roll it down a hill, but I still wouldn't trade it for a ....

 

 

Pickup man eh.

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Prokopchuk_9 Senior Enthusiast

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Speculators make this claim all the time. I'll deal with it. I bought the truck last year knowing $5/gal gas could be a reality. Canada already pays somewhere around $5/gallon and they've managed to survive.

 

alberta its about 99.9 a liter not sure what that converts to but that is cheap compared to the rest of canada

 

 

Lol...I remember when it came down a bit then. This morning when I filled up my work truck to head to work the fuel was $1.25/L...1.35 for supreme..it's been $1.40 down home out east now for awhile. Weve been paying $5 gallon gas for along time already. Americans better prepare cuz it's only gonna get more expensive for them too...I work in the actual place where 1.7million barrells of oil a day are produced and I STILL pay 1.25 LOL

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