Gasoline Strike

I, Akilli89, am going to walmart to buy a cheap mongoose bike because I cannot afford the gas price of $3.75 a gallon. It has shown NO evidence of ever returning to under $3.50 a gallon so in a desperate effort am going on a gas strike!

I invite anyone and everyone on this journey and if you don't like this idea, I don't care. I need to save money. Go ahead and laugh at me, call me poor, call me stupid and call this little cause useless but I simply cannot afford $150 a month in gas.

I still plan on regularly posting in the forums, just saving money. Enjoy replying and just remember, its an internet forums site so if you feel the need to insult me, or anyone else. I merely pity you.

lol id do the same, but my work is 20 miles away from me.


edited: lack of reading skills... nuff said.

I'm about 20 miles from work, if I was closer and it wasn't all freeway, I would sport a scooter. Something that looks like a Yamaha Zuma, but without the $2500 price. An $850 Chinese knockoff most likely. No registration, 80mpg and price of 4 Aveo payments.

Being able to walk or pedal to work would be even better. Help stay in shape and better on the pocketbook

a vespa!

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Originally Posted by akilli89

I, Akilli89, am going to walmart to buy a cheap mongoose bike because I cannot afford the gas price of $3.75 a gallon. It has shown NO evidence of ever returning to under $3.50 a gallon so in a desperate effort am going on a gas strike!

I invite anyone and everyone on this journey and if you don't like this idea, I don't care. I need to save money. Go ahead and laugh at me, call me poor, call me stupid and call this little cause useless but I simply cannot afford $150 a month in gas.

I still plan on regularly posting in the forums, just saving money. Enjoy replying and just remember, its an internet forums site so if you feel the need to insult me, or anyone else. I merely pity you.

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I applaud your efforts to reduce your gasoline consumption. The price of oil will only come down when the basic laws of supply and demand level off. It would only take about a 3% decrease in U.S. demand to drop the price of oil below $100/barrel reducing gas prices to around $3 again.

$3.95 AND CLIMBING HERE IN NY

Purchasing my Aveo was how I reduced my gasoline consumption. I do not have the luxury of being able to bike to work, but I drove a Toyota Tundra that got 16 MPG. Now I drive the Aveo mostly which gets 32 MPG, reducing my consumption by 50%. Man I wish my gas bill was only 150 per month. It's more like 300 + :cry: .

ok... update!!

Work is just under 7 miles away and there is no safe way to ride there on a bike since it is all highway... I did once and I was very, very tired. Keep in mind I work in the warehouse and need all the energy I can get to lift all the crap around, unload trucks etc. I will just have to severely limit my driving strictly to and from work, and make any trips, before or after work on the same trip. So all I can do is limit the driving and not accelerate rapidly as I used to, I've done that now for 2 days and I can't stand it! I need to go FAST!!

When I move into my apartment though, which is closer to stores and more in the city than where I am now (bum ****ed egypt) the bike will come in handy a lot more! basically I wont have to drive to the local 7-Eleven I can hop on my bike.

I'm saving up for a 08 ninja 250...80mpg and looks good, cant beat it.

next car i'm buying is the chevy volt!!

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Originally Posted by o4aveohb

I'm saving up for a 08 ninja 250...80mpg and looks good, cant beat it.

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holy crap that bike looks sweet. I wish i didnt have to buy a new computer for college (+$2000) because I would def spend it on that. I do think its funny that it has a smaller displacement engine then my quad, but im sure it ways alot less. the only prob with sports bikes is that you have to run premium, but with 80mpg and 3g's you cant complain

i ride my vino classic more than my aveo. 110 mpg, cant beat it

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Originally Posted by o4aveohb

I'm saving up for a 08 ninja 250...80mpg and looks good, cant beat it.

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i will get the new ninja 250R apon graduation, as a present to my self
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/...i_ninja250.jpg

you go denis!! personally i want the hyabusa!

After getting rid of the FJ1100...

A Busa or a V-rod sounds good.

Maybe just an 883 Sportster for mpg.

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Originally Posted by NYChevoo

you go denis!! personally i want the hyabusa!

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i want it too, maybe in the future, im a total noob when it comes to bikes, and i will proly kill my self on the busa

i would love to have another bike, but i haven't ridden since i was 15.

and now my wife, and mother of my 2 kids, would forbid it. :roll:

i sure would be nice in the summer though since a have a 140 mile round trip commute everyday.

Don't have to worry about gas here in oklahoma, its $1.55/gal. right now and been that low for about 4 months!!! 8)

The gas is down to $1.90/gal here in Panama. Had to get rid of the AMG a while back when we were over $4/gal. 95 octane & 12 MPG. 70$ every 4-5 days....I loveed my 'Benz, but damn. We sold it & went the taxi way. That got old quick so now we are picking up the Aveo.
Now we are looking at "for now until the prices start to climb again" filling a fuel tank for under $30...HELL YEAH. Last time I paid that little was back in 2001 with our SSEi with premium fuel(but my heavy foot with that car...whew I blew through ALOT of fuel).

garrison1..where abouts on OK are ya? I was stationed at Altus AFB back in 99-02.

Gas prices are not going to stay low.

Opec keeps cutting production, and because the US sent the rest of the world into recession worse than our own, the US dollar is strong again. (Not too long ago Canadian money was almost equal to US currency, now it is back to @ 80%)

Although i do not know how soon things will get back to normal. and i don't "believe" we had as much of a recession as everyone claims. eventually gas prices will rise back to where they were. Predictions have changed though, only claiming to go as high as $5 a gallon in 3 years now instead of $7.

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Originally Posted by petrified.rabbit

Gas prices are not going to stay low.

Opec keeps cutting production, and because the US sent the rest of the world into recession worse than our own, the US dollar is strong again. (Not too long ago Canadian money was almost equal to US currency, now it is back to @ 80%)

Although i do not know how soon things will get back to normal. and i don't "believe" we had as much of a recession as everyone claims. eventually gas prices will rise back to where they were. Predictions have changed though, only claiming to go as high as $5 a gallon in 3 years now instead of $7.

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oh great!! i can hardly wait for the increase!

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Originally Posted by garrison1

Don't have to worry about gas here in oklahoma, its $1.55/gal. right now and been that low for about 4 months!!! 8)

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Ah yes, I remember the good 'ol days of Oklahoma...I've been gone too long...just over a year :lol:

OOOOOOOKLAHOMA, WHERE THE WIND COMES SWEEPIN' DOWN THE PLAIN!