Oh my fucking god 3.67 for regular now!
3.59 - 3.62 in Tallahassee, FL atm. Fucking bullshit. I drive an explorer sport and it’s 24 miles one way to get to campus for me. I need to move into town. 
Damn, you dont have a lead foot, do you? :lol:
Im not sure if your car uses an distributor (some cars use distributer-less ignitions), but if it does, check the cap and rotor as well. After a few years, carbon deposits build up on the electrical contacts, and that hinders efficiency. But yeah air filter first since it usually is the cheapest and easiest to replace. Then plugs, wires, cap and rotor, proper air pressure in tires, and a good wax job :lol: Might want to check the status of your tranny fluid. If an auto, the olderthe fluid, the less viscous it becomes–thus more fricition. More friction==less gas mileage.
Ahh thanks for the tips man. No I don’t actually have a lead foot, I keep it at 2000 rpm, 2500 max during city driving, and 2000rpm max on the highway, giving me about 60mph. I’ve been extra frugal with the rpms lately as gas prices are rising everyday. This is why I shocked to get the mileage I do and really wanna do something to fix it.
Now, the car is an auto, so I’ll check the tranny fluid. I keep the tires properly inflated, but the car could use a wash (its covered in pollen during this season). I don’t know anything about a distributor or cap and rotor though. I’ll have to look that stuff up. Thanks again.
I was semi facetious about the wash/wax :lol: It doesn’t do a whole lot. It was in a a yahoo article a while aback for saving gas, and one ofthe things was waxing your car (less resistance to motion). It is really inconsequential compared to everything else, too.
Something else to remember, try to keep the car as empty as possible. Weight is the biggest obstacle to mileage. Cars are getting fatter and fatter, so the same engine that was used before to get good gas mileage only gets average mileage because it is hauling a lot of extra weight now. I mean, look at the current Corolla ads. Oooooh, 35MPG. They WERE doing over 35MPG back in the early 90’s, but the cars then weighed probably around 2700lbs. The curent Corolla us HUGE compared to my generation’s…
Hell, I am tempted to buy my wife a Honda CRX so she can commute between Lebanon and Chattanooga. Those things were reported to get around 45-50MPG… A considerable upgrade from her 27 MPG for her Lumina :sad:
Got up this morning, had a good nights sleep. Was ready to go to work and everything; jumped in my tC and saw the gas light on (I knew I was low and would have to fill up); so I go to Exxon up the street and begin filling up…
This shit ruined my whole fucking day (click)
:mad::mad::mad::shake::shake::shake:
I saw a nigga on my corner slinging today. I thought it was rocks, but it was gas. Homie got paid.
That price isn’t too bad. You could be like my dad and having to spend 75 bucks to fill up his Silverado. He doesn’t drive it much now since the gas hike. Hell his 92 F-150 gets better mileage.
take it up the ass takin it up the ass lets take it up the ass tooodaaaay
Man, I’m looking to seriously buy a used civic or corolla myself after I settle into my new job. I know they’ll get better mpg even after I fix up the altima. If gas prices get really bad though, I may get a motorcycle, although I’d have to get my license, learn/take classes, risk dying to some blind asshole everyday.
$100 fill-ups arrive at gas pumps
* Story Highlights
* Many California gas stations have already jumped over $4 a gallon
* AAA spokesman says rest of nation should brace for such prices in coming months
* "It's absolutely ridiculous," one woman says after paying $101 to fill up
* Fuel-efficient Toyota Prius owner pays $43 to fill tank: "This is brutal"
COALINGA, California (CNN) – Noel Bosse and Ken Davis watch as the numbers keep spinning at the gas pump – 70 bucks, 80 bucks. Gulp, guzzle, then it stops: $101 for about 25 gallons.
The $100 fill-up has arrived in the United States.
“I think it’s absolutely ridiculous,” Bosse says with disgust.
Bosse and Davis are returning from Las Vegas, Nevada, heading back to their home near Seattle, Washington. They’re pulling a trailer full of Arabian horses in their passenger van.
The 1,200-mile trek is costing nearly $1 a mile. Bosse says they’re averaging 200 miles every fill-up. VideoWatch how soaring prices are changing lives
Bosse has been showing dogs and horses in competitions across the country for 35 years. With gas prices soaring, she’s starting to rethink some of the upcoming shows.
“We’re sitting here hauling a horse trailer eating gas,” she says. “I don’t see how people make it these days.”
California is home to the nation’s highest gas price, $3.87 for regular unleaded; diesel is pushing $4.43 a gallon, according to Troy Green, with AAA.
San Francisco is the most expensive city at $3.97 a gallon. However, a drive around the city shows many stations have jumped over $4.
The national average for regular unleaded is $3.53 and rising daily. Last year at this time, it was $2.86 per gallon. According to AAA, 24 states and the District of Columbia are averaging at or above $3.50 a gallon for regular unleaded. The state with the lowest gas is New Jersey, at $3.34 per gallon.
Green says Americans should expect the price to increase another 25 cents over the next month and continue to climb over the summer months.
“A national average approaching $4 a gallon should not be ruled out by consumers later this year,” he says. VideoWatch truckers head to Mexico for $2 gas
AAA has seen that when gas prices hit “exorbitant levels” – as Green puts it – Americans change their vacation plans. During such times, he says, Americans are more prone to travel closer to home, stay at less expensive hotels, eat at fast-food restaurants than fancier dine-in restaurants and plan more online trips looking for the best deals.
This year’s record high gas prices – coupled with a slow economy and the mortgage crisis – have had a cascading effect. A person making $9 an hour needs to work nearly seven hours just to pay for 15 gallons at $4 a gallon, according to CNN.com’s gas calculator. Interactive: How much do you need to work to pay for your gas?
“It seems many American consumers are being hard hit from multiple directions, and their overall budgets are being maxed to the limit,” Green says.
As for California, Green adds, “It’s unbelievable out there.”
That’s a sentiment shared by Diddy Dennis, a cab driver in San Francisco. He’s been driving for nearly 11 years and the gas prices are directly cutting into his wallet. He recalls the early 2000s when people started complaining when gas out West started hitting $2.60.
“That looks like heaven now,” Dennis says.
His big smile and warm laugh provides an air of calm in his cab, even if he’s eating into his way of life every time he presses the gas pedal. He estimates he’s making about 60 percent less than he used to when he first started driving.
“It’s really hitting us,” he says.
San Francisco commuter Debbie Jasmin says she’s stopped driving her gas-gobbling Expedition and started taking the subway to work more. She’s also curbed summer travel plans.
“I don’t really think we have seen the worst of it,” Jasmin says.
At a San Francisco Chevron, Scott Roberts is stunned when he pulls into the station in his pint-sized Toyota Prius, which gets over 40 miles per gallon. The person before him paid $115.80 for 27.9 gallons. The price at the station ranges from $4.14 for regular unleaded to $4.39 for supreme unleaded.
Roberts mutters the Lord’s name in vain. “This is brutal,” he says. “Today’s the first time I’ve seen it over $4 in my lifetime.”
By the time he’s finished, it’s cost him $43 to fill his Prius – an amount that just a few years ago was reserved for giant sports utility vehicles and pickup trucks.
**Nearby, Dolly Sarlo fills up her black Mercedes. She says it’s time for Americans to “vote with your dollars and to stop using gas” and use public transportation more.
“That would really, very quickly bring down the price,” she says.
She then drives off.**
ROFL…who knew CNN had some humor
Are you sure your Altima doesnt take mid grade instead of the cheap stuff? Just an idea. taht will make cars run like crap when they dont get their daily allowance of octane.
Even if you get the Altima runnning perfectly, at 25MPG, that still sounds pretty bad. A Corolla of the same era gets roughly 33-35MPG. If you were to get a Corolla (or Honda), the amount of $$ you;d save in gas would make it way too awesome. With an 11 gallon tank, you’d be getting an extra 110 miles out of the 35MPG Corolla than the 25 MPG Altima. You save your self a bit over 3 gallons of gas, which at today’s rate (here in Lebanon, TN) is $3.45/g which comes to $10.35 per fill up. That shit adds up quick too:lovin: Fill up once a week, that’s an extra $40 in your pocket.
You get the idea… Of course, you mileage may vary:lol:
lol america needs to stop driving luxury cars and SUVs.
I officially saw regular for over $4 a gallon in my area today.
FUCKING RIDICULOUS.
:sad::sad::sad::sad::sad:
I paid $4.19 for premium last Sunday.
It cost me almost $50 for 3/4 tank… first time I’ve ever paid that much.
Tell me about the gas problem shit, it’s pissing me off now, considering I bought a Tacoma because I hunt and would like to have a car that can get me to where I need to hunt.
However, when you have to pay like 40-50+ dollars a fill, it’s just getting fucking ridiculous now. Now I’m looking into buying a hybrid car, simply because it’ll cut me down on my gas losses. I’ll be giving my Tacoma to my pops once I get my hybrid.
sigh. i had a big geography test yesterday and i couldnt go because gas is simply kickin my ass. missin class today too because of that… T_T
Hell yeah, I’ve been skipping classes just to save on gas.
I only drive to campus 3-4 days out of the 5. Can’t wait until I get a motorcycle.
It hasn’t gotten to the point where I skip essential driving; work, school, grocery store, hospital, etc. are essential driving to me. I do skip non-essential driving though; trips to the card shop, trips to hang out at the mall, etc…