# Has anyone else thrown in the towel??
**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927
**Category:** NYSpeed Automotive
**Created:** [August 31, 2005, 6:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927 "2005-08-31T06:18:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Daddie](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Daddie)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/61 "2005-09-01T10:25:27Z")
[http://www.cato.org/dailys/09-06-03.html](http://www.cato.org/dailys/09-06-03.html)
Old article, but in retrospect… it’s very true.
We in the grand scheme of things have just been spoiled with how cheap gas is…
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### Author:  [@MidgeX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MidgeX)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/62 "2005-09-01T10:44:50Z")
we get paid per deivery at work, so we considering demanding higher gas commission
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### Author:  [@MonteCarloChick](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MonteCarloChick)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 10:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/63 "2005-09-01T10:55:46Z")
> [@Sleepy](#):
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> [http://www.cato.org/dailys/09-06-03.html](http://www.cato.org/dailys/09-06-03.html)
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> Old article, but in retrospect… it’s very true.
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> We in the grand scheme of things have just been spoiled with how cheap gas is…
Agreed. I’ve been trying to tell people that since gas went up to $2.00 but nobody wants to hear it. They’d rather complain then actually listen to facts.
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/64 "2005-09-01T11:06:31Z")
what is this towel u speak of
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 11:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/65 "2005-09-01T11:07:13Z")
> [@MidgeX](#):
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> my friend it atlanta is paying over 5.50 right now
Everything is more expensive there ,like NYC… which is why gas is more.
$3.39 is the norm on the BLVD…
kinda scary… 70 bux to get 300 miles…that like 25 cents a mile
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### Author:  [@Tkklemann](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tkklemann)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 12:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/66 "2005-09-01T12:22:08Z")
> [@MaximaSE98](#):
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> what is this towel u speak of
The one I am going to smack you in the arse with…
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### Author:  [@jltalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jltalon)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/67 "2005-09-01T12:46:35Z")
Car pool to school as much as possible…i’ve been driving my moms malibu alot and using her gas instead of mine.
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### Author:  [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:15pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/68 "2005-09-01T13:15:04Z")
STI=winter beatr
so…on my last tank i got about 16.6 mpg…looks like thats what it will be in the winter
oh well, I wont stop driving it
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/69 "2005-09-01T13:16:19Z")
my mileage goes way down in da snow… but AWD donuts are priceless… and the faces on the people will be too when they see me in my winter VR4
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### Author:  [@Adictd2b00st](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Adictd2b00st)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/70 "2005-09-01T13:16:27Z")
i’m bout to throw in the towel…not because of gas prices just because this has been the worst summer ever
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### Author:  [@9ONA3OOZX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/9ONA3OOZX)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/71 "2005-09-01T13:16:46Z")
i’ve been ditching my summer ride all summer…but for a different reason ☹
and yes, i am about to throw in the towel
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### Author:  [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/72 "2005-09-01T13:20:13Z")
i repeat what is this towel being spoken of…
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### Author:  [@Jack](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jack)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/73 "2005-09-01T13:21:05Z")
when you guys are officially willing to throw in the towel give me some $$$ amounts… a real quitter will get out by any means necessary 😉
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### Author:  [@chino](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/chino)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/74 "2005-09-01T13:53:19Z")
> [@90NA300ZX](#):
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> i’ve been ditching my summer ride all summer…but for a different reason ☹
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> and yes, i am about to throw in the towel
the question is more asking if you’ve chosen to put your car in the garage, not, can’t get it out of the garage :lol:
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### Author:  [@JUICEDSS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JUICEDSS)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/75 "2005-09-01T17:29:38Z")
This covers it…
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### Author:  [@jltalon](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/jltalon)
#### Post date: [September 1, 2005, 7:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/76 "2005-09-01T19:42:27Z")
Very funny Butch…the DSM will be taken off the road tommorrow and the lumina will be up for sale soon…Its going to be a sad day when I become a honda hatch owner just so I can get from here to there.
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### Author:  [@Zong](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zong)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 5:48am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/77 "2005-09-02T05:48:53Z")
> [@chino](#):
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> the question is more asking if you’ve chosen to put your car in the garage, not, can’t get it out of the garage :lol:
r0. f1.
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### Author:  [@Fry](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Fry)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 6:33am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/78 "2005-09-02T06:33:33Z")
300 miles per week / 25 mpg = 12 gallons per week
12 gallons per week x extra dollar per gallon = extra 12 dollars per week
So I drink cheap beer and bring my lunch to work instead of buying prepared shit. Whatever. Drive on!
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### Author:  [@NHRATA01](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/NHRATA01)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 8:13am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/79 "2005-09-02T08:13:22Z")
I actually figured out with premium only being 20 cents more, and using the avg gas mileage in my heads/cam/gears T/A (23mpg) vs. my bone stock Blazer (19) its actually cheaper for me to commute in my T/A than my Blazer.
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### Author:  [@Black\_Hatch](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Black_Hatch)
#### Post date: [September 2, 2005, 8:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/has-anyone-else-thrown-in-the-towel/1927/80 "2005-09-02T08:54:16Z")
> [@Adictd2b00st](#):
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> not because of gas prices just because this has been the worst summer ever
:word:
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