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Posted by: STONERS 3 months, 2 weeks ago

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As consumers began hitting the road Friday for the Memorial Day weekend, they faced the sobering reality that it now costs $87 to fill a Ford Explorer SUV, up $14 from last year, and $72 to fill a mid-sized Honda Accord, up $12.

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STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago

It's 4 dollars a gallon here right now and most places a little over by the time I hit the road this weekend it will probably be 4.10 or more. I'm going out soon to fill up before the evening rush hour traffic, I know by then they will raise it again. Sometimes I've seen it change three times in one day. This is BS!!!!!
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  TimALoftis3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Stoners, have a safe holiday weekend.
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    STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    Thanks Tim, you too... ;~]
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      Teech3 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      What? Only $4 plus a gallon? Chicken scratch and chump change. With this booming Bush economy, great jobs with benefits galore, soaring stock market, huge tax cuts - hell, we're all gettin' so rich and prosperous that $5 or $6 a gallon won't even make us blink. Gotta help out those starving oil companies. Some more tax credits would help. Also, the more we pay for gas the more we help out our new democracy loving friends in Iraq and the Middle East.
      Go Bush! Go McCain! Mission accomplished!
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        Justice4All3 months, 2 weeks ago
        
        I'm planning a driving vacation this year.The Bush economy is so good I want to take a trip while gas is still cheap.
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texangelwings3 months, 2 weeks ago

It costs about $63 to fill my pacifica. That is why I am thinking about traveling to visit my kids by Amtrak that would cost me $40 bucks roundtrip. I am hoping that Amtrak will set up more train stations along their routes.
Some people were interviewed in Shreveport, concerning the high price of gasoline, one man was riding a bike and another said he was on his way to buy one.
Thanks STONERS.
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  STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  As always- you are very welcome texangelwings....;~]
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tehranchik3 months, 2 weeks ago

30% of travelers cancelled their holiday plans to stay home. Gas in Oregon is $3.90.
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  2sidestoeverything3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  I'm one of those 30% that is staying home. 3.89 to 4.00 here in N. Carolina.
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Charlson3 months, 2 weeks ago

Not traveling this weekend. But I do need to fill up for the rest of next week. Where's my rebate check?
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  STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Mine has come and gone- direct deposit- you get it faster...
  
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TimALoftis3 months, 2 weeks ago

It's now $3.80 at my corner station here in Georgia.
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  STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  Thats a deal right now for us ;~]- thanks TimALoftis...
  
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  TimALoftis3 months, 2 weeks ago
  
  woops...update - the 3.80 was from yesterday...I now understand that its $3.84. The name brand stations are all at around $3.90 here.
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    STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
    
    That's still better than 4 dollars a gallon...most places are about 4.05 a gallon, I know they will raise it before 5pm today again...
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      not2needy3 months, 2 weeks ago
      
      4.05 a gallon here right now, down the street.
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        STONERS3 months, 2 weeks ago
        
        It went from 4.00 to 4.05 like I said earlier and I expect it to go up more by tomorrow too...
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    y_soitenly3 months, 1 week ago
    
    $3.90 a gallon??
    Wow that's cheap!
    $4.49 for reg. gas in Chicago.
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TheRealizer3 months, 2 weeks ago

I have damn well changed my driving habits, I live a half hour from a market and an hour from a supermarket.
I have a Dodge Cummins pickup which get around 20 mpg if driven gently, so we now make just one trip now and again to shop, post office etc. My Peterbilt is parked because the freight rates do not justify the $1200.00 it takes to fuel the thing. I worry that food which is so transportation dependent will become either scarce or so expensive that it will cause financial hardships on lower income families..
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