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Originally posted by PackRat:
I won't shop there because I don't feel that paying people $10/hr to watch people use their credit cards to fuel their cars is a good use of money. You pay some schlep $10/hr to do nothing and he thinks he's entitled to $10/hr anywhere he works. Then all his friends think they're entitled to $10/hr to do nothing all day. Thats why it's so hard to find decent workers, they hear stories like this and think they should get $10/hr as a starting position. Then they do a half assed job when they don't. That's my opinion which will not change so don't bother debating.
Okay, well then I won't debate. I just wanted to leave you with this: In my area, where we have the costco, the cost of living is pretty high. You won't cut it on anything less then about 9 dollars an hour. I applaud costco for paying their people a decent wage that they may be able to live on. You seem to think that paying him 10$ will spoil him for the rest of his life. I got paid during highschool 15$ an hour to do computer work at a law firm. I really don't expect to be paid atleast 15$ an hour no matter what I do now, if anything it has made me hungrier for things that cost more. Those things make me work harder so I can get a better paying job so I can buy those things. But to each his own.
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i see this argument all the time over at maxima.org. the owners manual 'recommends' premium, for best performance and mileage. but the car will run on regular and a lot of people don't care about performance so when the question is asked "what grade should i use" it always starts a flame war.
personally i'm of the persuasion that you get out what you put in. and if you have modded your engine or bumped up the timing like some folks do, you can see a fairly significant increase by using the reccomended grade.
i agree people are cheap on gas but most of those people are dumb and don't realize they can actually be spending more money by not using the recommended grade.
....don't be bitter pack, pissing on this man's cake cause yours has fewer candles is ridiculous. and you're not going to change my mind so don't even try. 
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Originally posted by PackRat:
Originally posted by Digital Slacker:
Originally posted by PackRat:
I'm not slagging him, I'm slagging the company that will pay somebody $10/hr for doing almost nothing. Remind me not to shop at Costco.
I don't know why you'd not shop there just because they pay their people well? In my experience they have the lowest prices on stuff of the big retailers around here. That includes: Walmart, Sams Club, BJs wholesale and other places like biglots, kmart and the like. If anything, i'd want to frequent them more since they are helping people out and I am getting good prices while I am at it.
I won't shop there because I don't feel that paying people $10/hr to watch people use their credit cards to fuel their cars is a good use of money. You pay some schlep $10/hr to do nothing and he thinks he's entitled to $10/hr anywhere he works. Then all his friends think they're entitled to $10/hr to do nothing all day. Thats why it's so hard to find decent workers, they hear stories like this and think they should get $10/hr as a starting position. Then they do a half assed job when they don't. That's my opinion which will not change so don't bother debating.
So then by that thought, I should STOP shopping at Wal-Mart because they are only paying you $8.00/hr. to stock a shelf? If everyone had that mentality, nobody would be shopping at Wal-Mart, which would mean YOU would be out of a job.
Also, are you going to stop watching basketball because the players on the bench make $200k+ to do nothing, while you are slaving for your $20k a year? You seem to argue about EVERYTHING, yet nothing you say makes sense.
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I always use Premium (93) and I'm 17 and on a very limited budget for cars...stupid people.
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i only put 5 dollars in at a time..of the premium..yeah i get about two gallons 
"Youth ages, immaturity is outgrown, ignorance can be educated, and drunkenness sobered, but STUPID lasts forever."-Aristophanes.
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I never understood why people don't just fill up the tank all the way. Its not like you are saving any money, you will just stop 6 times more than I do
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Originally posted by tour96se:
i only put 5 dollars in at a time..of the premium..yeah i get about two gallons
That's awesome! I do the same thing, but I found my Zetec runs a just a bit better on midgrade and premium than it does on regular. Haven't bought any regular since. I could give a flip if it's like $3 a gallon if it improves my performance any. When one has a smaller, less potent engine like the Zetec, the thirst for any gain in performance is much greater. I make 6.50 an hour in a Chicken Restaurant and I could give a hoot about 10 more cents to the gallon.
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Originally posted by Y2KSVT:
Originally posted by PackRat:
Originally posted by Digital Slacker:
Originally posted by PackRat:
I'm not slagging him, I'm slagging the company that will pay somebody $10/hr for doing almost nothing. Remind me not to shop at Costco.
I don't know why you'd not shop there just because they pay their people well? In my experience they have the lowest prices on stuff of the big retailers around here. That includes: Walmart, Sams Club, BJs wholesale and other places like biglots, kmart and the like. If anything, i'd want to frequent them more since they are helping people out and I am getting good prices while I am at it.
I won't shop there because I don't feel that paying people $10/hr to watch people use their credit cards to fuel their cars is a good use of money. You pay some schlep $10/hr to do nothing and he thinks he's entitled to $10/hr anywhere he works. Then all his friends think they're entitled to $10/hr to do nothing all day. Thats why it's so hard to find decent workers, they hear stories like this and think they should get $10/hr as a starting position. Then they do a half assed job when they don't. That's my opinion which will not change so don't bother debating.
So then by that thought, I should STOP shopping at Wal-Mart because they are only paying you $8.00/hr. to stock a shelf? If everyone had that mentality, nobody would be shopping at Wal-Mart, which would mean YOU would be out of a job.
This is not a discussion about my employer so that's the end of that. See mod comments above.
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Also, are you going to stop watching basketball because the players on the bench make $200k+ to do nothing, while you are slaving for your $20k a year? You seem to argue about EVERYTHING, yet nothing you say makes sense.
Mark
I don't watch basketball on TV to begin with. Feel like putting your foot in you mouth some more? Didn't think so.
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It's already been mentioned that high-powered cars are generally capable of safely utilizing Regular gas, and even often get better mileage using it, at the expensive of performance.
But as for older cars, like a 1991 Camry, one would use Premium to prevent against pinging, which a 15-year old car is probably doing.
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/begins chant/..."gimmie a W ..gimmie a A ...gimmie a L ....gimmie a M ...... gimmie a A ............gotta love shift changes 
Last edited by tour96se; 07/15/05 11:03 PM.
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