Gas!

[BuffaloSabresBrewer]

Welll in defense of the scooter riding...
Absolute minimum insurance coverage for my car was over $1200 a year. Full coverage for the scooter with a tiny deductible $250 for the year. Pretty decent savings there already. The money I have been saving in gas every week pays for my insignificant monthly payment on the scooter. Im not saying everyone should sell there vehicles and buy scooters obviously. The same mode of transportation is not going to be the same for everyone.

 

[janzik]

You make a very valid point. If you read up on hypermiling, that's one of the things they do to save fuel. As long as you stay in the left lane and stay at the minimum posted speed on the freeway it's totally legal. (You'll probably get honked at and flipped off all day long, but at least your saving gas).

-1 on you and your hypermiling douchery (ok, maybe not you ). If some jack off is doing 45 mph on the left lane on the Parkway, he's going to have half my brush guard in his trunk... but I digress. Hypermiling is just the cool new hip word that means conservative driving. Slow down naturally to a stop light (try not to use your brakes), don't peel off the line, etc.

In NJ (or at least the parts I've been in), there is rarely (if any) minimum posted speed limit. People driving too slow, especially in the left lane, are going to cause just as many problems as those who speed. We could all probably use to slow down a little bit, but there was a story on tv about a hypermiler saying "If the speed limit is 45, who says I need to go 45, I'll go 25!". That guy deserves a brush guard in his trunk...

 

[beerthirty]

4.15 a gallon for unleaded. 42 dollars for 3/4 tank in a chevy cobalt!!

 

[McKBrew]

-1 on you and your hypermiling douchery (ok, maybe not you ). If some jack off is doing 45 mph on the left lane on the Parkway, he's going to have half my brush guard in his trunk... but I digress. Hypermiling is just the cool new hip word that means conservative driving. Slow down naturally to a stop light (try not to use your brakes), don't peel off the line, etc.

In NJ (or at least the parts I've been in), there is rarely (if any) minimum posted speed limit. People driving too slow, especially in the left lane, are going to cause just as many problems as those who speed. We could all probably use to slow down a little bit, but there was a story on tv about a hypermiler saying "If the speed limit is 45, who says I need to go 45, I'll go 25!". That guy deserves a brush guard in his trunk...

I will go back and correct my post to read minimum legal speed in the right lane. You are absolutely right that someone should not be slowing down the left lane, even to the speed limit. But if people want to go the speed limit in the Right lane we can go around them. I think I was drunk when I said left lane.

EDIT: Disregard, because I can't find that particular post.

 

[Cregar]

I paid $4.17 on friday :-(

This is really stating to suck!!!

 

[Arneba28]

$4.29 today, Then I drove 5 miles down the same road and it was $4.18 wtf!!!

 

[janzik]

I will go back and correct my post to read minimum legal speed in the right lane. You are absolutely right that someone should not be slowing down the left lane, even to the speed limit. But if people want to go the speed limit in the Right lane we can go around them. I think I was drunk when I said left lane.

EDIT: Disregard, because I can't find that particular post.

I've got np with the speed limit and those who follow it. I know I'd get better MPG if I went 55 instead of 65 and 65 instead of 75.

 

[Joe C]

Haha, come to CT, Regular gas is upwards of 4.50 a gallon.

 

[user 574]

A good read from Chevron CEO and Wolfie Blitzer.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/chevron.blitzer/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

Environmentalists who say no to expanding US based drilling (including ocean areas near the US) are hyprocites IMO as they only care about "There Own Backyard". Shouldn't an environmentalist care about everyone's yard?

 

[boo boo]

142.9 a liter and it is expected to go up by 5 cents tonight here in Gods country.

Good news ( if you can believe it) is that according to what an employee of Chevron
told me today that prices will plummet later in the year. But that don't help us now.

 

[njnear76]

I've got np with the speed limit and those who follow it. I know I'd get better MPG if I went 55 instead of 65 and 65 instead of 75.

Conservative driving will help you save lots of gas, and most likely can prevent car accidents. Hypermiling on the other hand seems dangerous.

Following these conservative driving tips I get +8mpg in my mazda 3:

• Don't tailgate.
• Accelerate slowly.
• Obey the speed limits.
• Change your driving habits so that you rarely use the brakes.
• Take advantage of hills when going downhill.
• Pay attention to driving conditions. Take the foot off the gas when you notice traffic slowing down.

Of course I stick to the right lanes on the highway and let those who want to waste gas go ahead. Often I will pass the speeders several minutes later when traffic slows to a crawl.

 

[BlindLemonLars]

A good read from Chevron CEO and Wolfie Blitzer.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/06/18/chevron.blitzer/index.html#cnnSTCOther1

Well gosh, I guess we should believe it...after all, the CEO of Chevron wouldn't be biased would he?