Don't buy gas on May 19th(today!)

[Groomsy]

today....is as far as i know a nationwide gas boycott in attempt to lower gas prices. If 50% of the Americans who normally purchase gas on Wednesdays don't buy gas today the American government will lose 40.6 Billion dollars.(thatr's alot of dough)
so...no matte r how low ur EX is on gas...wait till tomorrow to fil ' er up. If this time is not sucessful there will be a gas bocott day atleast once a month. Thanx guys....and sorry if ur low on gas:(

[quadrcr161]

been proven it wont work. that email has been around for years. you might not fill up today but you will fill up tomorrow or filled up yesterday.

[Ryan]

Even if everyone stayed home today and didn't waste any gas, The prices would probably be higher tomorrow. :o

[chucked]

I just filled up 23 bucks for my neon.

[Ryan]

Originally posted by chucked
I just filled up 23 bucks for my neon.

oops :eek2: ;)

[zephead400ex]

Originally posted by chucked
I just filled up 23 bucks for my neon.

...take it back and get it tomorrow:devil:

[chucked]

I just went out and bought extra gas because the price is supposed to double tomorrow!!

[blondie69]

The thing bout that is...they may lose money that day...but the next day they will make that much or more, because people would be even lower on fuel. The only way something like that would work is if maybe people didn't run any vechile for a day or two, so no fuel is wasted and they would just have to refill up even more the next day. Make's no sense to me..:huh


Is it cheeper to buy fuel directly from the company..?? Cuz I'm jus curious, because we run our own business...and we got the huge fuel tanks in a shed in my yard (Marked disel, reg disel, and gas, then a bunch of oil and stuff). So would we get it cheeper per/L then if we were to buy from a gas station..?

[Pappy]

here is how i offset the cost difference....

gas was $1.49 and is now at $1.90 in my area. thats an increase of $0.41. i use about 30 gallons a week so that adds to $12.30 a week increase to my fuel expense.

so to combat this for the short term, i stopped using extra fuel...you know...trips to the store, running out to see a friend, i mow my grass every 6 days instead of every 4 blah blah blah.

all in all with a little bit of conservation i figure im running about $5 a week over what I used to spend.

I do wish the price would get itself undercontrol because it does hurt. whats not added into the above equation is the increased cost of grocery items and many other products that will increase in price due to the gas prices.

i dont know the figures but a rise in fuel prices is supposed to increase the average cost of living 5% or something like that. thats where you get bent over not just at the pumps:o

[Berry]

if they really wanted to protest, it would be awesome if they could get a bunch of gas stations to shut down today!!!!

[chucked]

Originally posted by Berry
if they really wanted to protest, it would be awesome if they could get a bunch of gas stations to shut down today!!!!

PAY ATTENTION to everything anyone that knows their eye from a hole in the ground has been saying, if people dont buy gas today, they will buy it tomorrow! The exact same amount of gas will be bought in the long run!

[quadracer511]

somethin deffinatly needs to be done gas just went up to 2.11 a gallon on average here its gettin rediculus(sp)

[MOFO]

I just filled up my truck today, as I said I would do.... $45.... and when nicole gets home, we'll fill her car up too.

I dont like paying these prices at all, but after reading all of these posts about "not getting gas on May 19th" kinda gave me the extra push to fill up today.

Well the words out that all oil tycoons just filed bancruptcy about an hour ago...:eek2:


We did it...:D They said all gas will be free from this point on..:macho

[titianheel]

they just said on news it would take the gas/oil companies 5 straight years of no one filling up to even effect the companies

[MXER017]

That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. It doesnt matter if you buy gas today or not you will tomarrow or friday.So where is this hurting a multi-million dollar gas company? Someone please explain the math that was behind this whole thing because to me it just doesnt add up.

[heavy_d]

Around here it is $2.09 and tomorrow I heard it is going up to $2.19:mad: so I topped off my tank tonight.

[LTandRaptorider]

I had to buy gas... my low fuel light came on.

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by LTandRaptorider
I had to buy gas... my low fuel light came on.

yeah same here

[Woodsrider]

I would like to personally thank all of those who did not line up at the pumps today:D I didnt have to wait to fill up.;)

Like Pappy said you really feel it at the store not the pump. And the real crapper is that when the cost of gas goes back down, groceries won't:grr:

[Chef]

Just filled up the mach at $2.54/gal. Wish ours was as low as you east coasters. :(

[LTandRaptorider]

Originally posted by Chef
Just filled up the mach at $2.54/gal. Wish ours was as low as you east coasters. :(

Holy chit!:eek2: $1.99 looks like a good bargain now!

[Punk'd]

So how did the lil gas thing work out fellas? :rolleyes:

[416exmx]

i know you guys are talking about gas but deisel is higher then it was also.. i bet we spent $5000 for fuel this spring on our farm...

[JUSTINcredible]

over the past few days gas has been going down here, was at $2.11 on monday and this morning it was at $1.89:eek2:

[Quad18star]

I had to buy gas on the 19th or else I was gunna be stuck paying an extra 10 cents per litre ..... I believe here in Ontario we have finally hit $5 a gallon :confused:

[crday98]

i just have a silly little question.why is it that the price of gas has been going up an average of .06 a gallon from day to day and sometimes even .04 from morning to night but i never see the tanker truck between those peroids of increase?shouldn't the price remain the same until they have to refill?then i could see that the gas station had to pay more for the gas and have to charge more.it's not like the gas same gas sitting in the tank for a week is ageing like fine wine to justify the increase in cost is it?
there was a gas station in PA that sold gas for .97 cents a gallon yesterday.it was on the news and you should have seen the line:D they sold out in about 1 1/2 hours.boy i would have been pissed if i sat there all that time,only to pull up to the pump and have them say "sorry, we just ran out":huh

[Groomsy]

My truck....for an S-10 is the hardest SOB on gas i have ever seen. It has a 4.3 Vortec High-Output with a racing chip and it get aprox 16-17 mpg. I have a 20 gallon tank...and with gas prices in Ohio right now it costs me between $45-$50 to fill up.

[mmills023]

Try filling up a 3/4 ton Hemi!! like 50+ bucks. The real kicker is the 8mpg while towing my race trailer. I can remember being at the dealership and looking at the cost of the deisel being like 7500.00 more expensive than the Hemi. I thought i was doing a smart thing!!!! Man if I would have known that on a monthly basis i would have actually saved money getting the deisel i sure would have plopped down that extra 7500.00 bucks!!!

BTW gas prices here in the Chicago Suburbs are right around 1.99 - 2.19 a gallon.


Mike