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I had 2 long trips on my bike planned for this summer. If gas goes to $4.00/gal, that will drop to 1 shorter, long trip.
Thing is, here the price has crept up and up, and it has just been anounced that it will go up again soon. But it deters no-one. The roads are more crowded than ever.

'They' want us to start using public transport. What would you rather do?

Stand in the rain waiting for a bus that is 20 minutes late, then sit next to an alcoholic mugger, and then get off half a mile away from where you want to be only to find that you now have chewing gum stuck to your ***.

Or

Go in the car or on the bike?
You make it seem like the government transportation system isn't convenient or something. Muggers and gum, a little weather….that's nothing like dodging cages all day...

 
Of course I ride the bike where I can, but I do a photography show/booth nightly and need to use my car for hauling the stuff. Driving the way I usually do...say, spirited, I was getting an avg (mostly considered city) of just over 21mpg in the MINI.

3 days ago I filled up for $45, and decided to try conservation. By shifting at 2.5k and only using 20-25% throttle, my running avg is now up to 30.5 and slowly climbing, over the last 120 miles of this new tank!

The two things I found that make the biggest impact are of course the fast starts, and with a surprisingly huge impact - idling at lights.

The overseas MINI this year has a really nice feature that I REALLY wish we had here. When you stop at a light, the engine shuts off until you depress the clutch pedal again, after which it instantly restarts. That does make a huge difference if you catch a lot of lights which I sometimes do.

 
1. Before you start feeling too sorry for the drivers on the other side of the Big Pond, take the [SIZE=36pt]TAXES[/SIZE] out of the prices and see who's paying more!

2. I think that the motoring public is expressing their defiance and anger in the only way they know how: "Damn the torpedos! FULL SPEED ahead!"

 
It is nice when the bike is an option…… but with a foot or so of snow still on the ground and more forecast tonight…….

With a 38 gallon tank on my diesel truck and those pumps that always kick off at $75 or $100 really make it suck as you dig out your debit card twice in one stop….

I don’t really look anymore…. I mean what are you going to do quit driving until the price drops……..>NOT< Just wish I had more stock in big oil companies……

as earlier stated..... WELCOME to the FUTURE!!!

 
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