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kcram - Pickups Host
Roosevelt Ave San Juan PR
87- 3.21
93- 3.32
Up here they've started selling a lot of locking gas caps because of the threat of people siphoning gas because of the skyhigh per gallon prices.
The speed limit on our road is only 30 mph, and up at my end, it goes down to the yellow 10 mph warning signs, because of an S-curve and limited visibility. The way I go into work though, about 500 feet from my house, it goes from a narrow 2 lane road out to 4 lanes. I kept a low speed through the two lane parts, accelerating very gently. As soon as it got to 4 lanes though, I got over to the right. Prius decided to blow me off, so I punched it! Ha-Ha, lady, let's see you make your EPA estimates now!!! :P
Now I didn't punch it TOO hard, because, well, it's not that hard to blow off a first-gen Prius, plus there's a hill up the road, and I didn't feel like going airborne!
Once I got out on the main road (45 mph speed limit) I got up to where the speedo was around 50-55 (it's a little fast in this car), and people were passing me like I was standing still! I guess they've gotten adjusted to these higher gas prices and don't care about how fast they burn through the stuff! Speeds pretty much seem to be back to "normal" around here.
Still "spanning the panic" for me too.
Interesting little sidenote: Pure Oil has dropped the silly 9/10ths from their prices (at least on the signs, I don't know on the pumps).
So I should be okay for awhile, I guess.
$3.359 for 87 Regular
$3.459 for 89 Midgrade
$3.559 for 93 Premium
$3.639 for 94 Ultra
Woo-hoo! It went down a whole FOUR CENTS! Now I can save up for that pack of Juicy Fruit I've been eyeing up. The prices would have to fall by at least a $1.50 before there's any semblance of sanity. Until things settle, I'll leave the Cadillac home and take the Reeboks.
After Katrina gas is 87 3.49 89 3.59 93 3.69
What a rip off!!!
Same logic as selling a widget for $1.99, sounds cheaper than an even $2.00.
From your numbers, it looks like your Mom lives about 150 miles from you (300 miles round trip for $75 in gas?)
My twin brother drives a 2003 Land Rover Discovery II and is complaining about the 15 mpg's he gets whether it's city or highway. :sick: He loves the truck but he has to drive out to see customers and is spending more than he wants on fuel.
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I have two problems with the Prius (OK, maybe four): at $25k, I'd likely never make up the $8-10k over the cost of a Corolla in gas costs alone; I'd rather not cough up whatever the next batteries will cost 'X' years from now (or any as yet unknown maintenance costs over a 'regular' car); it's ugly, and finally, I greatly prefer manual transmissions, which aren't available on the Prius. I do like the idea of getting 55mpg around town, which is the majority of my driving, but still....
Gas was cheaper than 20 cents if you go back to the automotive boom years of the 50s/60s. The 9/10 came from the taxes applied - and in fact, there were different tenths posted on pumps based on the locale and the tax rate.
Mt. A Exxon dropped over 10 cents a gallon on all three grades today... go figure.
kcram - Pickups Host
Can't believe I'm saying this but nowadays, $2.99 is cheap!
-juice
Next time I'm running low on fuel, I might just have to take a trip down there, like during lunch or something. That place is always packed during rush hour. And it's only about 3-4 miles down the road from my job.
Funny thing is other stations in the area were $3.15 to $3.30, so it was a big difference.
-juice
Sunoco truck stop, Palisades Park NJ
87 - $3.199
89 - $3.299
93 - $3.399
94 - $3.439
diesel - $2.799
Still a wicked hoit to the Visa... 29.657 gallons of #2-diesel - $83.00
kcram - Pickups Host
Around here, diesel is about the same as gasoline.
I pity the independant truckers and I pity us who eventually will have to pay increase prices for the products they haul.
Or maybe all three tanks are filled with 87?
I do think that's hilarious, though. Turbo owners, REJOICE! LOL
-juice
87 is at $2.89, 89 at $2.99, and 92 at $3.19
Sorry, there's no valid market economy reasoning for these trends
I'm still riding around (a little) with gas purchased for less than $2.50/gal. in both of my vehicles. Still hoping to "bridge the panic."
:surprise:
We have a monolpoly in the area of gas stations owned by one company, the Sierra Trading Post. They keep the prices artificially high and the couple of independents "look good" at .03 less and the consumer gets ripped off.
A survey a couple of years pegged gas in Amador County as the HIGHEST in California.
We aren't some backwater either...just about an hour from Sacramento the Sierra Nevada foothills.
I think the locals are on the verge of a "revolt"...finally!
Yesterday I went to the Baltmimore Aquarium with some friends, but instead of going up the Balt-Wash Parkway I went up 3/301/97, because I had a couple errands to run at the same time. Going up, I could see a WaWa from the interstate that was down to $2.999. So I decided to come back that way. On the way back, once I got off the interstate, the first station I came to was an Enroy. Same $2.999 per gallon, so I just stopped there. Ended up passing the WaWa on my way to get back on, and saw they had dropped to $2.979!
Oh, another sneaky trick I've seen recently is that some of the stations are putting the Diesel price at the top of their signs, in big numbers. That way the first thing you'll see is "$2.849" or something similar, and think they're really reasonable. And then, by the time you've pulled up to the pump, if you're lucky you might notice that what you're actually putting in is $3.299 or so!
$2.999 for Regular 87
$3.099 for Mid-Grade 89
$3.199 for Premium 93
They don't advertise Ultra 94's price but it's probably $3.299.