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newVideoPlayer("KC-Fire.flv", 494, 371,""); It looks like the Magellan Oil Refinery's just what the gas price doctor ordered to make sure those high Memorial Day prices stay around the same price as the per-pound-sticker on a Kansas City strip steak. OK, maybe that's just what "Big Oil's" doctor may have ordered. We're not so much happy about what just happened in Kansas City when a storm moved through the area yesterday and set Magellan's huge 1.2 million gallon vat of unleaded ablaze, clouding the landscape with acrid black smoke. At first when we heard the reports of the thick smoke, we thought maybe Kansas City had oversized its jets or needed to drop the needles a bit, as it seemed to be running on the rich side. Alas, this was not the case. ( Hat tip to Johnny! ) [ Fox4News ]
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newVideoPlayer("540gas_Jalopnik.flv", 494, 320,""); Think the prices at your local pump are high? If you aren't in California, don't feel so bad. Sure, you may be paying $4 per gallon , but whatever. Because as our auto-loving friends on the Cali coast know, yes, it really does cost $5.40 per gallon. You non-Americans may scoff, what with European prices being around eight thousand dollars per gallon, but for us this cost is simply outrageous. Don't oil companies know this is America? We'll never stand for such prices. Or at least we'll just sit here in our cars and wait it out. [ CNN ]
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newVideoPlayer("CrazyGas_gawker.flv", 475, 376); All we were able to find on the above video was the caption "crazy guy so upset with high gas prices sets a gas station on fire." At first we were a wee bit skeptical, until we saw the sign in the background advertising the name of the station. Oh of course, it's Crazy Eddie's Chevron . Yup, you know, the guy with the commercial and the tagline "Come to Crazy Eddie's Chevron where the prices -- and the customers -- are insane !" You don't remember that one, eh? Must not be watching the same channels we are. Anyway, if any kids out there are watching this, remember not to walk through the gas as you're spraying it. If you do, we may have to teach you a new word -- "self-immolation."
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newVideoPlayer("DodgeChallengerCommercial_gawker.flv", 475, 276); Oh yeah baby, the Muscle Car Wars (patent pending) are totally on now and Dodge is showing it -- revealing both a new commercial for the new muscle car that declares simply "It's On!" and then by dropping a pricing of $37,995 on the limited-edition, top of the line and 6.1-liter Hemi-powered 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 . The new pony car from the brand with the horns will come in three colors, black, silver or Hemi orange and they'll begin taking orders on the new Hemi hotness starting December 3rd. Now that would make a "December to Remember." We're totally declaring Monday a Jalopnik muscle car holiday. Full press release after the jump and we'll be seeing the official unveil in person in just a couple of months at the Chicago Auto Show. galleryPost('DodgeChallenger', 9, 'Dodge Challenger'); Dodge Announces Pricing for All-new 2008 Challenger SRT8® Dodge Challenger...
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