From $2.00 gas to $5.00 gas in 4 years

I'm glad you made sure to specify "intended" because there are plenty of people who drive them as a daily commuter vehicle, just because they think it's cool to own a big ol' pick 'em up truck.

My family had a 1987 F-350 4x4 crew cab from new - long before the SUV and big pickup craze. There is something undeniably cool about piloting around 25' of hulking iron... though I suppose with today's fuel prices, that's hulking irony. We had good use for that truck, far beyond towing a 33' boat or loading all of our ski gear or camping gear up (though those were common for us to do). It was also a shop truck for a trucking company and garage, sometimes hauling complete engines as big as a Cummins KTA.

I agree that it's unfathomable to own a one-ton just as a playtoy as so many do.

yeah - driving 5 tons every day to work is plenty of fun he?

just kidding

the ironic thing about this image is this:
the headline pronounces :
"Audi erobert amerikanischen Kleinwagenmarkt"

what means nothing less than :
"Audi takes over american compact-car market"

Took the Azimut up to Montreal for the Grand Prix this weekend.

Fueled at $5.15 when leaving the US in Mallets Bay Vermont last Wednesday and fuled back at the border at Rouses Point in NY for $6.05. I think it is still around $5.25 in the bay here today.

heh, with the rising fuel prices, I guess it's time to just cruise at 10 knots

Any faster and you may suffer the ignominy of spilling your drink.

Maybe we should "leapfrog" a couple of months and change the $5 to a $7?.

Here is an interesting Mini alternative that may be coming to NA soon, the Audi A1...

Summer Trips!

Has the jump in gas changed any of your plans, or charters?

Fueled up Memorial Day for $4.999. Fueled today $5.599. 11% increase in 3 weeks and my bank wants to give me 2.something %APY. Ya gotta just laugh.

Hi,

It hasn't changed mine as I was down there and had to come back but as I haven't refueled after getting here as yet I can't say how much the over all cost was.

I can however say I paid €1.42 ( $2.20)at Carrefour to fill up at the start and I paid €1.56 (2.42) when I re fueled in southern Germany. I saw €1.62
( $2.52)here as I left the highway here but wasn't sure if that was the top price or the normal price, I was more concerned with getting home safely as I only had about 800yds to go from the gas station.

The on board computer told me I was averaging 118 Kph or 72.67 MPH and 7.8 lt /100Km or 47.54 MPG per a US Gallon.

I just worked that out and have to say I have no more complaints about my car's performance except it's a bit slow on the uptake over 200 kmh

I am driving a 2008 Audi A4 S Line 2 Lt Diesel ,6 Speed manual gearbox unit.

I had a 5 speed Passat before and think it was quicker except for the top end where it could only do about 235 kmh full out no load.

I will post a total fuel price later when I have it.

47.54MPG per US Gallon? That 7mpg better than the SMART car, better than my friend's Prius. Forget my Hyundai @ 30mpg. No typo?

Huzzah for turbo-diesels!!

Hi,

My apologies to the readers I made a mistake in my calcs. I woke up this morning worrying about the numbers and running previous trips through my mind thinking that this car was very frugal on juice compared to others. This is what I worked out in the cool of the morning.

On Board Computer says

Average speed 118 kmh or 73.29 mph ( 118 divided by 1.61 = 73.29)

Average consumption 7.8 Lt/100km or 7.8lt for 62.11 miles

62.11 divided by 7.8 = 7.962 miles per litre.

7.962 x 3.786 = 30.147

The true figure therefore is 30.147 mpg (US Gal) or 36.18 mpg (UK Gal) and not the number I posted before. I am surprised I have not had Audi people here wanting to take the car away.

Once again I apologize for the earlier post with the wrong numbers. I hope I am quick enough to stop anyone running to their dealers asking for one of these cars

K1W1,
I was about to buy a new car this AM. Guess I'll keep my Sonata a little longer. Considering the price difference for diesel over 87 octane in this area that would equate to about 25 or 26 mpg (guesstimate not calculation) for a gas car. Still respectable though.
Truthfully, the magic number for me to buy a new car is 45mpg and that number will rise with the price of fuel. Auto mfgs. RU listening. If you want my 20K to 30K you need to be. My car can last another 5 years if you're not.

Who would of thought?
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Quebec filling stations fixed prices: watchdog
Thu Jun 12, 5:17 PM ET
CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - Canada's competition watchdog said on Thursday 13 people and 11 companies were charged with price-fixing at gasoline stations in Quebec following an investigation that included wiretaps, searches and informants.

The Competition Bureau said a Quebec court imposed C$2 million ($2 million) in fines against three of the companies and one person who pleaded guilty to the conspiracy against a backdrop of sky-high pump prices.
Criminal charges were laid under competition legislation after the bureau gathered evidence of agreements among station operators to set pump prices .

Ya really, I grew up in Montreal when the Mayor was Drapaue (not sure about the spelling?), this is going way back now.
The Gazette kept reporting all the electronic goodies and cars that he kept getting from the Mafia on regular basis, yet I believe he was the longest running Mayor in Montreal's History and the people loved him.

*see also story about overpasses collapsing due to shoddy construction.