Deisel hits 3.92 9 Time to park the truck

[tdw6974]

Looking at a 1998 Cabrio GLS for a daily driver. Stick shift. What to i need to check for weak points?? Rust issues tranny,clutch or engine issues? Looking at photos appears they have pretty good interior room wide door for easy entry for the daily lemans start. Thanks for any helpful hints T weaver

[x-ring]

I know nothing about VWs, but I feel your pain on the price of diesel. I haven't started my pickup in probably six weeks. We're at $3.69 here...

[pballance]

Filled up the truck this am so I could take care of the team owner and haul new furniture home.:cool:

$3.559 up more than .30/ gallon from the last time I filled up.

I feel the pain........... but still think diesel tow is the way to go.

[Jeremy Billiel]

I daily drive my diesel and no doubt this is getting old, BUT the cost of fuel needs to be over $4 before it makes financial sense to have multiple vehicles (even if the second vehicle gets much better mileage).

Diesel should start going down a bit once New England gets into spring and the demand starts to drop.

[JeffYoung]

Diesel is fuel oil essentially right? Higher than gas in the winter, cheaper in the summer. Mostly balances out.

[Jeremy Billiel]

Diesel is fuel oil essentially right? Higher than gas in the winter, cheaper in the summer. Mostly balances out.

Correct. The only difference is the dye.

[robits325is]

I daily drive my diesel and no doubt this is getting old, BUT the cost of fuel needs to be over $4 before it makes financial sense to have multiple vehicles (even if the second vehicle gets much better mileage).

Diesel should start going down a bit once New England gets into spring and the demand starts to drop.

Diesel hit $3.99 in Danbury last night - Up .35 in one day

I remember in the 70s & 80s the News would be at truck stops every day interviewing truck drivers. I wonder why they arn't complaining.

[tdw6974]

Diesel hit $3.99 in Danbury last night - Up .35 in one day

I remember in the 70s & 80s the News would be at truck stops every day interviewing truck drivers. I wonder why they arn't complaining.

The truck companies are now allowed to make a "Fuel surchage" have to do frequent overnight shipping of letters just opened an invoice from UPS letter was 16.50 + 2.89 fuel charge. Our Garbage collection has a surcharge for fuel The EXPERTS :eek: can't understand what is slowing the economy and why credit card debt is skyrocketing.

[tdw6974]

In the summer the gas price will go up(now I sound like the government EXPERTS) anyhow on Feb 21 Paid 3.63 9/ Tuesday I filled up again (only needed 8 gals) at 3.74 9/ today 3.92 /9 so I'm thinking the VW would be good in the winter and then full in the summer just for a Daily driver.

[Greg Amy]

Don't bank on diesel dropping this year. I like to think I have a pretty good handle on oil macroeconomics, and trust me when I tell you that the current market has NOTHING to do with the fundamentals; right now we're dealing with an emotion-driven speculative market: oil and its derivatives are high because they're high, not because of product supply and demand.

Diesel is as high as $3.999 and as low as $3.699 in central CT. I watch daily for it to tick over $4.009, at which point the visual/psychological barrier has been breeched and it'll keep going (just like crude/bbl). You should plan your racing year expecting $4/gal diesel, and probably even $4/gal gasoline.

I just hope we get some relief within the new few months, otherwise I expect my home oil heating bill to rise a minimum of 50%. These energy costs have a very real probability of affecting my race schedule, in that I am giving serous thought to skipping the farther-away events such as Mid-Ohio and Road Atlanta this year (especially given I don't have a fully-prepped car; it's a bit expensive to do development/testing 1000 miles away from home...)

This is going to be a turbulent year in the petroleum market, and it's gonna take some serious changes in our economy (good or bad) along with significant changes in demand (i.e., stop using it) in order to bitch-slap the market to recognize the bubble and pop it. But, other than some peripheral indications of a flattening of demand, it's not there yet, not even close.

Your mileage may not vary, but the costs per mile certainly will. Hang on, kids, it'll be a rough ride in '08.

Tom, the V-dubs of that era are bulletproof cars. Get one that's been maintained well and you won't have any problems. - GA