<ol>
<li>Hawaii</li>
<li>Alaska</li>
<li>California</li>
<li>Nevada</li>
<li>New York</li>
<li>Oregon</li>
<li>Montana</li>
<li>Washington</li>
<li>Connecticut</li>
<li>Idaho</li>
</ol>
<p>Hmm…I wonder why gas prices are so high in Alaska. Isn’t there an oil pipeline that runs through Alaska?
I know for a fact that there’s oil in Texas, so gas prices are relatively low.
Some gas stations have oil that has ethanol in it (seen a lot in Houston).</p>
<p>I dont think location determines gas prices as much as the Board of Directors who want to get the most money from the most densely populated states.</p>
<p>Oh ok. But states like Alaska, Oregon, Montana, Idaho, Connecticut are not densely populated. I would think NJ should be in top 10.
To give an estimate, it tool $50.35 to fill up my Ford. Using premium, of course.</p>
<p>idk how anyone here can afford insurance for a car newer than an 00 or 01, I have an 01 and under my dads insurance i pay leik 2500 a year with collision, rich parents i gess</p>
<p>isnt insurance on newer cars cheaper?</p>
<p>No, I wouldn’t think that insurance on newer cars is cheaper. Because it’s more expensive to replace the parts of a new car as opposed to those of a older car.
I can be totally wrong because my parents pay for my insurance.</p>
<p>I’m a junior and I got my car a couple weeks before this school year started. It was an 02 Neon but my mom switched cars with me during the winter so now I drive an 03 Camry. I guess I’m one of the lucky ones who didn’t pay anything for her car, gas, or insurance.</p>
<p>yeah but newer cars are worth more, so it seems like it would cost more to insure them, but i have no idea either.</p>
<p>Allstate has good rates actually. My mom can insure a lexus and a toyota for about $100/month. But she never got so much as a speeding ticket in the past 10 years. She got a parking ticket about twice.</p>
<p>doesn’t matter who you have, if you’re under 25 and a male you get screwed.</p>
<p>My dad’s hand-me-down 1998 Honda Accord… I was supposed to get my sister’s 2000 Honda Civic, but she totaled it about a year before I got my license, so my dad got a new car instead (which he was very excited about, haha) and I got his old car, right when I got my license. LOVE it. </p>
<p>Although I’m retiring from driving once I go to college. Driving in Vegas is SCARY; I swear I’ve lost years off my life from the stress… haha</p>
<p>i’m a soph and early in the year my dad was going to buy me an old mercedes but then chickened out and said i should have a volvo (he’s been in 10+ car crashes and whenever he had a volvo, as opposed to a bmw or w/e, he walked off the scene w/o a scratch), and i declined (to both actually… i hate mercedes’s… i think they’re too flashy!), partly because i’m afraid of driving (i’m absent-minded… i should NOT have a license), and partly because i’d rather have the cash… which i didn’t get! plus, i’m going to boarding school, and then college on the opposite coast, so i really don’t need a car… or even want one, so it would be a hassle. plus, gas here in california (malibu/santa barb) is soooooooooooooooo ridiculous ($3.45++!!!)… and i don’t have a job… so it would be a total waste.</p>
<p>why do you guys need cars anyway? wouldn’t you rather have the $$$ for…electronics and entertainment and investments and clothes? and food!</p>
<p>Um I’d much rather have a diesel jetta right now…petrodiesel’s about $3.09 here. And plus my ap enviro teacher knows how to make biodiesel and that’s virtually free.</p>
<p>It’s more expensive for a newer car that has more demand or so it seems. In other words, it would cost more to insure a 1999 Camry than, say, a 1989 Cavalier. Plus, if the parts theory is true, it’s really easy to find a part for an American car, especially an older one that’s easy to work on.</p>
<p>Blairt–the reason some of us need cars is because we can’t walk due to dangerous roads and public transportation isn’t available. And I’d much rather spend money on a car than food any day–eating out is the biggest rip-off ever.</p>
<p>Still don’t have one, almost graduating senior :). My parents said they’ll get me one when I want, but the first year of college I don’t/can’t have one. No parking 
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<p>I want to get a 2002 Camry</p>
<p>Oh come on you can do better than that…get an 02 prius. Much better on gas mileage and smaller. Less of a pain in the ass to park. Or better yet, a new prius…not brand new, because you have to wait 8 months to get one, but one that’s like slightly used. Let someone else take the hit on depreciation.</p>
<p>Prius…way too ugly, I pick cars based on looks, so 2002 Camry it is 
(within my price range, if it was pure looks I’d go with a mclaren)</p>
<p>The Camry actually holds its value pretty well, as do most Toyotas and Hondas. Euro cars are also pretty good for holding value as are the offshoots of Toyota and Honda (Lexus and Acura).</p>
<p>If you want something that loses its value within seconds, buy a Chevy Cobalt, Chevy Impala, Chrysler minivan, or Ford Focus.</p>
<p>Yeah, and um there’s a reason Ford and GM changes the names of its models a gazillion times. Toyota has never changed the name of a model before. </p>
<p>Yeah and there’s also a reason why it’s common to see a 10-15-20 year old mercedes or camry or accord on the streets but it’s fairly uncommon to see even a 10 year old taurus, or one that lasts longer than 100,000 miles on one engine.</p>