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I just spent $55 filling up my car with 15 gallons of gas(it requires premium).
Side note - the price for premium is about half the percentage over what it was 3-4 years ago. 20 cents higher than $3.45 a gallon is about 6% more. When gas was $1.59/1.69/1.89 a few years back, it was over 15% more.
Those drivers just like to show off that they are rich and can afford to speed with a gas-guzzler.
I guess I gotta give back that pack of Juicy Fruit, the two Swedish fish and the Pixe Stix.
I guess I gotta give back that pack of Juicy Fruit, the two Swedish fish and the Pixie Stix.
All of these places had teetered just over $3 for the last ten days. Given that there wasn't much of a retreat from that last nationwide spike, I suspect we'll get pretty close to $4 around Memorial Day, even without a scare put into the market that jacks up prices despite having no real effect on supply (Iranian letter writers, Chavez fireside chat, NOAA hurricane report, Nigerian despots, etc.).
So there's clearly a huge variance across the US: from about $2.50 (Ohio) to $3.45 (Calif.)
Glad we were able to take our cross-country trip last December, paying between $2.05 and $2.47 per gallon the whole way.
Our budget can absorb this added expense, but I think I am more frugal than I thought. I am really planning my trips better, ran on our treadmill this morning instead of driving the 10 miles to the gym, and I am trying to slow down on the highway. I drive a Pilot, so not the worst offender on the road, but certainly uses more than it's share of gas.
Since I am on the road less, I haven't spent money on iced coffees, snacks for the kids or odds and ends at Target etc. Like I said, I know we have the money to continue our lifestyle, but the price is really making me question every trip I make.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Nigeria Pipeline Explosion
A tragedy for sure. And another reason to cause futures to go through the roof, raising prices.
Most are keeping up with the image, which is dumb to me :confuse: They are trying to compete with the Jones' - too bad the Jones' are broke too :sick:
I've been doing pretty well too, keeping in the right lane, doing the limit, smooth starts and the like.
To stay on topic:
Regular: $2.83 ~ 2.95
Mid-grade: $2.89 ~ 3.15
Premium: $2.95 ~ 3.25
E85: $2.65 (regular at this station is $2.95)
But it's not like gas prices are going to make our rents look low.
Are they going to give some of that profit to the starving pygmies? Sounds like Exxon could afford to be giving and generous to somebody for a long, long time and still make a great profit off of us, huh?
Happy motoring.
Just feeling gracious to be consuming ghastly.
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
That ancient 3.8 V6 only needs regular!
(If I were in the Hummer, I might be laughing.)
Most places are $2.79 for 87. Strangely, offbrand Kangaroo is $2.83. Why pay more for an unknown when you can get Shell, Exxon, or Citgo for less?
What's next, getting petrol from the local "Woop-D-Doo" or "Thingamajig" :confuse:
WaWa's are usually these really big, massive gas stations, with convenience stores, which are open 24/7, and they're usually the cheapest guy around. Kinda like a Sheetz, I guess.
There is economic competition among ourselves to not only keep up with the Jones, but to set a higher standing of living. We are not saving, we are not investing, we are impressing and those impressing items don't leave much cash for gas.
But a poster here said that Kangaroo is a convenience chain based in the South, so obviously they're moving a little farther north.
Similarly, Sheetz is a large regional chain based in Altoona, PA.
The "service stations" as we knew them are rapidly becoming extinct -- now it's gas, food, beer, coffee, cigarettes, etc. Luckily, they've kept the restrooms.
Local gas station at Shell, Exxon/Mobile, Chevron, Gulf, at Newark Delaware all has the same price $2.99/Gallon for Regular 87, seems there is a price fixing here.
While in Missouri we bought a commemorative Kum and Go travel coffee mug.
Ghastly is at $2.78/gal for 87 no-lead here in warm Pocatello, ID today. It's around 80 degrees today and supposedly we'll see lower 80's tomorrow and upper 80's Thursday. My wife and I are planning to take the Sportage 4x4 to Yellowstone Park Thursday. It's only about 125 miles NE of Pocatello. I'll chime in with any interesting news after our visit there. We're told we ought to leave our two Pomeranian pups home because of all the hub-bub they could cause with the wildlife in the Park. Does that ever make sense to me. Especially my youngest Pom, the Seahawks could use him at middle linebacker! I'm not sure he feels pain, if you know what I mean.
Yes, this is the GrandDaddy of American parks and also my favorite park to visit. Really looking forward to it. :shades:
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
But didn't people in the 50s wear finer clothes more often (even at ballgames -- look at old photos), go out bowling, bet on horses, smoke a lot more, and even drink hard liquor more often?
Besides, what was once a luxury is now a necessity. Like air conditioning, cell phones, computers, and internet service.
Country clubs -- I don't know; it wouldn't surprise me if membership as a proportion of the population was higher in the 50s than today.
Just an observation -- The Stop n Shop station down the street sells generic gas, and folks assume it's the low-price juice, because they give a discount for motorists with a Stop n Shop card. But I've noticed that when the price spikes, discount sellers' prices are often higher than nearby Shell and Mobil stations. Like, f'rinstance yesterday, when the discounters' price was $3.17 for generic 87 grade. I wonder why in some market situations the "name brands" and "discounters" temporarily swap positions?
Possibly uncharitable editorial observation about the petrol marketplace: SOME customers at discount stations with multiple lanes and a dozen+ pumps act like stressed rats. They can't be counted on to pick a lane and stick with it. Or they can't seem to remember which side of their car the filler is on. Or they have a hard time with automated pumps. I've seen one customer pull the nozzle out with gas still flowing. (She then dropped it under her car and ran away shrieking. Amazing how fast a firetruck got there. You'd have thought it was in line, too.) Or they act as if "Choose Payment Method" is a stumper. Or they fill their tank manually and when they're done sloooowly commence to wash their windshields. I've seen two fights in the past couple months, one between women, either one of which could have passed for Tony Soprano's sister. I'll pay another nickel a gallon just to avoid sharing turf with these rambunctious incompetents. Maybe they're all part of Big Oil's pricing strategy. But jeez, people, can't we all just get along?
THanks Mr. Bush!!!!
what happend to the Oil when we took out Saddman H..
what happend to the Oil when we took out Saddman H..
He's too busy making democracy flower in the Middle East, wiretapping your phone conversations, and avoiding blame for the Katrina/FEMA mess! And cutting taxes to pass the buck to future generations!
Back on topic, we're still holding steady at $2.79 for 87 at most places in central VA.
Actually, government revenue from both individual and corporate taxes are up substantially. According to data from the Congressional Budget Office, total receipts for the 1st four months of 2005 were at $1.217 trillion. For the 1st four months of 2006, total receipts were at $1.353 trillion. That's a GAIN in revenue of $136 BILLION.
In just the first 4 months.
BTW - outlays for Defense spending over the same 4 month period grew from '05 to '06 by $13B. Outlays for SS benefits grew by $17B and outlays for Medicare grew by $18B. Just a few more facts to consider.
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7184/05-2006-MBR.pdf
Credit an improving economy. Now, how much cutting taxes improved the economy is open to debate. But I can't see cutting taxes as HURTING the economy. The biggest problem (IMO) has been runaway spending, NOT cutting taxes.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled program....
Anyone running a household knows you have to keep income and spending in line.
And the federal government ain't, big time! Kind of ironic that once what I knew as the party of fiscal responsibility has let things get so far out of line.
Come to Virginia, where we do it the right way!
All I was responding to was your insinuation that deficits were due to tax cuts. All I was trying to point out was that revenues are UP. The problem (which I noted in my last post and to which you apparently agree) is that spending is out of control. But cutting taxes isn't what led to increased spending.
Bottom line - deficits are not due to tax cuts (since revenues are actually UP substantially). Deficits are due to increased spending. I'm still waiting (after more than 5 years) for Bush to find a spending bill that he doesn't like. Uh, he IS aware of his veto power, right?
We just have the boring regulars here in Chi-town: Shell, BP, Mobil, Jewel
I'm not touching that one (literally) :P
I'm not touching that one (literally)
I was thinking it the moment I saw it, but I tried to use restraint. And was successful, for awhile. Do they offer full service there? What about lube jobs? :shades: