Curise Control does wonders as well..........
Use it more often and then see what the increase is.....


ITS WAY BETTER THEN THE FOOT.......

 

i recently went up to chicago with my dad and gas there was actually cheaper then bloomington, ill

chicago 2.52

my town (bloomington) 2.59

last week it was only 2.19 just doesn't make sense

 

I feel all of your pain... I just filled up last wednesday at 2.48 and yesterday the same station was 2.71. It usually goes up on the weekends around here. (Yea tourists!!!) The fact that NASCAR was here this weekend probably did help though. We filled our Dodge Ram up yesterday and it cost $75 bucks. Lucikly that tank will last us for about 2 weeks though...

 

My friend is not given to hysterical predictions. That's why I was so surprised when, in the middle of a recent meeting here at Edmunds.com, he laid out an alarming scenario.

We are now at the "floor" of gas prices, he said. In other words, gas costs will be rising from here on in. How steeply gas prices will climb is unknown, and the rise will be out of the control of the most powerful forces in the world, including the U.S. government. (If you want a scary prediction of oil shortages, watch the documentary film, The End of Suburbia.

Foreign automakers clearly believe that rising fuel costs will drive consumers to buy much smaller, more fuel-efficient cars. Honda, Nissan and Toyota are all introducing subcompacts that get 30-plus miles per gallon of gas. Are our domestics among those jockeying for position in a competitive landscape?

Well, here's what my friend had to say: "People talk about tough times for the domestics — they haven't seen anything yet. These market conditions (rising gas prices and stiffer foreign competition) are gathering like a 'perfect storm,' and it will hit them smack in the back of the head."

Some of you might be quick to point out that Chevrolet offers the tiny Aveo, which is actually a rebadged Daewoo. It has, in fact, been a strong seller. But will it compete favorably against the more imaginative, more efficient small-car invasion from Japan?

Leading the charge is the Honda Fit five-door. Available in Japan and Europe for several years, the Fit has a spunky 109-horsepower engine and gets up to 39 mpg with a stick shift. The Fit starts at $14,400, putting it in the "econobox" category. But there is so much fun designed into this car that it definitely isn't a penalty box. The seats fold into different configurations, and side and head curtain airbags are standard. Plus, the Fit's got a cool interior and handles like a sports car.

Toyota has already positioned itself well in the small-car market with the Scion xA and xB, two fuel-efficient, inexpensive and trendy little cars. If that's not enough, it will soon offer the pint-size Yaris. Nissan will follow with its Versa. And there's also the capable Kia Rio hatchback. What will Detroit introduce to compete? Possibly the 2007 Dodge Caliber[b], selling for about $14,000 and capable of 32 mpg on the highway? Not a bad car — but as a replacement for the lackluster Neon, we may be asking, "Where's the excitement?"

Another friend of mine said that Detroit just doesn't have any interest in making small cars and instead keeps believing that gas prices don't matter. "After the first oil shortages in the '70s, they tried to make small cars. They put out the Vega and the Pinto. The cars were crap and they weren't even fuel-efficient. Now we're in the same position again. Detroit just doesn't get it."

Detroit tells us that it builds the cars America wants. But I don't like to think that Detroit's cars accurately reflect Americans. I've met many Americans who are basically thrifty, hard-working and innovative. Detroit's c

 

You have a ram?? I thought you had a Puma, ........Im feeling faint. i think im going to quit standing now........<thud>

 

I have a RAM with a 35 gallon tank. At $3.03 gallon...yeap, $110 to fill it up.

 

I would like for someone to explain how the price goes up at the pump without a new fuel delivery to the station.

 

they have to make sure they have enough money to pay for the next delivery when the price goes up for them.That's what a station owner told me.

 

FlynhghR

Flynhghr - Did the weather warm up at all for you when you did the tests? My car gets 24.5 in 15* weather, but in 60* I get 27.5 mpg.

 

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With prices at record high, demand and refining problems could push them much higher. Any relief in sight?
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- With gas prices near record highs, experts say $4-a-gallon gasoline is just around the corner.

"I think it's going to happen," said Phil Flynn, a senior market analyst at Alaron Trading in Chicago. "Unless things change dramatically, I think we're going to see $4 a gallon."

Already, prices in California average $3.48 a gallon, according to the motorist organization AAA. And one service station in San Francisco was charging $3.95, according to GasBuddy.com, a handy site that lists the cheapest and most expensive gas stations by city and state across the country.


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[/align][*][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Refinery problems and strong demand are the two main reasons cited for the run-up. Prices hit a record high of $3.07 a gallon, according to the Lundberg survey released Sunday.

Refinery output in the U.S. has been below normal for several months now, after fires and other accidents combined with longer than normal maintenance shutdowns, hurting production.

Peter Beutel, an oil analyst at consulting firm Cameron Hanover, noted in a recent report that refineries have not operated above 95 percent capacity since Hurricanes Rita and Katrina in 2005. Before 2005, the refineries, clustered around the Gulf coast and badly damaged in the storms, routinely operated at over 95 percent capacity.
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[/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Flynn said gasoline stocks have fallen for the past twelve weeks straight and are now at their lowest level for this time of year since 1956.

This all comes just as the nation gears up for the summer driving season, spurred by vacationing families and students out of school.
[/align][align=center][/align][align=center]Meanwhile, demand has shown no sign of easing. That's despite a nationwide average price of $3.07 a gallon for unleaded regular, a record, according to Trilby Lundberg, publisher of the Lundberg Survey of thousands of stations nationwide.

During the winter months gasoline demand grew at about 2.5 percent, according to the Energy Information Agency. Average demand growth is about 1.5 percent.



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