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-juice
The highest I've seen is 93 octane..... 91 in California. I drive several times a year across country California tofrom Tenn and back. I've never seen Ultra on my route and my cars use premium.
Just wondering, why would a person need 94 octane vs 93?
Mark
Sunoco Ultra 94 is sold at Sunoco stations in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware as far as I know. I run my cars on either it or Amoco Ultimate 93 if I can't find it.
Still "bridging the panic" -- riding on <$2.50/gal. gas in my two vehicles.
Things are looking a bit erratic!
-juice
Gulf- $2.99 reg
Shell- $3.39 reg
I am predicting a national average of $2.48 by Oct 31.
(In WWII, the Germans had to use 87 or 89 octane gas for their Messerschmitts and Focke-Wulfs. I don't think that's on the exact same octane scale, but the Americans could feel their P-51 Mustangs 110-octane gasoline, and that made an important performance difference.)
In Fremont, CA (near San Jose) regular is down to $2.95 at the Chevron near my house. Small drop, but now it's under $3!
-juice
The much promoted E-85 ethanol gasonline is no longer a cheap (er) alternative since it is now $2.89 per gallon. As recently as June the E-85 was consistantly .30 to .60 cents per gallon cheaper than regular unleaded.
I have read in recent weeks that the much promoted E-85 is a losing cause for Illinois
producers. I guess it actually costs more to produce it than what it can be sold at. Perhaps that is an early problem that will iron out in time. But it can not be too encouraging to those who have invested heavily into it.
This past weekend, while visiting in the Saint Louis Missouri metro area, I saw regular unleaded gasoline for a low of $2.73 to $2.85 per gallon. Ofcourse, when I returned home, the prices were still at $3.09 per gallon.
We saw prices jumping up 10 cents per gallon, at times twice a day!
Now we see prices slowly moving back down, but 5 cents at a time, and maybe only once every 3 days.
Gas is still about 50 cents higher than it was when I last filled up, just a few weeks ago.
-juice
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#2296 of 2616 Re: Really and truly [pf_flyer] by kcram HOST Jul 07, 2005 (9:27 pm)
Replying to: pf_flyer (Jul 07, 2005 1:52 pm)
I can give you this answer, but you may not believe me, or like it. I know this only because my dad's best friend owned gas stations for 40 years.
A lot of people complain that the fuel in the holding tank is paid for, so why does the price go up daily on the same fuel? And that is true, the delivered fuel is already paid for. Here's the reason the price changes: the price at the pump reflects what it will cost the service station to replace that fuel. And since gasoline futures can change daily, even hourly, pump prices will often change to match. This is also the reason prices don't come down as fast as they rise... the service station owner can't take the chance that a brief downturn will last until he places his next order.
I really don't mind that they base the pricing at the pump on the "price ahead" (for lack of a better term, but I think that it should work the same in both directions. Personally, I don't see what would be wrong with taking a delivery at a price and selling the product at a price until the next delivery. if the price has changed, certainly the retail price can reflect that. But to say that the price has to go up because the next time it's delivered it's going to be more expensive and then to say it can't be lowered because the expected lower price MIGHT not hold strikes me as wrong. But the core of the problem was seen BEFORE any Katrina damage happened. Prices spiked based on what MIGHT happen. And that didn't happen at the oil company offices, that was strictly a futures market deal.
-juice
I had to run up to Gambrills, MD last nite to get my truck out of the shop. Gas tank is replaced, so between it not leaking anymore and not getting water in the system anymore, hopefully it'll get better economy. Although now the fast idle is sticking, so I have to really gun it to make it kick down...I'm sure that's really going to help my hypermiling efforts! Anywho, there's a Citgo up there, on the Route 3 median, where gas was down to $2.899/$2.999/$3.099! Cheapest around, too; in general most sations up that way were 20-30 cents more.
Too bad for me I filled up the tank last night, I wouldn't have made it another day.
-juice
87 - $2.999
89 - $3.099
93 - $3.199
94 - $3.249
diesel - $2.699
I imagine people who always felt they needed premium are discovering that the middle grade does the job...
kcram - Pickups Host
I had horrible timing, I paid $3.29 and now it's $2.99 again.
Then again, I had great timing for the last tank, and filled up just before the price spikes.
-juice
Sheetz 87 - $2.599/gal. -- only 10 cents more than pre-Katrina.
Alas, my Frontier was running close to "E," so I half-filled the tank yesterday with $2.699 gas. First time since Katrina I put gas in. The Camry still has about 3/8 of a tank of pre-panic gas.
Meanwhile, so-called "Lowest Price," which had shot up to $3.499 at the height of the panic, is back down to $2.689 for 87.
What will make a difference is if people actually don't buy gas for a week or more, everybody! Also what will help, is if we continue to use less over a long period of time. Kudos to you for driving an electric!
Even if the oil companies cut oil prices in half, the demand would increase but the refineries probably couldn't keep up which would clog the system. It would put us right back where we are today, at maximum capacity.
I see fuel prices falling here in southern California as well. Premium seems to be about $3.09--- $3.16 depending on the station (as of yesterday). I will need to fill up today so, hopefully, it has fallen overnight.
Mark
speaking of gas prices, if you take the dubois exit, do not take a left to get gas.
back when i bought gas at sheetz(taking a right) for 2.56, the station if you took a left was was 2.94! this was mid august.
Oh yea... the strawberry was pretty good at the Creamery today!
I am sure it is a market correct price and that legitimate models can be used to defend it
-juice
I read a story in the newspaper that people can make their own gasoline from food scraps for about 10-20 cents a gallon that works on all types of cars. Then I saw a website, www.infobboks.org that sells a book for $10 that has plans & diagrams on how to build this machine. Sounds interesting. Has anybody tried to make their own gasoline before? Please let me know.
james