Have you been riding less because of gas prices?

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jk333 · #21 Unread post by **jk333** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 2:47 pm

Unfortunatly, my leisure rides have slowed, even though its tempting, lol.

ofblong · #22 Unread post by **ofblong** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 12:13 am

I would rather ride than take my van. Just wish the wife would stop making 30 trips a day to walmart and change it down to just 1 trip. Either way I spend about $15/week to ride back and forth to work

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jstark47 · #23 Unread post by **jstark47** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 1:44 am

ofblong wrote:Just wish the wife would stop making 30 trips a day to walmart and change it down to just 1 trip.

Put some gas in the van, put a locking fuel cap on it........... then confiscate the key to cap!!!

Gummiente · Fri Jul 18, 2008 2:28 am

I haven't been riding as much as normal, but that has nothing to do with gas prices and everything to do with renovating a new (to us) home. If anything, I've been using the Jimmy less because it hurts to fill that one up.

ofblong · #25 Unread post by **ofblong** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:52 am

jstark47 wrote:
ofblong wrote:Just wish the wife would stop making 30 trips a day to walmart and change it down to just 1 trip.
Put some gas in the van, put a locking fuel cap on it........... then confiscate the key to cap!!!

I was just thinking of putting it in a locking case with a timer. The timer only allows it to be opened once a day

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follow · #26 Unread post by **follow** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 3:43 pm

No havent changed a thing, ride every chance I get. actually just got back from a 2500 mile ride, and did a BB the other week.

JC Viper · #27 Unread post by **JC Viper** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 5:44 pm

I pay in cash and today I asked to have $9 US in the pump. While I was filling up I kept hoping that it would take $9 worth of gas but sadly it came close to overfilling the tank at around $8 and people actually saw me get annoyed. I hate walking back to the attendant to get change back.

ofblong · #28 Unread post by **ofblong** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 8:44 pm

JC Viper wrote:I pay in cash and today I asked to have $9 US in the pump. While I was filling up I kept hoping that it would take $9 worth of gas but sadly it came close to overfilling the tank at around $8 and people actually saw me get annoyed. I hate walking back to the attendant to get change back.

thats one thing I HATE about high gas prices. To many people try to drive off so you have to pay the attendant before you can pump gas. how am I supposed to know how much is gonna get put into my tank? I can always give a rough estimate. But thats why I use my debit card

. the other thing I hate is the $75 limit and the $100 limit. You can only put a max of $75 in at a time and a max of $100 in at the same pump. this isnt a limit the gas places put on the cards but instead its what visa and mastercard put on. "pee"'s me off that when I drive the van I have to fill it to $75 then hook everything back up, put the card back in then fill up to another $25 to find out I have to goto another gas station to finish filling the last $8 or $9.

badinfluence63 · Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:42 am

Thats not the reason but the benefits are very apparent. WTF with the 4+ a gallon. When is it gonna start a deonward trend of more friendlier prices

Thumper · #30 Unread post by **Thumper** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 5:56 am

ofblong wrote:To many people try to drive off so you have to pay the attendant before you can pump gas.

It's been that way in CA almost as long as I can remember, either pay at the pump or pay the attendant (though when I was a teenager there were a few places you could fill then pay--but you couldn't get out of the station without going through a gate.)

We'd move out of state for a while (thank you USAF) and forget about that little factoid, come back, and try to pump first...gas station attendants look at you like you're an alien species when you're surprised you have to pay first.

Now I just use a debit card...but you get pretty good at guesstimating how much it'll cost. Like now, I know it costs twice as much to fill my car as it did 3 years ago...

Ouch.