Quake3World

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 1:28 pm**

lol paying for fuel.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 1:47 pm**

mancubus wrote:1 gallon = 4.54609188 litres (http://www.google.co.uk)

1.94600 US dollars to 1 Pound (http://www.xe.com)

therefore.....

£1.21 for 1 litre of diesel for my BMW 320D SE here in the UK

1.21 x 4.54 = £5.49 for 1 gallon

£5.49 = $10.64

What I am trying to say here to all the fucking whinging american fuckwits complaining about the cost of fuel is that I have absolutely no fucking sympathy for you whatsoever. I only pray for the fucking day YOU have to pay for fuel at 10 fucking dollars for a gallon and see how you fucking like it!!!

Assholes.

The whole point of the thread wasn't to complain about prices it was to show how a whole town of 75k people were tricked into almost mass hysteria when someone put up the wrong price for an hour. Without any question as to why only a single station increased their price by a dollar, everyone assumed the worst and phoned every person they knew as if the end of the world was near.

But since you bring it up....what was your gas price 8 years ago? And you do realize the cost of fuel increases the cost of every product we buy right? And that the cost of fuel is not based on production costs but the value of the dollar combined with the stock market? And that its not our fault your government fucks you when it comes to gas prices while ours has helped us?

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 2:04 pm**

Doombrain wrote:lol paying for fuel.

lol paying for company car tax and taking car allowance instead

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 2:11 pm**

bitWISE wrote: The whole point of the thread wasn't to complain about prices it was to show how a whole town of 75k people were tricked into almost mass hysteria when someone put up the wrong price for an hour. Without any question as to why only a single station increased their price by a dollar, everyone assumed the worst and phoned every person they knew as if the end of the world was near.

But since you bring it up....what was your gas price 8 years ago? And you do realize the cost of fuel increases the cost of every product we buy right? And that the cost of fuel is not based on production costs but the value of the dollar combined with the stock market? And that its not our fault your government fucks you when it comes to gas prices while ours has helped us?

Yes I understand the concept that we live in an oil based economy and blah blah blah... but whinging americans can still fuck right off.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 2:15 pm**

jelluz?

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 2:22 pm**

mancubus wrote:
Doombrain wrote:lol paying for fuel.
lol paying for company car tax and taking car allowance instead

lol have the option but didn't want a shit old diesel like yours

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 3:32 pm**

Doombrain wrote:
lol have the option but didn't want a shit old diesel like yours

lol you must be paying through the asshole in company car tax for your super duper Golf GTI. What are your C02 emissions per kilometre?

Meanwhile here's me with my company car allowance of £21,600 over four years. Bought a nice BMW 320D with 153 grams per kilometre which in turn costs £145 a year in road tax. Plus I get around 600 miles out of the tank and get around 60mpg when cruising on the motorway in sixth gear.

So what I am really trying to say here you fucking idiot is that you can take your stupid poxy little boy racer car and shove it up your ass.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 3:34 pm**

bitWISE wrote:jelluz?

YES

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 3:39 pm**

g/km are 194, band F. i wouldn't have it if i couldn't fund it you idiot.
what year's your BMW?

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:26 pm**

Ryoki wrote:I'm saying it's unreasonable to feel that as a (barely) oil producing nation you somehow have more right to oil (or a right for cheaper oil) than the rest of the world. That's not how it works... unless we have some kind of socialist takeover in the US, and i personally don't see that happening any time soon. I'm saying it's unreasonable to blame the oil companies for it - i feel that to suspect them of purpusfully not pumping up enough oil to raise prises is naive. I find it unreasonable to expect that low oil prizes are good for the world when we suddenly find ourselves with more drinkers at the party and the keg half empty while the frathouse collapses around us.

EDIT: @ peenyuh

The only part of this that I don't agree with is the opinion that I think I as an American have more right to cheaper gas than the rest of the world. 'Cause I don't. I think it's ridiculous for Brits and the rest of Europe to have to pay such high prices for gas. I think that, more than OPEC, our governments are responsible for what we pay for gas. My biggest problem is that if I stand alone at the gates of the whitehouse and demand King Bush II bring in some releif from fuel prices, I get arrested and labelled a kook. If I am there with 50 million others, some legitimate weight might just be put into it.

ALSO: Hey mancubus...eat a fat one you whinny-assed non-American.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:31 pm**

Im happy that in Japan prices are only just above those of the US.
Im even happier that I have a company car, and that the majority of my travelling expenses are paid for by my employer

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:33 pm**

And I, sir, am happy for you as well.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:38 pm**

Company truck ++

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 4:39 pm**

YourGrandpa wrote:Fucking retarded Hummer ++

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 7:03 pm**

Doombrain wrote:g/km are 194, band F. i wouldn't have it if i couldn't fund it you idiot.
what year's your BMW?

It has an 07 plate.

Posted: **Wed May 14, 2008 9:05 pm**

I was offered a Diesel Nissan Almera for my company car. I said no.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 1:13 pm**

mancubus wrote:
Doombrain wrote:g/km are 194, band F. i wouldn't have it if i couldn't fund it you idiot.
what year's your BMW?
It has an 07 plate.

fair play, fatty. i like those and they have a good lump in them apart from the horrid turbo lag.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 1:13 pm**

E:v:O wrote:I was offered a Diesel Nissan Almera for my company car. I said no.

you only got offered one car? lol, loser.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 9:43 pm**

What a cry fest, i'm paying $1.324/L = $6/gal

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 10:12 pm**

Ryoki wrote:I'm saying it's unreasonable to feel that as a (barely) oil producing nation you somehow have more right to oil (or a right for cheaper oil) than the rest of the world. That's not how it works... unless we have some kind of socialist takeover in the US, and i personally don't see that happening any time soon. I'm saying it's unreasonable to blame the oil companies for it - i feel that to suspect them of purpusfully not pumping up enough oil to raise prises is naive. I find it unreasonable to expect that low oil prizes are good for the world when we suddenly find ourselves with more drinkers at the party and the keg half empty while the frathouse collapses around us.

EDIT: @ peenyuh

We have proven reserves of nearly 21 billion barrels, yet we only produce a little over 5 million barrels per day. We're also the world's top importer of oil. We're not barely an oil producing nation. There are strict limits set on how much we pump so the price can be controlled. OPEC does the exact same thing. YOU are the naive one here, it's been very clearly stated by pretty much everyone in the oil industry worldwide that production is controlled to manipulate prices. It's basic commodities trading, dude. Who the hell else do you blame other than producers? Natural disasters notwithstanding, the oil producers are the ones that set the prices. What happened when Venezuela agreed to help the US break the arab oil embargo in the 70s? Saudi Arabia said "fuck you" and turned the taps open wide, causing the price of oil to tumble, and Venezuela's economy collapsed.
Nowhere have I said that the US has a right to cheap oil. My point is that the market is very tightly controlled, as are all the resources. I've also said before that I want all the oil gone so the US will stop giving a fuck about the Middle East. But, I'm well aware of the fact that low prices lead to over-consumption, pollution, and movement away from development of alternative fuels technologies.
If the market will bear the price, charge it. It's a commodity. The problem lies in the fact that our entire nation is built around petroleum products and that gives the oil companies an extremely unfair advantage in the market. They can literally tell the consumer to go fuck themselves, Washington will laugh and pocket more dough, and we have no short-term choice but to grab out ankles and take it up the ass. So, yeah, I get pissed when the price of oil gets jacked up because of some laughable reason like fear of Nigerian rebels possibly thinking about maybe considering attacking some facility that has an ad for Shell Oil within 1000 yards of it.

Go pick up a copy of Armed Madhouse by Greg Palast. You'll start to get a better idea of the relationship between Big Oil and the US government, particularly the Bush administration.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 10:48 pm**

Doombrain wrote:
fair play, fatty. i like those and they have a good lump in them apart from the horrid turbo lag.

No turbo lag in this fucker, its pretty responsive.

By the way I aint fat, I may be 16 stone but I am 6 foot 2 inches tall and I carry it well.

Posted: **Thu May 15, 2008 11:01 pm**

E:v:O wrote:I was offered a Diesel Nissan Almera for my company car. I said no.

What kind of shitty fucked up company do you work for? A fucking diesel Nissan Almera!

I could have taken a Jaguar XK but the trade up price would have made the novelty wear off pretty quickly.

Other cars I could have chosen from included Volvo, Mercedes, BMW, Land Rover and some other shitty ones like Vauxhall (mind you I would have taken the VX220 and not a fucken Vectra!)

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 12:23 am**

today 92 octane was $3.94 where I filled up. The 4 dollar mark for premium is near.

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 12:45 am**

I paid $3.97/gal on Monday and saw $3.99/gal at every other gas station I passed on the way to work. It's come down a few cents but only a few. I'm predicting $4.50 by the end of summer.

Posted: **Fri May 16, 2008 2:00 am**

*shrugs*

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