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01/03/2026 10:15 am
I'm averaging 35 mpg in my car so I have the luxury of not paying attention to the price. I believe it's $2.65.9.
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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01/03/2026 11:47 am
01/03/2026 12:23 pm
Nice looking!! HR-V??
Thanks!
No, it's the 2015 Fit EX on which the first HR-V was eventually based. Hard to believe it's almost 12 years old.
I just love this little thing. Hence the any excuse to post a photo 😉
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
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01/03/2026 1:49 pm
Nice looking!! HR-V??
Thanks!
No, it's the 2015 Fit EX on which the first HR-V was eventually based. Hard to believe it's almost 12 years old.
I just love this little thing. Hence the any excuse to post a photo 😉
It's a really great looking car, TERRIFIC mileage. Perfect for a spring drive in Dune-din, HA! (I miss that area!)
01/03/2026 3:22 pm
I'm going to be in the minority with the comment I'm about to share, but it's the truth for me.
All my adult life, I've NEVER complained about Gas or Food prices. Why? Because both are essential for my daily well-being, because I NEED them. Now everything else, and I do mean everything else, I have the ability to control what I'm willing to spend to have it. I can ask myself, do I NEED this or do I WANT this? If I think a suit costs too much, I don't buy it. If I think a car costs too much, I don't buy it. If I think a house costs too much, I haven't bought it.
Any item, other than Gas and Food, I can control my pocket book and budget. I worked in the banking business for 35 years in lending, and believe me, I saw a million ways people spent money foolishly. All of us (IMO) have the ability to curb inflation, but as a society we choose to pay the high prices and then complain about them.
Again, I may in the minority with my thinking here, but believe me it's worked for me over my 50+ years as an adult. And this mindset started when I was still a kid buying Batman and Superman comic books. They were 10 cents each, then went to 12 cents and stayed that way for a few years. But then, they went to 15 cents, a 3 cent bump and within a year, they surged up to 20 cents each. THAT WAS IT! I was done, declaring I won't pay that price. I never looked back.
I honestly feel if everyone would apply this simple principle to everything they buy, eventually we'd curb inflation. I know there are other factors, but it basically starts here.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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01/03/2026 3:49 pm
I hear what you're saying and, quite honestly, have reacted the same, over the years regarding gas and food prices. And I realize my complaining would have changed nothing anyway.
But, bottom line in my case is, I sure am happy that it is going down rather than up!
02/03/2026 11:10 am
I'm more on George's page, when it comes to gas prices. For me, it is more about what car I drive. I was once a passenger, in the front seat of a car that left the road at 90 mph and hit a large, oak tree head-on. It was one of those smaller Fords in the late sixties. I was in the hospital for several months and it took me five years to run again, on the University of Miami's track - four laps, too. I was one of two to survive the accident. Three others didn't. Since that time, my preference is for cars with some 'heft' to them, which is why I have been driving MBzs for decades, with the occasional Cadillac or Volvo thrown into the mix. There were other cars along the way, like the 240Z that slipped in, but I didn't feel very safe in it, nor in my then-California-partner's TR6. Loved the TR6, but only in the village of Laguna Beach, not on the highway. From my perspective, the price of gas is part and parcel of having a car in which I feel safe, and my MBz 300TE is worth 'feeding well.'
02/03/2026 11:22 am
Ed, it looks brand new...good going!Nice looking!! HR-V??
Thanks!
No, it's the 2015 Fit EX on which the first HR-V was eventually based. Hard to believe it's almost 12 years old.
I just love this little thing. Hence the any excuse to post a photo 😉
John Bono
North Jersey
03/03/2026 1:40 pm
Today I had Shell V-Power, priced at E2.54 per litre for my 2000 Blazer.
That's without ethanol and probably one of the very best fuels at the pump for older cars.
For my 1972 Corvette I use Ecomaxx, priced at around E4.- per litre.
Not available at the pump, but only in 20 liter jerrycans.
It has a very high quality.
03/03/2026 3:22 pm
I wonder where gas prices are headed with the price of oil jumping.
03/03/2026 3:59 pm
Living in California comes with some trade-offs. The biggest one is the enormously significant cost to live here. Interestingly, most of us who have been here for many years or decades are okay with the costs. We view it as "It is what it is."He loves the area and, certainly the weather. He gets very little time off though and we cherish whenever he gets a chance to come back home.
03/03/2026 4:02 pm
I wonder where gas prices are headed with the price of oil jumping.
It's up to $3.29.9 from $2.65.9 when I posted two days ago.
This post was modified 2 months ago 2 times by Ed Glorius
Retired in Dunedin, Florida.
