Gas at ~2 bucks a gallon, How will this effect the Hobby?

[RDgladiator]

Ironically, scrap steel prices have gone down, so my jeeps are actually worth quite a bit less....

i work in the scrap industry, scrap prices dramatically drive oil prices as creating new steel and other metals is a major factor in oil prices, when prices of fuel drops so does the value of any metals. there are no orders anywhere for scrap metal, none over seas and all the major buyers, turkey, hungary, china have stopped buying, i do not see this changing anytime in the immediate future. all scrap prices are still considerably above average. as is gold, silver, oil, all commodities, the dow and other markets. this might stay around for a while in this country as we do not use fuel for anything besides making hamburgers and driving to go buy hamburgers. it is my estimate that fuel may drop below the $1.50 mark. it is under $50 per barrel last i looked, it really should be around $1.30 realistically at this time

RD

[Stuana]

Still $3.30/Gal regular in Hawaii

Welcome to our Island in the sun where we spend a lot of time on the beach coz gas prices are still too high. Enjoy it while it lasts Mainlanders.

[Billygoat]

Maybe someone find it economical to buy Thumper's "shell" from me now so I don't have to break out the wrenches and strip it down.

[Immortalxj]

Got the Cherk running the other day. Had to put gas in it 'cuz I forgot I ran 85 octane was $1.86 per...but 91 octane is still $2.11.....

I wish! We're in between 72 to 78 cents/L depending on where you go.

[Tinkerjeep]

This is what I said:

Got the Cherk running the other day. Had to put gas in it 'cuz I forgot I ran it out of gas when I parked it 6 months ago. 85 octane was $1.86 per...but 91 octane is still $2.11....

I wonder how long this can last....

Not this:

"Got the Cherk running the other day. Had to put gas in it 'cuz I forgot I ran 85 octane was $1.86 per...but 91 octane is still $2.11....."

So, what are you saying about what I said? For Real.

[Immortalxj]

Sorry.... edited for just the jist of it. It got all kerfuffled when I hit "post reply".
Your gas prices are equivalent to about 53 cents/L. Where as mine are about $2.88/gal.
For real.

[Tinkerjeep]

Okay. Fair enough.

So where is you? You're somewhere "East of Cowtown"???

$2.88 a gallon is soooo last month!


I'm just liking that putting 16 gallons of 85oct in the Cherk last week only cost me $30!!!!!

[Tinkerjeep]

...Words worthy of reading, but due to not wanting to repost it...I'll cut it out....

Maybe it's the long, grey days, or the amount of rainfall, but have heard and seen some really, stupid, stuff back home over the years. I miss the older days, people seemed more honest, and you could have some quiet fun just roaming a junkyard.

Sorry if this comes off as too grumpy, don't mean to be.

I hadn't read this previously. I'm not sure how it snuck by me.

I echo your feelings to a great extent. But age tends to make the good ol days" sweeter than they actually were. Dana axles were always sought after. but the prices of junkers and scrapyard axles are goin up due to increased demand by racers, Froaders, and Cash For Clunkers decreasing the availability of 70-80-90s rigs in bone yards.

I agree "everybody" thinks they have some massively unique super fast rig, with secret COPO numbers on the side you can't see. Or they have built up a race motor out of pedestrian parts (Which has been, can be, and is currently being done by guys like me. But I'm nowhere near as fast or loud and proud as guys with numbers matching 1971 401s with the 319 hi-compression heads and 1971 401 blocks or the 360 race blocks with thicker main webs) and guys will blow you into the weeds with "junk". "Sleeper-rig?" Yeah. "Stealth fast". Could be. Wanna race him to prove he's full of BS? put some money on it and you just might find out the big-mouth punk is actually fast. Its all a racket to make money off suckers looking to get a easy win over some Loudmouth punk with BS speed parts. Jokes on them.

I think basing performance output of a engine based on "numbers-matching" is stupid because these days you can turn a small block Ford 302 or 351 into a big block Ford by stroking it. Same with GM small blocks. You can make a small block or big block anything support 500 HP easy now with a turbo and the right tune. And these mutt-motors will put any stock Hipo motor from the Big Three Muscle era into the weeds.

I don't race guys because around here, as neat as I think my 5000 pound truck is with my higher CR 401, There are guys with stupid-spendy engines built up in their old beaters. Also a lot of oil-field-rich-brats driving chipped diesels which put out 500hp and 700 torque! Put me in the weeds easy! And if they blow their motor...Laughs all around - Daddy just buys them a new one tomorrow...me, I'm screwed because its my DD and they don't make AMC 401 blocks anymore.

But as far as bragging rights...I'm just glad I have what I have. Don't get caught up with the A-holes and their BS superiority contests. Just be glad you have what you have.

So, I hear you, brother, but don't get sucked into it. Rise above.

[Immortalxj]

20 minutes east of Calgary Alberta. Way up north ;^)

[Bill Moore]

awesome, Diesel finally started dropping like a rock now, 286 gal, gas holding steady at 184, need a price war to get it down where it needs to be ~175.

I suspect Canada has high taxes on their gas?

[bmax65]

Hey Tinker

Hey Tinker-

Yeah, I hear you, too. I don't let it personally drag me down. And I am glad that I found another Wag, even with all it's probs, I want to keep it, fix it, hopefully learn some more, and become more capable as an owner.
For some reason, old Wags make me grin- and I usually HATE 4 door anythings. I don't want to let this one go.

Yeah, sometimes I know, I get grey and grumpy....guess the older I get, the easier my BS meter gets pegged. I should just grin and walk away.
It just gets frustrating when you're trying to just buy some parts, and right before your eyes and ears, the price triples because the dude just watched some auction/flipper show.

Hopefully I'll be able to get some stuff here on the forum, instead of dealing with the local B-J brained yahoos.

[Immortalxj]

I suspect Canada has high taxes on their gas?

Taxed out the wazoo..... we ship most of our crude to the refineries south of the 49th. It might have some of us a wee bit riled up here.

[Tinkerjeep]

20 minutes east of Calgary Alberta. Way up north ;^)

Oh. Our Neighbors to the North. Gotcha.

Is there also some price diff due to the exchange rate? I know US dollars were worth more a while ago...now days I think the Canadian dollar is likely worth more than the USSA dollar.

[Immortalxj]

80 cents will get you guys $1 Canadian. You're doing much better than us at the moment.
I'm sure that has something to do with it as well.

[bmax65]

hmmm....

USSA = United Socialist States of Amerika?