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Old 04-05-2007, 05:58 AM   #1
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Urrrg :x

Im sick of it

$3.19 a gallon now

all I want to do is fill my boat so I can board :wink:

gas was just around $2.39 a month or two ago

now its going to cost damn near $100 to fill up each time


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Old 04-05-2007, 01:26 PM   #2
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Yeah about the same here (lower Lake Michigan). Sucks even more when we come back from a weekend in Chicago. Last June it was over $4.00 per gallon in Burham Harbor before we came back home. Now its under that but I'm sure it will go up again. I monitor L-Michigan gas prices on this site so we pretty much know what we're getting into.

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Old 04-05-2007, 04:17 PM   #3
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I just filled up ours for 2.95....last yr it hit something like 3.80 something in the islands....this yr will probably go higher than hell...and when your filling up a 90gal tank and doing it twice...you panic :shock:

last weekend was 155 bucks for about 45 gal. of gas...on or about.... :?
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Old 04-05-2007, 08:18 PM   #4
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geeze you guys have it worse than I, I should just shut up. Last year it was 3.17 was the highest it got. Its already going higher and higher. These damn oil companies are a complete joke. :roll:

Very greedy world we live in boys!
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Old 04-05-2007, 09:06 PM   #5
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Wait untill you have to fill up 300 gallons :shock:
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:13 PM   #6
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300 Galls

no way man

thats about a G

just outa curiosity how far will that get you?
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:14 PM   #7
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oh and by the way

its up another 3 cents today

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Old 04-05-2007, 11:35 PM   #8
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300 gal/ 10gal an hour x 17mph(cruise) = aprox 500 miles. But tides can really cut into that number a bit
BTW Boat Unit = $1000. Thats what you tell the admiral it costs. "It was only 3 Boat Units dear" Tends to soften the blow a bit
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Old 04-05-2007, 11:38 PM   #9
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LMAO

no soft blows there unless it from your lady!
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Old 04-08-2007, 02:43 AM   #10
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Urrrg :x

Im sick of it

$3.19 a gallon now

now its going to cost damn near $100 to fill up each time

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I just filled up my boat today (again). $124. That sucks.
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Old 04-08-2007, 04:16 AM   #11
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Nice rig Submariner

$124 :?

yikes!

is that a 5.0?
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Old 04-08-2007, 04:31 AM   #12
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Nice rig Submariner

$124 :?

yikes!

is that a 5.0?
Yes. I have the 260hp, 5.0l MPI motor. It's awesome. Tops out at 55mph. Has a 50 gallon gas tank which for the Puget Sound, means I can go pretty much anywhere on a tank of gas or less. But boy do I hate filling up at the pumps at $3 a gallon.
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Old 04-08-2007, 07:53 AM   #13
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I have a 5.0 to but its only 27 - 29 ? gall.

not as bad as yours.

50 gall damn! I bet you get a couple riding days outa it eh?

here is a few of mine. I must say it puts out a decent wake for not being a comp boat.



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Old 04-08-2007, 03:35 PM   #14
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50 gall damn! I bet you get a couple riding days outa it eh?
If I'm on a lake doing water sports, I'll typically get a 3-day weekend out of a tank of fuel. If I'm out fishing in saltwater, it depends on the weather and wave conditions. A typical fishing trip is 20-30 nm. I get about 150 miles out of a tank. I actually calculated the real milage last season on it going between Everett, WA, and LaConner, WA (approximately 40 miles). The sea state was flat and I was doing cruising speed the entire way (35mph). I saw 3.6mpg.

Being that there aren't a lot of fuel stations on the water, it is really nice to have the bigger tank. Though it's also nice to have a trailerable boat that I can haul up to Chevron because gas at the dock is way more expensive!
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Old 04-09-2007, 02:02 AM   #15
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I hear that 8)
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Old 05-24-2007, 03:25 PM   #16
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Just worked out the equivalent dollar cost for a US sized gallon here in the UK......$7.20 per US Gallon ! ...and that is after we have had to pay $38,000 for a 1800 SR3 ! If you've got room for one more in your country I'll be packing my bags and coming to live there :-)

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Old 05-24-2007, 04:03 PM   #17
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there's plenty of room....just don't bring Juan the pool boy with you!!
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Old 05-27-2007, 11:43 AM   #18
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ill have a bit of that to. fuel is mad price here.
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Old 06-18-2007, 09:59 AM   #19
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>Im sick of it

> $3.19 a gallon now

Just smile .... it costs me the equivalent of $7.35 a gallon here in the UK, so you can have at least a doubling of your price before it becomes expensive.
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Old 06-18-2007, 04:24 PM   #20
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it finally dropped below 3 bucks this weekend...went to fill the wifes pathfinder up and found at the street pumps 2.99....of course I think that the news is making too big a deal out of gas prices....after all...the oil companies need to make something like a trillion dollars each yr to offset what we waste in our big trucks...right??.... :?
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