Touring in Cali $$$
#52
08-28-2014, 07:48 AM
#53
08-28-2014, 08:45 AM
I wasn't in any way bashing Cali and I'm sure the riding all year round is great. I shared a foxhole with a good Army pal and his love for Cali was very evident. With that being said you are Getting royally screwed with gas taxes but hey if your willing to pay $10.00 bucks a gallon to ride who am I to judge.
Right now, in my area, it's right around four bucks a gallon, hovering either side of that figure. Every now and then, it starts edging up to five bucks, and that when folks start getting excited. That's one of the reasons that I spend 90% or more of my time on the road on a motorcycle.
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08-28-2014, 08:50 AM
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Right now, in my area, it's right around four bucks a gallon, hovering either side of that figure. Every now and then, it starts edging up to five bucks, and that when folks start getting excited. That's one of the reasons that I spend 90% or more of my time on the road on a motorcycle.
#55
08-28-2014, 08:50 AM
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Well, here's a new twist to gas prices in California, reported just today:
The California Air Resources Board, the Golden State's premier anti-pollution agency, predicts the new tax will raise gasoline prices from 20 cents to $1.30 per gallon. A prominent state senator who helped author the bill estimated the cost at 40 cents a gallon.
California drivers brace for costly new gas tax
The California Air Resources Board, the Golden State's premier anti-pollution agency, predicts the new tax will raise gasoline prices from 20 cents to $1.30 per gallon. A prominent state senator who helped author the bill estimated the cost at 40 cents a gallon.
California drivers brace for costly new gas tax
#56
08-28-2014, 08:56 AM
The way it was 'splained to me years ago is that the base price is determined by the distribution center where they put the fuel into the tankers to go out to the gas stations. For instance, several years ago, SoCal was experiencing a spate of high prices...I think at the time it was almost up to three bux...I went to Bishop, and it was like twenty to thirty cents less, and that was because they got their gas out of Bakersfield, and we got ours out of somewhere's else...You'd think it would have been the other way around, but surprisingly, it wasn't.
I commute to Santa Barbarial four days a week, and it's about the same price up there currently. But there is one Chevron station near UCSB that's almost always almost a buck more a gallon! I think the reason is (and others in the know agree!) that students are using Daddy's credit card and don't much care how much they pay...they just are looking for the closest, easiest place to go!
#57
08-28-2014, 09:14 AM
The way it was 'splained to me years ago is that the base price is determined by the distribution center where they put the fuel into the tankers to go out to the gas stations. For instance, several years ago, SoCal was experiencing a spate of high prices...I think at the time it was almost up to three bux...I went to Bishop, and it was like twenty to thirty cents less, and that was because they got their gas out of Bakersfield, and we got ours out of somewhere's else...You'd think it would have been the other way around, but surprisingly, it wasn't.
I commute to Santa Barbarial four days a week, and it's about the same price up there currently. But there is one Chevron station near UCSB that's almost always almost a buck more a gallon! I think the reason is (and others in the know agree!) that students are using Daddy's credit card and don't much care how much they pay...they just are looking for the closest, easiest place to go!
I commute to Santa Barbarial four days a week, and it's about the same price up there currently. But there is one Chevron station near UCSB that's almost always almost a buck more a gallon! I think the reason is (and others in the know agree!) that students are using Daddy's credit card and don't much care how much they pay...they just are looking for the closest, easiest place to go!
#58
08-28-2014, 09:57 AM
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If you look deep into the problem with the cities filing for bankruptcy it's all about the inability to pay for pensions they promised to state workers.
Does it concern me, No, not in the slightest. My home is paid for and my retirement fund is almost where i want it to be. Calif is a democratic state and since I'm not a liberal and i don't rely on government assistance i have not a care in the world.
I am however a business owner in Calif I currently have 3 different projects in the Stockton area, all of them are schools....
I'm born a raised Calif native, life is freaking good here and the riding is second to none ion the world.
OS
Does it concern me, No, not in the slightest. My home is paid for and my retirement fund is almost where i want it to be. Calif is a democratic state and since I'm not a liberal and i don't rely on government assistance i have not a care in the world.
I am however a business owner in Calif I currently have 3 different projects in the Stockton area, all of them are schools....
I'm born a raised Calif native, life is freaking good here and the riding is second to none ion the world.
OS
The Stockton bankruptcy was caused by the housing boom of the early to mid 2000's and the city not managing the huge property tax windfall that was created when all the bay area workers bought new, overpriced houses.
2009 came along and most of those houses went into foreclosure or short sale and tax revenues were cut in half. Police and other city safety employees were contributing nothing to their pension funds and other services could not be funded at the same time leaving Stockton without enough revenue not pay their bills.
#59
08-28-2014, 09:59 AM
