[Lord_Onslaught]

Fortunately my car is fuel efficient but at the same time, I honestly feel the government needs to step in on wall street, they do have the power to lower the price.

[Jason X]

Me too. The only thing I recall government doing to help lower gas prices is release X amount of barrels from our strategic oil reserve. And don't get me started on subsidies for biofuels. Such a waste!

[Lord_Onslaught]

biofuel is a waste. Honestly with gas at only $2 a gallon in Ecuador, Fuel efficient cars, people not traveling as much. There is no common sense reason for the price to even be this high. Except for the idiots on wall street wanting to line their pockets so they are going to keep increasing the price of gas and what happened before will happen again.

[Jason X]

Yep. It'd be great to see some direct govermental intervention instead of halfhearted attempts at market manipulation, but this muchacho isn't holding his breath. Too many folks in congress made their money off oil and/or are beholden to oil lobbyists. Man, our system is broken.

[Tripredacus]

The person in the radio recently said that oil speculation only makes up about 35 cents on the price per gallon. There are a lot of taxes built in on gas as well. But the reason why most people think that all the gas companies are in on it together is because they all make a profit. They could bank that profit one year, and then sell gas at cost for say 3 months or something. Their business would boom if there was one chain of gas stations with prices $1-2 lower than everyone else.

[Blitz-Wing]

Food for thought, LO. I own a Ford Fusion S (non-Hybrid) with a 6spd manual. If I baby it, I return 35MPG on the highway.

[Lord_Onslaught]

Blitz-Wing, on 16 March 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Food for thought, LO. I own a Ford Fusion S (non-Hybrid) with a 6spd manual. If I baby it, I return 35MPG on the highway.

I was thinking about that also, Blitz. I might just end up buying a Ford Focus until the price of hybrids comes down. When I had one it was 4spd Automatic and I was getting 40 MPG Highway.
Which will be the perfect upgrade over my Dodge Neon. Have to pay off more of my Aspen and Neon first though

[Blitz-Wing]

Not trying to sway you from a Focus, they're good cars. My previous car was a Focus. However, keep this in mind:

I paid $20,700 before taxes and registration
Gas mileage has actually been BETTER in my 2010 Fusion than my 2006 Focus, and both are manuals
Insurance was only 2% higher in my Fusion than my Focus
A base model Fusion will have the same equipment level as a high grade Focus. Only thing I didn't get was a sunroof. Everything else was standard equipment (ABS, traction control, power windows/locks/mirrors, cruise, AM/FM/MP3/CD player, AC). Screw Sync

[Lord_Onslaught]

Blitz-Wing, on 17 March 2012 - 10:32 AM, said:

Not trying to sway you from a Focus, they're good cars. My previous car was a Focus. However, keep this in mind:

I paid $20,700 before taxes and registration
Gas mileage has actually been BETTER in my 2010 Fusion than my 2006 Focus, and both are manuals
Insurance was only 2% higher in my Fusion than my Focus
A base model Fusion will have the same equipment level as a high grade Focus. Only thing I didn't get was a sunroof. Everything else was standard equipment (ABS, traction control, power windows/locks/mirrors, cruise, AM/FM/MP3/CD player, AC). Screw Sync

I will still be looking at the Fusion, mainly it all depends on how much I owe on the Aspen and Neon at that time. I am hoping to have my new car by this November. I would rather get money back for the Neon then have part of it rolled over into the Fusion or Focus.

[Blitz-Wing]

OK, here's some more food for thought. The Fusion gets an makeover for 2013. So 2012 units will likely be slashed to make room for the new version. I'd start looking around Aug/Sep when 2013 models start rolling in.