Can I use ethanol in my 2003 Malibu?

Posted on September 12, 2011 by Admin
rocketmom67 asked:


We have a new “green” feul station and I noticed that ethanol was .40 cheaper then gas around town. In the paper the owner said any care can use it but he is trying to sell it too! I wonder if it will work OK in my car.

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Where/how can I find the cheapest 10 speed mountain bike?

Posted on September 10, 2011 by Admin
greenthumb316 asked:


Now that gas prices are through the roof, my girlfriend and I are planning on riding bikes to get to places around town, where it’s really not necessary to waste a few dollars for gas for a short trip, or some simple item. Problem is, our budget is very tight, we’re both college students, so that should explain just about everything right there. I have already checked local classifieds and things like that, even did a local search on ebay, and craigslist without much luck in my price range (which is hopefully less than $50.00 per bike). So my question is, does anyone know of a good place to purchase used mountain bikes for cheap? We’re not looking for anything fancy, and as long as they are functional and safe they will work for us. Are there used bike shops anywhere, even better maybe even auctions? I assume that bike sales are skyrocketing so I figured that maybe local bike auctions are a thing of the present and future. But thank you everyone for your imput ahead of time, any help is appreciated, take care.

P.S. I live in Michigan if that is needed.
bomber – I already knew that, but thanks.
AmandaHanna – I mentioned that I already tried craigslist in my question.
I tell it like I see it – I already knew that, but thanks.

I don’t want to buy new. I realize that you can go to Wal-Mart or K-Mart or any other store like that and buy a brand new crappy mountain bike for $50. I’d much rather find a place that specializes in quality used bikes for sale. Not something so cheap. Thanks.

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How do you read these old style gasoline pumps?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Admin
Chad W asked:


This may be a stupid question. But I honestly don’t know how to read these old style gas pumps http://z.hubpages.com/u/266617_f248.jpg

There’s a coop in my town and it has cheaper gas than the convenience store here.

So how do you read the numbers when they roll over and know your getting the amount that you intend to pay for and not go over?

Thanks

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What is a great town to move to in southern Louisiana?

Posted on September 8, 2011 by Admin
God Is Love asked:


I will be moving to Louisiana from Michigan in Spring/Summer of 2010. I grew up in a small town were everyone knows you by name, knows your business, and no-one locks there front doors at night.
I would like to move to a small town with the same sort of mentality.

Also I am moving to escape for a while from the only thing I have ever known. So if it were a community rich in cajun culture that would be a big plus.

One final tid bit of information, when I am moving I will still be 18 years old and I have never been on my own before. So the town, or village I move to would have to have a cheap place I could rent and an outlet for teen jobs (i.g. bars, restaurants, gas-stations, ect.).

If there is anyone out there that knows of such I place I would be forever grateful if you let me know about it. Thanks a bunch in advance!

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What can I do about this situation?

Posted on September 7, 2011 by Admin
Bad Problems asked:


My best friend’s dad just lost his job and my best friend might have to move. She won’t be able to afford the house that she is living in now and she lost her cell phone. The town that we live in isn’t cheap, so she might have to leave town. And, she won’t be able to hang out with me and my friends because they won’t be able to pay for gas. She is always crying now too. What should I do?

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Its hard letting go. even when its just to your old car. (I feel like a murderer)?

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Admin
farmraised asked:


The first car my parents ever had was a plymouth grand voyager minivan. They bought it when we were kids, during an era when gas was cheap and bigger was better. Although it was never anything at all fancy, I remember how mom and dad gleamed as they drove their family vehicle off the lot. Right up untill I grew up, it took our family on all our vacations. I remember as a teenager, I would drive it kind of hard but it always kept on going and never left us stranded. So many miles and memories both good and bad were had in it.

Last week, my car broke down and I needed one to go out of town. My parents lent me there car. The van they had saved from my childhood and had continued to use everyday. Sure enough, I got into an accident and the insurance company wont offer much for it. My parents have decided theyd rather just get a new one.

Its stupid, but I get a very uneasy feeling knowing I killed it and that its now sitting forloren in a scrapyard. Yesterday my perents went to collect there things from it. Mom sat in the front seat and cried as she said goodbye to it for the last time. The whole thought just gave me a very sick feeling. I wish i could just keep that old hunk of metal. But being in collage, I obviously cant.

So yeah, you can say its just a thing and I know that, but I wonder how many other people have had something like this happen to them.

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Everyone always says to keep full coverage insurance?

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Admin
Mr J Man asked:


Any time I question a friend of family member about downgrading to liability car insurance only, they say “omg no don’t do it!!”. My car is a 2007 so it is not so old that full coverage is unnecessary. However I love saving money and I believe to be a very good driver. Mainly because when I drive I am always totally alert and I have been playing high speed car racing video games for over 30 years and believe it or not it does increase your reflexes.

Plus I work from home and when I do leave the house it is usually late at night when I am the only person on the road. In this small town the only time there is traffic is at rush hour and even then it is not bad. Other times the roads are deserted and there are no teenagers on the road driving crazy like back in the day when gas was cheap. Should I get liability only?

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What is the most you are willing to pay to fill up your gas tank?

Posted on August 28, 2011 by Admin
Answer Critter asked:


I live in Missouri (medium sized town/city) where I know the gas prices are much lower than in other parts of the country. Here the cheapest price is $3.69 a gallon and when I filled up yesterday it cost me a little over $50 to fill my tank (on empty). My boyfriend has a Saab SUV and it costs him $80 to fill up. While I’m sure there are people reading this who are paying way more, how much would it have to cost you to fill up your tank before you’ll stop buying gas??? My boyfriend said for him the price would be $200 (I think it’s so high!), but in the meantime we have both cut back on driving significantly (I haven’t drove my car outside my town for over six months now) which is kind of hard because things are pretty spaced out here and also I don’t live in a large enough city to where we have a very good bus system (but I did recently get a bike). Anyway, what’s your price??

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88 ford crown vic wagon. recently it just started acting like it was coughing going up hill. then suddenly

Posted on August 27, 2011 by Admin
Deborah C asked:


when I get it started I have to keep pumping the gas to keep it running at all. I took it to for a pit stop at the mechanics just to have him check the battery… he said wow, a bunch of people all over this towns cars are doing the same thing… a particular gas station everyone goes too because their gas is always cheaper than everyone elses-always by about 15 cents (their nationwide) anyways… he said everyone that has bought gas their in the last two weeks cars are all gunked up… and some of them are so bad it take into the several hundreds to repair.. being that our car is older he suggested to just trade it in… we can’t afford that or the several hundred dollars. so then he suggested this stuff called 44bkg or something like that, i went and got it put it in the tank… it little better, still unable to drive itfor its stalling. It did manage one startup to keep running for 10 minutes just idling… so I’m thinking the stuff may have worked… what are your thoughts on it?

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Boycott buying gas May 15th? Oil companies show they are in control?

Posted on August 24, 2011 by Admin
colts_win2002 asked:


I don’t know how many knew of this or participated, but in my town there are several gas stations owned by the same oil company. On the day of the boycott, half of their stations went to 3.40 the other half stayed at 3.12 causing a panic among people to rush to the cheaper stations and fill up. Was this their way of saying “we are in control here” and is that not illegal, just like starting rumors in the stock market causing people to buy or sell stock at your gain?
Mr Taco, it would make a difference. There is so much fuel use that if no one pumped gas for a day let alone two days, their would be nowhere to pump the fuel and the reserve tanks would fill up. The price would have to come down quickly in order to sell before the oil distribution line bottle necked

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