# What are you paying for gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 11, 2000, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780 "2000-09-11T16:42:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/41 "2000-09-12T00:30:58Z")
My car manual? Sanibel, are you really a SanibelMAN? Us guys don’t READ manuals 😃 Yojimbo: I don’t think the Smart will work in the US. Then again, you could probably fit it in the trunk of a Lincoln Towncar, and drive it in the office 😛 London\_Calling: repeat after me, matey: “We’re not a world power anymore. We won one world cup, but it was a long time ago. World War II is over, as is WWI. We’re not a world power anymore. We won one world cup, but it was a long time ago. World War II is over, as is WWI. We’re not a world power anymore. We won one world cup, but it was a long time ago. World War II is over, as is WWI. We’re not a world power anymore. We won one world cup, but it was a long time ago. World War II is over, as is WWI.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Homer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Homer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Homer)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/42 "2000-09-12T00:31:52Z")
Oh, Sanni, I forgot to say… Chrysler offered a turbo gas engine in the older (late 80’s, early 90’s) minivans, but to the best of my knowledge, it hasn’t been offered since about 1992, and never as a diesel. –Tim ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/43 "2000-09-12T00:44:13Z")
Coldie - I have no idea what you’re talking about (WW2 ???). You left yourself open to a gentle dig and it was too hard to resist. What else can a footie fan do ? ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/44 "2000-09-12T00:51:01Z")
Practise on penalties, I’m afraid 😉 ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/45 "2000-09-12T01:03:19Z")
Here in this part of central Florida it’s been between $1.49 and $1.59 a gallon for the cheap stuff. > [@](#): > > **SIXTEEN DOLLARS. AND FIFTY CENTS. FOR. A. GALLON.** > > From now on, anyone who complains about gas prices being too high in the States will be shot. If I had to pay that much for gas I’d be walking everywhere. Oh, wait. My car is broken, so I _am_ walking everywhere. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/46 "2000-09-12T01:13:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Practise on penalties, I’m afraid 😉 \*\* Amen to that :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Gunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/47 "2000-09-12T01:38:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by yojimbo \* > \*\*I can just see Yanks falling over themselves to get [this](http://www.photo.net/photo/pcd0796/smart-swatch-car-38) baby . I’d love one but I don’t think I’d fit in it . \*\* That thing would fit **inside** my Jeep! And I probably wouldn’t even have to take the backseat out to make it fit! Probly gets better gas mileage, though…my AMC 360 cid V8 gets about 12.5-13 miles a gallon (that’s over 3 gallons _per day_ driving to skool and back :eek: ). ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/48 "2000-09-12T01:50:44Z")
I live about 3 hours from Demo, who is paying $1.80. I am paying $1.95 -$2.09. Who the hell is in charge here??? ---
**Author:** ![Junior\_Spaceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Junior\_Spaceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Junior_Spaceman)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/49 "2000-09-12T01:55:02Z")
Down-under, in Melbourne, we’re paying between $A0.90-$A1.05/litre (depending on the day of week) - this is roughly $US0.50 - $US0.60. Everyone’s complaining about it, because it’s gone up about $0.20 a litre in the last few months, and it looks like getting worse. HenrySpencer. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/50 "2000-09-12T13:37:24Z")
A petrol station in Yorkshire was reported to be selling today at £2.50/litre. Don’t ask me to convert it. The pound has just crashed against the US dollar, making my salary even more worthless back home than it already is. As for you US Dopers–a lot of you haven’t been heeding my warning 😃 It’s OK, though. I’m having fun listening to my co-workers complaining about not being able to find a petrol station with gas at **ANY** price. I get to work on my bike–I don’t even own a car! **HAW!** I’m not going to be so happy when it starts raining again, though… ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/51 "2000-09-12T13:42:27Z")
In Los Angeles county, we are averaging $1.75 per gallon for the lowest octane gas. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/52 "2000-09-12T13:53:29Z")
Oh crud. The price of gasoline in Norway has been up and down like the proverbial whore’s drawers lately. The government has mumbled something about “relaxing” taxes and levies on gasoline to get the price down to between 9 and 10 kroner per liter. To give you a little hint about what they are “offering”, the US dollar is extremely strong against the krone right now, so it would be about US$1 a _liter_. That would be about US$3.80 a gallon. And this would be a price _reduction_. I should probably fill up my little Golf before somebody blockades the fuel depots here, too. ☹ (Incidentally, the Smart car is an electric, isn’t it?) ---
**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2000, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780/53 "2000-09-12T14:56:03Z")
Gas is going for about $1.60 a gallon in central MA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/32780.md?page=2)