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      04-22-2008, 11:39 PM   #89
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Ive come to terms with rising gas prices...

Will it make me more conscious about driving? Yes

but will it stop me from driving and flooring the pedal now and then? No.

Everything is rising these days, especially food.
yeah cost food has definitely gone up, i guess from the gas prices
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      04-22-2008, 11:42 PM   #90
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yeah cost food has definitely gone up, i guess from the gas prices


Enjoy our high-rev combustion engines while we still can! My grand-kids (perhaps kids) will probably laugh and be confused when I brag about my V8 M3 to them.
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      04-23-2008, 12:51 AM   #91
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Enjoy our high-rev combustion engines while we still can! My grand-kids (perhaps kids) will probably laugh and be confused when I brag about my V8 M3 to them.
Unfortunately, if that's true, there probably won't be Air planes flying around.
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      04-23-2008, 03:42 AM   #92
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Unfortunately, if that's true, there probably won't be Air planes flying around.
why is that? nothing to say that there aren't alternative ways to power or fuel an airplane. +1 fifth...enjoy it while we can!
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      04-23-2008, 04:53 AM   #93
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i am now 25 and i seriously think this is the only feasible time in my lifetime to get a car like the m3 with a nice v8.... by the time i turn 35 or 40, i think the price of gas would force me to drive a hybrid or whatever alternative fueled car is available at that time... so enjoy while it lasts guys!
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      04-23-2008, 07:01 AM   #94
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i am now 25 and i seriously think this is the only feasible time in my lifetime to get a car like the m3 with a nice v8.... by the time i turn 35 or 40, i think the price of gas would force me to drive a hybrid or whatever alternative fueled car is available at that time... so enjoy while it lasts guys!
Sounds like the early 70's all over again...remember the Mustang II?
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      04-23-2008, 09:01 AM   #95
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i am now 25 and i seriously think this is the only feasible time in my lifetime to get a car like the m3 with a nice v8.... by the time i turn 35 or 40, i think the price of gas would force me to drive a hybrid or whatever alternative fueled car is available at that time... so enjoy while it lasts guys!
I started thinking that when I was 25...I turned 26 and now I'm driving one. and never been happier. And now that I am driving one, I am starting to think the amount of joy I feel when I'm driving has got rid of enough stress to add at least 10 years to my life...can put a price tag on that! Might as well keep driving M cars the rest of my life. Who knows maybe in 20 years an M car might be electric like the Tesla.
(http://www.teslamotors.com/ in case there is anyone out there who doesn't know what that is)

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      04-23-2008, 02:01 PM   #96
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6 months ago, just when we had ordered the car, I was wondering about the fuel consumption etc. Since January (when we got it) I haven't thought about it at all ! The joy of driving, the joy of the sound coming from that beast when you accelerate it on an uphill and the speed.... it is priceless pure joy and I'm willing to cut on almost anything else but not filling up the tank !

We fill it up roughly once a week (+/- 60-65€/week) and the consumption is somewhere between 13 to 17 liters/100 km - depending on how much motorway drive we do etc.

The day we sell the car I will, at least, be able to say I enjoyed it every day thoroughly !

ps. Luckily we both got a pay rise in the beginning of the year
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      04-23-2008, 05:18 PM   #97
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Premium in Atlanta is $4.19. The cheapest I've seen is 3.99. Bottom line, I can't afford this car OR the gas. Living vicariously through you all.
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      04-23-2008, 05:43 PM   #98
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if it be $4 per gallon of gas, I will definitely try to live with it.... life's too short not to experience this type of thrill.... I'll leave it to the wifey to be green for me (she drives an 06 prius)... kind of funny actually now that I think about it.... to think I am giving up my 30+ mpg Mini Cooper S for my M3... hah... no brainer there.... Enjoy it.... I mean, I still have to wait for my car.. hoping to get it this week....
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bro i been filling every day. and it's 4.10 here in irvine. but the feeling is just great, it's like "oh baby ur hungry, let's feed you" u stand there watching her eat in joy... she goes "what, why u looking at me like that? why u smiling" u run ur fingers between her hair and say "i love to look at you"... the moment she's done, u ride her like a rodeo and u rip her another asshole

yah, i treat m3 like i treat women
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      04-23-2008, 08:27 PM   #100
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      04-23-2008, 10:40 PM   #101
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why is that? nothing to say that there aren't alternative ways to power or fuel an airplane. +1 fifth...enjoy it while we can!
I doubt that all of the babied Hot Rods will suddenly disappear due to "High gas prices," or our M3s.
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      04-24-2008, 12:06 PM   #102
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bro i been filling every day. and it's 4.10 here in irvine. but the feeling is just great, it's like "oh baby ur hungry, let's feed you" u stand there watching her eat in joy... she goes "what, why u looking at me like that? why u smiling" u run ur fingers between her hair and say "i love to look at you"... the moment she's done, u ride her like a rodeo and u rip her another asshole

yah, i treat m3 like i treat women

How many miles do you drive a day? Wow. It must be in the 150 range.
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      04-28-2008, 07:53 PM   #103
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OKGang!!!!!

Its getting serious and not funny any more, Premium at 3.89/gal and maybe some other places already $4+/gal

How much higher will this go on ?
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      04-28-2008, 08:38 PM   #104
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bro i been filling every day. and it's 4.10 here in irvine. but the feeling is just great, it's like "oh baby ur hungry, let's feed you" u stand there watching her eat in joy... she goes "what, why u looking at me like that? why u smiling" u run ur fingers between her hair and say "i love to look at you"... the moment she's done, u ride her like a rodeo and u rip her another asshole

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OKGang!!!!!

Its getting serious and not funny any more, Premium at 3.89/gal and maybe some other places already $4+/gal

How much higher will this go on ?
As long as speculators and commodity traders continue to drive the price up the sky is the limit!
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      04-28-2008, 11:59 PM   #105
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This is one of the reasons my DD is an armored Suburban with gov't gas
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      04-29-2008, 01:32 AM   #106
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18 MPG combined after break in would definitely be great...and as long as one gets 22 MPG or better on the highway, those are great numbers from such an excellent engine...
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      04-29-2008, 02:50 AM   #107
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so you 16mpg guys are getting way under 300 miles to the tank right?
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      04-29-2008, 02:27 PM   #108
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well seem like sky is the limit on this one

WTF over!
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      04-29-2008, 02:36 PM   #109
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well seem like sky is the limit on this one

WTF over!
I know I am in the minority, but I am tired of hearing people complain about gas prices.

Any economic resouce that is being used faster than it is produced and thus will become more scarce over time will go up in price as that happens.

Compared to the opressive tax code, gas prices are a minor nuiance.
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      04-29-2008, 02:43 PM   #110
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I know I am in the minority, but I am tired of hearing people complain about gas prices.

Any economic resouce that is being used faster than it is produced and thus will become more scarce over time will go up in price as that happens.

Compared to the opressive tax code, gas prices are a minor nuiance.


at least 'everyone' is paying for gas and gas tax. Only a few percent are paying real income tax.

I'd gladly swap anyone's fuel bill for my tax bill.
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