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Discussion in 'Auto News' started by 1337Rolla, Apr 22, 2010.

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    1337Rolla oh my

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    Edwin562 SWAG MASTER

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    Ares Active Member

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    werd. saw this in the news.

    Thank God i spend only 30-40$ on gas a month.
    Ares, Apr 22, 2010
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    DrunkSaru Unsuspecting Poo Flinger

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    and it sinks.
    DrunkSaru, Apr 23, 2010
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    fuck me
    i do pizza deliveries for a job
    FML
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    i wish... i spend that in 5 days probably 30
    erickscorolla1999, Apr 23, 2010
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    its_ikon FIRST widebody

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    i budget $150 a month for gas on 2 cars and usually only spend about $120-$135. wonder if i will have to adjust my budget.
    its_ikon, Apr 23, 2010
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    SaberJ2X Lurk MOAR

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    usually my rolla spends 100 alone a month.... *sigh*
    SaberJ2X, Apr 23, 2010
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    tsburt Active Member

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    $45 in a little over a week
    tsburt, Apr 23, 2010
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    Ares Active Member

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    damn... sucks to be y'all.
    Ares, Apr 23, 2010
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    roachrolla Hipster

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    time to invest in a bike!
    roachrolla, Apr 23, 2010
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    e_andree E

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    this wont effect much
    e_andree, Apr 25, 2010
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    nope. that was an exploratory rig.

    prices will increase due to the season, not that rig going down.
    falnfenix, Apr 25, 2010
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    i spent $200 in one week about 2 weeks ago.. but usually spend about $80 a week on petrol.
    bennyboi9, Apr 25, 2010
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    This has turned out to be worse than originally projected- of course BP would pad it a little, as the responsibility falls on them for this.
    e_andree, May 2, 2010
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    rolla02 Corollalcholic

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    -his should be fun, I am filling up at least twice a week with 89oct. at a price between 2.83-3.10 a gallon I need to get my car tuned for 87oct.
    rolla02, May 2, 2010
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    BP has repeatedly suffered accidents like this in the past and it doesn't surprise me that another like this would happen again. There needs to be strictly regulations and rules in place to monitor.
    GSE21tuner, May 3, 2010
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    its_ikon FIRST widebody

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    bp has been saying they will pay for the entire clean up which means they will raise prices so that they don't hurt the bottom line and let all the citizens pay for it. i wish there was some kind of regulation for oil.
    its_ikon, May 3, 2010
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    This isnt necessarily BP's fault- the media is just running with "BP" since its a big, well known name. BP is getting a ton of heat in the headlines because they are the recognizable name in this situation. They should be getting a ton of blame since they own the oil coming out of this well, but the truth is I would guess 6 people maybe get on that oil rig actually got a paycheck from BP.

    BP doesn't own that rig that went down nor did they operate it. BP contracts that rig from another company which owns and operates that rig under their own conditions. BP entered into agreements with the Rig Operator. The Rig Operator charges BP daily and hourly fees to use the rig. At the end of the day, you have to look at the operators of this rig when thinking about who really effed up.

    Now to the rig operator. They have to figure out, along with BP, who and what messed up. It's going to be really hard to do considering all the data is underwater with the rig. Some rigs stream data back onshore via satellites, but I haven't heard of this rig doing this. The rig operator doesn't manufacturer all the parts that go onto this rig, so they are going to look at the parts manufacturer being that the Blow Out Preventor (BOP) didn't work at all. The BOP sits at the ocean floor (about 5000 ft with this rig), so setting it off manually has to be done roboticly. BP and the Rig Operator have failed to accomplish this yet, so the have effed up there big time as well. Also, how did the situation get that bad. If there was gas traveling up the well and if that was the ultimate cause, how did it get that bad. Generally drillers can alleviate this without a problem.


    So you essentially have 3 parties here:

    Parts manufacturer of the BOP ---> Rig Operator -----> BP (who owns the oil coming out)

    BP has little to do with the daily operations, however they receive all the benefits of that oil coming out of the ground. I'm really pissed about the effects this will have on the shorelines. I'm an avid fishermen, so I have a lot of sympathy for the wildlife and industry itself. I hope all three parties here get nailed to the stake for this. I just think the media is putting all the focus on BP 'cause it's the sexy name when there are two other parties who probably have just as much fault.
    e_andree, May 4, 2010
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    because you were speaking about the wildlife, Id just like to say that we are doing a very good job at destroying this planet
    roachrolla, May 4, 2010
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    problem isn't the rig :-/ problem is the big ass pill it's getting to be :/

    lets hope it's controlled before it reaches alaskan numbers
    SaberJ2X, May 4, 2010
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    Rush Limbaugh is a douche- he is suggesting that this was planned and caused by the US government
    e_andree, May 4, 2010
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    YamahaTundraV8 New Member

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    already have one and Yea i Have 2 gas hog's v8 :D:D


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    YamahaTundraV8, May 4, 2010
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    Ares Active Member

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    ooooooooh sexy. Im just not a fan of all black...
    Ares, May 4, 2010
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    roachrolla Hipster

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    nice bike! needs to be cleaned though!
    roachrolla, May 4, 2010
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    Yea its cleaned now picture was taken during winter of last year and I just recently repainted the front clip since I have all new plastic up front thus why you see print's all over it from this picture. To the other person Yea I ain't too key on black either but I;m having another color added on very soon. Very likely going with red since that's the accent color and doing a two tone strip in the middle.

    I have racing plastics that are in white so if I want to change out the color it's as easy as replacing all the plastic
    YamahaTundraV8, May 6, 2010
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    JDMjody VVTLi > VTEC

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    i dont use BP fuel soo...lol
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    I use Bp all the time and this accident really isn't there fault it was a leased area. I didn't like Exxon a wile back and still to this day will not use there products..
    YamahaTundraV8, May 8, 2010
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    :confused:
    e_andree, May 9, 2010
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