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(and now you know why I switched to an electric mower).
My brother was once told by his FIL (who was the service manager at a Chevy dealership) that he could let his 77 Nova sit for six months while he went on sabbatical. He came back, turned the key and seized the engine. I guess you should at least start it once in a while.
I'll be leaving my nice newly acquired 07 Solara relatively unused for maybe four months in about a month. No choice in the matter. I'll have my wife use it once a week while I'm laid up. It should be fine.
The last time I was able to get my '68 Dart started was probably around 2004. Its fuel pump had died, but if you poured some gas in the carb, it would run until it burned that off. But eventually, it wouldn't even do that anymore.
Well, the guy I sold it to in 2009 put a new battery in it, poured some gas in it, and did something to the points in the distributor. It took a few tries, but when that sucker finally fired up, it actually sounded pretty sweet for the 5-10 seconds that it ran, before burning off what little fuel it had.
I've let my '79 New Yorker sit for a few months at a time, although I've been trying to get better about that.
Last year I ran the battery down, but I have a jump box so it started right up when I connected it.
Luckily, that old 5.0 is tough.
January is typically a month of falling gasoline prices because fuel demand falters in the slower travel weeks that follow the year-end holidays.
Not so this year."
Average U.S. gas prices hover at record-high levels (LA Times)
We all know the government is intent on influencing people's choices, and speaking to their pocketbook is a great way to accomplish that end.
I agree with you, gagrice, any such research, development, and production incentive should be limited to domestic companies with domestic production.
Don't make any financial decisions based on my advise without double-checking first, but I believe that any unused portion of that tax credit can be carried forward. So, if you buy a car that has a $7500 tax credit and only use $2000 of it this year, you can use the rest the next year. And possibly, following years, until it's zeroed out.
Also, I think some tax credits actually do give you the full amount, regardless of your tax load. I think the child tax credit is one of them. There are probably others, as well.
because of the tax liability limit, the unused credit is lost.
The unused personal portion of the credit cannot be
carried back or forward to other tax years.
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/f8936.pdf
Gasoline prices are headed for $5 a gallon in many locations in the United States this year, says John Hofmeister, founder of Citizens for Affordable Energy and the former CEO of Shell Oil’s U.S. operations.
Global demand will rise and pressure supply, while U.S. politicians aren't doing anything to ease prices at home such as allowing for significantly more drilling.
"What's really unprecedented is developing countries, particularly China and India, have this insatiable need for more oil and that has not been taken into account when we think of public policy in this country," Hofmeister tells CNBC.
"So while we may be producing a bit more oil in this country, and while demand is down a bit, on a global basis, I'm afraid we face a continuing onslaught of prices creeping ever higher," Hofmeister says. "I hope I’m wrong on this. I'd love to be wrong on this."
http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Former-Shell-Gasoline-price/2012/02/13/id/42- 9217
Maybe that will FINALLY end America's obsession with gas-hogging SUVS.
Look what HOPE did for Prez B.O. !!! :shades:
I'm not seeing it.
There has been a little bit of an increase since I've come back .. my local station is now selling RUG for $3.019/gal.
That being said, my average for the last 12 months has been:
$3.339
For the prior 12 months: $2.71
And the 12 prior to that: $2.44
And the 12 prior to that: $3.11
And the 12 prior to that: $2.83
So, if we get up to averaging $5, that will be a HUGE jump.
Lucky you...I just looked at my records, and the last time I saw gas for under $3/gal was in October 2010!
I think the article said $5 in some markets. We are headed there for sure.
Fortunately, most of my driving is fairly local and short-trip, and whenever I do go anywhere long-distance, my Park Ave gets pretty good highway mileage. So that's not *too* bad.
Once antique car show season starts though, it could get bad. I always take my '67 Catalina to the GM show in Carlisle pa, then my '79 5th Ave to the Mopar show a few weeks later, and then in early August, I go out to another show near Allentown PA.
I remember back in 2008, when gas hit $4/gal. That's when I discovered that my '79 5th Ave could actually break 20 mpg on the highway if I didn't push it too hard. Once you factor in local driving and such though, one of those car show trips tends to average about 17 mpg with the NYer, 16 with my LeMans, and if I'm lucky, 14 with the Catalina.
That Prius v is looking better and better. :sick: