Sacramento the cheapest regular is 1.81/ gal and going up daily.

Hawaii at $2 or Sacramento at 1.80...hmm.

----- Original Message -----
From: Mick Kalber <hotlava@INTERPAC.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: gas prices

> Finally a subject on which I may be able to get some sympathy.  Well,
maybe
> not on this list, but...
> Gas prices on the island of Hawaii (east Hawaii that is) are at
> $2.00/gallon... premium is $2.20 or more.  West Hawaii (Kona/Kohala) is at
> least .15 a gallon more.
>
> It ain't cold here, but we pay for it!
>
> Mick Kalber
> 89 Syncro Westy "Daddeo"
> Tropical Visions Video, Inc.
> 62 Halaulani Place
> Hilo, Hawaii 96720
> 808-935-5557
> 808-935-0066 (fax)
> hotlava@interpac.net
> www.volcanoscapes.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jennifer <ncc876@YAHOO.COM>
> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2001 6:41 AM
> Subject: Re: Fw: gas prices
>
>
> > At 4:40 AM -0500 4/19/01, Max Wellhouse rearranged electrons to say:
> >
> > >Unfornately this gentleman has been conditioned to think that $1.29 is
> cheap
> >
> > Here it is going for about $1.70 a gallon, perhaps a bit more since I
> > last drove past the station. I last paid about $1.50 a gallon for 87
> > octane to fill my Golf. The next day it had jumped by 20 cents a
> > gallon -- and I had to fill just about the entire tank (I'd let it
> > get close to redline.) Ouch! Though part of it is the reformulated
> > gas we use here -- St. Louis has smog problems -- that's still more
> > than last year.
> >
> > One alternative that is available is to purchase a car that is built
> > for 87 octane rather than 89 or 91. I could have had a 1.8 turbo Golf
> > that has significantly more power, but I chose not to buy it because
> > of the high gas prices of the time (which weren't as bad last year as
> > they are this year.) The 1.8T is supposedly higher-mileage, but
> > real-world reports on VWVortex' Golf 4 forum have shown that this
> > isn't always true. Same goes for a local friend who owns a GTI VR6
> > (same car, two doors)... though some of the lost mileage may be due
> > to, ah, spirited driving. A lot of the folks there like to brag about
> > street races they won -- come on already...
> >
> > Many of the high-performance cars out there require more than the
> > minimum 87 -- the Toyota Avalon requires 89, for example, while VW's
> > own VR6/1.8T require 91. Some people on the Vortex even feed them 93.
> >
> > But how many people, especially recent dot-com millionares (before
> > AMT... I'm *so* glad we didn't take any stock options!) think of
> > that? Now they're stuck with higher-performance vehicles that take
> > premium fuel...
> >
> > By the way, I'm plenty happy with my "2.Slow" Golf. I've trained the
> > adaptive automatic to be more aggressive with its shifting pattern,
> > and it works just fine for my driving style.
> >
> > ObVanContent: What sort of gas can I expect to need in the '90 westy,
> > for both the 1.9 engine it'll have at first and the 2.1 that'll
> > probably go in later?
> >
> > P.S. - Got out of the car at work this morning to discover a Golf II
> > idling nearby and got cheerfully waved at by the owner. Ah, VW-love.
> > :) There was a vanagon westy around for a bit, and a yellow old
> > Beetle, but I haven't seen either of them in a while.
> > --
> >
> > -----
> >
> > Jennifer - ncc876@yahoo.com
> > ... knee-deep in the hoopla ...
> >
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