[TR] Gas Tax

Tue Dec 15 12:23:04 MST 2015

A good chunk of the cost per gallon comes from taxes that don't change, regardless of fuel cost.  Pennsylvania has the highest rate of 51.60 cents per gallon (cpg), and is followed closely by New York (45.99 cpg), Hawaii (45.10 cpg), and California (42.35 cpg). On the other end of the spectrum, Alaska has the lowest rate at 12.25 cpg, but New Jersey (14.50 cpg) and South Carolina (16.75 cpg) aren’t far behind. These rates do not include the additional 18.40 cent federal excise tax., So Pennsylvanians pay a 70 cents tax on every gallon and NYers 64.39 while good ole NJ, which is in between the two states adds 32.9 cents to every gallon (and we're full-serve, no self-serve here!). Realize your tax on gas can be as high as 25%!  If you have a 20 gallon tank, you're paying $14.00 in tax every time you fill up in PA!  Once a week brings you to $728 in taxes a year.  

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    2. Re: Replacing Universal joints on a
 drive shaft
       (Alex&Janet Thomson)
    3. Re: value for insurance proposes?
 (David Ljung Madison)
    4. Ruminations (Home Consolidated)
    5. Re: Ruminations (Joe Curry)
    6. Re: Ruminations (Bob Labuz)
    7. Re: Ruminations (David Friedlander)
    8. Re: Ruminations (John Macartney)
    9. Re: Ruminations (Dave)
   10. Re: Ruminations (Dave)
   11. Re: Ruminations (Dave)
   12. Re: Ruminations (Randall)
   13. Re: Ruminations (Jeff Scarbrough)
   14. Re: Ruminations (Bob Labuz)

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 Message: 1
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:04:35 -0800
 From: Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com>
 To: Triumphs <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: [TR] Replacing Universal joints on a drive shaft
 Message-ID:
     <CANLCLaHO1aRpUq2AZ03-K9-X=0nLUZSzfvHFbeg1Fg4wNYVYVg at mail.gmail.com>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

 I?ve been fortunate enough to source myself a pair of half
 shafts from a
 Triumph 2000. These apparently fit a Triumph Stag which I
 have. The shafts
 come with replicable universal joints, unlike the staked
 type currently on
 my Stag.

 I can get two types of joint GUJ102 without zirk / grease
 nipple or GUJ107
 with zirk / grease nipple. 2 are required per side. 
 The problem with
 GUJ107 is once fitted to the car there is no way to get to
 the zirk closet
 to the hub as it is enclosed by the radius arm.  I?m
 aware TR6s have a
 similar setup.

 So should I get 4 no-zirked type and fit once and forget, or
 buy the zirked
 type and periodically, which means never in my case, re-
 grease by removing
 the shaft?

 Do the zirked type really need pumping with grease once in a
 while?

 Also, doing a cross reference to other part numbers of the
 zirked type ,
 prices vary from $11 to $25 Any recommendations on brand I
 found the ones
 below.

 I also found a cross reference to GMB

 GUJ107 cross references these following parts

 Factory Number

 ACDelco           
    45U0168

 BECK/ARNLEY    102-0031

 BECK/ARNLEY    102-0106

 REO        55P1

 CARRARO            107625

 JENSEN 94425

 Regards, Sujit
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 Message: 2
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 17:20:09 -0500
 From: "Alex&Janet Thomson" <aljlthomson at charter.net>
 To: "'Sujit Roy'" <triumphstag at gmail.com>,
 "'Triumphs'"
     <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Replacing Universal joints on a drive
 shaft
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 For what it is worth, the original, ?sealed?, non-greaseable
 u-joint crosses on my ?81 Toyota diesel pickup were as
 smooth as new when I junked the truck after 140,000 miles
 and 10 years of use.

 Alex Thomson

 From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
 On Behalf Of Sujit Roy
 Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 5:05 PM
 To: Triumphs
 Subject: [TR] Replacing Universal joints on a drive shaft

 I?ve been fortunate enough to source myself a pair of half
 shafts from a Triumph 2000. These apparently fit a Triumph
 Stag which I have. The shafts come with replicable universal
 joints, unlike the staked type currently on my Stag.  

 I can get two types of joint GUJ102 without zirk / grease
 nipple or GUJ107 with zirk / grease nipple. 2 are required
 per side.  The problem with GUJ107 is once fitted to
 the car there is no way to get to the zirk closet to the hub
 as it is enclosed by the radius arm.  I?m aware TR6s
 have a similar setup.

 So should I get 4 no-zirked type and fit once and forget, or
 buy the zirked type and periodically, which means never in
 my case, re- grease by removing the shaft?

 Do the zirked type really need pumping with grease once in a
 while?

 Also, doing a cross reference to other part numbers of the
 zirked type , prices vary from $11 to $25 Any
 recommendations on brand I found the ones below. 

 I also found a cross reference to GMB

 GUJ107 cross references these following parts

 Factory Number

 ACDelco           
    45U0168

 BECK/ARNLEY    102-0031

 BECK/ARNLEY    102-0106

 REO        55P1

 CARRARO            107625

 JENSEN 94425

 Regards, Sujit

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 Message: 3
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 14:22:29 -0800
 From: David Ljung Madison <team.net at daveola.com>
 To: triumphs at autox.team.net
 Subject: Re: [TR] value for insurance proposes?
 Message-ID: <20151214222229.GL3222 at getdave.com>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii

 JonMac says:
 > In my case, my first valuation was based on:
 > 1. What I paid for the car - (which was nothing because
 it was a wreck) PLUS
 > 2. The value of parts I had bought for it supported by
 receipts or a referenced Excel spreadsheet that could be
 checked
 > 3. The known or likely number of hours work I had done
 on the car in my ownership up to a maximum of 500 hours.
 This was multiplied by a very nominal hourly unskilled
 labour rate, PLUs
 > 4. The value of any work done to the car by a
 professional - i.e. a repaint.

 This estimate is going to be a bit on the high-side, which
 may be
 desirable, but might be difficult to convince an insurance
 company of
 ipso-facto.  For example, if you have a $30k car with
 fairly good
 paint on it, and you get it repainted for $10k, you probably
 *do not*
 have a $40k car.  And plenty of work done on the car is
 to just fight
 entropy and replace things that are breaking, that doesn't
 really add
 to the cars value, just maintains it.

 Let's just hope that the number of us who need to face these
 issues
 is kept to a minimum.  :)

 Dave

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 Message: 4
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 22:59:21 -0600
 From: Home Consolidated <triumphs at consolidated.net>
 To: Listserv Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <CC309723-ED32-4A52-B96D-4F2F0C23C163 at consolidated.net>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

 I saw $1.60 per gallon gasoline recently which got me to
 thinking.  Has gas ever been this low?

 An inflation calculator. http://inflation-calculator.com/?gclid=CIyppfb83MkCFQuLaQodnV4AOg
 tells me that a buck sixty today is the same as $0.21 in
 1962, $0.27 in 1970, $0.57 in 1980, $0.90 in 1990, and $1.18
 in 2000. I never remember gas prices that low. I remember
 $0.14 for a week or so during a local gas war in the early
 sixties and $0.35 was about right in the early 70's, before
 the first Arab embargo, but otherwise it seems like prices
 were always a lot higher.  In 2005 I remember paying
 north of $4.00 per on the west coast or $4.88 today. I was
 watching an old tv show (1977) and the station sign said
 $0.609 or $2.13 today. 

 We must be doing something right. 

 Ken Gano 

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 Message: 5
 Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 23:18:19 -0700
 From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist at cox.net>
 To: "'Home Consolidated'" <triumphs at consolidated.net>,
 "'Listserv
     Triumph'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <826796D1AEF648A5B76E4AD84075B59E at Bedroom>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"

 I can remember when I was in High School when the local
 stations regularly
 staged "Gas Wars" and one time it got as low as 5 cents a
 gallon.  That
 would be equivalent to %0 cents per gallon today.

 Joe

   _____  

 From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
 On Behalf Of Home
 Consolidated
 Sent: Monday, December 14, 2015 9:59 PM
 To: Listserv Triumph
 Subject: [TR] Ruminations

 I saw $1.60 per gallon gasoline recently which got me to
 thinking.  Has gas
 ever been this low?

 An inflation calculator.
 http://inflation-calculator.com/?gclid=CIyppfb83MkCFQuLaQodnV4AOg
 tells me
 that a buck sixty today is the same as $0.21 in 1962, $0.27
 in 1970, $0.57
 in 1980, $0.90 in 1990, and $1.18 in 2000. I never remember
 gas prices that
 low. I remember $0.14 for a week or so during a local gas
 war in the early
 sixties and $0.35 was about right in the early 70's, before
 the first Arab
 embargo, but otherwise it seems like prices were always a
 lot higher.  In
 2005 I remember paying north of $4.00 per on the west coast
 or $4.88 today.
 I was watching an old tv show (1977) and the station sign
 said $0.609 or
 $2.13 today. 

 We must be doing something right. 

 Ken Gano 

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 Message: 6
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:51:12 -0500
 From: Bob Labuz <yellowtr at adelphia.net>
 To: Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net>,
 'Listserv Triumph'
     <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <567028E0.5050800 at adelphia.net>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252";
 Format="flowed"

 Joe,

 Another way to look at any price today is this way.

 Back when our currency was silver based and a quarter was
 about 1/5th of 
 an oz AG, gas was anywhere from 18 to 25c / gallon. Well if
 you were 
 smart and saved all your dimes, quarters, half dollars and
 silver 
 dollars you could go down to your precious metal dealer and
 sell them 5 
 quarters (1.25) for about 13 to 14 dollars today. So a
 quarter could get 
 you about 3$ good for about 1.5 gallons up here in upstate
 NY.  So if 
 you look at it that way, gas is cheaper today than it was in
 the 60's.

 Just goes to show you how much our $ has fallen in 50
 years.

 Now, I was just in northern CA and drove on US 395 CA, and
 US 95 Nevada 
 and I saw prices in the 4.50 to almost 5$ range. This was in
 October. 
 Well over double what I saw on I 40 when I got into NM and
 TX.

 Bob

 On 12/15/2015 01:18 AM, Joe Curry wrote:
 >
 > I can remember when I was in High School when the local
 stations 
 > regularly staged ?Gas Wars? and one time it got as low
 as 5 cents a 
 > gallon.  That would be equivalent to %0 cents per
 gallon today.
 >
 > Joe
 >
 >
 ------------------------------------------------------------------------
 >
 > *From:*Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net]
 *On Behalf Of 
 > *Home Consolidated
 > *Sent:* Monday, December 14, 2015 9:59 PM
 > *To:* Listserv Triumph
 > *Subject:* [TR] Ruminations
 >
 > I saw $1.60 per gallon gasoline recently which got me
 to thinking. 
 >  Has gas ever been this low?
 >
 > An inflation calculator. 
 > http://inflation-calculator.com/?gclid=CIyppfb83MkCFQuLaQodnV4AOg
 tells me 
 > that a buck sixty today is the same as $0.21 in 1962,
 $0.27 in 1970, 
 > $0.57 in 1980, $0.90 in 1990, and $1.18 in 2000. I
 never remember gas 
 > prices that low. I remember $0.14 for a week or so
 during a local gas 
 > war in the early sixties and $0.35 was about right in
 the early 70's, 
 > before the first Arab embargo, but otherwise it seems
 like prices were 
 > always a lot higher.  In 2005 I remember paying
 north of $4.00 per on 
 > the west coast or $4.88 today. I was watching an old tv
 show (1977) 
 > and the station sign said $0.609 or $2.13 today.
 >
 > We must be doing something right.
 >
 > Ken Gano
 >
 > Sent from my iPad
 >
 >
 >
 > ** triumphs at autox.team.net
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 Message: 7
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 10:20:21 -0500
 From: David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com>
 To: Home Consolidated <triumphs at consolidated.net>
 Cc: Listserv Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID:
     <CAJ1eQwi0gsMix48HY+S52h0phX6mOLkeD+onrnJfb_j3ArX7-g at mail.gmail.com>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

 Ken;

 I 'love' that. In the '73 Arab Oil embargo, we were told of
 an 'oil
 shortage' which forced the price of gas to double and even
 triple in a
 matter of weeks. Overnight, the Arab sheikdoms became
 billionaires. Here we
 are, forty years later and, somehow, we have an oil GLUT!
 Now how can that
 be??

 I'd like to asee a history graph showing the price of a
 barrel of West
 Texas crude vs. the price of a gallon of oil at any given
 time? Last time
 oil was $38.50/barrel, as it is now, how much was a gallon
 of gas? Makes me
 think that even if a barrel of oil was FREE, we'd still pay
 at least $1.50
 gallon, what with all the taxes, fees and whatnot (not to
 mention dealing
 with the ethanol we didn't ask for).

 Dave

 On Mon, Dec 14, 2015 at 11:59 PM, Home Consolidated <
 triumphs at consolidated.net>
 wrote:

 > I saw $1.60 per gallon gasoline recently which got me
 to thinking.  Has
 > gas ever been this low?
 >
 > An inflation calculator.
 > http://inflation-calculator.com/?gclid=CIyppfb83MkCFQuLaQodnV4AOg
 tells
 > me that a buck sixty today is the same as $0.21 in
 1962, $0.27 in 1970,
 > $0.57 in 1980, $0.90 in 1990, and $1.18 in 2000. I
 never remember gas
 > prices that low. I remember $0.14 for a week or so
 during a local gas war
 > in the early sixties and $0.35 was about right in the
 early 70's, before
 > the first Arab embargo, but otherwise it seems like
 prices were always a
 > lot higher.  In 2005 I remember paying north of
 $4.00 per on the west coast
 > or $4.88 today. I was watching an old tv show (1977)
 and the station sign
 > said $0.609 or $2.13 today.
 >
 > We must be doing something right.
 >
 > Ken Gano
 >
 > Sent from my iPad
 >
 >
 > ** triumphs at autox.team.net
 **
 >
 > Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
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 Message: 8
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 16:52:54 -0000
 From: "John Macartney" <john.macartney at ukpips.org.uk>
 To: "'Triumph List'" <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID:
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 Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="UTF-8"

 On the UK lunchtime news today, we were told that inflation
 is now half of one percent over the last year - and everyone
 is rejoicing at the price of oil at $38 a barrel. Even more
 rejoicing that gas is now cheaper than it was per litre in
 2005. Still means a gallon here is rocking out at $6.80 :)
 Blessings come with strange complexions...

 Jonmac

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 Message: 9
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:00:00 -0500
 From: Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>
 To: triumphs at consolidated.net,
 triumphs at autox.team.net
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <151a6959645-5fcc-152f2 at webprd-m47.mail.aol.com>
 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8"

 Sure, but I think the $1.60 is an outlier.  Looking at
 the GasBuddy site the average price over the last 10 years
 has been more like $2.80.  That would be equivalent to
 $0.36 in 1962, $0.46 in 1970, $0.97 in 1980, $1.54 in 1990
 and $2.03 in 2000.  Projections are for crude to stay
 low for a while but that may turn out to be a year or
 two.  Many producers can't make money at the current
 rate for crude.

 Dave Massey

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Home Consolidated <triumphs at consolidated.net>
 To: Listserv Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Mon, Dec 14, 2015 10:59 pm
 Subject: [TR] Ruminations

 I saw $1.60 per gallon gasoline recently which got me to
 thinking.  Has gas ever been this low?

 An inflation calculator. http://inflation-calculator.com/?gclid=CIyppfb83MkCFQuLaQodnV4AOg
 tells me that a buck sixty today is the same as $0.21 in
 1962, $0.27 in 1970, $0.57 in 1980, $0.90 in 1990, and $1.18
 in 2000. I never remember gas prices that low. I remember
 $0.14 for a week or so during a local gas war in the early
 sixties and $0.35 was about right in the early 70's, before
 the first Arab embargo, but otherwise it seems like prices
 were always a lot higher.  In 2005 I remember paying
 north of $4.00 per on the west coast or $4.88 today. I was
 watching an old tv show (1977) and the station sign said
 $0.609 or $2.13 today. 

 We must be doing something right. 

 Ken Gano 

 Sent from my iPad

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 Message: 10
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:02:35 -0500
 From: Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>
 To: triumphs at autox.team.net
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <151a697f713-5fcc-15328 at webprd-m47.mail.aol.com>
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 Yeah, and another way to look at it is back when Microsoft
 stock was $21 and hadn't split yet...

 No, a more accurate way to look at it is how many hours do
 you have to work at McDonald's to fill your tank?

 Dave Massey

 -----Original Message-----
 From: Bob Labuz <yellowtr at adelphia.net>
 To: Joe Curry <spitlist at cox.net>;
 'Listserv Triumph' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2015 9:00 am
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations

 Joe,

       Another way to look at any price today
 is this way.

       Back when our currency was silver based
 and a quarter was about      1/5th of an oz
 AG, gas was anywhere from 18 to 25c / gallon. Well 
     if you were smart and saved all your dimes,
 quarters, half dollars      and silver
 dollars you could go down to your precious metal
 dealer      and sell them 5 quarters (1.25)
 for about 13 to 14 dollars today.      So a
 quarter could get you about 3$ good for about 1.5 gallons
 up      here in upstate NY.  So if you
 look at it that way, gas is cheaper     
 today than it was in the 60's.

       Just goes to show you how much our $
 has fallen in 50 years.

       Now, I was just in northern CA and
 drove on US 395 CA, and US 95      Nevada and
 I saw prices in the 4.50 to almost 5$ range. This was 
     in October. Well over double what I saw on I
 40 when I got into NM      and TX.

       Bob

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 Message: 11
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 12:08:19 -0500
 From: Dave <dave1massey at cs.com>
 To: triumphs at autox.team.net
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <151a69d3161-5fcc-1539f at webprd-m47.mail.aol.com>
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 Even if crude was free there are still expenses relating to
 transportation, refining, distribution, retailing,
 etc.  Those are costs that are not proportional to the
 price of crude.  Just because the price of crude has
 dropped in half (or doubles) don't expect pump prices to
 change that dramatically.

 Dave Massey

 -----Original Message-----
 From: David Friedlander <forzion7 at gmail.com>
 To: Home Consolidated <triumphs at consolidated.net>
 Cc: Listserv Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2015 9:56 am
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations

 Ken;

 I 'love' that. In the '73 Arab Oil embargo, we were told of
 an 'oil shortage' which forced the price of gas to double
 and even triple in a matter of weeks. Overnight, the Arab
 sheikdoms became billionaires. Here we are, forty years
 later and, somehow, we have an oil GLUT! Now how can that
 be??

 I'd like to asee a history graph showing the price of a
 barrel of West Texas crude vs. the price of a gallon of oil
 at any given time? Last time oil was $38.50/barrel, as it is
 now, how much was a gallon of gas? Makes me think that even
 if a barrel of oil was FREE, we'd still pay at least $1.50
 gallon, what with all the taxes, fees and whatnot (not to
 mention dealing with the ethanol we didn't ask for).

 Dave

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 Message: 12
 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 09:33:22 -0800
 From: "Randall" <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
 To: "'David Friedlander'" <forzion7 at gmail.com>,
 "'Home Consolidated'"
     <triumphs at consolidated.net>
 Cc: 'Listserv Triumph' <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
 Message-ID: <D4.60.10023.2EE40765 at cdptpa-oedge03>
 Content-Type: text/plain;   
 charset="us-ascii"

 > I 'love' that. In the '73 Arab Oil embargo, we were
 told of 
 > an 'oil shortage' which forced the price of gas to
 double and 
 > even triple in a matter of weeks. Overnight, the Arab 
 > sheikdoms became billionaires. Here we are, forty years
 later 
 > and, somehow, we have an oil GLUT! Now how can that
 be??

 Until the 73 oil embargo, there were government controls on
 the wholesale price of gasoline.  Evidence suggests (to
 me) that the 73
 shortage was engineered by the oil companies, in order to
 break the price controls.  Supposedly there were tanker
 trucks lined up
 for miles outside the tank farms, because the tank farms
 were full!  As I recall, some industry exec even got
 quoted as saying we
 could have all the gasoline we wanted, for $2/gallon.

 The glut has many causes, but I'd say chief among them is
 that the oil companies have learned a LOT more since then on
 how to
 squeeze more oil out of the ground (steam injection, oil
 shale, fracking, etc) plus how to squeeze more gasoline from
 a barrel of
 crude.  High prices no doubt played a part in their
 investments in those technologies.

 There's also the problem that it takes many years between
 going out to hunt for more oil; and actually producing fuel
 from that oil.
 It's a big, complicated, expensive (and dangerous) business,
 especially for off-shore oil.  When prices go up,
 exploration goes way
 up.  Then when all those new wells start producing,
 there is an over-supply and prices drop.  Eventually
 the wells get shut down
 because they are too expensive to run (when compared to the
 glut prices) and the cycle repeats.

 Back in the early 80's, I worked for a company that supplied
 custom computer navigation systems to the oil industry,
 among others.
 When oil prices were up, we always got a bunch of orders,
 for systems that would be multiple millions of dollars in
 today's money.
 Peanuts really, when compared to the costs of running an oil
 exploration ship.  (I was once told that operating
 costs for the RV
 Shell America were around $10,000 PER HOUR.)  When oil
 prices collapsed in 1986, my company withdrew from that
 market (closed the
 division), as there were simply no more orders coming in at
 all.  (Fortunately, they had lots of other work, so I
 just changed
 projects.)

 Don't get too complacent.  The oil boom/bust cycle is
 not dead and prices WILL go back up.  I have no doubt
 we'll be paying close to
 $5/gallon again.  It's only a question of when
 http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/100615/will-oil-prices-go-2017.asp

 Randall

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 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:44:10 -0500
 From: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
 Cc: Listserv Triumph <triumphs at autox.team.net>
 Subject: Re: [TR] Ruminations
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 On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
 wrote:
 > The glut has many causes, but I'd say chief among them
 is that the oil companies have learned a LOT more since then
 on how to
 > squeeze more oil out of the ground (steam injection,
 oil shale, fracking, etc) plus how to squeeze more gasoline
 from a barrel of
 > crude.

 Not to mention overall average gasoline consumption per
 mile.  I'm not
 sure how that number has changed over the years...doubled?
 tripled?

 Jeff Scarbrough
 Corrosion Acres, Ga.

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 Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2015 13:58:51 -0500
 From: Bob Labuz <yellowtr at adelphia.net>
 To: Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>,
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 Jeff,

 Not so sure I agree.

 I have made over 30MPG on my 2.2 liter TR3 in the
 past.  87MM upgrade 
 but with the stock 4sp transmission.
 WIth OD, I am sure many have done better.

 I average about 25MPG on all my Triumphs, a 3, 4 and 6 just
 driving to 
 car hops etc. No real long range highway mileage. My wife's
 4cyl Camry 
 just averaged about 35MPG on our trip out West. That is real
 good, but 
 hardly twice my 4CYLs Triumphs. And it is fuel infected etc
 with many 
 computers running the show and a 6 speed transmission. The
 only computer 
 available when I drive a Triumph is in my pocket!

 The Camry is heavier I am sure and that engine will last for
 many more 
 miles but mileage has not improved as much as one would
 expect. I 
 suspect some of the problem is alcohol and less bang for the
 buck in the 
 power in todays fuels.

 Bob

   On 12/15/2015 01:44 PM, Jeff Scarbrough wrote:
 > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 12:33 PM, Randall <TR3driver at ca.rr.com>
 wrote:
 >> The glut has many causes, but I'd say chief among
 them is that the oil companies have learned a LOT more since
 then on how to
 >> squeeze more oil out of the ground (steam
 injection, oil shale, fracking, etc) plus how to squeeze
 more gasoline from a barrel of
 >> crude.
 > Not to mention overall average gasoline consumption per
 mile.  I'm not
 > sure how that number has changed over the
 years...doubled? tripled?
 >
 >
 > Jeff Scarbrough
 > Corrosion Acres, Ga.
 >
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