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Re: How much are you paying for Gasoline? Thread.
oldskoolboarder #207432 05/08/08 07:01 PM
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just went up today from 3.39/gal to 3.49/gal here in OK


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BrenR #207434 05/08/08 07:11 PM
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 Originally Posted By: BrenR
Must be nice... public insurance on bikes here in about 2002 or 2003 suddenly doubled.

Really makes you wonder how much you want to ride when it's going to cost you $2379 to insure a bike (using a 2001 Honda Shadow ACE 750 as a model)... and the riding season here is 5 months.

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Wow. That's a lot!

I ride a 2005 Suzuki Boulevard M50. Mid-sized, 805cc, sporty-ish looking cruiser. Really great bike. Fuel injected, shaft drive, water cooled. No fussing with chokes, carbs, or oiling chains.

I pay $135 per year to insure it. Full year, comprehensive policy, good limits, and a $250 deductable.

$2,400/year for a 7 year old Honda Ace 750? That's absolutely absurd because $2,400 sounds like a pretty reasonable price to BUY a bike like that!

And yeah, I figured you were talking to me. One tiny benefit to living in the middle of hard-core corn country. We have a few E85 pumps in my town of 24k souls. One even has a BioDiesel pump.


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bugbitten #207446 05/08/08 08:48 PM
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RickF,

Is that a Corolla? What MPG do you get?

$3.58 unleaded here today.


Doug, yes it is ... a CE Model with power windows, door locks, AM/FM CD and automatic. My drive is 207 miles each day to and from work, I am getting 37-39 on the highway and 35.5-37 around town. It was the last new '08 (17 miles on the odometer) the dealer had on the lot and I got it out the door for $15,308. I bought it April 10th and have put over 11k miles on it and thus far I am extremely happy with the car ... especially whenever I pull into the gas station!

I've somewhat had to change my driving habits because she's certainly not an offensive driving machine like my truck, that's for sure.


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RickF #207448 05/08/08 08:50 PM
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207 miles per day for work!?!? WOW. how much time do you spend in the car every day? 11k miles a month! man I am glad my work is 2.5 miles away from my house


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terzaghi #207450 05/08/08 08:57 PM
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 Originally Posted By: terzaghi
just went up today from 3.39/gal to 3.49/gal here in OK


We've been holding at 3.499 for a couple of days now here in Slidell, LA I filled up this morning with mid-grade at 3.659. My C300 Hemi gets 22 mpg going back and forth to work. Gas was 2.579 when I bought the car...

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terzaghi #207451 05/08/08 09:01 PM
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3.6 hours in the car for the round trip drive ... but most often we're only working 4-6 hours a day so it really doesn't make for *too* many long days.


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Re: How much are you paying for Gasoline? Thread.
RickF #207452 05/08/08 09:05 PM
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Dang, Rick, that's a lot of time spent in the car. I think gas mileage and a comfortable seat would be my top two selling points if I were you!


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Re: How much are you paying for Gasoline? Thread.
PeterChenoweth #207478 05/08/08 10:13 PM
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 Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth
I pay $135 per year to insure it. Full year, comprehensive policy, good limits, and a $250 deductable.
That's $200 deductable, $200 comprehensive, $1M liability and all-purpose (so you can ride to work)... $200 a month year round... or $480 a month over the 5 months of the year you can ride here.

They just don't want anyone riding here is all.

I'd personally like to see bikes split into 4 catagories instead of two. Right now it's 499 and less CCs and 500+ CCs... I'd like them to split them by bike type too... cruiser versus rice rocket. Let each type of rider only affect their own premiums.

Bren R.

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BrenR #207516 05/09/08 03:48 AM
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I just filled up the tank at $3.30 / gallon. I average about 35 MPG in my little Hynundai Accent. \:\)


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BrenR #207518 05/09/08 03:52 AM
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 Originally Posted By: BrenR
 Originally Posted By: PeterChenoweth
I pay $135 per year to insure it. Full year, comprehensive policy, good limits, and a $250 deductable.
That's $200 deductable, $200 comprehensive, $1M liability and all-purpose (so you can ride to work)... $200 a month year round... or $480 a month over the 5 months of the year you can ride here.

They just don't want anyone riding here is all.

I'd personally like to see bikes split into 4 catagories instead of two. Right now it's 499 and less CCs and 500+ CCs... I'd like them to split them by bike type too... cruiser versus rice rocket. Let each type of rider only affect their own premiums.

Bren R.

I agree.
Jack up the insurance on crotch rockets. Take the insurance down on bikes that rarely get into as many or as large an accident, like the guy with the 30k Harley.
Ya, like that rich young teenager is gunning it at 200kph through red lights.

I would love to get back into riding, but it just isn't worth the cost.

I love our Corolla. Great car. Peppy, good on gas, comfortable.


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