Is it me, or have anyone of you who drive as much as 100 miles a day noticed a drop in the gas mileage your vehicle is supposed to have?
I have some mechanic, knuckle scraping, wrench turning experience. My vehicle is maintained pretty good. So I Know that the mileage drop I am experiencing-not my vehicle.
Only since the Price Hike, has the drop been noticeable. Only with regular gas, which most of us can afford. After filling up with supper, a couple of times, things were back to normal- for the most part.
I noticed after using super gas, the less stops to refill.
Think about it. $4 a gallon, less miles per gallon, more refills.
Spend more for supper gas- and less refills. This a trick I have seen Casino Operators pull on the general public. You think you are paying for a good product, according to your life style, and or budget. If you spend more for a better product, most of the time you see a difference. It's all about the psychology of marketing.
Supper gas is not a very popular product. Games have to be played to in crease sales.
I have also noticed more engine knock (clatter) using regular gas after the Price Hike.
I have also been in the retail side of this for a long time as a young one. The 1970's gas shortages were such a joke. Lines down the street, around the corner. Causing tempers to flare. License Plate odd- even numbers determined who could buy, on what day. And what did the store managers want their employees to do? Push belt and hoses sales, and tires.
Don't these products require oil?
Plastic and other by products use more of a barrel of oil than does fuel-gasoline.
And then the biggest scam of all. Make vehicles lighter. Get rid of the big land yacht, trade for a vehicle made with less metal. Replace any part of the vehicle with what?
You should have guessed it. PLASTIC!!!!!
The biggest Scam of the century. Use more oil for plastic to make vehicles lighter, so less gas would be used. Gas mileage did not increase-vehicles were made lighter. More oil was being consumed. Just what the Government wanted- NOT THE OIL COMPANIES!!!! All thought you heard no complaints from them. More oil sales related products-- MORE TAXES COLLECTED!!!! Like I said before- the biggest SCAM in the 20TH Century.
IT'S BACK. BACK in the 21ST Century.
Jul 23, 2008
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