$$Gas$$

[Lilith]

Just curious how much it is costing you all now days?

[FussyPucker]

ahhhhhhhh NOTHING I don't own a car :)
I used to but I never drove it :D

[Bilbo]

74.9 cents a litre Bloody robbery
(about $3.00 a US gal, I think)

[krzykrn]

Thankfully nothing (no car sold it when I moved out West), when we had the fuel price hike a little while back, gas was on average over $2 a gallon...sheesh Bilbo, near $3/gallon good god!

[horseman12]

nothing,,,,,my Ford F-350 is diesel

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Bilbo
74.9 cents a litre Bloody robbery
(about $3.00 a US gal, I think)
$2.84AD/Gal:eek:

[aflyerfan]

$1.64 for the 89octane

[PantyFanatic]

$1.49USD/USGal-91Octane (if that's ok to say)

[LixyChick]

$1.35 a gallon.........and I am looking at the above replies and I am in shock! I thought we had it bad....I am relieved now!!!!

[scotzoidman]

If I drive a few miles out of my way (wasting more precious fuel) I can get it for $1.29 or less, using the trusty Kroger discount card

[Saddaddy]

$1.38 for 87 octane per gal .

[Lorelei]

I don't know. I just say for instance, "$10.00, pump 8". I use at least 93 gas. I just go to the most convenient gas station.

[Steph]

I'm paying 68 cents a litre . . . must learn the conversion one day.

[GermanSteve]

Originally posted by Bilbo
74.9 cents a litre Bloody robbery
(about $3.00 a US gal, I think)

Ha! That is nothing! US$ and Euros are equal now and we pay around 1 Euro 05 Cent per litre 95 octane, 91 octane 4-5 Cent cheaper

[Scarlett]

I have no idea. I just go fill 'er up and use my gas card.

[Sugarsprinkles]

There's a little price war going on around here...I just paid $1.19 per gal. today. :D:D:D

[vampeyes]

We just paid $1.23 but Krogers had it the other day for $1.11 with the Kroger card.. of course that probably changed now that its the weekend

[Sharni]

Some parts of Oz pay A$1:10/litre....now thats expensive

[PantyFanatic]

Originally posted by Steph
I'm paying 68 cents a litre . . . must learn the conversion one day.

$.68CAD/Liter = $2.57CAD/Gal
$2.57CAD = $1.71USD

1 US Gal. = 3.785 Liters

1.0 USD = 1.68598524 AUD
1.0 USD = 1.50009601 CAD
1.0 USD = 0.96116123 EUR
1.0 USD = 1.88605108 NZD
1.0 USD = 55.3248114 PKR ;)
1.00 USD = 0.60907395 GBP

Some parts of Oz pay A$1:10/litre....now thats expensive
$1.10AUD/Liter = $4.16AUD/Gal
$4.16AUD = $2.46USD



(if it's ok to say that)

[ryder]

72.9/litre or something like $1000.00US/gal...teehee
about..1.75US/gal

[Sharni]

Originally posted by pantyfanatic


$.68CAD/Liter = $2.57CAD/Gal
$2.57CAD = $1.71USD

1 US Gal. = 3.785 Liters

1.0 USD = 1.68598524 AUD
1.0 USD = 1.50009601 CAD
1.0 USD = 0.96116123 EUR
1.0 USD = 1.88605108 NZD
1.0 USD = 55.3248114 PKR ;)
1.00 USD = 0.60907395 GBP


$1.10AUD/Liter = $4.16AUD/Gal
$4.16AUD = $2.46USD



(if it's ok to say that)
Well i'm confused :confused: *LOL*

[PantyFanatic]

LMFAO

[Scarecrow]

Just droped in the last week from $1.45us to $1.29us a gal.

[BlondeCurlGirl]

I cheered today when I filled up, it's been the lowest it has been in since probably last winter... $1.39 USD. I thought we had it bad here too, but looking at some of these others, I guess WI has been lucky, despite the very high gas tax.

[PantyFanatic]

.....I thought we had it bad here too, but looking at some of these others, I guess WI has been lucky, despite the very high gas tax.
I know the US is both the biggest petro hogs and at the least cost:o. And that’s with every level of the government hiding in the price with their pockets open:mad:. Just wondering if it’s primarily volume, processing and distribution efficiencies that give us this advantage :confused: or are your middle maggots:redghost: and political parasites :redghost: the factor that drives it up so high for you?:eek:

(If it seems that I have an attutide, it’s because I do:mad:. Don’t bother trying to convince me that anybody beside the little hauler and pumper is loosing money at any point)

[incitatus]

$1.38 for 87 octane per gal


This is about what we pay in SE Texas...


Wow, PF, you've got that conversion thing covered, don't you?

(good job though, it helps in the discussion)

[Wombat]

You guys in US don't know what high fuel prices are , haha , where I am it's 92-94c/ltr for regular unleaded and 97-99c/ltr for premium.Our federal govt. has it's hand in the pockets of the fuel buyers to the tune of about half of that and then you got state govt. dipping in for about 20c worth .
Your pollys in the US don't have the balls to hike up your gas prices for fear of being voted out of office .

[PantyFanatic]

It's only the size of the worm in the apple that differs. ;)

[FussyPucker]

You know I find it funny when people say they drive out of their way to get gas cheaper some of them are driving a very long way to "save" very little.........one day they will realise what they're doing LOL

I still prefer public transport well ok my motorbike cos it can go for ever on a tank full hehehe :D

[quisath]

Well................I paid $1.16 a gallon last night and filled up. (regular) I saw another place that had it for $1.14 a Gallon. Guess we're doing better than most.

[PantyFanatic]

WTF!!!! You're standing on the stuff. So you're still over paying. ;)

[Summer]

I am paying $1.43 for Diesel at the moment.
-Summer

[Irish]

I use premium in my motorcycle;medium octane in my cars & regular in my Plow Vehicle(350cu in 79 Blazer) and regular in my
riding lawnmower/plow and my push snowblower.Amid all of the confusion;I don't know what they all cost.I just know that;unless
it's outrageous;if I need it I buy it.I used to worry about the price;
but you have to buy it.People have asked me what I get for mileage on;for instance;my motorcycle.I tell them that I never checked it.I'm a mechanic.If I'm using to much gas;I'll know that it's not running right;long before I get gas! Irish

[Grumble]

we pay $AUD0.95/litre at the moment. in the last few months it has been as high as $1.05 and as low as $0.85

octane rating is about 92 I think. You can only buy unleaded petrol here these days.

[skipthisone]

Paying $1.24, I used to be a big 93 octane buyer with no ethanol. Last month when I bought my new car and was reading the owners manual (yes i read the whole thing) it was completely against using anything above 87, said after lots of studies there are little to no benefits using it, so I am not giving an extra $.20 per gallon to the oil companies any more.

[Irish]

STO---The octane of the gas that you use;should be based on the
compresson of your engine.Before the 2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee
Loredo(sp?)that I just got for my wife;I bought her a new 1999
Pontiac Grand Am GT.It had a Ram Air V6 engine.The dealer said
that you could use Regular 87 octane in it.I never did.I would hate
to see the inside of the engine if I did.They'll tell you anything to
make a sale.When we bought it;the salesman;told my wife;all kinds of wrong things.My best friends father&granfather owened
the Pontiac dealership;in my home town.I was working with their
Head Mechanic;when I was 12.It's a good thing that I was with
her because I knew more(mechanically)about the car then the
salesman did! Irish
P.S.I love Pontiacs!

[BIBI]

Up here in Ontario eh! Gas prices are cheaper during the week than on the weekends!

Usually during the week 65 to 68 cents a litre and on weekends depending whether it is a long weekend or a regular one it can go as high as 84 cents.....pisses me right off to say the least!
I guess they bring in special blends for the weekends.

[Lilith]

$1.55 this a.m. for 87 octane

[dzbuster]

averaging around 1.50/gal 87 octane thankfully i got a 3 cyl 1 litre engine

[MilkToast]

I thought the gas was free... it's just the $0.99 mexican food that costs money ;)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

*bump*


Pumps in our town are runing $1.59, $1.69, and $1.71.

[Grumble]

IAKG is the queen of bumps LOL

We are paying $0.96 a litre here at the moment.
Woolworths run a customer loyalty program that can get you 4 cents a litre off.

Whilst there is a disparity in exchange rates a dollar is a dollar to you where you live.

The Aussie dollar has gained since this thread started and is now
worth 78 cents US or 1.0 USD = 1.28465 AUD
whereas in November 2002 1.0 USD = 1.68598524 AUD

Thanks to PF for his contributions to the calculations

Its good news for me on my trip, my money will buy more

[IAKaraokeGirl]

LOL. Actually, grumble, I'm learning alot about my "heritage" by going through the old threads. :)

[Teddy Bear]

Regular/87 octane averages around $1.70 a gallon. (self-serve)

It varies up or down by maybe 5 cents or so, at different gas stations.

[ryder]

.644 a litre, I think it works about to about $2.45 cdn for a US gallon or $1.75 US a gallon

[PantyFanatic]

About the same as ryder here. (Last night, $1.73)


Quantity Conversion-
Multiply cost per liter by 3.8 to get cost per US Gal.
Divide cost per US Gal. By 3.8 to get price per liter.


(You have to deal with the currency exchange ;) ) lol

[celticangel]

75pence a litre here !

[dicksbro]

$1.61 per gallon last night. Down about four cents from it's recent high.

[LixyChick]

Originally posted by Grumble
The Aussie dollar has gained since this thread started and is now
worth 78 cents US or 1.0 USD = 1.28465 AUD
whereas in November 2002 1.0 USD = 1.68598524 AUD

Thanks to PF for his contributions to the calculations

Its good news for me on my trip, my money will buy more
That's great news Grumble! I was wondering about that.

We're paying about $1.64 per gal. on average....but there is a local quick mart that has it for $1.58 per gal. for some reason. The pumps are usually backed up to the street!

[jseal]

$1.58 per gal. down here.

[WildIrish]

$1.77 a gallon for regular unleaded

[kinkyfairy]

we pay USD$.46 a leiter dont know what that is in gallons

~nikki~

[dicksbro]

There's a local store that has off-brand bean soup for 50 cents a can. Does that gas count? :confused:





Sorry, I'll go back to my corner. :D :D

[Irish]

DB---Not if you use "Beano". Irish

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Ours has dropped to $1.49 a gallon for the mid-grade Ethanol blend, which, in Iowa, is always lowest.

[Ranger1930]

cause i drive a new factory pre ordered Colorado. i put high 93 octane in it.. and it costs me abotu 2.30 a gallon but.. this new inline 5 engine is pretty damn good.. 20 gallon tank. lasts me about a week. and i drive to work and around town on it.. so its decent

[Tess]

Been traveling though NC, SC, & GA, and the price seems to range from $1.54 to 1.57 for regular.

[rockintime]

$1.69/gal at the cheapest stations...up $.10 from last week.

[fzzy]

I just filled my tank tonight .... I get the middle one ... not all the way to premium, but not lowest either .... $2.099 was the amount per gallon.

[denny]

'Bout $1.90 for regular. Gotta love the golden state!

[BamaKyttn]

Ford F-350 : I got to drive one of those... a bit weird after my little honda civic... I drove it through three states, I was so afraid I was gonna run off the road!


my car takes about $15 to fill up with midgrade and that lasts me about two weeks (work is only 8 miles away and I get about 350 miles to the gallon... unfortunately I drive two round trips to work a day.....)

[naughtyangel]

right now regular self-serve is hovering around 82.9 cents/litre...sorry don't know the conversion for you Americans :)

[Eros]

Damn...1.63 a gallon for regular (87) unleaded here...$5 don't get you as far as it used to!!!

[cowgirltease]

Dayum!! I guess I better quit bitchin! LOL It's $1.55 here

[plbrad]

F250 89octane 1.65 per gallon @ 9 miles a gallon. Do the math.

[musketeer]

Good god I wish fuel was as cheap as that here in the UK: For regular unleaded at the mo I'm paying 74.9 pence a litre which works out at roughly £3.40UK or $6.28 US a gallon. Daylight robbery or what?:mad:

[Aqua]

Last I looked here it was about $1.51/Gal for 87 Octane.

[Lilith]

$1.69 for the cheapest grade

[osuche]

I paid $1.89/gallon today for the 93 octane -- my car will take nothing less, or the fuel injectors get clogged

[Oldfart]

AUD 1.03.9/litre today. That's about $4.65 per imperial gallon,

which is 25% more than an American gallon.

Divide by your shoe size and take away the number you first thought

of and your answer's about USD 3.50 (ish).

[IAKaraokeGirl]

At 10:00 this morning, our mid-grade (cheapest in Iowa) was $1.53 per gallon. At 2:00, on our way back from the Super Walmart and seeing it for $1.39 there ($1.36 if you use their shopping card), I noticed the gas station down the street had (amazingly) dropped *theirs* to $1.39. :rolleyes:

[sillyme]

It ranges from $1.55/gal to $1.59/gal in my area for regular unleaded - since that's all I buy its the only one I really pay attention to.

[axe31]

i found this on the AA site about fuel prices the table has local
currency then the uk equivalents



world fuel prices (http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/fuel/motfue001.html)

by the way at the moment i pay 75.9p per liter
the u.s. are about 23.88p per liter

[WildIrish]

Just paid $1.76 per gallon for regular unleaded.

[uwish6969]

$1.61 at the discount places for low octane....1.89 everywhere else

[thedog]

Here in New Hampshire the gas is free, but we pay $1.61 per gallon in taxes.

[flutelady]

Here in sunny California and near the refineries, we're paying as of yesterday $2.17/gallon for unleaded at the "cheap" stations. Un-fucking-believable :mad:

[Oldfart]

I just paid AUD1.05.9 per litre for lead replacement petrol.

That's about USD2.90/gallon

[Lilith]

$1.76

[Irish]

This morning,OPEC voted to cut gas production,by 4%. Irish
P.S.I think that's about 30 barrels a day!(not sure)

[way22hot]

In texas
You know texas where the oilwells are I paid 1.69 USD$for unleaded when am I going to get that cost of living raise?
(81octane)

[Summer]

I paid $1.87 FOR DIESEL!!!! Diesel!!!!!!! I did notice that regular gas the higher one was $1.98 go figure.

[caddy]

here in pennsylvania it's running about 1.71 reg. yes the rotten bastards got us ware they want us!

[way22hot]

Thank you - may I have another :moon: :spank:

[eliza261]

On Vancouver Island BC Canada im paying $.82 per litre.. and that is high for here. it used to be $.75 for like 4 months

[denny]

Since this thread started our prices have risen another $0.26/gallon or so. Typical regular is $2.269/gallon. I'm told our prices are the highest in the U.S.

[denny]

Originally posted by flutelady
Here in sunny California and near the refineries, we're paying as of yesterday $2.17/gallon for unleaded at the "cheap" stations. Un-fucking-believable :mad:
But you didn't tell the pixies outside Cali that our product gets more refining than anywhere else in the U.S. or the world. The refinery in LA supposedly refines all the gasoline for the "golden state". Just bring plenty of gold!:(

[Mercury_Maniac]

it just went from 1.79 to 1.86 today for 87 Octane Unleaded,


it usually takes around 30 to 35 bucks for a complete tank on my vehicle

[Irish]

My(controversel(sp?)solution!Drill in Alaska!Screw OPEC!All of my
life,I have worked on,race cars,motorcycles,fishing & pleasure boats,Aircraft,Helicoptors,etc.I have found that,people talk about
smaller engines,etc.When it comes to them,personally,the majority,wants them for everyone else! Irish

[Gilly]

Well, gas here is 1.85 a gallon right now, and it would take about 25-30 to fill our bonneville. Right now, though, my dad is fixing the muffler, so I'm borrowing his 2002 F-250. Yesterday, I put 10 in during the morning before driving from his town to a bigger town about 20 miles away, then 20 miles back to his town, then 75 up to our town, and it was on E, so last night, we put 15 in, and it's just shy of a quarter of a tank. I shudder to think that it'd take almost 60 to fill that monster.

My dreams of having a nice big "redneck" truck have been shot in the foot after putting $25 in gas into his yesterday alone.


*Edited to add: This was for grade 87, the cheap shit. Mid-grade (89) is at about 1.95, and high octane (93) is at about 2.05 right now.

I remember when I first got my liscence 9 years ago, that gas was just starting to rise above $1.00/gallon, but that you could still get lucky some days, in come in around .97/gallon. Shortly after that, gas prices got up to around a shocking 1.20/gallon, and a tv station did a deal with a gas station to where they lowered their prices to .90/ gallon for 5 hours from like 12:30 to 5:30 so they'd get the lunch hour traffic and the rush hour traffic that day. They had people lined up in the streets down 5 blocks on one of the busiest cornors of the 2nd largest city in Michigan for almost 8 hours.

They said they got almost 15x the business that day as they usually do, and since then, have done it regularly about 2x a year.

[flutelady]

Not only is gas ridiculously priced, but so is housing. POS houses in my area are starting at $350,000.... and that's for an older house that needs alot of work!

[Cobalt]

Now about $1.75 per gallon.
To DAMN much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Sugarsprinkles]

Around Branson it's about $1.70 per gal, but just 40 miles North in Springfield, MO I paid $1.56 on Monday.

[BIBI]

Here it is 79.8 cents.........a litre

[Steph]

I've been paying that but it went down to 69.2 in some stations when I last gassed up.

[dicksbro]

It's around $1.79 here ... although I know of a few places still at $1.67.

[jseal]

flutelady,

I always wonder about the people who take out such enormous mortgages. It seems so confining. Still, it is their money.

[Irish]

jseal---With things,such as mortgages,it pays,to do some research.When we got our place(Wife is a bookkeeper/accountant
)she did some research & we saved over $15000 by taking a
mortgage for 15yrs,instead of 20yrs.With anything,that you buy over time,it's unbelievable,how much the interest payment is.
Irish

[Irish]

Checked with my wife,last night.Make that $19000. Irish

[BIBI]

Originally posted by Steph
I've been paying that but it went down to 69.2 in some stations when I last gassed up.

Geesh...it's almost worth "the drive to Acton" ;)

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Just curious...our gas just jumped up from $1.65/gallon to $1.75 overnight at Wally World...other stations in the area are at $1.84.

[Lilith]

Mr. Lil paid $1.82 in Ga tonight.

[dm383]

My car is a diesel, which is currently averaging around £3.86 a gallon....... that's just under $6 a gallon!!!!!! :D

Saying that, a US gallon is actually slightly less than a UK gallon (I can't remember the fraction off-hand), but even so...... and you guys think you've got it bad!!

DM

[Master Scribe]

hummmmm yesterday when I put my little bt in to th thruck it was $1.84 USD for 87 ...but I use the fuel with ethonol ( gas and alchol) it was the same price...

[Stolen Kisses]

Philadelphia- $1.87/ gallon

[Scarecrow]

Central Illinois was $1.88 yesterday

[Cheyanne]

Yikes... we, in our small podunk town is at $1.89 for regular.. and in a neighboring town $2.02 for diesel...

The big city is at $1.78...

[Snake-Mark]

About $1.97 a gallon regular, and considering how much I drive about $200 a month

[BIBI]

3.8 litres equals 1 US gallon and I just purchased gas at 76.8 cents per litre

so about $3.00 a US gallon

I hate metric.... :hair:

[BIBI]

My car is a diesel, which is currently averaging around £3.86 a gallon....... that's just under $6 a gallon!!!!!! :D

Saying that, a US gallon is actually slightly less than a UK gallon (I can't remember the fraction off-hand), but even so...... and you guys think you've got it bad!!

DM

OMG...and I thought Canadian prices were bad :(

...but then again you guys do support the Royal Family and there is a wedding coming up LOL ;)

[Sharni]

Petrol is currently waivering around AU$0.86c/litre

[cherrypie7788]

I have a reciept from the pump right here in front of me... $1.92 per gallon for midgrade (89), cost me $20.05 to fill it up.

[BigBear57]

$1.79, cost me $38 to fill my truck last time

[osuche]

$2.19 / gallon for the high test stuff.....which is the only thing my car will take

[campingboy]

.79 / litre

[Sharni]

Went up today...AU$0.88.9c/litre

Diesel AU$1.01c/litre

[campingboy]

Gas station service! Some wipe your wind shield, others check your oil, and then some... Now I just want to know where this is?

:drive:

[Scarecrow]

^^^now that is full service with a smile :lust:

[IAKaraokeGirl]

$1.79, cost me $38 to fill my truck last time


Yikes! <---- is thinking that $1.79 sounds pretty good right now in a $2.19/cheap stuff town. :rolleyes2

[sodaklostsoul]

High stuff hit $2.43 as of late.....changes daily here from one side of town to the next.

[dicksbro]

We're at $1.28 here. I don't idle the car much any more. :(

Oops ... $2.28. Sorry ... just noticed that. I wish it were $ 1.28. IAKG (below) was right. :D

[IAKaraokeGirl]

I'm thinking DB may have had finger dyslexia or something this morning--or I'm moving to where he lives. :)

[PashkinThePanther]

Can I interest you in a UK gallon of gas?

£3.58 per gallon or 83p per liter. This translates to (£1=$1.87) to $6.69 per gallon.

So whats you all complaining about?

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Yikes! That's awful!

Kleclere drives 1 hour, 20 minutes to and from work each day--about 60 miles one way. It *does* begin to hurt.

[PashkinThePanther]

Yikes! That's awful!

Kleclere drives 1 hour, 20 minutes to and from work each day--about 60 miles one way. It *does* begin to hurt.

Plus when you add in all the insurances and taxes over here, it get more and more expensive.

I prefer to live a little dangerously, I cycle everywhere in this city. And if I can't, I take a bus... I've never learnt how to drive, and don't intend to start. I've never caught the bug.

[Scarecrow]

It hit $2.24 a gallon for the cheap stuff here.

[Irish]

Yikes! That's awful!

Kleclere drives 1 hour, 20 minutes to and from work each day--about 60 miles one way. It *does* begin to hurt.
Years ago,I quit one job & went to another job,nearer to me,for just that
reason.I took an almost $1 an Hr.cut in pay but soon got it back.On the original job,I was Foreman & head-mechanic.On the new job,I was just a
mechanic But I cut out a Toll each way & soon became head mechanic of the
new place.In NH,commuting in the winter sucks.You just have to have
confidence in your abilities.As far as the price of gas goes,you have to buy
it anyway.Like anything else,complaining about it,makes no difference so just
go wih the flow & keep your vechicles tuned right. Irish

[asp]

Proud to say the city I live in has the most expensive in the state.......average cheap stuff is $2.45.

[Sharni]

Some parts of Oz are up to AU$1.20 per litre

Here in my town

Unleaded is AU$0.99c (soon to go up again i feel)
Diesel is AU$1.12c per litre
Autogas is AU$.049c per litre

We get is a bit cheaper than the rest of the country because we pay a fuel levy in our vehicle registration
The fuel prices are a killer....i drive 75km per day for work alone...cost me approx AU$35-40 per week to run my car (think its time to seriously look at getting the motorbike back on the road!)

When i first moved to Qld, fuel was sitting around the AU$0.55c per litre

[asp]

I know up in Canada liters are going for around a buck.......they're really getting hosed.

[sodaklostsoul]

Years ago,I quit one job & went to another job,nearer to me,for just that
reason.I took an almost $1 an Hr.cut in pay but soon got it back.On the original job,I was Foreman & head-mechanic.On the new job,I was just a
mechanic But I cut out a Toll each way & soon became head mechanic of the
new place.In NH,commuting in the winter sucks.You just have to have
confidence in your abilities.As far as the price of gas goes,you have to buy
it anyway.Like anything else,complaining about it,makes no difference so just
go wih the flow & keep your vechicles tuned right. Irish
But if we did'nt complain about we would'nt be human.

[IAKaraokeGirl]

Public transportation is almost an unknown word in Iowa, and, Irish, so are jobs in certain sectors. Believe me, kleclere and I have searched for MONTHS (Cheyanne, jump in here anytime :D ) for something closer, even at a lower wage. Fortunately, he drives a pretty fuel-efficient car, but it's painful, no matter who you are or how far you have to drive to make a living.

Unfortunately, gas prices are one of those things over which we, the consumers, have limited control beyond carpooling, unnecessary trips, or "frivolous" driving. :(

[Galatea]

$2.38 for a gallon of regular in MS and thats the low side, depending on where you go it gets up into the $2.50+ range. Hubby was saying he heard it would be over $4.00 a gallon by the end of the summer.

Now I know how my parents feel when they say "when I was a kid you could go to the theatre on a quarter." When I was a kid you could fill up your car with a 10 dollar bill.

[Irish]

$2.38 for a gallon of regular in MS and thats the low side, depending on where you go it gets up into the $2.50+ range. Hubby was saying he heard it would be over $4.00 a gallon by the end of the summer.

Now I know how my parents feel when they say "when I was a kid you could go to the theatre on a quarter." When I was a kid you could fill up your car with a 10 dollar bill.
When I was a kid,you could do it for a 5 dollar bill & get change! Irish

[cherrypie7788]

Regular was $2.20 here! Geez, I almost went into cardiac arrest when I had to pay for that!

Which by the way, my car gets HORRIBLE mileage. I fill up two times a week if not more. It could be a lot worse though. My mom's new car gets something like 16mpg highway :faint:

I might add, I can go across the state line into Georgia and instantly get cheaper gas :rolleyes2

[imaginewithme]

I got this today.

[Aqua]

Saw $2.42 yesterday... and they are talking about raising our gas tax even more. :(

I know shit needs to get paid for... but damn! :mad:

[maddy]

GRRR I know I don't have MUCH to complain about but I'm going to anyway. I'm having car troubles and one of the recommended solutions is to run the highest grade of gas in my car... two days ago the station nearest my house was $2.40 at 7am, by the time I got uptown (18 miles away) that station said $2.25. By the time I left work at 6pm the same uptown station was up to $2.30. Like I said I know based on the above I can't complain much but I'm still disgruntled.

[Freya]

$2.25 / gal

[lizzardbits]

$2.22

[jay-t]

its 2.15 gal. here


!st quarter profits come out next month it will be interesting to see them.I work in the oil and gas industry and the powers that be are telling us gas will go up another 85 cents + by the end of the year!

[flutelady]

$2.47 tonight at the "cheap station" for the "cheap stuff". Stupid damn California prices :mad:

[Mercury_Maniac]

$2.36 here for regular 87 octane.


suppose to jump up again this weekend

[Irish]

WHERE TO BUY YOUR GAS,
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
READ ON--
Why didn't George W. think of this?
Gas rationing in the 80's worked even though we grumbled about it.
It might be good for us
The Saudis are boycotting American goods.
We should return the favor.
An interesting thought it to boycott their GAS.
Every time you fill up the car, you can avoid putting more money into
the coffers of Saudi Arabia. Just buy from gas companies that don't
import their oil from the Saudis.
Nothing is more frustrating than the feeling that every time I fill-up
the tank, I am sending my money to people who are trying to kill me, my
family, and my friends.
I thought it might be interesting for you to know which oil companies
are the best to buy gas from and which major companies import Middle
Eastern oil :
Shell............................. 205,742,000 barrels
Chevron/Texaco......... 144,332,000 barrels
Exxon /Mobil............... 130,082,000 barrels
Marathon/Speedway... 117,740,000 barrels
Amoco............................62,231,000 barrels
If you do the math at $30/barrel, these imports amount to over $18
BILLION!
Here are some large companies that do not import Middle Eastern oil:
Citgo.......................0 barrels
Sunoco.............. .....0 barrels
Conoco...................0 barrels
Sinclair....................0 barrels
BP/Phillips..............0 barrels
Hess........................0 barrels
ARC0.0 barrels
All of this information is available from the Department of Energy and
each is required to state where they get their oil and how much they are
importing. Irish :eek:

[MilkToast]

Man, I have thought long and hard about a reply to this post. I think that I am going to be on the outside here and say that I do not mind the high gas prices... it will finally force us to think a little more about huge ass vehicles here in the US as well as considering other fuel sources (however, this does not mean I condone the current thinking with hybrid vehicles or fuel cell cars... they are just as bad with either huge battery packs or with a fuel that takes more energy to "bottle" than it delivers). In any case... I could go on for quite a while about all of this but will choose to just duck out of the thread.

And re: the post about middle eastern oil and the boycott, a little research should lead y'all to see that even though they are a main supplier of oil we only really import ~15% from them... it's the ability of OPEC (which also includes South American companies) to control the price that makes a difference. Of course it might also make a difference if the U.S. decided to modernize refineries (which we have not done in many years) or get their heads out of the clouds when it comes to the idea that we are somehow entitled to cheap fuel as long as it does not have to come from somewhere that would pollute our own lands. And I also do not think that it is so bad that a gallon of gas might cost more than a gallon of milk... oh, wait... we actually pay to keep the price of milk high...

Maybe we should consider finding a way to harness methane from the dairy cows... heck, they only eat feed... which we pay our farmers to no grow!


CRAP! I'm on a soap box again... I'm bailing now while I still can. I better go tank up the SUV while I still can afford it (yes, I actually do have a V8 SUV which I use in winter as it is a 4WD and to tow a trailer... other times I drive a nice 2.0L car... which in some countries is still considered outrageous!). DOH!... I'm going now....

[maddy]

Interestingly enough, Denton County, Texas has recently unveiled their plan and it's "success" for alternative fuel sources. It's not a new discovery, but they are one of the first in the nation (or at least local news sources say so) to take advantage of bio-diesel. They made a $650,000 USD investment in using methane gas captured from landfills and refined/recycled restaurant grease to produce bio-diesel for all the counties vehicles. Presently they are able to supply the fuel to themselves for about $1 USD/gallon. Part of the longer term plan is to produce more than the county can use in it's vehicles and sell to other sources. They believe the $650,000 investment will pay off quite quickly with the rate at which fuel prices are rising.

[Irish]

As I have stated before.Most of my life,people have come to me,to build custom,cars & motorcycles,with large,powerful,big HP engines.I have found
that the people,that BITCH &COMPLAIN the most,are the ones that want
everyone else,to drive more conservative vehicles!It's as my father said,when I started racing motorcycles(already raced cars)-Once it gets in your blood,
it stays there.I didn't believe him then but ,over the years,I found that he was right! Irish

[Sharni]

Wether you drive a small vehicle or a big vehicle...it doesnt change the price you have to pay per litre/gallon

I drive a 6 cylinder...my choice and yep i whinge about the amount i pay...but i need a family size car...a small car just will not do what i require of it

If i could get by with a small more economical vehicle..i'd have it in a heartbeat...and guess what...i'd still be bitching about the amout i have to pay per litre*LOL*

I'd really like one of them Electric/Petrol cars myself....but a bit on the pricey side just yet...and unfortunately just too small

Update on pricing

Unleaded: AU$1.02c / litre
Diesel: AU$1.15 / litre
Gas: AU$0.49 / litre

and unsure what the new E10 fuel is worth as its not available here as yet

[BIBI]

I paid 96.5 per liter yesterday....they predict one dollar per liter within the next week or so.

[hot_shot_uk69]

just hit an all time high

85.9pence a litre..

thats like 1.6 US dollars a litre!!!!!!!!!!

[dicksbro]

You want something to worry about ... check out http://wallstreetwindow.com/oil.htm

Just a brief quote ...

"Oil is far too cheap at the moment," says Mr Simmons.

"The figure I'd use is around $182 a barrel. We need to price oil realistically to control its demand. That is because global production is peaking." :eek:







Have a nice day ... :)

[Cheyanne]

Just paid $2.19 a gallon here.... I used to be able to fill up the car with $20, now it takes $40... :(

This really hits us hard. We don't go on trips to begin with because we can't afford them. We don't make unnecessary trips into town (we live in the country) if we don't have to. We do drive 40 minutes away to do our shopping because the amount of gas used doesn't bite into the amount of $$$ we save by going to a larger city to make our purchases. We can buy a gallon of milk 80 cents cheaper in the city than in our small town. We save around $20 - $30 weekly doing our grocery shopping this way. To some, that may not matter, but to us on a VERY limited budget anything helps. This, I am afraid, isn't going to be true for very long. Not only is gasoline going up, but the products that are delivered by vehicles are also going up to compensate for the cost of delivery.

.........and our wages aren't keeping up either.. :(

Part of me resents those who complain about not being able to take their 2nd vacation of the year because gas prices are too high. I also cringe when someone who owns a $40,000 vehicle or a really nice boat complains about not being able to go fishing or boating because of high gas prices. I become angry when I hear people who own vehicles that get 5 miles to a gallon complain about how much money it takes to fill up their tank and in the same breath make plans to go to a really expensive dinner - and that the cost of that one meal would feed my family for a week.

To each their own, but don't bitch to me about that kind of stuff - I just worry about putting food on the table for my kids, getting them to school, doctor appts, sporting events and friends houses. I worry about how I am going to put a meal on the table vs. having enough gas in the car to get me to work to earn the money I need to keep my family going for the next 2 weeks until I get paid again. I worry about if I am going to be able to afford the LP to heat my home in the winter or if we are going to have to wear layers of clothing just to keep warm.

Our neighbor has horses - I keep looking at them and then at wagons..... hmmmmmmmm?

[Scarecrow]

Looking for an E85 gas station. E85 is only 15% gas and 85% ethenal. There are only 400 stations in the US. GM has a large number of cars that use E85 and most Chrysler/Dodge/Jeep V-6 3.3 liter engines will use gas,E10 or E85 Ford also has a numver of cars that will use E85. You will not get as good gas milage with E85, only about 75% of gas.

[Scarecrow]

Also just ask DB, Chey or IAKG, we are not running out of Corn.

[MilkToast]

The thing about ethanol fuels is that it is yet another fuel where you are creating it by using a good deal of energy and resources for a fuel that is not comparable to the ones it replaces... it does burn a lot cleaner which is a good thing. My current take on all of it is hoping that others follow some of the leads in those that are producing and using bio-diesel (oil from soy or corn). With some of the recent advances in filtration we can make a diesel run rather clean. If you then followed that up with creating a high efficiency diesel generator that could provide power to an electric drive train... oh well.. some day.

[flutelady]

As of last night- $2.69/gal for the "cheap stuff".

[moose]

i paid $1.17 per litre Oz today or around $AD5.25 per Gal

[moose]

i paid $1.17 per litre in Oz today or around $AD5.25 per Gal

[dicksbro]

Also just ask DB, Chey or IAKG, we are not running out of Corn.

Well, it's okay to use Illinois corn ... just save enough Iowa corn for IAKG. :lust:

[BIGbad]

$2.26 for the cheap stuff here in PA

[dicksbro]

We just dropped to $2.26 yesterday. There was a time I would have been SHOCKED by the notion of DROPPING to $2.26. :rolleyes:

[cherrypie7788]

$2.23 here :( for the cheap stuff

[Lilith]

2.30 here

[cherrypie7788]

Ahh, it took me $25 to fill up the tank today, and I already had 1/4 in there

Will it ever go back down?!

[Lilith]

In 4 years

[cherrypie7788]

LOL for sure ;)

[imaginewithme]

It's $2.39 here for the regular

[imalikalotapuss]

It is 2.35 here for 85 octane, i think we are the only state that still has 85 octane, It is almost tourist season here too, so i know it will go up more.. :mad:

[Irish]

It is 2.35 here for 85 octane, i think we are the only state that still has 85 octane, It is almost tourist season here too, so i know it will go up more.. :mad:
You're right!I never heard of 85 Octane.The closest,that I've ever heard is 89.
Irish

[IAKaraokeGirl]

We have quite a few 87 and 88 pumps here in Iowa. Our gas, of course, is blended with ethanol, and the ethanol-blended gas (midgrade at 89) is often a penny or two cheaper per gallon than the 87 octane.

Our 89 octane has dropped to $2.16/gallon in the last couple of days.

[cherrypie7788]

Regular was $2.19 today

[PantyFanatic]

It seems things have changed a little since this thread was started 3-1/2 years ago. :eek: I'm SURE your income has at least doubled. :rolleyes:

[imaginewithme]

It went down here today. Regular is $2.83 a gallon

[Winston77]

last I paid was 2.81 but I must go fill up today

[Scarecrow]

Todays price is $2.89 a gal.

[PantyFanatic]

Same here. It went down .04 since earlier in the week.

[dicksbro]

$2.82 at Wally World ... :(

[maddy]

no downward movement here yet... $2.95

[PantyFanatic]

That cold metal going up your ass :eek: is not only the nozzle of the gas companies.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline_tax

http://www.taxfoundation.org/news/show/1054.html

http://www.gtz.de/en/themen/umwelt-infrastruktur/transport/10285.htm

[jay-t]

dropped to $2.59 yesterday

[Scarecrow]

Wally world dropped to $2.75 today.

[scotzoidman]

The bad news at Kroger Fuel is that the 3 cent/gal discount ends today, altho they will continue the 10 c/gal for every $100 you spend in groceries...aren't they sweet? :rolleyes:

[sodaklostsoul]

paid 2.79 today

[Lilith]

I saw $2.85 and $2.92 tonight

[osuche]

$3.39 for the cheap stuff

[sexychrissy]

2.73 here tonight

[jseal]

Down ¢2 here to $2.84.

[Sharni]

We filled up in Brissy yesterday and got Unleaded for AU$1:21.5/litre

Has dropped a wee bit here...Unleaded is AU$1.30.9/litre....and we used to complain when it hit AU$0.60c/litre...pffftttt *rolleyes*

[wyndhy]

$2.8999999999999 infinity

[denny]

Just filled up with regular octane at $3.479/gal.! :mad:

[maddy]

I thought prices were supposed to be going down? Jumped overnight from 2.95 to 3.09 - that's 14 cents in ONE day!!!

[Scarecrow]

Ours jumped from $2.78 to $2.93 a $.15 jump overnight.

[PantyFanatic]

We sheep, the world over, deserve anything any government, market manipulator or corporation (there IS a technical difference) is doing to us. Madison Avenue knows EXACTLY how to make us walk up the shoot and smile while we are doing it. :rolleyes:

April 2005
We just dropped to $2.26 yesterday. There was a time I would have been SHOCKED by the notion of DROPPING to $2.26. :rolleyes:
…..Our 89 octane has dropped to $2.16/gallon in the last couple of days.


May 2006
Wally world dropped to $2.75 today.
Down ¢2 here to $2.84.
It went down here today. Regular is $2.83 a gallon
We filled up in Brissy yesterday and got Unleaded for AU$1:21.5/litre
Has dropped a wee bit here...Unleaded is AU$1.30.9/litre....and we used to complain when it hit AU$0.60c/litre...pffftttt *rolleyes*

[dicksbro]

$ 2.86/gal today when I filled one of my cars.

[PantyFanatic]

$ 2.86/gal today when I filled one of my cars.
such a deal :rolleyes:















;)

[Winston77]

2.99 one place 3.04 at the other

[Oldfart]

$A1.38/L, $US1.06/L, about $US4.00 per USgal.

[lizzardbits]

holy crap! thanks for the conversion OF, but still, holy crap!

[PantyFanatic]

holy crap! .... but still, holy crap!
Just wait a few months until they've conditioned you $3/gal. :rolleyes: They know EXACTLY when you will be paying $4/gal. I'm sure precisely when and how much each bump will be are on a spreadsheet, along with a cross reference for each press release of justification. :cool:

[dicksbro]

I think you're right, PF. :mad:

You know what's really irritating, that fuel is one of the few things we buy that doesn't "add the taxes on" when you pay for the purchase. Almost a third of our price is taxes! They just don't tell you that. :mad:

[jseal]

Ah, conspiracy theories! They do provide entertainment. :)

Up ¢3 here to $2.87.

[PantyFanatic]

No conspiracy. Just business as normal.

[jseal]

...and the evidence? Just this once, maybe? :rolleyes:

[Lilith]

http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040717/w3.jpg

[jseal]

Rod Stewart

[Steph]

Just wait a few months until they've conditioned you $3/gal. :rolleyes: They know EXACTLY when you will be paying $4/gal. I'm sure precisely when and how much each bump will be are on a spreadsheet, along with a cross reference for each press release of justification. :cool:


I read an interesting article in the Globe about the discussions on setting world gold prices for the day at Scotiabank in London. Interesting. The rich get richer, you say?

[jseal]

Steph,

The London Gold Fixing is, I believe, set by the Bank of Nova Scotia, Barclays Bank, Deutsche Bank, HSBC, Société Générale. I thought it was done over the phone. Oh well.

[smithy020]

well in places over in the uk its £1 a litre.. or £4 a gallon or somewhere near $7-8 maybe more!!! and its expected to rise to even higher!!!

[Oldfart]

PF, are you practicing for an Oz holiday?

If a cartel had a finite and much sought-after product, it would be fiscally irrational not to maximise their return.

It's not conspiracy, just economics.

[PantyFanatic]

......It's not conspiracy, just economics.
No conspiracy. Just business as normal.
http://www.dopedog.com/k9_images/normal_OzoneBB.jpg

:rolleyes:

[imaginewithme]

I filled up my car today down by the beach at $2.75. This is like 30 miles from my house....where it's $2.89. Wierd.

[dicksbro]

It was $ 2.91 today. Didn't bother putting gas in our other cars. Hope it'll drop this week.

[PantyFanatic]

I filled up my car today down by the beach at $2.75. This is like 30 miles from my house....where it's $2.89. Wierd.
LMAO

If you go there for a fillup every time, you could save maybe ............... $2.80 ............ if you have a 20 gal tank and get at least 20/mpg ............... for only $8.25 worth driving. :rolleyes:

[jseal]

I filled up my car today down by the beach at $2.75. This is like 30 miles from my house....where it's $2.89. Wierd.
imaginewithme,

Yes'm. Gas prices, like the prices of airline tickets, can be unintuitive.

[wyndhy]

what cracks me up is the difference in fill-up stations that are RIGHT NEXT TO EACHOTHER. there's an exxon, a lukoil, and a hess all at the same intersection. about two days ago: hess-2.89, exxon-2.93, lukoil-2.96 - and there were cars at all three! cross the street to save a few cents a gallon ya gd idiots.

[jseal]

wyndhy,

Perhaps some were driving the other way.

[Scarecrow]

or the may be boycotting one or another brand.^^

[bare4you]

I paid $3.05 yesterday at the Air Force base which is usually cheaper than the most around here

[jseal]

Up ¢2 here to $2.89.

[rabbit]

$3.05 today :mad:

[wyndhy]

yup. up a bit here, too: 3.03

if they paid a certain price for what's in their tanks, and the tanks must take at LEAST a few days to empty, why does the price fluctuate so much? anyone have a thought?

[PantyFanatic]

Yeah! ......... a lot of them :mad:




...and they are doing to you what I want to do, but in a totally different way. :(

[wyndhy]

you wanna put gas in me at inflated prices? hmmmm.

how strange.

ok.

:D

[PantyFanatic]

humor me ;)

I just want to pump your tank full :D

[Oldfart]

PF

I hope you're not suffering from nozzle envy.

[PantyFanatic]

With Wyndhy, it's nuzzle envy. ;)

[jseal]

Gentlefolk,

I spoke with my daughter yesterday, and she told me that gas was $3.75 / gal in Los Angeles. That is ¢86 / gal more than what I pay in Baltimore! I wonder what causes such a great difference?

[Winston77]

Dropped to 2.88 today

[dicksbro]

Paid $2.74/gal. yesterday when I filled one of my cars.

[BlondeCurlGirl]

$2.85/gal last night when I filled up my little car.

My boyfriend is driving up to Alaska in his SUV (with our trailer of belongings attached), and is likely going to pay about $1,000 total in gas for the trip. Eek!

[jseal]

BlondeCurlGirl,

Indeed so! My daughter, a student in southern California, wanted to surprise my wife, who was on a business trip in Phoenix. After we worked up the round trip cost of gas and she looked at her bank account, she decided that calling her mom made more sense than visiting.

Expensive stuff these days!

[Winston77]

$2.79 today

[dicksbro]

$ 2.74 yesterday. :line:




... wait a minute ...




$ 2.74 is still terrible! :(

[scotzoidman]

In my out-of-town runs, I've learned to keep an eye peeled for remote locations along the interstate with lower gas prices (usually truck stops with a set of pumps for autos as well)...coming back from a l-o-n-g run to KY last week, found a favorite spot just north of TN/KY line that had reg/$2.53, yesterday on the trip back from another intrastate o.o.t. found several regular stations, all $2.49 or *less*...I never look a gift horse in the mouth, but this always makes me wonder...how in the cathair is the gas always cheaper in places that I KNOW had to be more expensive to transport it there?!? :shrug:

[jseal]

scotzoidman,

Lower demand in remote locations perhaps?

[fzzy]

I just filled up last night ... $3.57 per gallon ... I get the middle grade at Chevron ... jseal ... the difference is that California has VERY high state taxes on the gas - I believe it is used for road work of various kinds, but I know that I haven't talked with anyone from another state that has as high of gas prices as we do here in CA. :(

[dicksbro]

Went out this morning and the station said $2.76 ... then, on the way home ... same station ... $2.89. I wonder what profound international event triggered that. :mad:

[wyndhy]

could be the local and state taxes, too, scotz. *shrug* maybe....at least i think in most places there are local and state taxes on gas in addition to the federal tax

[maddy]

I need to find a website.... it showed the amount of tax per gallon by state... It was interesting... I do recall that CA was the highest. Now what they are doing with the taxes I'm not sure.

[jseal]

... California has VERY high state taxes on the gas ...
fzzy,

Ah! Thank you. My daughter neglected to mention that.

[sexychrissy]

Its 2.63 here

[fzzy]

yvw ... also there are city and county taxes added in which will account for differences ... sometimes just down the street ... because that station may be in an unincorporated areas ... so no city taxes .... sometimes that can make a difference of several cents

[scotzoidman]

Passed by the same exit this am, could be that their sanity has returned, prices were up 10c higher than 48 hrs earlier...Bonnaroo Festival is coming to that area in a few weeks, be interesting to see what their prices go to then...

[wyndhy]

just curious, scotz...is this a limited access highway or toll road?

[scotzoidman]

I-24, near Manchester TN, home of the Bonnaroo Festival, sort of a annual redneck rocker Woodstock...

[wyndhy]

ah...i though maybe it was toll road. around here they aren't allowed to raise or lower their prices more than once a week on the pa and nj turnpikes

[Winston77]

I think it had to do with the holiday weekend

[scotzoidman]

Toll roads are practically unheard of in TN...

[dicksbro]

$ 2.76/gal yesterday when I filled my car.

[Winston77]

My favorite station went back up to $2.85