SpikeyLee

CBC article on gas prices

I thought that this little article was a very interesting read. Especially with the sudden hike in gas prices here in Toronto, it brings a new point of view to the actual cost of gas.

Imagine having a government owned oil company like in Venezuela where premium fuel goes for 5.1 cents a litre?! It would cost us like $2.50 to fill up my Civic!!!!! But then again, the people probably don't make very much money there so it's all relative.

Bella

Holy i that would be good for the ppl have large gas tanks and what not....
Even tho its not too much to fill up a civic it would be nice to spend less than 5 dollars for a full tank.

imported_SiR_YO

too bad that will never happen here in Canada

imported_fine2ne

gas prices = bend over

insurance = getting pounded

Gunmetalef

wow germany is way up there.... good thing is so many of the cars there are deisel for this reason alone.. or all four banger fords ahha.. does anyone really think that it will go past 1$ this summer? they said that last summer too.. but it never happened.. now the only problem with this is that once my car is done i wont be able to afford insurance and gas if its $1/L

hydrocivic

gas price are gettin out of hand, the gover. has to do something!!!!

s13_gotBoost

well its at .90 right now... so that makes me believe that it will pass the 1.00 mark this summer.....

i think its time to bring the ol' bicycle out of storage

j_limitz

gas prices are whack..we have our own oil supply somewhere up in the northwest territories or something but they prefer to get their oil from overseas...

bdotdan

what the **** is the government gonna do, they have no control over it.
and you say its getting out of hand? dude its like a couple of bucks extra, honestly not that much unless you drive from toronto to vancouver over and over.

Vinsanity1379

im gonna get a ttc pass soon

imported_bevboyy

Keep this in perspective. Gas is still cheaper here than bottled water.......

bdotdan

that brings up another question, why the hell do people buy bottled water?

Iron Lung

honestly

solidredhatch

cause its clean and safer to drink then tap water?

imported_zc_hatch

thats BS...
you should b e able to drink your tap water or sue the **** outa the people whop amde it so you can't

Nova_Dust

I am on vacation in Van. right now and the gas here is 97.5 Full service and around 93 or 94 regular.

I will still drive my car. I don't give a little rat's *** about it.

imported_Cablerat

an investigation is coming soon... like that'll do anything..

93hatchcx

its getting ridiculous

imported_gatherer

*yawn* I drive a civic so do the rest of you ...

WHAT THE **** ARE YOU ALL COMPLAINING ABOUT?

seriously wow in the grand scheme of things you will not miss that extra 10 bucks a month your paying for gas. you wana save gas do what I do ...(I drive this way because once you've tried it you realize how relaxing it is)

1) when acclerating unless in top gear never go above 2000 rpm
2) in top gear never go above the speed limit
3) stay to the right you will be slower then everyone else
4) leave yourself tons of time to get to where your going

seriously though before I tried this out I was getting 400km to the tank. my current tank is above 500km and counting (about 1/4 tank left) and thats with an autocross on the weekend where those rules went out the window! I get to work at the same time and I leave for work at the same time I get home at the same time. and I'm a zillion times more relaxed.

I'll probably fill up after work and calculate my litres/100 km... but I must say when I was learning to drive stick this is how I drove and I was getting 600 to the tank... the car is super efficient if left out of the power band

Dunn

didnt you ever hear the saying "a redline a day keeps the carbon away"? i didnt know it was possible to shift near idling speed