Cost of driving

[harborman]

Just heard gas will hit $4.95/gal here in the Mid-west by May. Now it is $3.39 for regular. At least my 86 seems to run fine on the 87 octane. I was burning 93 when I got the car but see no difference. My best MPG with the car on the hi-way is about 20.

[andedav]

I pay $0.61c/gallon, $19 to fill my X5 from total empty, this would be great except for the other s*** i have to put up with here.

[riber.bentsen]

Shut up and praise the fact that you don't live in Europe.

Freakin' $8.50/gal...

[harborman]

Originally Posted by riber.bentsen

Shut up and praise the fact that you don't live in Europe.

Freakin' $8.50/gal...

Us Americans have been use to low gas prices for a long time. We have plenty of it here and all sorts of natural gas and coal. It is time we drive more efficient cars, however. I don't understand why the big auto makers keep making Mustangs and Cameros with 500 and 600 Hp motors. I see VW has a car getting 50 mpg, a drive range of 550 miles! I guess Porsche was not doing too bad in 1986 with the 928 getting 20 mpg. I guess the market here will dictate what cars we buy in the future. I don't think electric cars are the answer yet, but very effecient gas and deisel is the way to go for now until a better fuel is developed.

[andedav]

Diesel engines running on your wife's old cooking oil does it for me. Mr Diesel invented his engines to run on crap hydrocarbons, no difference.

[SanDiego928]

The raising of fuel here in the US to 5 dollars a gallon in the mid west means 5.75 here in Calif. This will cause an undesired effect in our economy.

I use a nice mix of 2 motorcycles, one truck and one 928 during the week. I average about 30 miles to a gallon during the week.

Most people don't have the choices I have. Add in the cost of maintenance/ insurance on all 4 and..... I don't want to think about it right now......

But I sure am having a blast.........

[uncle_scott]

I just suck it up and pay. I can either complain about it and not drive the Porsche, or fill the nearly 20 gallon tank (ouch) and have a smile on my face every time I put the key in the ignition. It is the price you pay to drive what you want. We could all go out and buy Geo Metros that average 40mpg, but that just doesn't do it for me...

I personally think $5.00 a gallon gas is needed in this country to turn our crazy land use development decisions around. For too long we have been building in a "drive until you qualify" mode that pushes development to the urban fringe where land is relativey cheap. This ultimately has the effect of incraesing infrastructure costs, and strain on small suburban communitie who have builot budgets around booming land development, and who are now struggling to pay for what has been built due to the bust in new housing starts, and subsequently the drop in impact fee collections.

Perhaps that is just the Urban Planner in me, but I look forward to high gas costs. Fewer drivers, and hopefully a push towards more transit options and infill development. Our grandchildren will thank us when we were forced to keep a few acres of open space which will eventually be necessary to feed ourselves off of...

[palaur]

HM, do not understand the complaining, coming from one of the countries that prod oil and gas in Europe and guess what we pay per liter of petrol: 2.60 usd per liter, know that there are approximately 3.7 l to get 1 gallon . I pay 9.6 usd for 1 gallon,

[rjm65]

Interesting take on the current increase:



Why Are Gas Prices Going Up? | WSAV TV

[harborman]

Originally Posted by SanDiego928

The raising of fuel here in the US to 5 dollars a gallon in the mid west means 5.75 here in Calif. This will cause an undesired effect in our economy.

I use a nice mix of 2 motorcycles, one truck and one 928 during the week. I average about 30 miles to a gallon during the week.

Most people don't have the choices I have. Add in the cost of maintenance/ insurance on all 4 and..... I don't want to think about it right now......

But I sure am having a blast.........

Yes, they say California gas will be up there. I don't drive that much so I can to some extent control the cost. The economy will suffer here and it will effect other countries. I have three vehicles and one driver. I recently sold my Harley, it got about 49 mpg. Very limited use here.

[Danglerb]

General public is "touchy" about gas prices, but I would be happy to see gas taxes doubled (as long as the overall tax rate isn't increased, ie something else lowered).

As it is now nobody in any place of power has much interest in lowering oil profits, and we are clearly getting screwed top to bottom in the process.

OTOH I WISH gas was the major expense on my 928s.

[19psi]

Who is "THEY" this time?

At any given moment some group is predicting $5.00 a gallon.

[Danglerb]

This is why I stay out of off topic, too much repeating of what somebody else has said, too little seeking out raw information.

[davetr]

hel lets just revolt and start shooting, im ready

[davetr]

anything more tan 50 cents a gal is screwing us big time , we have been getting screwed for far to long

[Stoolie]

Originally Posted by palaur

HM, do not understand what you're complaining about, coming from one of the countries that take up the most oil and gas in the Europe and guess what we pay per liter of petrol: 2.60 usd per liter, know that there are approximately 3.7 l to get 1 gallon . I pay 9.6 usd for 1 gallon,

Ok - I think I've got all the conversion rates worked out...

Our current price is between NZ$2.09 and NZ$2.20 a litre, which I think comes in at around US$10 gallon??? (Either way, pretty close to the Norway figures for a similar sized country)

Of course, most of the cost is made up of government levies rather than the raw per barrel cost translation.

[924CarreraGTP]

Originally Posted by davetr

hel lets just revolt and start shooting, im ready

Sadly I'm afraid that's all thats going to change it buddy. When a government is founded on radical revolution, that is all that will fix it. Our founding fathers knew this and it's in our Declaration of Independence.

[Smokin' Joe]

Originally Posted by Stoolie

...Of course, most of the cost is made up of government levies rather than the raw per barrel cost translation.

This is true. Oil is a global commodity that is bought and sold on the open market. If you exclude the OPEC countries where oil is the main source of income and therefore very cheap, most places pay about the same for the oil part when they fill their tank. The difference in price is how much the government takes in the form of tax for allowing the company to sell their product.

[Pete R]

Gas prices are irrelevant to 928's. They are old "emotionally" driven automobiles. They aren't the family car that's needed anymore. So sell em and buy a Prius if it bothers you all that much.

[Stoolie]

I take pride in the fact that on the day I bought my 5l V8 supercar (in the middle of a mini fuel crisis) prices had peaked at $2.40/l as I filled up - and after 4 years they are slowly creeping back that way.