[quote]masterpate wrote:
i’m definitely considering getting a ninja 250. do you guys think it would be worth it to get one of the 2008s that i’ve heard a lot of good things about, or should i look into getting a used one thats just a few years old?
noting that i have absolutely 0 riding experience. [/quote]
Used. Definitely. Learn to ride before you buy a new anything.
Stocks/ETFs such as USO, HESS, IYE, IEO did pretty well over the last year or so. COP and XOM, at second look, not too bad either.
Unfortunetly, I think now is a bad time to invest long term in these. If you do go in now, make sure you trail it very closely. The way oil prices are shooting up, I see them coming back down even harder. That’s not to say oil will ever be cheap, but you could get caught out if you buy in at these highs.
I’m considering buying a bike more and more as gas prices rise…
Besides, they’re just so darn cool.
My motorcycle makes gas prices a non-issue…unless it’s raining. I can fill up on premium for about 10 bucks.
Quit bitching people
Where I live the price is $1.60 per litre. That is equivalent to 7 US dollars/gallon.
Fucking government excises.
That’s nothing, Regular. In Britain we were paying $8.38 at the beginning of May, and it’s gone up (almost bloody daily!) since then.
I just don’t think about it, because I have to fill up at least 2x per week to get to and from work, which is a 135 mile roundtrip.
Vespa scooter.
I don’t have to worry about macho.
I bought a used car. The Suburban costs $120 to fill up.
On a related note,
Oil soars to new record over $135
[quote]1porsche wrote:
Kilosprinter2 wrote:
I want to hear it, what is the T-man thing to do about gas prices?
What’s the most socially acceptable, manly thing to do about this situation?
Using any kind of ‘economical’ means of transportation is out, correct? No bike, no hybrid, no moped(gaah!!!), no rationing and ‘smart’ use of gasoline, right?
Manly men drive fast, powerful vehicles, not environmentally friendly, economical transportation, correct?
If I am wrong, please say so, AND explain thoroughly.
I genuinely want to see what you guys have to say, and what better forum than T-Nation to get a socially acceptable, manly opinion from?
The only thing I can come up with that fits the problem as the most likely solution is to drive a motorcycle, but it has to be at least 500cc+, prefferably a real man’s size of 750+. But even this solution isn’t great. Doesn’t work in cold/wet weather, or for transporting friends.
How many cc’s does it take to compensate for a small dick. I ride a 250 that costs me less than 200 a year to insure, and on my last tank I averaged 67 miles to the gallon.
On a side note a friend of mine (new rider thought he needed a big bad cycle) bought a sharp YZF 600R Yamaha and promptly needed to show me how it outrun my bike. We were riding together and he gave it too much gas and laid the bike down on SR 315 During rush hour.
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Kawasaki? I am seriously considering the new Kawi 250 but I have heard it gets worse mileage than the older ones.
I get 11.6mpg in my LT1 Formula. I’ve decided to start biking the 3 miles to school, seeing how I can bike to school faster than drive (with off-campus parking and walking to the school).
What’s unmanly about biking? I constantly have people tell me I’m crazy when I used to longboard skateboard to school, and some people think biking that much is crazy, too. But if you’re going to bike, bike as fast as you can. Anything less and you’ll look like a pussy.
[quote]BigDug wrote:
That’s nothing, Regular. In Britain we were paying $8.38 at the beginning of May, and it’s gone up (almost bloody daily!) since then. [/quote]
You guys don’t drive as far as we do. America is pretty spread out.
I drive ~500 miles a week. This year I have paid off enough debt that my payments have gone down by more then I am paying for gas each month. (Why does this feel like deja vu?)
Also I quit having car payments in 2006, and purchased cars cheap enough that I only need liability right now, which caused my insurance to plunge.
Here is an idea. Don’t put it on your credit card. If you are, you may have decided to pay an extra 20% for that gas. (Not to mention how fun it is to spend the next 3 years paying for the gas you used this week.)
Now if anyone really wants to save gas, learn about hypermiling:
Hey if you all feel I aint no T-Man just because I drive a Prius (49 mpg constantly) so be it 
Hell the money saved on gas (over my old car Mercury Grand Marquis)pays for the car so all good to me
[quote]Zap Branigan wrote:
BigDug wrote:
That’s nothing, Regular. In Britain we were paying $8.38 at the beginning of May, and it’s gone up (almost bloody daily!) since then.
You guys don’t drive as far as we do. America is pretty spread out.[/quote]
Aye that’s true, but America is still one of the cheapest places in the world to buy fuel. You probably have the highest percentage of gas-guzzlers as well.
I can’t help but think that if Bush and Blair stayed the hell away from Iraq we wouldn’t be having this conversation right now. Arseholes, the pair of them!
[quote]rainjack wrote:
I bought a used car. [/quote]
Exactly. I drive a 93 Explorer. Before that, an 89 Blazer. Yeah, they’re both gas guzzlers, but I haven’t had a car payment, or paid for more than liability insurance, in over 8 years. I guess I’m not as cool as some of the people and their vehicles here, but I’m just cheap that way.
1.) The US doesn’t have it as bad as other parts of the world (that count)
2.) In upstate NY right now its about 4.17 for regular (87)
3.) Buy a civic hybrid, get alot bigger and no one will think “oh that guy is a sissy for driving a hybrid”
~b
[quote]BigDug wrote:
Zap Branigan wrote:
BigDug wrote:
That’s nothing, Regular. In Britain we were paying $8.38 at the beginning of May, and it’s gone up (almost bloody daily!) since then.
You guys don’t drive as far as we do. America is pretty spread out.
Aye that’s true, but America is still one of the cheapest places in the world to buy fuel. You probably have the highest percentage of gas-guzzlers as well.
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True on both counts.
Disagree with this. These prices are a natural result of supply and demand with a bit of speculation and market manipulation thrown in.
My SUV, an RX330, is rated at 19/24 mpg I think. I get NOWHERE close to that, due to horrific traffic around where I live.
I can’t do anything about the gas prices, or the amount I have to drive. So, I groan when I fill up the tank, and continue on with my life.
When I buy my next car in a couple years, I’ll have fuel efficiency as a higher priority.