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Old 11-09-2012 | 06:55 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
Oh, I bet I know what it is. They embed high powered magnets into the street, so it drags your car down, and lowers your mpg. It's a conspiracy to get the local gas stations to sell more gas.
You just gave a lot of people the oil business an idea.. When i start getting 6 miles to a gallon, I'm looking for you



 
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Old 11-09-2012 | 07:02 PM
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It is your stop and go traffic that's busting your ***** on the gas mileage.
 
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Old 11-09-2012 | 07:02 PM
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Originally Posted by wayne242
You just gave a lot of people the oil business an idea.. When i start getting 6 miles to a gallon, I'm looking for you
Heh, heh. But you're not thinking about what could be a good opportunity from that. All you'd need to do is attach magnets to the underside of your car, so that the polarity is reversed. The magnets pushing away from each other will relieve the drag, give your car some lift (levitation) which would take some weight off of your tires, giving you a smooth "floating on air" ride and better gas mileage.
 
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Old 11-09-2012 | 08:03 PM
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Y'all are getting ridiculous now...if I see a floating vintage Camaro, I'll know who's driving it.

As for the quality of gas, I buy from QT when in Greenville, and Jet Pep when in Huntsville. Because QT is cheap and close, and Jet Pep is cheap and close to my house at home, and in the county I live in, so the tax dollars go to my county.
 
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Old 11-09-2012 | 08:05 PM
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ive noticed i get the best fuel economy when i run spinx gas (pretty sure its sunoco). i havent tried qt, there not on my side of town yet.
 
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Old 11-09-2012 | 10:53 PM
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Yeah maybe I'll have to hit up spinx. I guess I can use the whole Bi-Lo discount for gas too...
 
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Old 11-10-2012 | 01:09 AM
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woh and i thought things were wierd in tokeland,,, so couild it be the elevation, is there any difference? air temp? if you drive really slow youll hit the lights at green sometimes. lol
 
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Old 11-10-2012 | 10:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Camaro 69
Heh, heh. But you're not thinking about what could be a good opportunity from that. All you'd need to do is attach magnets to the underside of your car, so that the polarity is reversed. The magnets pushing away from each other will relieve the drag, give your car some lift (levitation) which would take some weight off of your tires, giving you a smooth "floating on air" ride and better gas mileage.
I like the way he thinks
 
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Old 11-10-2012 | 11:15 PM
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Originally Posted by TheArtfulLodger
Yeah maybe I'll have to hit up spinx. I guess I can use the whole Bi-Lo discount for gas too...
Sound has the new fuel perks card, every 25$ is .05$ off per gallon also they have some deals with instant .05$ off. Last time I filled my car I used my card, .85$ off per gallon
 
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Old 11-12-2012 | 01:06 PM
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Originally Posted by BasicConcepts
Last time I filled my car I used my card, .85$ off per gallon
I would take that! Especially with gas at less then $3/gallon right now...
 



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