See, this is why I bought a Saturn as my first car, and I'm seriously considering a Prius for my second.

My wife, on the other hand, insists on driving a minivan!

At least we (somewhat) average out,right?

EDIT: Oh, my Saturn died...that's why I'm looking at the Prius...not to just have another car...

Oooooooh! I love these little conversion tests:

1 litre = 0.2642 gallons (us)
1 gallon (us) = 3.7850 litres
99.9 cents * 3.7850 = 3.7812 canadian dollars per gallon (us) of gasoline
3.7812 canadian dollars * 0.8111 cents US (todays conversion rate) = 3.066 US dollars per gallon (us)

so, is 3.066 dollars per gallon too much to pay for gas, yanks?

Okay, here we go again:

1 pound = 1.8736 us dollars
1 litre still equals 3.7850 gallons
80p per litre = 3.028 pounds per gallon(us) (assuming 100p to the pound)

therefore, 1 gallon of gas (us) costs 5.6732 dollars (US) in the UK @ 80p/ litre

I like this game!

I'm paying $2.60 USD right now in Chicago, so it's not a big deal to me. Personally I've welcomed the higher prices as hopefully a method to promote fuel efficient cars and more conservation. If it keeps going up, it keeps going up. I'd love to see a gas tax and have the money put towards resreaching a better method of fuel, however knowing our government they'd probably squander the money on something else before any of it got to alternatie fuel research.

Guess I'm a weird american? I purchased my car with a large emphesis on gas milage, and got a 4 cylinder that gets about 25-30 mpg. It's got plenty of room to "haul my stuff" in, and it's relativly economical.

yes i didn't convert the mighty Loonie to the mighty greenback, but (in retrospect) i was subconciously trying to maintain the relative buying powers

WAIT a minute!! Why does anyone think 30 or 35 mpg is a good number??? I used to drive an old Geo Metro, 3 cynlinders (I live in the city and even if I didn't, there's a lot to be said for a car I can push by myself), and I regularly got 40-50mpg.
Hybrids are going to have to do a helluva lot better than that to make them worthwhile.

The car that got me through college, a 1994 Ford Escort, got 35-40 mpg. It had a v4 and about 90 hp. I won't get a hybrid until it can do at least 60-80 mpg.

The biggest problem that I've had with the rising fuel prices is that from my conspiracy minded standpoint, and I'm sure that you've all heard the stories, for decades there have been engines and fuel management systems that get 80mpg or more, without introducing hybrids or anything else. But like it's been stated, the oil companies stand to go bankrupt in a system that the vehicles were that efficient, so they either buy off or supress the technology to keep us at our current level of dependence. Honestly, fuel efficiency has only increased from 12-15mpg to 25-30mpg over the last 40 YEARS?! Granted, there is a certain amount of energy that needs to be generated/consumed, but with the gigantic leaps that we've made in every other technological area this just seems more than a bit suspect to me.

I personally can't wait for the newer hydrogen powered vehicles. BMW has already designed and tested a model called the H2R that will outperform most vehicles on the road today, at a fraction of the fuel cost and with almost no emissions of any type.

Wasn't there a post about the cars that get 500mpg? Damn, I can't remember, but it was real recent though.