Just filled up gas for $80 bucks lawl wtf

Red__Zed · 04-20-2011, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by YamahaR6

Canada export oil to US.
Canada Gas $ > US Gas $
Can someone explain this to me?

taxes and subsidies.

b1adesofcha0s · 04-20-2011, 10:10 AM

My fill-ups haven't reached that level yet, but I usually fill up when I have a 1/4 tank left. Currently hovering in the $60 range @ $3.89/gal.

BTW, I used to live in Flushing like 8 yrs ago

wdkwang · 04-20-2011, 10:10 AM

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Originally Posted by delusional

lol i go to the same gas station. surprise i havent seen you there yet

i've been filling up at the utopia/horace harding gas stations for the past 5 or so years, but was in the integra until february

FastPaced · 04-20-2011, 10:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegitto-kun

lol whiners.

you think thats bad.

yesterday I filled her up was just over 101 euro = 146.534 dollars

146 DOLLARS PEOPLE

and you guys complain.

I have to tank weekly.

How many miles do you drive a week?

Mt Tam I am · 04-20-2011, 11:04 AM

I told two former Z guys I was getting 11.7 MPG and they looked shocked and said what's wrong with my car. Nothing is wrong. I enjoyed every mile. The worst time in my Z was during break in, I got 16+-17.4 MPG. That was awful and no fun whatever.

A seventeen year old told my friend who was complaining about sports car mileage, said "Then buy a Prius."

jaxxx · 04-20-2011, 11:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Chan Chee Hoe

Your Government already very kind,come to Singapore,you will know what i mean.!Your cars,fuel,road taxes & maybe car parking is almost the CHEAPEST around the world....!

shut up, you dont know how it is living here and how much taxes i pay, all you see are prices

Lug · 04-20-2011, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jordo!

Huh?

http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05525sp.pdf

HowStuffWorks "Gas Price Breakdown"

Unless you are referring to taxes or regulations that result in ethanol additives, I don't follow...

An angry letter to Opec or to Exxon et al might be more in order.

Also, I'd really like it if my tax money would stop paying for oil company subsidies considering they collectively are turning record profits.

The government is making more profit per gallon than Exxon is (taxes are higher than profits). Exxon at least makes the gasoline. The government just taxes you on the money you spend (that they already taxed when you earned it). I for one don't mind Exxon making a profit on their product....it's how they stay in business. Their profit margin isn't anything unusual compared to other industry, either. As far as Opec, they are making big profits, but the price is set far more by Wall Street than them. They can jump prices by squeezing supply, but that's not the problem at the moment. Speculation of future oil availability is what's driving it through the roof.

Armonster · 04-20-2011, 11:54 AM

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Originally Posted by jaxxx

shut up, you dont know how it is living here and how much taxes i pay, all you see are prices

Pretty sure people in Singapore pay WAY more to their government than you do, buddy. Especially when it comes to the expenses associated with cars. But way to go telling someone to "shut up" and following that up with a delightfully ignorant statement.

tjlazer · 04-20-2011, 11:55 AM

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Originally Posted by Vegitto-kun

lol whiners.

you think thats bad.

yesterday I filled her up was just over 101 euro = 146.534 dollars

146 DOLLARS PEOPLE

and you guys complain.

I have to tank weekly.

Well be glad YOU are not paying $146 USD. You paid $101.

I remember when the Euro and USD were the same. Not the case anymore...

Ghost · 04-20-2011, 12:13 PM

You can thank the speculators for that.

I got a story for you guys. I was at the pump filling up, a middle age man walked up to the pump next to where I was and started cursing out loud after looking at the prices, "these FCUKING speculators, FCUKKK, FCUUUKKKK"

Man was he angry...

SoCal 370Z · 04-20-2011, 12:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Ghost

You can thank the speculators for that.

I got a story for you guys. I was at the pump filling up, a middle age man walked up to the pump next to where I was and started cursing out loud after looking at the prices, "these FCUKING speculators, FCUKKK, FCUUUKKKK"

Man was he angry...

Was it this guy?

b1adesofcha0s · 04-20-2011, 12:20 PM

I work at a gas station and its pretty annoying when people think we somehow get gas for free and we make 100% profit on it and raise the prices for fun. There are also some in that group who think we have a magic key that lets the pumps flow freely. I want to

when I talk to them, but I also have the urge to

Ghost · 04-20-2011, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by SoCal 370Z

Was it this guy?

LMAO

But even when expressing his dissatisfaction, that guy in video is rather calm about it and he's spot on for cursing at those bankers and such.

wdkwang · 04-20-2011, 12:44 PM

lol "f000ckk off"

DJ-of-E · 04-20-2011, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by b1adesofcha0s

I work at a gas station and its pretty annoying when people think we somehow get gas for free and we make 100% profit on it and raise the prices for fun. There are also some in that group who think we have a magic key that lets the pumps flow freely. I want to

when I talk to them, but I also have the urge to

I've use to work for an accounting firm that did taxes for these gas station owners. Depending on the franchise, gas station owners actually get reaped of much profit since a lot of them are using LIFO accounting rules to calculate taxes for their business.

It's pretty sad that they make more money off the car washing and vacuum pumps by cost/profit ratio than gasoline...and they make literally pennies when gas prices go up, hence some cost 10 cents per gallon more than others due to rent costs.

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