# Things are getting better... **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [July 25, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976 "2008-07-25T12:30:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:30pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/1 "2008-07-25T12:30:31Z")
I went out today and saw $3.97 at the gas station. Premium was only $4.21 which is a BIG drop from what I paid a few weeks ago. Oil prices have been dropping, almost down $23 dollars/barrel in three weeks. Stocks are also in an upward trend along with the economy. ;D ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/2 "2008-07-25T12:37:42Z")
fuck that shit i just paid $45.00 for 10.3 gallons of gas. fuck america and fuck oil companies. /rant seriously, i just hope oil prices keep going down and the economy keeps going up. ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/3 "2008-07-25T12:47:25Z")
fuck it, i need a beer. ---
**Author:** ![GranMassaX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/granmassax/32/6299_2.png) [@GranMassaX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GranMassaX)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:48pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/4 "2008-07-25T12:48:29Z")
> [@kramerbuccs24](#): > > seriously, i just hope oil prices keep going down and the economy keeps going up. ummm… duh ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/5 "2008-07-25T12:53:03Z")
> [@GranMassaX](#): > > ummm… duh :tong ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/6 "2008-07-25T12:55:06Z")
> [@kramerbuccs24](#): > > fuck that shit i just paid $45.00 for 10.3 gallons of gas. **fuck america** and fuck oil companies. It’s hard to pick sarcasm up in a thread but I really hope you’re not that nieve. ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:56pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/7 "2008-07-25T12:56:29Z")
> [@Pants Party](#): > > It’s hard to pick sarcasm up in a thread but I really hope you’re not that nieve. yup, that was 100% sarcastic. thats one disadvantage of posting online, sarcasm is basically impossible to pull off :lol ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/8 "2008-07-25T12:57:54Z")
> [@Pants Party](#): > > It’s hard to pick sarcasm up in a thread but I really hope you’re not that **NAIEVE.** ---
**Author:** ![99FRC](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/99frc/32/6335_2.png) [@99FRC](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/99FRC)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 12:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/9 "2008-07-25T12:59:19Z")
Ok :cool Travis, lick me. ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/10 "2008-07-25T13:02:09Z")
id rather eat out the ass of a skunk. ---
**Author:** ![SRS\_BZNS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/srs_bzns/32/6375_2.png) [@SRS\_BZNS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SRS_BZNS)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/11 "2008-07-25T13:05:04Z")
> [@kramerbuccs24](#): > > yup, that was 100% sarcastic. thats one disadvantage of posting online, sarcasm is basically impossible to pull off :lol Is it? _Is it really_ ---
**Author:** ![stuffnthings](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/stuffnthings/32/6294_2.png) [@stuffnthings](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stuffnthings)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/12 "2008-07-25T13:07:06Z")
it seems like the strategy is as follows: jack the prices waaaay up, so when the prices fall a little bit soon after we think we are getting a good deal lol. yet in the long run the prices are actually increasing little by little in a :ninja way. ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:08pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/13 "2008-07-25T13:08:34Z")
> [@stuff&things](#): > > it seems like the strategy is as follows: jack the prices waaaay up, so when the prices fall a little bit soon after we think we are getting a good deal lol. yet in the long run the prices are actually increasing little by little in a :ninja way. :thumb Don’t get excited everyone, Give it a couple weeks. They’ll be back up :runaway :sad ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/14 "2008-07-25T13:09:40Z")
i dont know if they will jump again… its rolling towards the end of summer… i think we may see a somewhat steady decline in gas prices from now til winter. ---
**Author:** ![bennyfizzle](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/bennyfizzle/32/6291_2.png) [@bennyfizzle](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/bennyfizzle)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/15 "2008-07-25T13:11:25Z")
yeah ‘down’ to $3.50, which is still +$.40 from last winter :idiots ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/16 "2008-07-25T13:14:49Z")
> [@SRS BZNS](#): > > Is it? _Is it really_ :worship sarcasm master, i envy you. ---
**Author:** ![Auto0utcast](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/auto0utcast/32/6281_2.png) [@Auto0utcast](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Auto0utcast)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/17 "2008-07-25T13:20:22Z")
> [@BENNYFIZZLE](#): > > yeah ‘down’ to $3.50, which is still +$.40 from last winter :idiots dude if premium is at 3.50/gal ill be semi happy… nowhere near the $1.14/gal it was when i started driving, but fuck… ---
**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:25pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/18 "2008-07-25T13:25:34Z")
> [@EJ257FTW](#): > > **NAIEVE.** Naive. Travis = fail. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/19 "2008-07-25T13:31:12Z")
Wait for it… South Carolina… BP premium unleaded… ![http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2702281888_af21e3b83e.jpg?v=0](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3047/2702281888_af21e3b83e.jpg?v=0) yup we get raped every way possible ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2008, 1:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976/20 "2008-07-25T13:33:15Z")
oh and on the topic of Naive… Drinkers of Evian water, are \_\_\_\_\_\_ if they think its any better than regular bottle water… the label says it all [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/things-are-getting-better/237976.md?page=2)