Good points. I’ve used this before when an officer asked to search my vehicle. The officer then said I’d need to wait for the K9 unit which could be hours. After waiting around for 20 minutes, I consented to the search. At that time, I didn’t realize there was a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision that roughly said…

EIA says that PADD 1(east coast) is down to 21 million barrels of distillates. We lost around 1 million last week. All eyes are going to be on the EIA figures being released next week. 

I appreciate the optimism, but I’m struggling to see the bright side this time. Yes, we have crude oil coming in with lower prices, but we’re struggling to refine it. Distillates(heating oil, JetA, diesel) dropped again by nearly a million barrels this week. And gasoline inventory dropped my more than 3.5 million.

The Grand Wagoneer somehow looks 20% bigger than a Ram 1500.

Hopefully you won’t see 4 swipes. I’ve found that some stations won’t let you swipe more than 3 times a day. 

The Jeep Grand Wagoneer is also bigger and heavier. It’s toting around an extra 800-1000 lbs.

I’m pretty sure the only concern about fuel for the target audience of this land yacht is not how much it costs, but by how annoying it is to swipe their car an additional swipe from hitting the pump card limit.

Fertilizer increase might have an even bigger impact. Some of the fertilizers have tripled since last year. A lot of the fertilizer producers went offline, and natural gas is one of the biggest sources for nitrogen based fertilizer

Jet A hitting 10 dollars a gallon will fix that.

Absolutely. High demand, high profits, and unwilling to invest in their production. CEO of Pioneer Natural resources back in February:

Distillate stocks are setting record lows, production is lower than pre pandemic levels, and demand is higher than pre pandemic level. The situation seems, ummm, less than ideal.

Most gas stations near evacuation routes are required to have a generator backup. Even for areas without a generator, there’s usually a station with a transfer switch nearby that has the option to hook up to a portable generator.

Oil companies know their days are numbered for being an energy king(they’ll still be needed, just not as much), they finally got the edge they were looking for and will ride it out like an ‘80s investor’s party all the way to the end.

To add to it, the analyst from GasBuddy just said that refinery inputs is down 2.3 million barrels from last week.

Regular service is key for these things, and properly diagnosing and fixing small issues before they become a big one. Owner of this car doesn’t pass the vibe check.

Likely emissions related, CP4, or turbos. These aren’t bad engines, but if neglected or not properly maintained, it can get expensive in a hurry. Labor is very expensive.

Haha, you can do it after a fresh grading if you’re strategic and have a spotter. Skid plate wouldn’t hurt.

Part of the larger jump for diesel vs gas is a loss of refining capacity. Refining capacity dropped from covid, along with issues even before the pandemic. Diesel requires additional refining for reducing the sulfur content, and some of the supplies for those processes are feeling the effects of the supply change…

Absolutely. And if anyone comes here, just stick with Asheville, Tail of the
Dragon, and the Blue Ridge Parkway. No need to check out 19, 64, 181 or 221. And Overlanders, Old NC105 or any of the other forest service roads are very boring and dull.

Surprise, it does seem to be that Hyundai is already having GPF issues.