Ultimate Driving Machine: C350 SS 6 Speed
08-15-2005, 11:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Outland
You must be kidding?
THe CTS-V uses the old Z06 motor, which in the vette did 28mpg on the highway. 2 valve pushrod engines can be stingy on gas if you keep the RPM's down. I think the C55 is even heavier...
THe CTS-V uses the old Z06 motor, which in the vette did 28mpg on the highway. 2 valve pushrod engines can be stingy on gas if you keep the RPM's down. I think the C55 is even heavier...
05-29-2012, 10:16 PM
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. I just filled up at $4.65 a gallon for premium, what I would do for gas in the $2 range again
05-30-2012, 01:10 AM
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. Time to start with the master cylinder..
05-30-2012, 08:04 PM
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I wonder why its so much different there vs Cali
05-30-2012, 09:03 PM
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"Why are gasoline prices in California so much higher than those in most in other states?
California's special type of gasoline is the least polluting in the nation but is also more expensive to produce than other gasolines. California also has a limited number of refineries, leaving it subject to price surges when problems arise. Few refineries outside the state are capable of making gasoline to California's clean-air specifications, and those that can make the gas aren't connected by pipeline, so the fuel must make a slow and expensive journey by ship or truck.
California oil production, which peaked at 424 million barrels a year in 1985, has dropped to about 225 million barrels and is "expected to continue to decline," according to the California Energy Commission. Production is also declining in California's other source of U.S. crude: Alaska. To compensate, there has been a 71% increase in California's imports of foreign oil, a trend that almost certainly will continue. The cost of that foreign oil is based on the Brent price, which now is very expensive.
Also, taxes levied on gasoline in California are on the high side."
"Why are gasoline prices in California so much higher than those in most in other states?
California's special type of gasoline is the least polluting in the nation but is also more expensive to produce than other gasolines. California also has a limited number of refineries, leaving it subject to price surges when problems arise. Few refineries outside the state are capable of making gasoline to California's clean-air specifications, and those that can make the gas aren't connected by pipeline, so the fuel must make a slow and expensive journey by ship or truck.
California oil production, which peaked at 424 million barrels a year in 1985, has dropped to about 225 million barrels and is "expected to continue to decline," according to the California Energy Commission. Production is also declining in California's other source of U.S. crude: Alaska. To compensate, there has been a 71% increase in California's imports of foreign oil, a trend that almost certainly will continue. The cost of that foreign oil is based on the Brent price, which now is very expensive.
Also, taxes levied on gasoline in California are on the high side."
05-31-2012, 03:54 AM
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Bay area gas is the worst too. I was in the LA area last weekend and I filled up here in the bay before I left at 4.60 and when i got to LA I filled up at 4.05. Again a few cents here and there aren't a big deal but it adds up over time
05-31-2012, 01:24 PM
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$3.86 premium in PA. Can't believe this is the best price in the Poconos. This after a "dramatic" price drop recently.
06-01-2012, 02:11 AM
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I'm just scared of the day someone bumps this thread a few years in the future and we all look back at these posts of us complaining of the high gas prices and say wow what I would do for those prices again while were filling up at $10
