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  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    on Wednesday after work and I SOOOO badly wanted to take the public transportation, instead of driving in. Part of it was because of gas prices, but another part was driving into DC during rush hour, in rainy weather, and trying to find a parking spot. Well, I went to the nearest subway station, and lo and behold they don't take cash anymore at the parking lot! I would've had to buy a parking pass!

    So at that point I said screw it, and drove in. The drive might have been 11-12 miles, max. To take public transportation in, I would've had to pay $3.50 to park (actually, buy one of those passes, and then have $3.50 taken out of it when i parked). The fare down would've been about $2.80 (rush hour) down and $2.40 back (non-rush hour).

    In all, that little trip to DC would've cost about $8.70. Or, about what 4 gallons of gasoline runs these days. I figure driving in and out might've used a bit more than a gallon.

    Public transportation would be nice if they didn't go out of their way sometimes to make it so danged annoying!

    I won't drive too far out of my way specifically to fill up on cheaper gas, but if I happen to be out somewhere and see it's notably cheaper, I'll usually stop and fill up, even if I still have a half tank or more left.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Saw a two cent reduction at one of our local stations to $2.11. have to wait for the morning to see if other stations have followed suit.

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  • jlawrence01jlawrence01 Member Posts: 1,757
    I have the same problem here in the Chicago suburbs. If I want to take the train, it is a one mile walk each way from the house to the station and a one mile walk from the station to work. Four miles a day.

    Then the fare is $2.90 each way to go 10 miles. If were to head all the way into Chicago -65 miles - the fare would only be $6.10.

    What is the incentive to use public transit? It is a lot more inconvenient and also more costly.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Drove by the local Chevron this afternoon (luckily I didn't have to stop, as my car has a 24 gallon tank - huge range, but huge fill up $$$) - $2.31 for regular, $2.55 for premium. That means a tank should cost me around $60 or so. Awesome.
  • sandman46sandman46 Member Posts: 1,798
    Just paid $2.19 for 87 unleaded.

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  • bottgersbottgers Member Posts: 2,030
    The price has krept up onto the $2.20's now here in Joliet, IL. Is there no end in sight? At this rate prices will be $3 a gallon by summer :(
  • millspdmillspd Member Posts: 104
    Hey Bottgers, didn't you know you were in Joliet.

    Paid $2.13 at the Dominicks grocery store in Shorewood this brisk morning.
  • anonymouspostsanonymousposts Member Posts: 3,802
    $2.04+ here west of Atlanta, GA
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Sheetz (big regional supplier based in PA) lowered their prices from $2.099 to $2.059 for 87 on Wednesday. Yesterday, it was back up to $2.099. Lowest I saw yesterday is Hess for $2.069 for 87.

    Interesting also about Sheetz is that their spreads between 87, 89, and 93 are now the standard 10 cents. For years, the spreads were only 7 cents.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    It seems to me that the spreads used to be more like a percentage difference between grades. At higher prices, the spreads would be larger,and lower prices showed lower spreads. But 10 cents does seem to be the norm now, whether the price is the current $2.13 for 87 or down at $1.69
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    State College, PA: A couple of stations bumped up to $2.15, some stayed at $2.13, and at least one has dropped to $2.11

    The effect of the never ending drumbeat in the news certainly showed in the lines forming at the stationing pumping gas at $2.11
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,675
    It's great the way the media uses the press releases from the petroleum institute and just reads them without analysis. They help give excuses for the gas prices being raised on the smallest rise in crude or a gas pipeline breaking, etc.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Chevron in Bellingham WA 2.44/2.55/2.65 (guess which I am lucky enough to need)

    A Shell down the road had 87 at 2.38 but others were 2 cents more than Chevron apiece
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Ran across a station at $2.12 this evening, so the only price point missing from $2.11 to $2.15 here is $2.14.

    The wife reports that in Altoona, PA where she works she saw $2.09 today
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    The most common price I saw today in Vancouver was 99 cents/litre, around 95 cents/litre in the suburbs. That works out to just over $3/gallon.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,675
    Was this $3 US? I came up with $3.60 per gallon, approx., but I don't know the exchange rate.

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  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    $3 US, right. Approx 3.8l in a gallon, 82 US cents per Canadian dollar.
  • imidazol97imidazol97 Member Posts: 27,675
    Thanks for response. I was really trying to figure out that math.

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  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    mid-South Dakota (the capitol, Pierre). 87 was $2.29 and 87 Plus was $2.19. What's with the flip-flop? The next grade up is a dime a gallon cheaper? :confuse:

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  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    ...might have some kind of additive or more ethanol or something, making it cheaper. Never heard of it.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    It's really feeling like a top on prices here. Very erratic. The range I saw for 87 today was $2.12 up to $2.19
  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    come to think of it I think I read something about an ethanol additive right there on the gas pump signage. My mind was distracted somewhat by the pictures of the two SD State Troopers who would track anyone stealing gas down if they even dared to try it. :surprise:

    Yeah, I think the 87 Plus had an additive, indeed. Good response on that one.

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  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    I bought gas at a "no name" station today: Fuel Co. Cafe and Bistro (used to be Chevron).

    87 - $2.059
    89 - $2.129
    93 - $2.199
    Diesel - $2.099

    5 gallons won't hurt my Camry, right? ;)
  • rockshocka1rockshocka1 Member Posts: 310
    2.05 on Friday, 2.09 this morning for 87 in Goose Creek, SC. Was 2.15 for 87 in Mt. Pleasant, SC on Friday, a lock for 2.19 later today on my way home. It's always 10 cents more closer to the house.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
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  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    the Shell station was up to $2.279 for 87, and $2.459 for 93. Really makes me glad I don't have to depend on my old high-octane guzzling Gran Fury police car that would get 11-13 around town anymore. Only thing is, the way prices have gotten, it cots me about as much to drive my Intrepid now as it did to drive my Gran Fury back when prices were more "reasonable"!
  • rockshocka1rockshocka1 Member Posts: 310
    10 cent jump this morning to 2.19 for 87. Probably a result of rioting in Chapel Hill or something. Sheesh.
  • bottgersbottgers Member Posts: 2,030
    ......range from $2.30 to $2.45 now. It appears gas prices are out of control with no end in sight. We'll all be in the poor house soon.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Honestly, why get up in the morning?? I have a legitimate question. Why do some people act as if EVERYTHING is going to move in the same direction forever when you know it's not? The "no end in sight" is straight out of a lot of the news reports lately. Here's a news story from 12 hours ago that I haven't heard reported on any of the major news networks:
    http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000102&sid=a_SVQ0bG7ee4&refer=uk

    Crude Oil Falls From Record on Signs Supply Is Meeting Demand

    Why isn't this trumpeted? Because it's good news and apparently that doesn't sell to the masses who seem to want to see everything as a crisis.

    Some points that a lot of people seem to be ignoring:

    • There is no worrisome lack of supply. With 1.8 million barrels a day of excess production capacity, Saudi Arabia can quickly pump enough oil to offset any disruptions, short of the most catastrophic scenarios.

    • Higher prices eventually will cause gasoline demand, which is now about 2 percent higher than a year ago, to taper off. And higher prices will lead producers, including Saudi Arabia, to pump more oil.

    All of these factors have been ignored by the growing number of hedge funds and other speculators betting on crude futures. At some point, betting on higher crude prices is going to be wrong and the pendulum is going to swing the other way. Emotion has a LOT to do with how the market behaves. Once some of the commodities folks start thinking that it might be time to get on the other side of these contracts, watch how fast things start to swing back.

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  • bottgersbottgers Member Posts: 2,030
    .....anything but a gloom and doom outlook when prices have increased more than 15% over the last month, and every day I drive by the pumps the price is higher still.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    It's also true that gas prices do fluctuate up and down. The long term trend of everything is generally up, but when I see folks lining up at a gas station because the price is TWO cents cheaper than a place down the street, I get a bit antsy. I don't like to see people driven to panic, especially over something that, while annoying and uncomfortable, is nothing to panic over. Keep watching it. The price is having an incremental effect on demand, which will ease pressure on prices, and the sentiment in the market for crude is starting to show signs of change.

    I guess the thing that REALLY bugs me is someone will look at the 4 cent bump at the pump today and say something like, "If we get 4 cents a day for the next month, gas will be WELL over $3 before Memorial Day!!"

    A killer asteroid might get us too :)

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  • jlawrence01jlawrence01 Member Posts: 1,757
    I remember the following things that I was told as a teenager the first time that my father took me to a bar in 1975:

    1) All jobs would be moved to Japan and unemployment would be over 15%.
    2) The world would be out of oil by 1978.
    3) Inflation will one of these days stabilize at 5%.
    4) Going to college is a waste of time as the GM - Norwood plant is hiring.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    State College, PA up to $2.23 for 87 yesterday, but there's still a range of prices. Typically all the stations are in lockstep
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    Shell station near our store...2.55.9 per gallon! Everyday I drive by, they seem to raise the price a couple of cents!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    The station I paid $2.65 for premium last Friday is charging $2.79 today. Has supply and demand really changed that much in 5 days, or are some people unjustifiably cashing in? Can't wait to see oil company profits next quarter...
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    The hows and whys of prices changing at the pump leaves me scratching my head. I obviously can't understand it. And this has happened at all pricing levels, not just the current ones. Drive past in the morning and see one price, come by at noon, see a different price, and then that night prices change again. The cost of the product in the tanks hasn't changed has it?? It's enough to make your brain hurt!
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    I don't even want to know sometimes, as I know it will just make me mad. I don't think it is really just pricing. I am just glad I have a fairly short commute, and don't drive a horrible guzzler. The idea of a motorcycle for city use is more tempting by the day though.
  • gapingorificegapingorifice Member Posts: 2
    $2.599 a gallon at my Shell station in a suburban hell 40 miles south of san francisco. Luckily, i don't drive that often and only fill up every other week, but my usual $18-20 fill-up was $26 yesterday. The pick-up truck in front of me was still going past $50 mark when i drove away :surprise: ...so i didn't feel too bad ;)
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Big Sur, California...regular gas is $3.79 gallon (not a typo). If you are vacationing, plan ahead before driving in this somewhat remote area.

    AVERAGE price for gas in California is now $2.59.
  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    my wife and I were wondering what gas was going for in our old stomping ground Seattle. I guessed around $2.50/gal for reg. 87. We're paying around $2.20 here in mid-MO and I have a sick feeling it's not gonna reverse itself anytime soon. :cry:

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  • KCRamKCRam Member Posts: 3,516
    Oasis is drying up...

    87 - $2.039 - up 12 cents from Mar 23
    89 - $2.139 - up 12
    93 - $2.219 - up 12
    94 - $2.259 - up 12
    diesel - $2.259 - up 10

    Just put 31 gallons of D into my Ram... $70.00. :surprise:

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  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    $2.19 for 87, still holding at $2.23 for the moment in State College.

    With the news from the oil and gasoline markets today, I think the sentiment has started to switch.
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  • carlisimocarlisimo Member Posts: 1,280
    omg yesterday gas at Costco was only $2.32!!! Here in Berkeley I'm seeing a lot of $2.70 regular. It was gradual and we're all resigned to it, but if I had a premium-only car I'd have felt a bit of a shock at $3.00.

    Some news article that I've since lost track of said to expect this spike to last a couple of years, then it'll back off. I just hope they don't mean it'll increase at this rate, for two years. (*edit* apparently this current mini-spike will peak in May, according to MSNBC)

    I find myself trying to keep the revs lower than usual nowadays.
  • PF_FlyerPF_Flyer Member Posts: 9,372
    Seems that the way the commodities markets work is that traders try to wring every dime out of it in the upward direction by overbuying and essentially creating their profits as the emotion of the market swings wildly in that direction. This seems to be eagarly assisted by the media who love a good crisis. Check the market news today. I'm thinking the worm has turned. I expect that the traders will start positioning themselves to make money as oil and gasoline prices drop. They will, of course, eventually oversell the market in the downward direction, which will signal a change in direction and the circle of life will be complete :)

    Since decreasing prices at the pump would be GOOD news, the only thing left ot figure out is what will be the "crisis" that's caused by decreasing prices. Maybe it will be the fear of "deflation"!

    During the day today I did hear that CA had passed Hawaii to take the top spot in average price at this point
  • isellhondasisellhondas Member Posts: 20,342
    As beautiful as Big Sur is, it looks like a place to avoid!

    ***trying to remember the song from the sixties about Big Sur...who did it?***
  • Mr_ShiftrightMr_Shiftright Member Posts: 64,481
    Finally saw it....premium at $3.03 a gallon in Marin county. This is lookin' REAL bad for us....
  • jlawrence01jlawrence01 Member Posts: 1,757
    As gas goes up ... sales tax on gas goes up. More money for the state and municipal governments on lower gas sales ...
  • navigator89navigator89 Member Posts: 1,080
    How does 0.060 KWD per liter sound? That's like 20 US cents per liter! I don't know what the conversion to gallons is.

    No wonder the most common vehicles here are Expeditions, Suburbans, Yukons, Tahoes, Crown Victorias, Grand Marquis and Chevrolet Caprices!
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    but I think 20 cents per liter comes out to around 75.8 cents per gallon. I don't think gasoline has been that low as long as I've been driving (got my learner's in 1986). I do remember paying like 85-90 cents per gallon back in the late 80's, though. But then, as recently as late 2001/early 2002, I had seen it around the $1.00 mark.

    The two gas stations nearest me are still at $2.259 (Citgo) and $2.279 (Shell) for 87 octane. 93 octane is $2.45 for both of them.
  • rockshocka1rockshocka1 Member Posts: 310
    Still holding at 2.19 for 87 in Goose Creek, SC.

    Kuwait hasn't changed much since I was last there then. It took about 4 KD to fill up a Mitsu Pajero last year. Pajeros were everywhere. They also run a higher octane than you can get here, like 97 or something. The gas is clear as water.
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