Gas hits $2.79 for premium, time to revolt

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Old 05-11-2004, 02:45 PM
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These greedy bastards are going to make gas (87) $3.00 a gal. by Memorial Day weekend I bet you... (start of Summer for travel)

They are actually shutting down refinery plants to create less supply... and use the war as an excuse for high prices.. we have been at war with Iraq and guess their doing exactly what they planned... hike up prices and make Billions in profit.. of course we will do nothing to insult our buddies in Saudi... nevermind that all the 9-11 terrorists were Saudi nationals..

Who's gonna be the first dude on the block with a Hydrogen fuel cell technology WRX?



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Old 05-11-2004, 03:57 PM
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Thanks for the info...I hope that isn't the case.... they even play music at the pumps!
The Exxon on Cloverfield off the 10 fwy would be next closest...

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JavaRex,

Man, your so right, but since Senior Bush's family is all BIG OIL, we aren't gonna see any serious Fed. money go into fuel cells... it could be done, I agree, but since our own OIL co's make so much refining crude, they will fight it in court every step of the way..

They just throw a bone to alt. fuel car manuf. to say were working on it...

If Subie did a test of Fuel Cell Tech they could use my 03 without a blink... sure it could run
on CNG....

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Old 05-12-2004, 10:24 AM
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Cool

I hear you Paul... I have 33K from my T-Com degree...

As far as appearence/function mods, I am happy I did all the windows (5) on my Rex 35% charcoal.. madico window film... gauranteed for life.. gonna need it now tilll summer and trips to Vegas/Arizona!

I esp. like the sun visor strip in 10% limo tint..

Got all mine done for $210 at windowtint etc. in Hollywood.... good rep from madico co. and got the Nasioc groupbuy for $200 w/o having to take the doors off.. don't know why they would need too??????????

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ps. Chiro school is a good prof. I started as a Radiologic tech in CT, and got into imaging....

My Chiro, Dr.Bob Kilroy in SM seems to do well.. Good Luck!

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Damn, And I'm complaining about the 2.09 I'm Paying here in colorado.

That sux boys!
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You Said it!!!

If gas was "reasonable", bet we'd all be pushing the turbo boost levels a bit higher (heavy pedal) and kicking those "other" imports who think they are sooo bad....

wonder how long the EVO's turbo lasts w/ 19lbs of boost???
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sorry for spelling like William Hung (She Bangs, She Bangs...) today.. I read somewhere in the fact. manual that alcohol based fuels are not good... ???????

Any truth to that?

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Alcohol is not bad for your engine if it is set up for it. You would probally need to run a colder plug in order to prevent detonation because alcohol is much more flamable. Just don't get excited because Alcohol race gas is usually leaded and the lead will burn up your o2 sensors and ruin your cats.
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actually I'm not that crazy...

was referring to 76 Gas Stations in SoCal that use ethonal blend instead of MTBE (the stuff that ruined our ground water and causes cancer)...

76 Stations don't use MTBE in their formula, they replace it with grain alcohol...

Since the concentration of alcohol is small, hopefully won't fowl the plugs..

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Paul,

I attended a Rally-X/Rally School last fall sponsored by Subaru, NASA, SCCA and the California Rally Series up at Ridgecrest...

It was put on by John Dillon and other top rally instructors...

www.californiarallyseries.com for details...


and for photo's of the event (all sorts of cars were on the course) go to:


http://www.pbase.com/token/crs

One brand new STi dug into too deep in a corner and with 300hp/ft.lbs torque, he rolled over at slow speed.. that was the only problem all weekend..

running full boost in 1st gear and sliding around was insane!
I was running the cars OEM tires so they didn't grip as well as the winter tires or full on rally tires of course.. with better tires, the mud really fly's!!!!

Check out the photos at pbase... he got some really got shots and shared them with us for free..

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