# The "Oil Prices" thread. **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2008, 10:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739 "2008-03-10T10:44:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 586
**Author:** ![Viper966](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/viper966/32/7268_2.png) [@Viper966](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Viper966)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739/586 "2008-06-23T13:14:14Z")
> [@badnewsmini](#): > > ![http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/44770000/gif/_44770685_oil_price_466.gif](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/8/78858ce9402478b19dea31b36d339e904ff04ee7.gif) > taken from interesting read: > [BBC NEWS | Business | Oil price up despite Saudi pledge](http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7468555.stm#graphic) i would love to see somebody chart this with another chart of the average HP of cars on the same grid… This happened in the 70’s as well… Average HP went up into the high 2’s with several cars hitting 4-500 HP… and there was a big oil crisis etc… then everybody bought shit econo boxes… Now the average HP is back up and there are mega muscle cars coming back out… and WAM gas is back at the equivilent 4-5 dollars a gallon… and everybody is buying econo boxes… --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/the-oil-prices-thread/44739)._