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Rocky
Rocky
Rocky
Rocky
I think I've lost most of my "Pittsburgh-ese" from living in The South for so long, such as, "Youse guys better redd up your rooms, or I'm going to snap your faces with gum bands!" I also call Pepsi "soda" now instead of "pop."
BTW, these falling gas prices are a sight to behold! This morning I actually left home early enough to stop for gas before work -- $2.49 for 87 at Sheetz (central VA).
When I came home this evening, Sheetz had dropped another 4 cents. But lo and behold the station I call "Redneck Shell" actually undercut Sheetz by 2 cents, to $2.43! This station is usually one of the last to react, either up OR down.
And speaking of conspiracies, I guess there are STILL some who insist Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone....
That means someone with a Kroger card can fill up for $2.07 ($2.17-.10) and use a credit card for reductions off that.
Will be hit the $2.00 mark before the prices start back up?
Are the summer blends being sold off to make room for the cool weather blends.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I wonder what home heating oil is going to price out at this season? Last year I was locked into market price with a $3.19 cap. Luckily we had a mild winter and my oil tank only got topped off twice, at around $2.45 per gallon and then around $2.65. The previous season they topped the tank off three times, so even though oil was only $1.74 per gallon, my whole bill came out to about the same, around $800 for the season.
I've heard some people with classic cars say that it rots out the rubber lines which then clogs the fuel pump, and causes other problems, but when you're dealing with old cars, that could just be old age kicking in! Besides, if it does that to an older car, wouldn't it do it to a newer one, as well? Or did they finally quit using rubber in the fuel lines?
But methanol (wood alcohol) is another story. This is NOT to be used in any percentage. (This is the stuff in windshield washer solvent, and chemically is the simplest form of alcohol.)
Rocky
But it only has a 5-speed automatic. Needs 6- or 7- at least.
Gas prices $2.159 and $1.169 at many area stations.
I'm starting a lottery on when it will hit $1.999
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I say 2-3 weeks before the Nov. 7th elections.
bumpy, the new G35 is nice but I'm not that impressed with it. Infiniti, left out alot of technology and yes having a 5-speed auto isn't impressive either.
Neways slop prices in town (Dumas) are $2.52-$2.59 :sick:
Rocky
Local gas at chain station down to $2.12. That should spread through the area. Or the prices will undergo a "restoration" and prices will rise to some ideal profit level and let the prices start dropping again with the "competition" among the brands.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
No, no.....it's not 'Big Oil conspiracy' related. Seems like the only indigestion the OSU fans are facing would be from too much Tex-mex and margarita's.
Now THAT was an ol' fashioned whoopin'.....24-7.....ouch :sick:
Ok - back on topic: most of the local stations are down another couple of cents from Friday with at least 3 at $2.42 for regular.
Guess what no one is going there to buy gas. I have never seen a car there whenever I drive by. They do not have pay at the pump so I am sure that is part of it but I bet another part is that they had their prices so much higher then everyone else for so long that people felt like they were getting ripped off.
At least it's a small decrease, if not at the same rate as so many other areas.
Odd that the grade increments aren't even.
Hopefully prices are near "bottoming out" and will stabilize soon instead of keep on dropping.
Phoenix has a lowest price of $2.41 today.
Rocky
Yeah, Nissan has been slacking off. The Skyline has had a 5-speed slushbox for 15 years now (without looking it up, I think it debuted on the R32 GTS25). At least you get six gears with the clutch.
the point of E10 is to reduce smog emitted by the .1% of cars which are gross polluters. the other 99.9% of drivers get the privilege of paying more per gallon, getting fewer mpgs, and emitting MORE CO2 than with 'pure' gasolone.
imho E10 is almost as much of a scam as E85. see the latest consumer reports for a pretty good article about ethanol. they don't address the mpg-loss from E10 however.
at a mobil station in southern NH yesterday:
87 - $2.49
89 - $2.79
91+ or 93 or whatever they claim - $2.89
how about that skew between 87 & the other octanes. yow.
at some other stations i saw:
91+ - 2.79
diesel - 2.89
that puts diesel at almost 20% more than 87 octane, reducing the cost-per-mile savings of diesel. personally i compare with 91 octane since it seems like all the gassers i buy are optimized for 91 octane - some (GTO) shows a 10% mpg drop with 87. others (volvos) do not.
interestingly, even with the 10% mpg drop, it's still a better buy for me to put 87 octane in GTO instead of 91+ ,
so that's what i'll do if the delta between 87 & 91+ remains at nearly 20% . or i might just go and trade it for a jetta TDI.
The E10 has been around for decades. The pumps in Ohio had to be labeled if their were going to dispense up to 10% alcohol. The gas gives more problems in summer because of a higher vapor pressure from the alcohol.
The big advantage was that the 10% of the gallon wasn't taxed; gasoline was. So a station had less tax on the gallon they sold but typically sold it to the consumer for the same price as 'real' gasoline at a station down the block; sometimes they were a penny lower in price. Big profit margin for the gas company...
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Rocky
This morning, it dropped again to $2.39. 93 octane is $2.59. Diesel though, is $2.79, so the better mpg for diesel is to a significant degree offset by the higher cost.
Is it just my perception or do price swings on diesel typically lag behind those of gas? IOW, when gas goes up/down, does the price of diesel rise/fall slower?
Also from what I understand, diesel tends to be more pricey in the winter months, when demand for home heating oil (which is very similar to diesel) rises.
Careful.
You're getting dangerously close to associating supply/demand with prices.....
It's down to 2.05 in Iowa, and here in mpls I've seen 2.29 all over.
It'll be below 1.999 somewhere in the country by the end of the week.
Dayton area Lowest is $2.12 to $2.14 at lower price stations!
The lottery I had in mind was for the Dayton Metro area... But golly gee- Iowa is that low. Here's hoping...
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
>screwed royally by the oil corporations who made billions by gouging us
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Rochester, NY has the second highest prices in NYS, only NYC is higher. For those of you who don't know where Rochester is, we are 400 miles away from NYC. We are Higher than Buffalo and Syracuse which are about 80 miles and 90 miles away respectively from Rochester.
Why are they higher here you ask? Because Rochester is in a white collar County and our pay wages are a bit higher for some. So, it stands to reason that we can pay more right? It costs no more to ship gas here than it does to the other cities yet it costs us more at the pumps.
This is price gouging and I don't want to hear you bleeding heart liberals on how the Oil companies should be able to make a profit. Our gas here is still at 2.93 for plus where it is 10 cents or lower in Syracuse and Buffalo.
I work in the Farmington Valley which has a very high medium income. Probably second only to certain parts of fairfield county down by the New York border.
I live over on the Torrington/Litchfield border that has a much lower medium income.
It is less then a 30 minute drive between the two locations and the actual distance in miles is about 15-20 miles.
Gas is always 10-15 cents cheaper where I live them where I work. Exacty same brand gas less then 20 miles apart.
And I feel your pain about the jacked up prices.
Just dropped another nickle today here in mpls.
Crude is falling just as fast as it rose. Remember, it was below 30 a barrel for a loooooong time before this latest spike. What goes up can certainly come down
That means gas will not "keep" coming down forever. It will hit bottom soon.
me: I'm not saying this is true in your case, but in some areas it is the locally owned oil/gasoline distributor who sets the price if they have no competition. I know people who have worked at these distributors, and whether it is a Sunoco or Getty or no-name station they're buying from the same guy (company).
Using your theory of gas in Rochester should cost the same as gas in other areas of NYS, is like saying that the McDonald's down the street should charge the same as the McDonald's on the turnpike or at the airport. Buy a meal at an airport and you'll see what gouging is! Many people at an airport are having their meals paid for by their employer, and they really don't care what the cost is. Similarly in a wealthier community, fewer people are going to care whether a gallon is $2.50 or $3.00. The difference is chump change for many, especially if they have a $500,000 house and a $35K car, and spend a couple of thousand $'s golfing every year.
me: that's good as if gas goes too cheap, people will get away from any conservation they have been doing.
The lowest price I've seen here in southern NH has been $2.59, though I heard the Sam's Club is down to about $2.35. We'll see some big drops soon as the price drops of the last few days get to the stations.
By the way I'm doing my part to conserve. No I'm not giving up my V-8, but I'm making a lifestyle change moving from 30 miles from work, to 3.9 miles. On the nice days I'll commute on my bike.
With that said I wouldn't be surprised to see OPEC allow oil prices to fall significantly for a short period of time. I think this prolonged period of high prices resulted in too many people considering alternatives. OPEC may think it prudent to suppress those urges.
A global economic experiment took place during the past year. The result is that economies can grow with $60/barrel oil prices. With that being the case and if you are in the position to keep prices that high the question is, why wouldn't you? The answer is, you wouldn't.
I think you may be correct. The last time we dumped money into ethanol production the price of oil went down a lot. It left us with a bunch of rusting ethanol facilities. I am still counting on $40 or below by November election time. I feel bad for all the folks that dumped their new SUVs in favor of a little tin car. Gas is at $2.70 in San Diego at Costco. I just filled my truck at $2.80. What a bummer. I see where some places in the midwest it is under 2 bucks. What does that tell you?