Price of gas

[NitroRider]

Well the price of gas make the price of nitro go up as well? If I am thinking right it takes oil to make nitro as well?

 

[nitromaxx3.3]

i think so. cause these motors are 2stroke

 

[frickenjoey]

Price of gas and diesel affects the price of everything. If it cost more to get your fuel to you at the hobby shop...that price increase gets passed on to you.....sucks I know. I made fun of the tiny cars here in Japan when I first got here...I bought a Skyline....now those 40 MPG cars look pretty sexy.

 

[traxxas t-maxx]

I'm thinking about making some when my motor goes bad, I mean what else can happen so my motor goes way bad.

 

[nitromaxx3.3]

lucky bastard owns a skyline

 

[TWOCANE]

I payed 25 and change for a gallon a week ago. It went up 3 dollars.

 

[Bad Maxx]

Well the price of gas make the price of nitro go up as well? If I am thinking right it takes oil to make nitro as well?

Well yes and no. No nitro is not a petroleum product it is made from wood.
Alcohol (not the kind you drink!) is where the methane/methanol/Nitro-Methane come from. The lubricant i.e. oil is synthetic or mineral oil.
Ooops almost forgot the yes part! But transportation costs mainly will really raise havoc with all of our goods very soon.
I just watched a demonstration, a guy filled his car with gasoline $35 then a trucker filled her truck with diesel $1258.00 yes they have huge tanks but think of it this way, a truck has to pay for itself and a livable wage for the driver. How long do you think it will take to burn up that fuel @ 7 or 8 MPG ??

 

[h8z2luze]

I pay about 36 a gallon for my trinity monster fuel lol probably getting ripped off but oh well supporting my lhs

 

[savagefan04]

bad maxx hit it on the head. its not so much the production cost thats gone up, its the delivery of the item. case in point; on mothers day i ordered flowers for my wife and the 'delivery' charge was $4.50. yesterday i placed an order for the same flowers and the 'delivery' charge was $7.50. they hit hit with a fuel charge of 3 bucks!!

 

[Mattyfats420]

i havent seen shipping go up on any of the places i order my parts and or fuel from. and the price of nitro fuel hasnt gone up either from where i order from

 

[marauder]

Gas prices need to go up to get a lot of these mindless soccer moms and teenagers off the streets during peak traffic hours. I'd pay $10-20/gallon if it meant that I didn't have road raged idiots cutting me off everywhere I go because they aren't paying attention to what they are doing and almost missed their exit.

All I can say is that it sure beats walking. I also would like to see it easier for the motorcycles to share the road, I'd love to ride to work but I fear sally soccermom's 5 lane swerve to hit her exit taking me out in the process. 50+ MPG with somewhat better acceleration than my car sure sounds good.

I paid ~$4.60/gallon the other day for 93 Octane. I always run Shell V-Power in my car because it needs good gas due to the supercharger. I probably get 14-16mpg in the city, and I only drive in traffic most of the time.

Gas prices don't really bother me because I'm nowhere near spending the amount of income that I make. Har lessons learned, but some people need to learn to quit living outside of their means.

 

[Bad Maxx]

Gas prices need to go up to get a lot of these mindless soccer moms and teenagers off the streets during peak traffic hours. I'd pay $10-20/gallon if it meant that I didn't have road raged idiots cutting me off everywhere I go because they aren't paying attention to what they are doing and almost missed their exit.

All I can say is that it sure beats walking. I also would like to see it easier for the motorcycles to share the road, I'd love to ride to work but I fear sally soccermom's 5 lane swerve to hit her exit taking me out in the process. 50+ MPG with somewhat better acceleration than my car sure sounds good.

I paid ~$4.60/gallon the other day for 93 Octane. I always run Shell V-Power in my car because it needs good gas due to the supercharger. I probably get 14-16mpg in the city, and I only drive in traffic most of the time.

Gas prices don't really bother me because I'm nowhere near spending the amount of income that I make. Har lessons learned, but some people need to learn to quit living outside of their means.

Wow, pretty harsh reply really...
You may indeed have a great paying job, and be able to pay your bills with ease, don't know you myself. But let's, for argument's sake, say you have got money to burn.:breakdown
This may make it really easy for you to fill 'er up and not literally cringe. I however cannot. My Van is a Handi-Cap Accessible gas-guzzler. I don't have any choice about that..Has a Big tank on it, holds 30 Gallons, this winter it cost me about $80 to fill it up. Filled it today after a trip to United Hospital and it cost me just over $115
that is $35 more in less than 6 months to fill 'er up!:constipat I use about 2 tanks a month. I on the other hand did not get a $70 per month raise, or any raise for that matter. So higher gas prices, higher food prices, and higher price of goods in general, have drastically changed what I can do and when I can do them.
Ok that is my sob story.

Here is a better one.. Go back and read post 580790 if you have not yet. Now tell me who is going to be able to afford to subsidize the cost of fuel for Truckers across the nation when diesel hits the $6 or $7 mark. I know several long-haul truck drivers.... One says when diesel hits $6.50 a gallon they are done (his company he works for) he hauls milk from a central creamery to Land 'O Lakes. So if you want butter, cheese, milk, or products that use any of these ingredients we better all hope for a change. And don't give me I can afford it, when the rest of the country ain't workin' you won't be getting much even if you have money:yes:

 

[h8z2luze]

Its pretty damn close to that here... $5.01 for deisel.

 

[TWOCANE]

4.00 bucks in NH for 93, I sure am glad I sold my turbo talon TSI. But now I have a surburban.

 

[marauder]

3.00 bucks in NH for 93, I sure am glad I sold my turbo talon TSI. But now I have a surburban.

Yeah?! I had a DSM too, 92 Laser RS AWD. It was a gas eater too, but had a pte 60 trim turbo on ~28psi. Fast, but dangerous. Never ran it on the dyno because there aren't any awd dyno near me, but we guessed around 450hp. Ran mid-low 11's at around 120mph trap so I feel ya there.

All my money went into repairs on that car...that thing never went a week without $200+ in upkeep. I decided it was time to sell when I broke a tie-rod end at 45mph.

Even though it was a piece of crap 70% of the time, It still put a smile on my face when it would pin me in my seat under acceleration...only other car I've had that came close was a 72' Olds Cutlass.

*Show and tell* :yes:
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/8606/1000674uj1.jpg

 

[Bad Maxx]

3.00 bucks in NH for 93, I sure am glad I sold my turbo talon TSI. But now I have a surburban.

Always wanted one of those!
$3.00 for 93 ???
We are at $3.87 for 87 in WI and even in Minneapolis it is $3.85
93 is around $4.00 $4.05 and higher!
Man that is a big difference!

 

[Rolex]

I'm sure he must mean $4. It's just hard to type that number when your talking about ONLY one gallon.
It's $3.79 for regular here.
I'd move to NH if it was $3, but it would cost too much in gas to get there.

 

[robmob]

4.15 for regular at Chevron where I go.

I carry a bottle of KY with me to lube the opening to my fuel tank for easy insertion.

 

[Rolex]

I carry a bottle of KY with me to lube the opening to my fuel tank for easy insertion.

Trust me, it helps...

 

[flandersander]

its only 1.28 here






































































per litre that is.