Jus-A-CMax Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) "That's great honey. " I :) "I just did an 800+ mile tank but you're the one with the gas pedal problem. " Yes, I actually said that to my wifey and lived to tell about it (or blog it here). It's true. The politicians in CA have pushed to increase the taxes on gasoline: LA Time California gasoline tax increase expected to push prices higher 2013/03/04 Come Monday, it going up. Thats OK, Governor Moon-Beam, tax all you want, cause I am driving FE now :happy feet: Edited June 30, 2013 by Jus-A-CMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tdefny Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Glad you have the C-Max? It's kind of hard to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted June 30, 2013 Author Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Oh hell yeah....600+ mile a tank, you betcha I am happy, even if it goes to $5 a gallon. My wifey, well....lets just leave this.....<blank>..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsaguy Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 (edited) my wife too, especially when she is getting <17 mpg usually.:( can't wait to get her the Max once she gets a job....tick tick tick tock..... Edited June 30, 2013 by salsaguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hybridbear Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 You might be happy with your C-Max, but what does she drive? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SnitGTS Posted June 30, 2013 Report Share Posted June 30, 2013 Jus, you know you're the reason they were forced to increase the tax on gas right? You're not using enough of it! Lol! :happy feet: Adair 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jus-A-CMax Posted July 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 (edited) Jus, you know you're the reason they were forced to increase the tax on gas right? You're not using enough of it! Lol! :happy feet: Don't laugh...that could be very true. Infact, they were considering mileage tax with a GPS. Yes, yes, it raises a privacy issue but don't forget who is in charge here (and with SUPER majority where the opposing party is merely room warmer status) and they luv taxes like children luv ice-cream. Edited July 1, 2013 by Jus-A-CMax Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsaguy Posted July 1, 2013 Report Share Posted July 1, 2013 hybrid bear-i drive a new Passat and my wife drives a '99 Toyota 4Runner so she needs the more fuel efficient car for sure. the cmax will be hers but i will try my best to borrow it as much as i can to do some testing and let me post my comments on it for you all here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 (edited) It's a win win: Higher gas taxes encourage those stuck in gas guzzlers to go green, while sustaining the income to maintain and expand our transportation infrastructure. I wish we had gas taxes at the level of Europe, personally (another, what, $4/gallon?) By the way, it's ironic that "Governor Moonbeam" lasted as a criticism. It was first applied when he pushed for California to invest in satellite communication systems. At the time it seemed pie-in-the-sky futurism; less than a decade later, keen foresight; today, prosaically obvious. Yet somehow, it is still used as political japery. Edited July 2, 2013 by Noah Harbinger Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zhackwyatt Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 It's a win win: Higher gas taxes encourage those stuck in gas guzzlers to go green, while sustaining the income to maintain and expand our transportation infrastructure. I wish we had gas taxes at the level of Europe, personally (another, what, $4/gallon?) By the way, it's ironic that "Governor Moonbeam" lasted as a criticism. It was first applied when he pushed for California to invest in satellite communication systems. At the time it seemed pie-in-the-sky futurism; less than a decade later, keen foresight; today, prosaically obvious. Yet somehow, it is still used as political japery. And I'm glad your not in charge. Jus-A-CMax, Edsel and Adair 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAL Cmax Posted July 2, 2013 Report Share Posted July 2, 2013 Last I heard in Massachusetts they plan on upping the state tax $0.03 and track it with inflation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edsel Posted July 3, 2013 Report Share Posted July 3, 2013 Here is an article on all the states that are raising taxes. http://money.msn.com/now/post--8-states-where-the-gas-tax-just-went-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah Harbinger Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 So a funny thing happened: Gas prices didn't increase! According to GasBuddy, prices (which are reported by users as the advertised price at the station) were on average exactly the same on 7/1 as 6/30. Strange how demand is dictated by price, forcing the multi-billion dollar corporate suppliers (with record profits despite the jobless "recovery") to absorb the majority of any tax increases. MMMMM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
salsaguy Posted July 10, 2013 Report Share Posted July 10, 2013 (edited) i use Gas Buddy as well. prices are usually updated pretty frequently every few hrs or less depending on how busy your city area is. and some stations change less depending on if they are independent or a national chain. gas did go up a little from last week but is lower than a month ago. true national gas price changes can be found here on the AAA gas price tracker site below. if you click on your state icon you can see a graph and change info details:http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/?redirectto=http://fuelgaugereport.opisnet.com/index.asp Edited July 10, 2013 by salsaguy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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