tighten your belt............

[lugerholsterrepair]

I bought an 80 volt electric chain saw and it's one of the best saws I have ever owned. I pulled my shoulder out of it's socket for the last time! I gave away both of my gas saws. No noise, no smoke and it saws strong for 45 minutes to an hour. I only saw oak. Takes only 30 minutes for a full charge. Set it down for a few min. and it's instant off, instant on. I will NEVER go back to a gas saw.

But a car is different than a chainsaw.

[gunbugs]

Well, number 1 fuel oil here in Fairbanks, Alaska, (the most common heating fuel used here), jumped 30 cents a gallon over the weekend, from 2.99 to 3.29 a gallon. 10% up. Gasoline has increased from 3.79 to 4.49 a gallon average around here over about the past week.
Does it bother me? Sure. Is there anything I can really do about it? No, not really.
So far it hasn't made me reconsider my new Corvette that'll be delivered in about 60 days hence.

[tomaustin]

ship that vette on down here to Texas....good homes available............

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by tomaustin

ship that vette on down here to Texas....good homes available............

I've got an '86 L98 convertible I'd like to sell...Any buyers for the older Vettes???

Topped off the tank today. $4.35 a gallon for 89 octane/Regular. Seems stable. TV news says our region has one of the highest gas prices in the country. That was before the current price hike.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by gunbugs

So far it hasn't made me reconsider my new Corvette that'll be delivered in about 60 days hence.

How about the 'frunk' flying open at 55+mph???

I've been reading the owner reports on CorvetteForum; GM claims there is no defect, it's the owners tripping the 'frunk' release...

[tomaustin]

tell it like it is..JERRY...................

[gunbugs]

Originally Posted by sheepherder

How about the 'frunk' flying open at 55+mph???

I've been reading the owner reports on CorvetteForum; GM claims there is no defect, it's the owners tripping the 'frunk' release...

Considering how many they have made, I'm not too concerned with that. It seems pretty isolated. I've read the Corvette forums as well, and I think most of the problems they talk about there are actually scarce. Any new build is going to have teething pains. I'm prepared for that. I've got other rigs to drive if I have to. This will be 3rd year of production. It looks like they are correcting most of the issues they have had with the 1st year cars. Plus, if it becomes too much to handle, I can sell it down the road. Not like I'm married to it.

[gunbugs]

Noticed today that the No1 heating fuel was 3.96 a gal at the bulk plant if you haul it yourself. Up roughly 30% over the past month or so. 300 gallon haul works out to 1188.00. A lot of folks burn around 150 gallons a month or more if they have a big house. Letting your house freeze really isn't an option.

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by gunbugs

Letting your house freeze really isn't an option.

Isn't that what 'ample' wives are for???

Generac is flooding the airwaves here with their stand-alone nat-gas generator setups. One of my customers had one, an older lady, and it was set to self-test when I walked by. Loud sucker. Neighbor said it self-tested once a week/month (adjustable) and annoyed everyone around. Auto-cutout from Nat Grid power. Looked interesting. All I have is a small RV gasoline generator that I use to power my furnace when the power here goes out. Which is does, for 2-3 days a year. Ice storms usually. A pain, as local supermarket goes down too. No backup there.