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  • gigajakgigajak Member Posts: 1
    Let's go back to the good ol days when everybody made their own fuel. I think back then they called them stills instead of refineries.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...Sunoco Regular is now $2.71. I'm sure Ultra is over $3.00 by now.

    Those who can afford it don't care. I remember filling up my Seville last year before I parked the car and walked or took the bus until about Xmas. This smug yuppie-looking dude is filling up his Hummer H1 while the gas pump registers $85. His kids are standing there watching their proud pop unload a supertanker's worth of fuel into this tank. On the other side of the pump is some poor young guy trying to scrape up enough change for a few gallons for his battered Civic.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    $2.92 today in Georgetown. It was $2.82 the other day it seems. That's for regular. If you have to ask the price of premium, you can't afford it. :D

    -juice
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    our local Citgo crept up to $2.859 for 87. Luckily I filled up the day before at $2.759! With the car show season starting up, I'm not looking forward to driving my 15 mpg LeMans up to Carlisle! And even worse, one of my friends is trying to talk me into taking it out to Michigan this August for the Woodward Dream Cruise! Maybe I just need to hire a gasoline tanker to follow me out. :cry:
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,701
    I believe I'd faint dead away if I put $85 worth of gas in my car. I absolutely cringe when it hits the $40 going into my 4Runner. At that point I usually stop and hope it goes down a little. Fat chance of that anymore.

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  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Took my last shot at $2.69 for 87 at Sheetz (central VA). Tank was down to about 1/4. All of the competition has gone up to $2.74 or more.

    This ties the second highest I ever paid per gallon. Surprisingly, even though the Frontier that I filled up is not being used daily anymore, its mpg was 25, down only one from what I used to get when it was my primary commuter.
  • andre1969andre1969 Member Posts: 26,023
    was about $65.00 last July/August. I had let the tank on my '67 Catalina run down real low, and figured I'd better top off before prices went up again. IIRC, it has either a 26 or 27 gallon tank. I think it gulped down about 24 gallons, at "only" ~$2.65 per gallon. I'm just thankful that thing's not my daily driver.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Worst ever - $38 the first time I filled the tank from about 2/3 on the Park Ave when I bought it last November. I don't let it get any lower than 3/4 these days. It doesn't hurt as bad when it's $20 at a time rather than $60-$80 all at once. Still, it feels like death from 1,000 cuts.

    At today's prices:

    20 gallon tank on my Seville, Ultra = $60+
    25 gallon tank on my Brougham, Ultra = $75+
    20 gallon tank on Park Ave, Regular = $55+

    Good thing I have a second job.
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Man, that's gotta be painful.

    Back when I was a broke college student, I had an '86 Chevy Sprint. It had something like a 10 gallon gas tank, so I'd usually put about 8 gallons in it.

    I still remember once I filled up the tank for $7 something.

    You're paying 10 times as much for that Bro-HAM. :surprise:

    -juice
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...had a 1986 Chevy Sprint back in the day. Hers was a blue sedan with the little 1.0 litre three-snapper. Could use something like that today. Hey, maybe these gas prices are my excuse to get a motorcycle!
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    I think a bike would be safer... :D

    That thing was a tin can. Mine had 48hp IIRC, to go up hills I'd have to get out and help push!

    It did its job, though - cheap beater for a broke college student.

    -juice
  • waiwai Member Posts: 325
    Haven't seen the long line at the service station at Delaware I-95. This morning family seems rushing to spring vacation but have to pay 87 - $2.66, 93 - 2.87.
  • oregonboyoregonboy Member Posts: 1,650
    No, wait... never mind.

    I can't believe you said that. Next you will want the apple orchards cut down and planted in corn or sugar beets.

    I thought the humor was broad enough so that everyone would "get it". I guess I was wrong. :sick:

    james
  • w9cww9cw Member Posts: 888
    Here in central Illinois the discount stations are selling 87 octane for $2.899. Majors are, of course, higher. That's the best price at this time.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    As a comparison:
    In 1961 gas was about 19 cents per gallon. I made $62.50 per week. Driving 15k miles per year in a 10 MPG car cost me about 8.8% of my annual income. Using the same 15k miles per year, at $3 per gallon, gas is only 4.6% of my annual income. Plus I don't drive 15k miles per year now. So it is more like 3% of my income. At $3 per gallon gas is still cheaper than 45 years ago.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    I thought it more a snide remark from an ethanol proponent. And it was funny to me... :)
  • oregonboyoregonboy Member Posts: 1,650
    Nope, count me as anti-ethanol... at least as a large-scale replacement for petrofuels.

    james
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Check out this link if you think ethanol's a good idea for fuel. Gives a new meaning to the phrase "oil for food."

    The author doesn't sound like a left-wing greenie. He lives in Montana and took out an elk for food. Something to think about the next time you chomp on your corn-fed burger (and live green, go yellow for your car).

    http://www.harpers.org/TheOilWeEat.html
  • ateixeiraateixeira Member Posts: 72,587
    Interesting article. Incredible just how processed the food is that we eat.

    But don't a lot of vegetarians also go organic?

    -juice
  • thatsmycallthatsmycall Member Posts: 54
    when I bought my 98 nissan 4 banger a gallon of gas was $1.43 and oil $22 barrel. At $69 oil a gallon of gas should cost $4.485.

    The real price has not reached the pumps yet. I don't know if it is cheaper to drive today considering other financial pressures like the cost of cars, housing, health care, education, insurance etc. The world was built on cheap oil, but that is at an end. GL

    http://www.lifeaftertheoilcrash.net/
  • bottgersbottgers Member Posts: 2,030
    ....my little ol' Corolla is quickly approaching $30. I didn't think I'd ever see that day. :cry:
  • vermonter16vermonter16 Member Posts: 29
    Well, here in Manassas, VA it is running $2.89 pgallon... I have to drive about 35 miles each way to work... With my income I can absorb the cost though it does HURT...I really have to factor in the cost to my finances now... however, if we look at the minimum wage in the area...it is terrible... There are people out there, a lot of people out there who are making minimum wage and have to absorb the cost... So making $5.15 p/hour....wow...what percent of income is that? Wages have not kept up with what people call the normal inflation....
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    According to my records, on 9 April 1958, I bought 9.8 gallons for $3.90! That's 39.9 for Premium.
    Today, 14 April 2006, Premium is $2.81 a gallon. That is only a little over seven times increase.

    If your income has not increased at least seven times since 1958, the real problem is not the price of gas! ;)
  • kernickkernick Member Posts: 4,072
    There have been studies shown that there are relatively few people making minimum wage. But I will agree there are many making slightly more than that. It is true in any country that lower income people will have a tough time affording an auto, and gas for it. I don't really consider this news. It certainly was true in this country, until post WWII.

    It's simple economics that if other people in the world are willing to do the same job as you are for less money, your pay isn't going up much, or you'll be replaced. It is also simple economics that as others make money, they will want to buy the same resources you do, and the price will go up, and to the higher bidder.

    I suggest to everyone to do something to improve your own situation. Options: move closer to work, less pleasure driving, more economical vehicle, get another job, get a better education and career, or start your own business and earn what your worth (don't complain about your wages; if you produce something worthwhile no one's forcing you to work where you are.)

    By the way; prices are in the $2.70 - $2.75 range for regular, here in NH.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    I agree, most of what we buy and use has gone up more than gasoline. A house that sold for $20k in 1970 is now over $600k. If gas kept up with housing we would be paying $12 per gallon.
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Environmentalists have succeeded in scaring off oil exploration along American coasts, particularly in the Gulf of Mexico. But in lobbying Congress, environmentalists overlooked another government entity that is willing to exploit those oil reserves.

    Rep. John Peterson, R-Pa., pointed out in a letter to the Miami Herald that Fidel Castro is exploring the possibility of drilling for oil a mere 45 miles off the coast of Florida. Peterson knows a little about petroleum, as he hails from Titusville, Pa., where an 1859 gusher led to the modern oil industry.

    “Imagine what Castro is thinking as we spend our time quarreling over whether we should produce American energy 100, 150 or 250 miles from the Florida coast while he makes arrangements to set up shop hundreds of miles closer,”

    Peterson wrote. “He must love that we’ve allowed emotion to win out over reason, facts to be dwarfed by fear and our nation’s energy policy to be driven by unreasonable environmental concerns.”

    As gasoline inches to $3 a gallon, the possibility of Cuba producing oil that America won’t is something for all Americans to consider.

    http://sundaygazettemail.com/section/Editorials/2006041411
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Exxon is giving Lee Raymond one of the most generous retirement packages in history, nearly $400 million, including pension, stock options and other perks, such as a $1 million consulting deal, two years of home security, personal security, a car and driver, and use of a corporate jet for professional purposes.

    http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1841989&page=1
  • kernickkernick Member Posts: 4,072
    To put Raymond's package in perspective that's a little over 1% of the wealth Bill Gates has earned thru Microsoft. It is about twice what A-Rod's contract (with the Yankees) is for playing a game. And it is about 1% of Exxon Mobil's profit last year.

    I agree though that if the shareholders don't like that the Exxon is putting too much $ into Raymond's package and not into their dividends, they should complain. If Raymond's package was less, this would not decrease Exxon's revenue, or the price of gas 1 penny.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Well then, it is all justifiable

    With any luck, the security will be needed
  • euphoniumeuphonium Member Posts: 3,425
    He EARNED it. :)
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    I agree. He did more for Exxon's bottom line than Ovitz did for Disney. I can remember one year that Seinfeld made $225,000,000 just for being funny. We the people support those high flying wages on the TV, theatre, stadium, Internet and the pump.
  • kernickkernick Member Posts: 4,072
    None of those salaries or packages may be morally justifiable depending on your view. However they are certainly legal. People are allowed to accept as much money as we're willing to give them.

    If the owners of Exxon has a problem with the pay/packages of corporate officers then they should override it. It is money coming out of their profits. The stock symbol is XOM; buy some and join any stockholders to rescind it.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    Indeed, legal and right aren't always the same.

    I don't see many stockholders doing anything in regards to corporate misdeeds. Dissent is unpatriotic nowadays.

    But I guess if we deregulate the labor market and all get cookie cutter MBAs, everyone else can make out like robber barons too.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    ...Regular went up 5 cents since Thursday. It now stands at $2.77 for Sunoco Regular. I'm sure Ultra is well over $3.00 as 93 Premium is $2.97. The oil execs should at least buy us all dinner and a movie if they intend to screw us.
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Don't you think we could bump off Castro pretty easily now if we wanted to? I mean, Cuba isn't exactly Iraq, you know.
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    Just wondering -- couldn't you feed your Cadillacs premium (93)? That would save a little. I don't know of any car that actually calls for 94 octane.
  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    2.71/2.81/2.95. We used to have even 10 cent gaps, but now premium is suffering from extra-gouge. I am sure supply and demand can explain it.
  • lemkolemko Member Posts: 15,261
    Well, when I can't find Ultra I settle for Amoco 93 Ultimate. I just like to give my Caddies the best. Needless to say, they are getting a nice vacation courtesy the greedy oil barons. Lat time I drove the Seville was on Thursday to take my girlfriend out for her birthday.

    Supply and demand? We supply the money and they demand all of it.
  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    Agree lemko... we are @ $2.79 a gallon here in Dumas, Tx.
    we keep hearing $3 dollar gas is just around the corner here in Tx. :cry:

    Rocky
  • iluvmysephia1iluvmysephia1 Member Posts: 7,709
    we are still sitting at $2.31/gal for 87 no-lead. It did go up a dime a gallon a few days ago. Most all stations are offering the lowest-grade of ghastly for this price, including the Phillips 666 station that is only a Jay Buhner's throw from my house here in the north end of town. Still can't complain compared to the rest of the country, we are within close distance to refinery action in Wyoming. Also, the elevation requires less of one of the gasoline's expensive elements to be put in the mix. So, we are in a 4-state area that is the nation's lowest-cost area for ghastly.

    Ghast-o-line-ey! :D

    2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick

  • chrisducatichrisducati Member Posts: 394
    $2.79
  • waiwai Member Posts: 325
    I try to get the most performance out of 93, is Amoco 93 Ultimate better than, V power, Sunoco 93, Texaco 93 and exxon/mobil 93?
  • 210delray210delray Member Posts: 4,721
    It's all 93 octane, so it shouldn't matter. Shell V Power is supposed to have something like 5 times the federally required amount of detergent in it, but is that much really needed?

    Then there are the so-called "Top Tier" gasolines, where all 3 grades are supposed to meet standards set by GM, BMW, Toyota, and Honda.

    Funny though, my '05 Camry owner's manual doesn't say a word about Top Tier (and the car was made after Top Tier). It just says to use good quality gas, don't use gas containing over 10% ethanol or 15% MTBE, and don't use gas with any amount of methanol or MMT. And if you're uncertain, it goes on, ask the service station attendant. ;)

    (Do you think the pimply-faced guy behind the counter is going to know squat?)

    FWIW, here's the link to Top Tier:

    http://www.toptiergas.com/
  • ghuletghulet Member Posts: 2,564
    I just paid $2.949 for 87 octane at the crummiest no-name station in the neighborhood, their 93 was $3.049. BP and Shell are at about $2.97-3.06-3.179 for the three grades, or at least were on Friday night. They're probably higher now even (waaah-wuuaaaah-[Debbie Downer music plays]). :(
  • au1994au1994 Member Posts: 3,701
    we're at 2.65, .75 and .85 now at the bargain spots (QT, Race Trac) haven't paid any attention to the name brands this weekend, but they should be close to 3.00 for premium.

    I used my discount card at the grocery store Saturday and got a dime off. Used to be that was out of the way to save the dime, but not any more.

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    2024 Audi Q5 Premium Plus Daytona Gray over Beige
    2017 BMW X1 Jet Black over Mocha

  • fintailfintail Member Posts: 58,415
    I see oil popped past $70 today...fun times ahead
  • jae5jae5 Member Posts: 1,206
    Big Three vs. Big Oil
  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/ticker/article.asp?Symbol=US:XOM&Feed=AP&Date=2- 0060416&ID=5644691

    :cry:

    Rocky
  • rockyleerockylee Member Posts: 14,017
    The Big 3 are going to fight against "Big Oil" and there baught and paid for politicians. ;)

    Rocky
  • gagricegagrice Member Posts: 31,450
    Maybe it is a mad scramble after Abramoff left a big slot open. I'm betting on big oil beating out the battered automakers of the world. Exxon and BP could buy all the automakers and have the BIG ONE.
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