Even my motorcycle is $25 to fill
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TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 hours agoI filled up a family members Rav4 the other day. It was $96.
Not exactly the best car, but hardly a gas guzzler. Or maybe it is, idk. I normally drive electric.
0ops@piefed.zip 6 hours ago
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Yeah I mean at these prices even a lawn mower might cost $10 to fill
Justifier@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
I follow a lot of lawn care YouTubers
More than a few commenting about raising prices and canceling contracts of customers not willing to pay enough to cover it
Its not an insignificant difference either, like +$40 on a weekly cut for a quarter acre lot. That’s between a 35-50% price increase depending on the market of the people I’m watching
The trucks to get there being the big portion of that increase not the mowers, but certainly the mower/trimmer/blower opex increased as well
Regardless though anyone not running primary electric rigs are definitely hurting right now
Those who invested into it early, and especially those who got State and Govt incentives, before the current administration shut them down have a massive opportunity to cash in over at least the next ~2 years while this settles, keeping their prices just below whatever their competitors have to charge until their routes are fully booked while those running gas are forced to raise prices and renegociate contracts to maintain profits
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 hours ago
+$40 on a weekly cut for a quarter acre lot. That’s between a 35-50% price increase depending on the market of the people I’m watching
bruh is deep in the lore…
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 6 hours ago
My CRV takes 10 gallon when it’s on empty. and gets 32 mpg. Just saying.
adarza@lemmy.ca 6 hours ago
we’ve been going backwards on fuel efficiency. the little compact i had back in the early 90s got over 40mpg.
mech@feddit.org 5 hours ago
Greenpeace modified a Renault Twingo with off-the-shelf parts in 1996 so it could get 68mpg.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SmILE
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
I think the gas was in the 6.50 range? Idk.
bitteroldcoot@piefed.social 6 hours ago
The display say 17.624 gallons. That is a full size SUV or truck.
TheFlopster@lemmy.world 5 hours ago
Not necessarily. My 4-door sedan holds 18 gallons. It’s 12 years old now. Maybe they’re making them smaller now.
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 6 hours ago
Just saying its less than what I paid for what I would consider to be a “standard”-ish vehicle?
I don’t think a rav4 stands out as an interesting vehicle.