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Fuel Prices

Helmich,

Early this morning I did a presentation on automotive market conditions for a bunch of Germans. Obviously our gas prices were a big part of it. I had to preface it by admitting that we are still much cheaper than the EU. BUT if you go back a few years to when the Euro to $ was close 1 to 1, we'd be trending to get pretty close in prices.

Scary thing is that the "new" middle classes in India and China are not going to stop using gas. Many of these people just got their first car and they (like us checkmate guys) aren't going to stop driving their new toys until they really have to. Despite the global escalation in prices, DEMAND FOR GASOLINE CONTINUES TO RISE!! I've heard that when the global price for gas gets to the point where US gas is $6-$7, the global demand will start to level off.

FYI guys, in April 2008 was the first month in history (I know of ) that US car sales exceeded US truck/SUV sales. 'uhh hobie how well does that malibu pull a starliner again???

Where are you at in The Netherlands? I lived in Tilburg for a little while (Between Breda and Eindhoven).
 
I filled up my truck in Little Haiti, Miami @ $3.93/gal for 87oct this morning. The pump stopped at $75 and I didn't feel like restarting the process. I believe I could have got another $10-15 in.

:offtopic: I'm debating on taking the boat out today because it is supposed to rain, but tomorrow would be worse so I might just hit up the tank for 7-8 gallons and run around the glades for a couple hours without stopping to fish.
 
zstevens said:
were about same as big red ,but it seems to always fluctuate here alot more than other places , 3x a week up down !
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In South Florida it changes by around 4-6 cents every day (up and down). One day I went in to fill up at 05:00 and when I came back to fill up again at the same station at 21:00 it was 8 cents more!!!
 
Needafunboat said:
Helmich,

Early this morning I did a presentation on automotive market conditions for a bunch of Germans. Obviously our gas prices were a big part of it. I had to preface it by admitting that we are still much cheaper than the EU. BUT if you go back a few years to when the Euro to $ was close 1 to 1, we'd be trending to get pretty close in prices.


Where are you at in The Netherlands? I lived in Tilburg for a little while (Between Breda and Eindhoven).
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the stupid thing is that the gasprices overhere are mainly taxes. (about 78% of the price you pay) that's why the goverment of the netherlands are the biggest thieves of all. the higher the oil prices the more they get because it is in % of the production price of the oil company.

i live in the middel of the netherlands. nunspeet. a small town near the veluwemeer. (veluwelake) it has a fastlane on it from about 10 miles for waterski and fast boats.(search it on google maps.) i own a transportcompany overhere.
 
Its about 4.11 here for 89

I have used my boat very little partly because of some home projects, but also because of gas for me to get to a good lake its over 100 on gas just for my truck. I will use it much more later in the summer. Gas prices for me anyway make you think about when and how much I use versus just jumping in the truck and heading to the lake.
 
going into the holiday weekend it has jumped up to arm.leg /gal here, can't wait to fill up the boat this weekend, might need to get a second job. :pissed:
 
supergenius74 said:
going into the holiday weekend it has jumped up to arm.leg /gal here, can't wait to fill up the boat this weekend, might need to get a second job. :pissed:
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already had to get a second job, i'm back to cutting grass after a long day wrenching on cars.....gotta love the economy!!!!
 
the money is gone the tank is empty both truck and boat sit in a drive with no gas but hey i still got the beer i'll just sit in the boat and have the kid turn on the garden hose and make motor noise :rof:
 
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