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Today on a trip to DC, I suppose 3 gas stations, including one all-new one, were having a little price war. This was still in VA, in the DC exurbs: I paid 2.09 for Exxon 87.
BUT, my daughter just told me regular is $1.89 per gallon in Akin, S.C. (just across the river from Augusta, Ga.) It wasn't a WalMart and no credit card necessary....
Rocky
Me too! keep a log in all our vehicles and an Excel spreadsheet.
Love those dual trip meters!
Going price here for 87 is $2.15 at many places now.
2. Divide gallons into miles on trip odo.
3. Mash "reset" on odo.
Don't have a laptop for excel or math. Have to use a piece of paper, a pen or pencil, and my head to calculate mileage. The piece of paper is usually the beer sack....
Had hopes of getting under 2.00, but who knows. Don't think they will let that happen unless the bottom drops out of the oil market. Plus in another few months we are approaching the summer driving season and that age old excuse we always hear about the refineries switching from winter to summer blend. Like this is the first year we have had a change of seasons!!
It's kind of like the January weather, we'd better enjoy it and not complain...because change is coming.
$2.18 for 87 Regular
$2.28 for 89 Silver
$2.38 for 93 Super
$2.48 for 94 Ultra
Someone really has to be in love with their car to feed it the "94" stuff. They say love is blind...correct? Aahaha.
Rocky
I did some digging around on the internet, and found a place that sells replacement gas tanks. They list a 24 gallon tank for the LeSabre sedan/coupe, but for the wagons it's a 22 gallon tank.
Now I can understand a wagon having a different-sized tank, as they often moved stuff around in wagons to maximize cargo space. And I could understand a Fleetwood Brougham having a different sized tank, as it was a bit different from a Caprice/Parisienne/LeSabre/Delta 88...although it was bigger, so you'd almost think they'd just use the same sized tank, or put in a bigger one. But I can't figure why the Delta would have a 2-gallon bigger tank! Unless it was a typo? Still, I wouldn't put it past GM to do something silly like that.
unleaded in San Diego $2.42
Back in Potomac, ouch, $2.55.
-juice
2.15 for regular on the way home last night...
2.25 on the way in this morning. Other grades, .10 higher.
Was 2.05 for regular earlier in the week but of course, I did not need to fill up. :mad:
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Back home the cheapest is still $2.15.
I missed a chance to get 87 at $1.99 at a newly opened Exxon station outside of Gainesville, VA when I took my wife up to Dulles Airport. When I returned after dropping her off, the price was back up to the going rate of $2.19 there.
Two summers ago, just for kicks, I recorded the price every Thursday at a Speedway station I drive by on my way to work. Incredibly, with only one exception, every other Thursday from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the price jumped $.15 to $.20, then slowly drifted back down (sometimes more than the increase, sometimes less) over the next two weeks. The plot of price vs time was almost a perfect "sawtooth" shape. No way that had anything to do with the market.
In the last year or so, the increases have come more randomly (but always on a weekday) and some of the other stations don't always follow Speedway's lead so there is actually a little price competition. Last week, the price jumped $.20 on Tuesday and by Thursday, the Phillips stations were back down $.15.
Feb 24th: regular was $2.12 - $2.17
Mar 1st: regular was $2.27 - $2.35 various stations
Mar 3rd: same as Mar 1st
Mar 6th: regular $2.33 - $2.39 (6:30am) - various stations
Mar 6th: regular $2.39 - $2.55 (5:00pm) - various stations
Mar 7th: regular $2.49, mid-grade $2.61, premium $2.77 (6:30am) - a couple stations (Mobil, Citgo) about a nickel less per grade but these where the proces @ Speedway, Shell, Gas City, No-name station and BP
Not sure what's it going to be this evening. And this is in the burbs where I usually fill-up; in Chicago add 10 - 20 cents.
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Some examples:
The sun came up this morning - BAD: this means it will get warmer during the day, leading to increased use of A/C in cars, so the upward pressure on prices will show at the pump.
The sun will set tonight - BAD: forward looking traders know that this means temps will moderate overnight, forcing increased use of heating oil, which will put pressure on reserves, so unleaded contracts will be bid up in price.
2.0 Richter earthquake in LA - BAD: LA's proximity to the Pacific ocean reminds traders of how a tsunami in the Gulf of Mexico COULD knock out a lot of oil production facilites. The fear of this potential production loss will drive prices higher.
Less than 3 days/tank = Highway mileage, Greater than 5 = city mileage, all else is "mixed". Separate averages for each type, plus overall average. (Plus graphs!)
james
It would be one thing if the news reported "Gigantic Oil Co. decided to raise prices today", but that's not what I hear. I'm hearing "fear of the 2006 hurricane season and potential damage to oil rigs drove up the price of crude today" and stories like that. The oil market seems to be running on 100% emotion at the moment.
"Big Oil" has made enough profit and their greed is preventing some folks from spending money on new cars. How much did Exxon Mobile make last quarter ???? $12 Billions ???? I know it was ridiculous figure and the sad thing is they are "pooling" to keep prices up which was suppose to be against the law in this country.
Rocky
Who is this "Big Oil" you refer to. Exxon is a producer of oil that made a lot of money getting it out of the ground and into your tank. They do not get the bulk of that $60+ per barrel. If demand drops and supply stays as it is the price will come down. The countries we import oil from are the ones making the most money, Canada, Saudi Arabia & Mexico in that order. Take a vacation in Canada and you will see they are flush with greenbacks thanks to our insatiable thirst for oil. I do not remember anyone crying for Exxon when the price in the late 1990s was at about $10 per barrel. A price I might add that prevents any exploration for new sources. Those were lean years for the oil producers.
When oil was at $10 per barrel in 1998-99 gas was more than half of what it is today. With the oil price 6 times higher you would think that gasoline would be much higher. Who is paying the difference?