I read a study about a year ago that compared gas prices adjusted for
inflation. I think it was based in 1962 dollars and at the time last year
gas adjusted for inflation was about the same price as in 1962.

ed
reno nv. $1.82 regular unleaded
-----Original Message-----
From: mike miller <mwmiller@CWNET.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, April 19, 2001 1:02 PM
Subject: Re: Fw: gas prices

>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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