gg1
TJ Enthusiast
94 octane is pretty damn high for a Jeep or most any car. I run 93 in my performance car and 87 in my Jeep.
Canadian Gas Cost
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94 octane is pretty damn high for a Jeep or most any car. I run 93 in my performance car and 87 in my Jeep.
West coast issues. High taxes, restrictive shipping, poor refinery infrastructure for "summer blends", and no easy access to new oil sands discoveries.
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The difference between Canada and US taxes isn't as large as you would think. Canada definitely needs to have high taxes for their healthcare and other services that Canadian citizens have access to, but they don't have nearly as much in defense spending as the U.S. We spend a hell of a lot more in defense per GDP here in the states and that accounts for over half of our discretionary spending (probably more now since defense spending has increased since the creation of this chart):
(source: https://www.pgpf.org/chart-archive/0184_ally_defense_spending )
(source: https://www.nationalpriorities.org/budget-basics/federal-budget-101/spending/ )
Determining whether an American or Canadian pays more in taxes can be tough to pin down, particularly since we both have progressive tax systems that tax according to income, but in different ways. It's also a bit more complex since the spread of income between the US and Canada is very different, as Canada has much less income inequality:
(source: https://data.oecd.org/inequality/income-inequality.htm )
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Don't even get me started on the defense spending the U.S. is so guilty of. I think it's absolute bullshit the amount of money we spend on defense, when other countries are using that money for infrastructure, healthcare, and things that matter so much more.
At the risk of derailing this thread and turning it political, I'll shut my mouth. But, man does it piss me off how much the U.S. wastes on pointless wars and defense spending.
After reading this thread I’ve chosen to honor the greatest country ever devised on this planet by ceremoniously burning one of its $2.69 Gallons of gas to travel about 17 miles across the rolling hills & curves of its beautiful Pennsylvania section, sunny & 75 to boot; these early evening drives are becoming my favorite thing to do with my TJ
Yea,I hear ya. We're pretty entrenched in the role of world police and it's not likely that we'll be able to get away with lower defender spending anytime soon, regardless of which party controls the presidency.
johnny deeker
TJ Enthusiast
Bingo Chris. Another thing kicks in when we talk about habits. Psychologists call it habituation. Once we have something for so long it ceases to give us as much pleasure as it initially did.. The fourth beer is ok but not as good as the first. When i retired i bought the jeep knowing my gas costs would increase but i could also get most places that i wanted to go. I stopped the daily double double at Tim Hortons and turned it into a weekly thing. In addition to saving the cash, the one coffee i buy each Saturday is now a treat. Oh yeah and i never look at the price of gas but i'm lucky i don't have to commute and that can be a big issue for others.
It all gets down to what is important to you. Having a yaris in the yukon is like going all the way to Disneyland to look at the gate and never enter.