Fuel prices around the world.

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I don't much care if it goes to 4 bucks or 5 bucks a gallon, I just roll the cost into what I sell my product for. Over in Europe they pay a lot more than we do and have for years.
and they have better roads and safer bridges too.
 
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I have been able to successfully raise most of my contract mowing and snowplowing contracts to recoup most of the current 50-60% increases in fuel and parts. However, fuel inflation and interest rates are on their way up again. It’s a difficult situation.
 
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MILES! Our Rabbit diesel only got 53 miles
per gallon. My 03 Dodge 2500 diesel driving
55 will get me between 25 to 30 miles per gallon.
Can't see buying a new pickup and have to add
DEF and get 14 to 16 miles per gallon! My old
73 Dodge 318 4 speed 4:11 rear gears 18 miles
per gallon running 75 to 80 miles per hour. I can't
understand why put all the pollution crap on a
vehicle which makes the vehicle burn more gas and
puts out twice as deadly fumes without the crap.
It costs the taxpayer a lot of money for the crap and
the added expense of burning more gas!

willy
and here i thought I had the best MPG with a 2003 Cummins powered RAM.
with a best full tank to empty hand calculated average of 24.4 MPG

If I trusted the overhead LIE O Meter I would have reported 28 MPG.

You may have managed it. If so Very Impressive MPG
My truck is a Quad Cab 3500 4x4 6 speed Manual, H.O. Cummins
 
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The ONLY time my diesel 1 ton truck leaves the garage is when it's out on farm business and the mileage and fuel and upkeep is a tax write off. Pleasure driving is always in our roller skate that gets 40 mpg.

Same applies to the class 8 diesel tractor trailer in the barn. It only comes out to haul grain to the elevator but then you don't drive a tractor trailer to church anyway. My 3406 NZ gets about 6mpg loaded.
 
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The ONLY time my diesel 1 ton truck leaves the garage is when it's out on farm business and the mileage and fuel and upkeep is a tax write off. Pleasure driving is always in our roller skate that gets 40 mpg.

Same applies to the class 8 diesel tractor trailer in the barn. It only comes out to haul grain to the elevator but then you don't drive a tractor trailer to church anyway. My 3406 NZ gets about 6mpg loaded.
I hear you . but until we get a commuter car of some sort the RAM averages at least 5 MPG better than anything else for a trip to more distance towns. Don't mind having the extra steel around for safety either with some of these texting inattentive drivers on the roads.
 
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I hear you . but until we get a commuter car of some sort the RAM averages at least 5 MPG better than anything else for a trip to more distance towns. Don't mind having the extra steel around for safety either with some of these texting inattentive drivers on the roads.
Understandable. I always drive very defensively with the roller skate (Ford Focus). Like riding in a tinfoil go kart. It is comfortable for a small car however and it has a 5 speed so I can play hot rod on the on ramps.
 
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Here Diesel was $3.79
reg gas $2.95 H.E.B

willy
 
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Diesel $3.49
Reg gas $2.99

willy
 
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Diesel now 4.29/G in the once great state of Pennsylvania. $3.79 in DE.
Wondering if I should take out a student loan for one of my kids college tuition? Better chance I have enough cash to get through this horribly expensive period.
Now with war heaped on top 10% or more inflation, it’s going to get worse.
 
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