Stopped by to say good bye.....

[Intercooled]

Good luck with your next vehicle.

From what i understand, those prices in Europe are because a gallon of gas is heavily taxed. I just read that in germany they are at $7.00 a gallon. If it weren't for taxes they would be paying just over one dollar for a gallon.

[HummBob]

L8R Mark....

[2-H2's]

I'm currently working in the UK...gas is $1.19 per liter

Good luck!!!

[RCKSTR]

Originally Posted by 2-H2's

I'm currently working in the UK...gas is $1.19 per liter

Good luck!!!

HOLY SH*T!


Whats the chances of you botteling that liquid gold and shipping it over here? Im in Canada and paying $1.41 per litre, wich after doing the conversion is $5.17 US per Gallon!

[HummerJim]

I'll miss your input on the forum! The voices of Orange Crush, like F5stop, & Paragon will become legend I guess that's better than notorious. I was one of those people that went from a BIG TRUCK '89 F350 4 X 4 to a Bronco to, a big SUV to the smaller H3 to a Wrangler and now back to the H2. I MISSED the utility of the big vehicle a lot and found myself making two trips in the smaller vehicle versus one in the larger SUV when hauling stuff around. Long highway drives with the Wrangler were pure torture. If it wasn't for the H3 I would have probably never looked at the H2. It's capabilities amazed me. Gas is expensive but there are those of us that NEED the ability to go through mud and snow and up the trail to our cabins in all kinds of weather and still haul stuff around in the back.
I make no excuses for my enjoyment and love of the big H2. Gas is expensive, but to me the H2 combines a hobby, with a lifestyle, with transportation. SIZE MATTERS!!

[CONRAD II]

Orange Crush is not so wrong but before I start I just want to make one thing perfectly clear, I'M NOT SELLING MY HUMMER NO MATTER HOW HIGH GAS PRICES GO. I'll buy a fuel efficient vehicle and park the dammed H2 in the garage and just look at it!! With that being said, everyone needs to keep in mind that gas is a natural resource. Our natural resources only exist in a finite amount, and when supplies dwindle gas prices will naturally rise. I am in the oil and gas business, and I'm not suggesting that we are running out of fuel. All I'm saying is that anyone who thinks that gas prices have hit their peek is sorely mistaken. Enjoy your toys but don't for one second think that things (gas prices) are going to get better! Think LONGTERM

[RazM]

Originally Posted by CONRAD II

Orange Crush is not so wrong but before I start I just want to make one thing perfectly clear, I'M NOT SELLING MY HUMMER NO MATTER HOW HIGH GAS PRICES GO. I'll buy a fuel efficient vehicle and park the dammed H2 in the garage and just look at it!! With that being said, everyone needs to keep in mind that gas is a natural resource. Our natural resources only exist in a finite amount, and when supplies dwindle gas prices will naturally rise. I am in the oil and gas business, and I'm not suggesting that we are running out of fuel. All I'm saying is that anyone who thinks that gas prices have hit their peek is sorely mistaken. Enjoy your toys but don't for one second think that things (gas prices) are going to get better! Think LONGTERM

Gas stations are SITTING on full stock of premium fuel, nobody is touching it unless their vehicle MUST take it (and I know a few cases of people putting regular into premium only vehicles). Basic business, standing stock is not good, especially with something like gas. Go to any gas station, look at the amounts the pump's register. Last time I was there I saw $5, $10, and only one or two machines over $40.

In the past, when gas went up, the majority of people complained, then bit the bullet and continued with life. They've finally raised the price to a point where people are saying "screw it" and they're changing their lifestyles. That's in no way benefitting oil companies, and they're seeing a drastic drop in sales. They have no choice but to level off the price at a point where people are willing to pay for maximum profit.

I'm not going to get into the topic of WHY the gas prices are going up, I'm just going to say anybody that believes it's because of "supply" is listening too much to the media.

[CONRAD II]

Orange Crush is not so wrong but before I start I just want to make one thing perfectly clear, I'M NOT SELLING MY HUMMER NO MATTER HOW HIGH GAS PRICES GO. I'll buy a fuel efficient vehicle and park the dammed H2 in the garage and just look at it!! With that being said, everyone needs to keep in mind that gas is a natural resource. Our natural resources only exist in a finite amount, and when supplies dwindle gas prices will naturally rise. I am in the oil and gas business, and I'm not suggesting that we are running out of fuel. All I'm saying is that anyone who thinks that gas prices have hit their peek is sorely mistaken. Enjoy your toys but don't for one second think that things (gas prices) are going to get better! Think LONGTERM

[kalantar]

Here is the real story on oil:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...67011147&hl=en

kind of long but very informative... tons of oil left in the world dont beleive the hype. The speculators have gouged everyone.

[HummBob]

Originally Posted by 2-H2's

I'm currently working in the UK...gas is $1.19 per liter

Good luck!!!

I thought it would be MORE???

We're at $1.27 Liter in Canada???

[RCKSTR]

Thats what I said. Im in BC, Paying $1.40 a litre, I think he maybe meant pounds instead of dollars?

[OrangeCrush]

Thanks all, I appreciate it. Like I said, this has always been a cool place to get info and just bs.


Like ya said Taz, I didn't HAVE to sell the H2, I only owe for a year and a half on it.... I could have just paid it off. In fact, many times I made the comment that once I paid it off, I'd let the damn thing sit there rather than sell it.

Between gas prices, extra payments and the fact that it had 103K miles on it, I just figured it was time. I bought my wife a new Jeep (painted it pink already), a new mini cooper for me, and between my Harley payments and existing car loan, I'm paying 2500 bucks a month in car payments. It was just time to lighten the load, no big deal but between insurance and gas and truck payment, I knocked off a grand a month easy.


And as far as the gas price issue, I realize that we are sitting on a TON of oil (processed and still in the ground) but for the poster that said he wouldn't be surprised that gas comes down to .50 a gallon by Nov.... that's naive.

It may drop over the next year a bit (I doubt it we'll ever see 2.00 again) but in the next 2-3 years, it'll only go up.

Good luck everyone, I'll check in time to time.

Mark

[Tex_h2]

I don;t know about everyone else...but gas has been slowly lowering here in texas. Yesterday, I saw as low as 3.30. And a week or so ago, two gas stations in Houston had a gas war....prices drop to a low price of 2.10.....last threw out the day....