Gas Prices Part 2 (Nov 08)

[Ickie]

Today in St. Pete I got gas for $2.39 Gal

[huub vink]

1 liter of ordinary petrol costs 1.3 Euros in my region. Which is 6.40 US dollars per gallon.

So count you blessings.......

Huub

[Cratermaker]

$1.99/gal !!!! :mixedsmi:

[Crusader]

$2.05/gal

[Thoe6969]

1.95 in my part of Ohio.

[Rami]

$2.15 a gallon. :d

[rpjkw]

Lowest I've seen is $2.29 in Albuquerque.

Bob

[Ickie]

Since I did a fill up and get between 30-40 MPG I can go about 150 miles
I drive this:

[GT182]

Lowest I've seen is $2.14 here above the Canal. There is one other place up here where it could be lower than 2.14 but I've not been by there.

It seems that the Canal here in DE is the breaking line for many things. Above is more, below is less. I guess it's something to do with population and demand. :costumes:

[Willy]

Paid $2.19 yesterday when filling the truck up at Wally World in Humboldt. Today I heard about a station over in Trenton that selling it for $1.99.

The local station is still going for $2.49 but he's the only gas station in town.

[Ferry_vO]

Nice bike Ickie! Does it come with three-wheel drive..?

All it needs is an MG-42 mounted on the sidecar..!

:applause:

[Ickie]

its 2 wheel drive with reverse

[brad kaste]

Ickie,
The motorcycle with the hack attached looks like a Russian built Ariel. Are they still imported in the US? If I'm not mistaken,....they're built off a BMW frame and engine design.

[Willy]

I thought Ariel was an old British bike manufacturer from the '50s? Best known for their "square four" engine.

[hey_moe]

1.98 here across the James River bridge:applause:

[Ickie]

Its a Ural from Russia, 1939 BMW M-71 design, they have been making them since 1939 in Russia.
in 1939 Germany started making the M-72 and sold the rights to the M-71 to Russia just before the war.

[MyassisDragon]

Fill up now, the election is over.

[Brian_Gladden]

$2.64 a gallon locally. higher in other parts of the state. Haven't seen under $2 a gallon in three years.

[David_L6]

I like that motorcycle Ickie! :icon37:

Gas prices around here are running ~ $2.02 / gallon for the most part.

[txnetcop]

Hey Ickie that beats the heck outta that van...SWEEEEET Bike! $189.00 DeSoto Texas

[Snuffy]

I passed a gas station this morning on the way to work ... gas was advertised for 2.17!

[Moses03]

Filled up for $2.19 gal the other day at a Chevron station in my area.

[smoores]

2.99 in So. Cal

[Pepere]

$1.66 - Vermont, USA. $189.00 DeSoto Texas - sorry to see that txnetcop :icon_lol:

David

[djscoo]

I got gas @ $1.99 today. At H-E-B if you buy $75 dollars worth of groceries, you get $0.10 a gallon off. :kilroy:

[Ickie]

$1.99 In the Tampa area today and a few others are at $2.04

[lifejogger]

$1.89 a gallon in Amarillo, Texas.

[David_L6]

$1.999 in Shreveport.

[Wiens]

Down to $1.89 in Hutchinson, KS.....$1.87 with a Dillons Plus card and $1.79 with $100 worth of groceries from Dillons.

Kevin :d

[jankees]

Boys, you must be really suffering..they seem to be giving it away over there.
I filled up yesterday at €1.32/liter, which is not bad considering it was about 1.60 two months ago...

[huub vink]

You drive on expensive gas JanKees!

Euro 95 is €1.27/liter at the gas station near my house.
Which is ONLY $6.13/gallon.

Huub

[Ferry_vO]

Boys, you must be really suffering..they seem to be giving it away over there.
I filled up yesterday at €1.32/liter, which is not bad considering it was about 1.60 two months ago...

Not really.... The price of a barrel of crude oil dropped by 50% since then, but the price of fuel dropped a mere 20% ... Of course about 70% goes directly to our government.. :banghead:

[GT182]

Regular has now dropped to the $1.96 to $1.98 range here in northern DE. Finally below the $2.00 mark. :applause:

[BurningBeard]

Paid $2.15 today here in Up State California.

Beard

[Reddog]

2.09.9 here in PA today

[hey_moe]

It has dropped to 1.85 in Hampton...still looking for it to go to 1.00:mixedsmi:

[Crusader]

$1.89 this evening in SE Ohio.:jump:

[luckydog]

$ 2.15 tonite ( Nov. 12 )

[Willy]

Finally below the $2 mark. $1.99 here at our only gas station in town. Must be 1.79 elsewhere.

[smoores]

All the way to 2.35 in the LA area.

[jbtate]

It is painful to watch companies boast about 24 miles per gallon autos.
Come the freak on.
My first car, a French AMC Simca, pushed a HemiCuda on the twisting backroads after Sunday night services; got at least over 35 mpg in '73.
'70s Mustangs ...
My currently driven 1985 Volkswagen Golf GTI, 30 mpg in city 35 on highway, and it's very quick; pushed a Corvette a while back, low end; Of and of ...
jbtate

[Cazzie]

$1.899 is the cheapest in my area (Danville, VA), which sure beats the heck out of the $4.00+ I was paying two months ago! Makes one wonder???

Of course with the economy going to hades and still no jobs around, not much to cheer about. The conglomerate that owns the local mall has lost 99% of it's value on the stock market in the last year and is probably going to declare Chapter 11. Bad enough when individual stores close and leave people jobless, worse when you lose an entiire mall of stores!

Whatever Obama does, it will not matter unless he can find a way to bring good paying employment back to small town and big town USA. Without employment, this nation is completely doomed to another Depression. I would not want to walk in Obama's shoes the next four years. It is going to be a very tough row to hoe.

Caz

[wildcat400]

$2.04 for 87 octane at WaWa here in Southern Maryland.

[GT182]

7 11 just down the street dropped to $1.929 today for Regular.

[crashaz]

$1.87 down in Arlington, TX where I am working. :wiggle:

[EasyEd]

Hey All,

It's 97 cents a liter here in Nanaimo which is way better than the $1.45 or so it was. taxes are high here in Canada plus there is the exchange rate issue otherwise I think I think we might be in the $2.00 or less a gallon range.

Caz - Obama has a tremendous opportunity having the house and the senate behind him. We can only hope that he as a democrat can show the leadership of the other great democrats who led America through crisis situations. It was Wilson who showed leadership through WWI, it was FDR who fashioned the New deal during the great depression, it was Truman who showed leadership in WWII including the decision to "drop the bomb", it was Kennedy who faced down the Russian bear in Cuba. Hopefully Obama can follow in this mold - America can only hope - but you are right it is a tough row to hoe.

-Ed-

[Rami]

It's down to about $1.95 a gallon here.

[Lionheart]

North West Phoenix, down to $2.29 for regular unleaded.

:d

[Lionheart]

Caz - Obama has a tremendous opportunity having the house and the senate behind him. We can only hope that he as a democrat can show the leadership of the other great democrats who led America through crisis situations. It was Wilson who showed leadership through WWI, it was FDR who fashioned the New deal during the great depression, it was Truman who showed leadership in WWII including the decision to "drop the bomb", it was Kennedy who faced down the Russian bear in Cuba. Hopefully Obama can follow in this mold - America can only hope - but you are right it is a tough row to hoe.

-Ed-


Well put Ed. I didnt know those presidents were Democrats. Good to know.



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[USNVA_02]

GEEZ....at an avg of $2.70/gal,we have the highest in the lower 48....Welcome to Western NY...also know as the snow capital of the world

[BurningBeard]

I saw a $1.99 here yesterday in upstate Californina.

Beard

[Ickie]

I filled up in st pete yesterday $2.01

[Snuffy]

Today: 11/17/08 ... just passed a gas station in Jacksonville that was advertising gas for $1.90.

[stiz]

around $7.54 a US gallon here if i've done me maths right :kilroy:

[Tom Clayton]

around $7.54 a US gallon here if i've done me maths right :kilroy:
Take your price per liter and multiply by 3.79 to get an approximate price per US gallon. Then head over to XE.com (http://www.xe.com/) to convert that to Dollars at the current rate.

Oh, and at current prices, I go about 120-130 miles on about $6 worth of gas! With the windshield installed, my bike's getting around 40MPG. Without the windshield, I can get about 50!

[GT182]

It dropped to 1.899 here yesterday. :d Who'll give me a 1.829? :costumes:

[Wiens]

I filled my wife's van tonight for $1.79....

Kevin :d

[txnetcop]

$1.69 in DeSoto and Cedar Hill Texas come on .99 just once more:costumes::costumes:
Ted

[waco]

I saw regular for a $1.859 in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, today. The town's right on the pipeline coming out of Montana.

[Roger]

Take your price per liter and multiply by 3.79 to get an approximate price per US gallon. Then head over to XE.com (http://www.xe.com/) to convert that to Dollars at the current rate.

Oh, and at current prices, I go about 120-130 miles on about $6 worth of gas! With the windshield installed, my bike's getting around 40MPG. Without the windshield, I can get about 50!

That makes it about $6.30 here in the UK:isadizzy:

[Willy]

$1.95 here in smalltown Tennessee yesterday evening. $1.89 at Wally World in Humboldt.

[GT182]

WaWa today $1.879. :applause:

[Ickie]

I topped off today @ $1.96
this is the first time in a year I had a full tank, lol

[Gdavis101]

Still a little more expensive out here on the Coast, 2.13 a gallon or so. I fueled up this morning, handed the guy a 50(a 50 hasn't filled my tank in a long time) and said fill it. He came back with 11 dollars and said here is your change! I was floored..

[Rami]

I just filled up for $1.859 a gallon. First time I've gotten over nine gallons for under $20 in a while. :d

[Ickie]

$1.93 today, filled up bike:costumes:

[Henry]

$1.96 filled up car :ernae:
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[smokinhole]

st louis mo

[Milton Shupe]

Still $2.17 / gallon here in the oil field country of SE NM. I hear it is $1.78 in Lubbock, TX.

[luckydog]

$2.09 today

[jbtate]

$1.81 regular at my nearby Chevron station, though I use premium.
Of and of ...
jbtate.

[GT182]

The Seven Eleven down the street is at 1.859 for Regular.

Even lower yet.... Citgo at 1.809.

[Guruswarmyoz]

Hmm, sounds cheap in the US!! :) I've been paying between $1.60 and $1.22 per litre here in Australia.
Mind you Distillate//Diesel is still up at $1.50 per litre which makes my Grey Ferguson TEF20 tractor quite dear to run!!!
The best thing I've done is to convert my petrol (Gas=petrol) car to LPG (Liquid Petroleum Gas) which is 62.5 cents/per litre. My car is a 1994 GM Holden VR Commodore with a 3.8l V6 engine, normally i get 33 to 35 (imperial)MPG with the LPG it gets 25 to 28MPG, i.e. slightly down on power + economy but not noticeable in day to day driving.
the crux of the above??
Well the dual fuel large 6 cylinder car is thus cheaper to run than a Toyota prius or corrolla!!!! :costumes:

[Willy]

$1.71 at a convience store in Jackson, TN today. Can't remember the time before this that I filled the truck up.

Local station is at $1.85 now.

[rpjkw]

$1.72 in Rio Rancho, NM yesterday.

Bob

[Cratermaker]

$1.73 at Wally World in San Antonio.

[Wiens]

Paid $1.64 last night @ Kwik Shop with my Dillons discount!!.... :d

Kevin

[luckydog]

$1.99 today

[Milton Shupe]

Still $2.17 / gallon here in the oil field country of SE NM. I hear it is $1.78 in Lubbock, TX.

$1.99 finally here in SE NM

[Rami]

I saw gas today for $1.71 a gallon. :ernae:

[GT182]

WaWa this morning.... Regular is 1.779 and Premium is 2.139.

[Gregory Paul]

Regular is $1.58 here. It's been here for almost a week now!

[GT182]

WaWa this morning is at 1.699 for Regular. :applause:

You know it's funny..... we've sat for a year watching prices go up and letting everyone know what it's doing in their area. Now, we're all watching prices go down.

And for today... Happy Thanksgiving. :wavey:

Now back to our regularly scheduled replies.

[Rami]

Yeup...about $1.65 a gallon here. :d

[airfighterjohn]

Regular at work today is $1.53/gal:applause::d:applause:

[OTTO]

$ 1.43 on Thanksgiving Day , now how about that ?

Wonder how long this will last ?

OTTO :applause:

[ben54b]

1.39 a gallon in ithica, MI yesterday. Unfortunately I filled up the day before at 1.54 a gallon. :banghead:

Ben

[GT182]

1.39 a gallon in ithica, MI yesterday. Unfortunately I filled up the day before at 1.54 a gallon. :banghead:

Ben

Don't worry Ben, I bet you'll have to fill up again one of these days. ;) :costumes:

[Rami]

With my grocery reward points, I was able to fill up today at 75 cents a gallon! :friday:

[GT182]

Anyone seen this... gas going back up? WaWa near us was 1.699 on the 27th. Yesterday afternoon and today it's at 1.729.. up 3 cents.

[Ickie]

$179 herein st pete

[GT182]

WaWa back down to 1.689 and Citgo 3 miles away is 1.649 for Regular.

[Snuffy]

Filled the Sierria up after work tonight .. $40.00 over 20 gal. For Premium.

[GT182]

Local Sunoco station is at 1.599. :applause: Lowest of any around here that I've seen today.

[luckydog]

$1.79 for regular here......

[djscoo]

$179 herein st pete
:jawdrop:One hundred seventy nine dollars!?!:costumes:

[GT182]

Gas has finally hit below 1.60 around here. Regular is now 1.599, and Premium is 1.959 at WaWA.

Citgo probably is probably still 4 to 5 cents cheaper, as it has been right along. Haven't been there since I filled up 3 days ago.

[Rami]

Gas down to $1.54 a gallon here.

[Henry]

$1.29 here today :friday:
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[Lionus]

1.14€/l for 95 octane, 0.99€/L for diesel.

that's 4.30€ per gallon of 95 octane, and 4.30€ is 5.56USD at current rates. :isadizzy: And everyone wonders why I want to move into US..:costumes:

[GT182]

And everyone wonders why I want to move into US..:costumes:

To be warmer too. :costumes:

[euroastar350]

$1.54/gallon here in Ocala:mixedsmi:

[smoores]

$1.95 here. I saw a station in Hollywood selling regular for $2.34

[Drake]

Saw $1.48 for regular here today. :applause:

[Tom Clayton]

I just filled up again today - $1.599 at one of the not-as-cheap stations. It cost me $3.73 to fill up after running better than 100 miles!:costumes:

[Willy]

$1.37 at WalMart in Milan yesterday

Yall reckon anyone will see it under $1?

[ben54b]

Gas was $1.45 a gallon 2 days ago and went up to $1.78.9 last night here in Central Michigan. Did OPEC cut production back again??

:confused:

Ben

[GT182]

$Yall reckon anyone will see it under $1?

Wishfull thinking but I doubt it Willy.

Reg here is 1.529 and Premium is 1.899 at my local WaWa. At least coffee hasn't gone up... yet. :costumes:

[luckydog]

Back up to $ 1.63 south of Chapel Hill today....

[GT182]

The news here said that gas prices will be on the rise again. I knew it wouldn't last. :banghead:

[Trans_23]

The news here said that gas prices will be on the rise again. I knew it wouldn't last. :banghead:
Yet the price of oil is still going down...:bs:

[GT182]

Price can go down if production remains as is. But if production drops, be assured the price will go back up. There was talk of lowering production and supposedly it was to be voted on yesterday. Only caught part of that on the radio on my way home from the museum, so I don't know what happened.

[GT182]

Just when I thought the prices might have leveled out, WaWa dropped to 1.499 for regular and 1.859 for Premium.

I also saw that the 7 11 around the other corner has stopped selling gas altogether. Plus a couple of other gas stations have closed completely. Too much competition I guess.

[Cratermaker]

$1.41 in NE San Antonio.

I see come gas refineries are cutting back production because they are "losing money".

[Cratermaker]

I also saw that the 7 11 around the other corner has stopped selling gas altogether. Plus a couple of other gas stations have closed completely. Too much competition I guess.
I have seen some gas stations still selling at $2.40+ a gallon for regular while most are selling for $1.50 around here. Usually a small independent. They got stuck with expensive gas left in the underground tanks. They don't want to sell it at a loss, and customers don't want to pay the high prices. So there it sits underground... I guess they hope that they can sell snacks to stay in business until the price goes up?

[OTTO]

Losing Money ?
You mean they're not showing the " BILLIONS " of dollars profit for the quarter they ripped us all out of ?
MERRY CHRISTMAS to all the oil companies !!

HO HO HO
OTTO :ernae:

[GT182]

Still dropping here. Regular dropped to 1.449 yesterday at WaWa and Citgo.

[Cratermaker]

Now at $1.35 here. Keep going DOWN please.

Here's a thought: for those companies whose employees use their personal vehicles and get mileage allowances around $0.35-$0.40/mile, when do you think they're going to start reducing it because gas is "cheap"?

[Navy Chief]

And then there is THIS insanity:

http://blog.wired.com/cars/2008/12/gargantum-gas-t.html

Let's add to the financial misery in this country. I swear, sometimes it amazes me what people think/say. Sort of like one certain VP Candidate who suggested that paying more taxes was patriotic.

Insanity abounds.

NC

[GT182]

Somebody shoot that idiot. We don't live in Europe. We don't control their gas prices either, so stop comparing our gas prices to theirs. And we're taxed to death, we don't need higher gas taxes.

The only thing I wish would be done is raise that stupid .009 up .001 and make the prices even. For an example, no more $1.449/gallon, make it $1.50. There's beaucoup dollars right there for taxes... that's enough of a raise IMO.

[Tom Clayton]

I agree. If I buy a gallon of gas that's advertised at $1.499, and the pump charges me $1.50, that's an over charge and false advertising. Gas pump owners are just getting free money that way.

[GT182]

I didn't mean it that way Tom.... the .001 would be the gas tax raise they want. Not money for the gas pump owners.

I read in the paper here today they're asking for a 50% raise in the gas tax. That's called rape in my book.

BTW.. gas went down to 1.419 last Friday moring and that afternoon it went back up 1.439. This afternoon it went up to 1.459. Looks like the handwriting is on the wall... higher gas prices are coming back.

[GT182]

4 cent jump up from yesteday. Now 1.499 for Regular.

[Willy]

I've heard about the 50% raise in the gas tax myself. Doesn't surprise me a bit.

It went from 1.59 this morning at Wally World in Humboldt to 1.69 this afternoon there.

[Pen32Win]

Same here Willy, jumped up a Dime overnight.

Phnx AZ

[GT182]

Jumped twice a day in the last todays. From 1.499 to 1.639 for Regular.

Come on OPEC, have a heart. Pump rape is not a very nice thing... anywhere in the world.

[airfighterjohn]

Prices per barrel have skyrocketed because of the fighting in Gaza. Supposedly. But, still at $40 a barrel, gas pricesshould not rise as quickly as they have....:bs:

[GT182]

I love the way these stations, and gas companies, work it... slow to drop and double fast to raise prices. I've got a sneaky feeling they'll really stick it to us by summer.

[airfighterjohn]

I love the way these stations, and gas companies, work it... slow to drop and double fast to raise prices. I've got a sneaky feeling they'll really stick it to us by summer.

Being a manager for one of those stations, GT, I can tell you that we are NOT the ones that are profiting by these increases. State law here in Tennessee says we MUST charge NOT LESS than 5 cents above our cost, and NOT MORE than 29 cents above our cost. Average markup is 10-12 cents per gallon above cost. Most states have similar laws, to prevent gouging or price wars (which happened often in the 60s and 70s). Our distributor is also not reaping any of the profit increases--he is bound by the same law. Now--the major oil companies and OPEC is a different story. They reap windfall profits while we barely get by. Very few stations make profit on their gas. Most profit is from consumer goods sold inside the stores, or from repair services offered. Another group reaping windfall profits are the credit card companies. Visa, for example, charges 12 cents per gallon surcharge on the first 50 gallons purchased on credit. So, when we take a credit card for the average fuel purchase, we actually take a loss. There is legislation in Congress to stop this, and ALL the credit card companies are fighting this tooth and nail. Also, credit card companies charge an interchange fee--often as much as $5 for a single transaction. So if you come into our store and buy a pack of smokes for $3 and pay for it with a credit card, then we take a $2 loss on the sale. Our store now requires a minimum $10 purchase for credit transactions, and, if the proposed legislation is not passed into law, we will stop accepting plastic. Now, let me explain--if, say VISA owns the network we use to run the transactions, then there are no interchange fees, just a 25 cents service fee. BUT--if you run a Mastercard or American Express card on that network, then you must pay the interchange fee. Many store chains now will not accept Credit cards outside their network. For example, Dollar General Stores here will not accept Mastercard here, because their network is set up for VISA.:focus:

[Big_Stick]

Prices per barrel have skyrocketed because of the fighting in Gaza. Supposedly. But, still at $40 a barrel, gas pricesshould not rise as quickly as they have....:bs:

They are rising because of seasonal holiday travel. They're going back down now as far as I can see. Oil is down again.

[GT182]

Gotcha on that John. I appologise, I didn't mean to say the stations were making out by the increases. :redface: But the the oil companies are. I just find it odd that the stations are increasing gas prices twice a day. Before this they took several days to lower prices. And I can wait to see what the quarterly profit for the oil compaines will be.

Not sure what's going on around here.... DE and SE PA.... there's a whole bunch of Exxon stations closed We went by at least 5 today that are now closed but were open before the holidays. That makes at least 8 total that are closed here. Even one of the Russian owned stations closed, Luk Oil. Yes, Russians own American gas stations.

[Wiens]

A gallon of gas was $1.399 on Christmas Day in Hutchinson, KS. Now it's up to $1.699!!

Still a good deal.

Kevin

[airfighterjohn]

Not sure what's going on around here.... DE and SE PA.... there's a whole bunch of Exxon stations closed We went by at least 5 today that are now closed but were open before the holidays. That makes at least 8 total that are closed here. Even one of the Russian owned stations closed, Luk Oil. Yes, Russians own American gas stations.

They were probably a franchise. Exxon own very few stations; less than 10% of all Exxon branded stations are in fact owned by Exxon. The same goes for most stations. Companies like Exxon provide the signage and sometimes the canopies, and you sell their gas for them. An odd point--in February of last year we debranded our gasoline. We were Conoco-Phillips. As a result we are getting our gasoline from the distribtor at 12 cents per gallon less. Ironically, we are selling the VERY SAME GASOLINE, only with no ethanol added. So what's in a name? HIGHER PRICES!!!

[Wiens]

up to $1.819 per gallon.......

Kevin

[GT182]

After wobbling a for couple of days gas here is at 1.669, as of this morning. Hard to tell what'll happen over night. LOL