Californians hit with unprecedented gasoline price jump

Thanks, your not the only one. I have got several compliments and seen people dropped their jaw when see my truck. Once I had mechanic ask me to take my truck to his home. I said sure, he loves it and wanted to buy it. I had few offers but turned them down. Glad I let him drive where he discovered why I had issues with my truck. It is dirty fuel tank that is all.

Jiro said:
very nice :thumb:
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Lau2046 said:
That woman is so full of crap. Like she ever does anything....

Laura
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I think that we are not allowed to talk negatively about politicians and you are basically turn into political discussion.
 
diehardbiker said:
No, it comes in from factory. I have not made any modification. Everything is "Stock" even factory installed trailer brake system, climate controls, upfitter (4 switches) for whatever one want to add on like plower lights, strobes, etc. The wheel is 20 inch. I kinda regret this part because tires is damn expensive and have to special ordered. But it looks great on my truck.
The picture shown is not mine but identical (Only missing is the cap).

When I have stupid issues with EPA related parts, I will delete (remove permanently) them when they fails. EPA related issue is most common problems with 6.0. '07 or later is much worse, and stay away from 2011 and later powerstrokes.
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Oh....The rims in that pic look small, that is why I asked. My nephew has an HD F150 and his came with 20's
 
Hmm, it looks right to me and I'm leaving as is. Newer Harley Edition comes in with F-150, I think Ford decided no longer offer Harley on F-250 due to $. Brand new exact same as mine would run $64K. I have the sticker showed it as $61K.

TXgolfer said:
Oh....The rims in that pic look small, that is why I asked. My nephew has an HD F150 and his came with 20's
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diehardbiker said:
Hmm, it looks right to me and I'm leaving as is. Newer Harley Edition comes in with F-150, I think Ford decided no longer offer Harley on F-250 due to $. Brand new exact same as mine would run $64K. I have the sticker showed it as $61K.
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I'm sure it's right...... :)

Yeah I think the nephew's 150 was in the mid 50's. They are not cheap.

My 250 is a KingRanch. I think I bought it for $55k.
 
Depending on the year but yeah they don't come in cheap.

Even though I love my truck I would like King Ranch as well. Can't beat that heated seats, and everything is pretty much automated. My wife hates me when I forgot to turn off headlight on her Jeep. That is due to the fact I never (Literally) touch headlight switch on my truck. All I do is get in, turn the key and wait for the element light goes out then start the engine and go.

The other time, I bought my wood stove about an hour and half drive away. As soon as I done got it loaded on my truck and drove few miles realize I made wrong turn so I U turn, due to massive amount of snow in bank I didn't know there was ditch. I was like oh shyt, decided to turn on 4x4 low. No issue getting out. Whew!

TXgolfer said:
I'm sure it's right...... :)

Yeah I think the nephew's 150 was in the mid 50's. They are not cheap.

My 250 is a KingRanch. I think I bought it for $55k.
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Foxrac said:
Like I said - the life isn't easy, period.

If you can't afford to pay high gas price so time for you to use public transportation or change your plan to make convenience to you, or look for more income.
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I'm waitin' for your turn... I will be driving for some time after everyone else has given up, because I did something to prepare for EXACTLY this. I KNEW this was coming, years ago.

Good luck. You can do the former two, but it's a big challenge to do the latter third.
 
deafdrummer said:
I'm waitin' for your turn... I will be driving for some time after everyone else has given up, because I did something to prepare for EXACTLY this. I KNEW this was coming, years ago.

Good luck. You can do the former two, but it's a big challenge to do the latter third.
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did you stockpile gasoline? :eek3:
 
Jiro said:
did you stockpile gasoline? :eek3:
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No, it's unrealistic given my living circumstances. I can't store gas, and it doesn't last long without some kind of stabilizer. What I AM saying is that when gas has gone to $20-30-40 a gallon, I would be one of the last people still buying it.

And don't forget, Foxrac; when oil prices go up, so does the cost of electricity required to charge your vehicle. There is no escape except living off the grid or having a currency that is constantly revalued upward against the dollar.
 
deafdrummer said:
No, it's unrealistic given my living circumstances. I can't store gas, and it doesn't last long without some kind of stabilizer. What I AM saying is that when gas has gone to $20-30-40 a gallon, I would be one of the last people still buying it.
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$20-30 a gal? you bling bling? :lol:

deafdrummer said:
And don't forget, Foxrac; when oil prices go up, so does the cost of electricity required to charge your vehicle. There is no escape except living off the grid or having a currency that is constantly revalued upward against the dollar.
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not if more nuclear power plants or coal plants are built
 
deafdrummer said:
I'm waitin' for your turn... I will be driving for some time after everyone else has given up, because I did something to prepare for EXACTLY this. I KNEW this was coming, years ago.

Good luck. You can do the former two, but it's a big challenge to do the latter third.
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I already cope with high gas price for few years now and there isn't much help to lower the gas price. I just gave suggestion to people, not me and I still drive the car for commute, also no bus services in my area (pretty rural).

deafdrummer said:
No, it's unrealistic given my living circumstances. I can't store gas, and it doesn't last long without some kind of stabilizer. What I AM saying is that when gas has gone to $20-30-40 a gallon, I would be one of the last people still buying it.

And don't forget, Foxrac; when oil prices go up, so does the cost of electricity required to charge your vehicle. There is no escape except living off the grid or having a currency that is constantly revalued upward against the dollar.
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My car is 100% gasoline, no electricity or hybrid so the electricity bill is much cheaper than gasoline. Our family in household spent about over $1,000 per month on gasoline.
 
Jiro said:
$20-30 a gal? you bling bling? :lol:


not if more nuclear power plants or coal plants are built
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Yup, in here, we get electricity from coal and nuclear, so electricity bill is so cheaper.
 
TXgolfer said:
Disposal of batteries for one thing.

This came out a few days ago too...

BBC News - Electric cars 'pose environmental threat'
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So, what happens when society collapses from a failure in government and our currency? Then, with no access to electricity for powering power plants (unless you switch back to coal plants substantially or switch to natural gas plants, but the vast majority of the people will not have money to survive the transition to a sound money-based economy), how will you move tens of thousands of dead cars to recycling facilities to recycle the batteries before they start breaking down in the environment and start contaminating it? We have created a worse nightmare with electric vehicles, and it becomes CRITICAL that society NEVER collapses, ever. What about the power plants that we have, the nuclear ones similar in design to the Fukushima power plants? What happens when electricity goes offline, and the emergency backup generators run out of fuel to keep the cooling pumps going? Without the cooling pumps going, the fuel rods heat up, and boom, just like Fukushima. I believe we have something like 31 of these plants in the US, mainly concentrated in the northeast. ! These are reasons why we cannot afford for modern civilization to come to an end, because the results are catastrophic. Watching Europe in its collapse will give you an idea of what may come.

Oh, and the Great Garbage Pacific Patch... That would be an opportunity to "drill" for oil, without having to drill anything. Set up a train of ships to go out there and reclaim the garbage to be reused in some way. Maybe set up "Trawling recycler" ships, where you might be able to make ships large enough to house a substantial amount of garbage and have it sorted out onboard, and use what can't be recycled as fuel for the ships' engines. This would be an example of a "waste-to-energy ship." The ship's hull would be designed to have an opening in the front to scoop up the garbage onto conveyer belts. It might even be feasible to attach a water-level "funnel" ahead of the garbage entryway to help set up a wide sweep path to reduce the number of passes required to harvest the trash. They already have a few waste-to-energy power plants, where they sort out recyclable things, and burn the rest of it. As it burns, they reclaim volatile gases and heavy metals through an air-filtration system that is involved enough to dramatically reduce overall emissions to a fraction of normal power plants, and the fly ash is relatively inert and only takes up 10% of the landfill space. Landfill is another source of fuel - the garbage is being used to generate methane gas and piped in.
 
deafdrummer said:
So, what happens when society collapses from a failure in government and our currency? Then, with no access to electricity for powering power plants (unless you switch back to coal plants substantially or switch to natural gas plants, but the vast majority of the people will not have money to survive the transition to a sound money-based economy), how will you move tens of thousands of dead cars to recycling facilities to recycle the batteries before they start breaking down in the environment and start contaminating it? We have created a worse nightmare with electric vehicles, and it becomes CRITICAL that society NEVER collapses, ever. What about the power plants that we have, the nuclear ones similar in design to the Fukushima power plants? What happens when electricity goes offline, and the emergency backup generators run out of fuel to keep the cooling pumps going? Without the cooling pumps going, the fuel rods heat up, and boom, just like Fukushima. I believe we have something like 31 of these plants in the US, mainly concentrated in the northeast. ! These are reasons why we cannot afford for modern civilization to come to an end, because the results are catastrophic. Watching Europe in its collapse will give you an idea of what may come.
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I think you've been watching a bit too much Revolution tv series :giggle:
 
Jiro said:
tv? who watches tv nowadays? watch it online :lol:
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Not even that. I will read the news at major news outlets to see what they're not telling us (after reading articles and letters from my sources).
 
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