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SlyPokerDog said:
Just filled up at the Tigard Costco, Premium was $4.65. I have never seen lines at Costco that long before to get gas.

Bought new underwear at Costco, went with premium on those too.
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Costco is my gas station of choice...

But inquiring minds want to know. Did you go with self serve, or attendant when you got the underwear?
 
A short story I read many years ago, I think Stephen King. Or was it Hitchcock? Have to search my old books. Two guys lost in desert miles from anywhere. They had just pulled off armed robbery or maybe murder for hire, can't remember but something bad. Had money but were out of gas.
Not much water, not enough to last for hours of walking. So they are getting fractious.
Survival of the fittest. One of them as I recall was trim and the other fat.

Car pulls into small town edge of desert, skipping, chugging, belching black smoke. Trim guy gets out. Car is junk but he has money for new one.

He had killed other guy, melted down his body fat and filled gas tank with it.
 
THE HCP said:
And to be totally honest, I just bought 2 new packs of underwear. Brought em on this trip. Old ones were getting a little big FAMS!
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You are not supposed to inject the Zepbound into your penis!

barfo
 
Oil markets are going to open in the next hour or so. Thoughts on it opening above 100? I say high chances. Above 120? Probably not. Stay tuned!
 
Have only owned electric cars since early 2023, three Tesla's and a Rivian. Prefer their far superior performance over gas. My 7 seat 7000lb electric suv has 800hp and can go 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Hardly costs anything to charge at home.

But nice bonus that now I don't have to pay any direct oil price increases. Yes I'll have to pay general inflation - but whatever that's not a huge part of our expenses.

For years I've been hoping auto companies make more series hybrids like the upcoming Dodge REV or VW Scout. They are fully electric EV but with a pure gas engine "generator" under the hood. Zero mechanical link from engine to wheels. All the convience of filling a gas vehicle in under a minute if preferred but can drive over a hundred miles 100% electric and fast charge. Hoping these prices might lead to a little innovation with US autos.

The US EV industry is pretty pathetic. China has dozens of vehicles only for sale there that are far superior. BYD, etc.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
For years I've been hoping auto companies make more series hybrids like the upcoming Dodge REV or VW Scout. They are fully electric EV but with a pure gas engine "generator" under the hood. Zero mechanical link from engine to wheels. All the convience of filling a gas vehicle in under a minute if preferred but can drive over a hundred miles 100% electric and fast charge. Hoping these prices might lead to a little innovation with US autos.

The US EV industry is pretty pathetic. China has dozens of vehicles only for sale there that are far superior. BYD, etc.
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Isn't that the same as the Chevy Volt?
 
SlyPokerDog said:
Isn't that the same as the Chevy Volt?
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No, the Volt connects the gas engine to the wheels. It's also slow, low powered, and little electric range of only about 50miles. It's more similar to a Prius than a full EV.

The upcoming Ram EV can tow 14000 lbs and has 700 miles of range. It can function at all speeds and towing 100% as an EV but just has a gas generator under the hood if ever needed. The gas engine only function is providing electricity, it's purely a generator. Same concept of massive freight trains for 70+ years, they run on diesel but are 100% propelled by electric motors so it's a well proven concept.

Electric motors max power is at 0 rpm so it's just a way better technology for propelling vehicles. Combustion engines convert ~75% of their energy to heat so your only getting propolsion ~25% of the energy of burning gas. Charging an EV is closer to 90% efficient. Pretty easy to throw solar panels on your roof and provide 100% of your home/transportation energy yourself.

Could easily design one to run on diesel or propane or whatever instead of gas.

Or could make one removable that you could store at your house except the occasional long road trip. Lots of possibilities out there for innovation.

Maybe someday if chargers were everywhere this wouldn't be needed. But this type of hybrid would be better for the next few decades before chargers are everywhere especially in rural areas. If people had one I bet 90% of their "fuel" would be cheap charging at home and it would be a way to transition them slowly to EV without having any range anxiety or hassle of charging.
 
SharpesTriumph said:
Have only owned electric cars since early 2023, three Tesla's and a Rivian. Prefer their far superior performance over gas. My 7 seat 7000lb electric suv has 800hp and can go 0-60 in under 4 seconds. Hardly costs anything to charge at home.

But nice bonus that now I don't have to pay any direct oil price increases. Yes I'll have to pay general inflation - but whatever that's not a huge part of our expenses.

For years I've been hoping auto companies make more series hybrids like the upcoming Dodge REV or VW Scout. They are fully electric EV but with a pure gas engine "generator" under the hood. Zero mechanical link from engine to wheels. All the convience of filling a gas vehicle in under a minute if preferred but can drive over a hundred miles 100% electric and fast charge. Hoping these prices might lead to a little innovation with US autos.

The US EV industry is pretty pathetic. China has dozens of vehicles only for sale there that are far superior. BYD, etc.
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And they only cost like $20k
 
Any way we can close THIS thread and start a NEW gas thread. Don’t like seeing that name PapaG on the main page FAMS!
 
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