Holy Crap, Alberta Shell Stations Are Selling Gas At 1984 Prices - Polidicks

Costco sells gas fairly cheaper than the national average here.

[QUOTE=Fort83;46186893]Where the fuck is the one in Calgary[/QUOTE] a bunch of shell stations it seems. could be over now idk

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46184042]Tbh Americans are obsessed with large and/or heavy vehicles, and we're not about to give that up anytime soon.[/QUOTE] If you drive the distances the average American has to drive, doing it in a subcompact crackerbox with a tiny engine isn't practical. You have zero comfort, zero cargo space and zero safety. [QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46184042]Besides, a number of small cars are literally illegal here.[/QUOTE] The reason the majority of tiny import cars are illegal to drive today is largely because they have zero crash safety. If you get into any sort of vehicular accident, don't expect to come away unscathed. Back in the late 70s and through the 80s when smaller cars were common, small imports were banned for a different reason, pollution. It wasn't uncommon for European cars back then to have two cycle engines or engines that had no pollution controls at all (ie. no catalytic converters, PCV, etc.) so the EPA refused to let them run over here.

[QUOTE=RoflKawpter;46183743]I'd bring a BUNCH of gas cans and load up like crazy on dirt cheap gas! Unless there's some kind of restriction...[/QUOTE] I'd be an ass and bring a fuel tanker trailer. With ESSO on the side of it [editline]9th October 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=mecaguy03;46187045]Costco sells gas fairly cheaper than the national average here.[/QUOTE] 10C cheaper then the lowest in a city

American fuel is very low grade though, if you ran a modern European engine on it without a retune it'd be knocking to fuck.

[QUOTE=SnakeHead;46186350]I always laugh when Europeans have absolutely no concept of daily life in the US or Canada even. Where I live there are barely any sidewalks, no taxis, trains or buses. It would be literally illegal to walk to my work because I'd have to cross a dangerous overpass with no foot crossings.[/QUOTE] I came to a relatively small town here in the US for college after living in Tokyo for basically my entire life and holy shit it's utterly incomprehensible on a whole new level just how fucking spread out things are here It's not even describable to someone who has never lived here. You really, completely, 100% [b]require[/b] a car to be able to live day to day life here. It's been 4 years and I still can't get over how absolutely little there is here spread out over such an insane amount of land. Shit is fucking barren yo. [editline]9th October 2014[/editline] Like it takes 50 minutes one way to take a bus to fucking super walmart for groceries and 8 minutes by car how is this even possible also some of the bus stops literally drop you off on the side of like a 4 lane road onto the grass with no pedestrian sidewalks or cross roads so you just kinda have to sprint across the road during a red light. Like come on man it wouldn't even be hard to improve that

[QUOTE=joe588;46189241]American fuel is very low grade though, if you ran a modern European engine on it without a retune it'd be knocking to fuck.[/QUOTE] Depends where you are buying fuel.

a train in the US would look like the trans-siberian railway

[QUOTE=Mr. Someguy;46184042]Tbh Americans are obsessed with large and/or heavy vehicles, and we're not about to give that up anytime soon. Besides, a number of small cars are literally illegal here.[/QUOTE]Plus it has to help that their entire country is tiny as hell, full of mass transportation, (so driving isn't basically required by default) and they have bicycle infrastructure. I learned that bicycles and the flood control systems are apparently no joke to Dutch people, Dutch people take that shit [i]seriously.[/i][QUOTE=Shogoll;46189292]I came to a relatively small town here in the US for college after living in Tokyo for basically my entire life and holy shit it's utterly incomprehensible on a whole new level just how fucking spread out things are here[/QUOTE]I love taking foreigners out into the Minnesotan back country, because it's not [i]too isolated[/i] but it's still hilarious to see them just slowly understand how big the United States is. Then after that, I take them to see South Dakota. Anyone who's ever been to South Dakota knows exactly what the fuck I'm talking about. In case you're wondering, yeah, they freak out. Common phrase: "there's... nothing." [i]*nervous laughter*[/i] I do like taking people from warm climates out and about in the Minnesotan winter though. Letting somebody from Australia drive on a Minnesotan road is great, because they're terrified of the snowy abyss that is the ditch no matter how much you reassure them. They seem to have a deeper respect of your driving abilities as you cruise down the road at 45mph while they were crawling along at the pace of a gentle jog. [editline]9th October 2014[/editline] Also I had a mild panic attack the first time I broke down in South Dakota and had to walk [i]twenty fucking miles[/i] before I found a driveway. There's really nothing for the sound to bounce off of, so when there's no wind it's this eerie calm and all the sounds are dulled. I can see why settlers went fucking wild crazy out on the prairie, it's really unsettling in the flat parts.

[QUOTE=POLOPOZOZO;46189538]a train in the US would look like the trans-siberian railway[/QUOTE] I have never seen any aboveground train meant for public transportation and I have been in at least 10 states. The only sort of subway system I have ever been on was in Washington D.C and pretty much the only ones you can find are in the really big cities like New York. Train rides are so uncommon in the U.S. that there are a few places that make money by selling outrageously expensive rides.

[QUOTE=CrucialSeBBi;46184721]Gas prices in this country is a fucking joke[/QUOTE] Fuck off, you are so damn rich anyway. Look at the 3rd graph.

[QUOTE=Dark RaveN;46189657]Fuck off, you are so damn rich anyway. Look at the 3rd graph.[/QUOTE] Just because Norway is a rich country as a whole, doesnt mean that I am a rich person

[QUOTE=lintz;46183959]here in britbongistan, average fuel cost is £1.27 per litre or roughly $2 on the dot.[/QUOTE] Right now fuel is the cheapest it's been since I started driving last year, and the cheapest I can get petrol is £1.33.9. It used to be £1.36.9 a couple of months ago. Which means when it was at its most expensive, I was paying roughly $11 a gallon. Now I'm paying roughly $10.75 a gallon. And that's with Europe's biggest oil terminal here (if I remember right).

[QUOTE=joe588;46189241]American fuel is very low grade though, if you ran a modern European engine on it without a retune it'd be knocking to fuck.[/QUOTE] Its the same fuel. The rating system is just different. After all, we have loads of European vehicles and I've never heard of a "US-tune" and "EU-tune" for fuel reasons alone. [editline]9th October 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;46189573] Also I had a mild panic attack the first time I broke down in South Dakota and had to walk [i]twenty fucking miles[/i] before I found a driveway. There's really nothing for the sound to bounce off of, so when there's no wind it's this eerie calm and all the sounds are dulled. I can see why settlers went fucking wild crazy out on the prairie, it's really unsettling in the flat parts.[/QUOTE] I live in the South-Eastern portion (which is by FAR the most populated area of SD), and even then, once you leave the Sioux Falls metro area, it is possible to drive 10 miles away, and hear nothing but silence. The only sign of civilization is a couple farms and a highway. And at night, you can see light reflecting off the sky from larger towns. The only way it gets any more barren is once you head west river or north where there is literally fuck all.

[QUOTE=Demache;46191359]Its the same fuel. The rating system is just different. After all, we have loads of European vehicles and I've never heard of a "US-tune" and "EU-tune" for fuel reasons alone. [editline]9th October 2014[/editline] I live in the South-Eastern portion (which is by FAR the most populated area of SD), and even then, once you leave the Sioux Falls metro area, it is possible to drive 10 miles away, and hear nothing but silence. The only sign of civilization is a couple farms and a highway. And at night, you can see light reflecting off the sky from larger towns. The only way it gets any more barren is once you head west river or north where there is literally fuck all.[/QUOTE] I seem to recall though, reading American car webazines talking about "if you put euro-fuel in this you'd get 510hp just like the europeans do"

[QUOTE=Pr0fane;46192329]I seem to recall though, reading American car webazines talking about "if you put euro-fuel in this you'd get 510hp just like the europeans do"[/QUOTE] Either they were tongue in cheek or had no idea what they were talking about. 98 in the states would pretty much be racing fuel. Like the same stuff they use in NASCAR. :v:

[QUOTE=Killuah;46185867]Most people live in the cities and the gas usage per person is not much different in Europe.[/QUOTE] Most people actually live in the smaller towns.

[QUOTE=Demache;46193904]Either they were tongue in cheek or had no idea what they were talking about. 98 in the states would pretty much be racing fuel. Like the same stuff they use in NASCAR. :v:[/QUOTE] very well, i stand corrected. I read somewhere your standard unleaded is very poor and boosted with an excess of ethanol to bring up the octane rating.

[QUOTE=joe588;46205454]very well, i stand corrected. I read somewhere your standard unleaded is very poor and boosted with an excess of ethanol to bring up the octane rating.[/QUOTE] Nowadays our standard unleaded is shit because of the ethanol. I've had a noticable drop in mileage ever since they started adding ethanol, and I'm not the only one.

[QUOTE=Ajacks;46184108]Oh I would kill for those kind of benefits, but in the mean time I guess I'll enjoy what I get instead, a lifted crew cab V8 6.5meter long pickup. America is a funny place, you're screwed when you get old, sick, or want to educate yourself but hey, V8.[/QUOTE] So the plan is to get a degree in Europe, go to USA to work and live, and if you get old go back to Europe.

Oil City they call it where I live and the Shell right by my house was unchanged, fuckers.

[QUOTE=Demache;46193904]Either they were tongue in cheek or had no idea what they were talking about. 98 in the states would pretty much be racing fuel. Like the same stuff they use in NASCAR. :v:[/QUOTE] He is actually correct, fuel in the US [i]is[/i] worse than in Europe. It's most noticeable on cars with high compression as US fuel tends to detonate too early causing the engine to ping. This is because of different octane ratings and the fact the US fills their petrol with ethanol. Ethanol both lowers the mileage and can cause ping. In older cars, it also dries out all rubber parts.