Report Your Local Gas Prices Here (retired discussion, please see the new one)

british_rover · May 2008

I was thinking a few weeks ago that instead of buying a new gas lawn mower when I bought my house I should have bought an electric lawn mower. It takes me less then 30 minutes to mow my front lawn and I don't really have a back lawn. A little electric mower would handle that size just fine and cost me almost nothing over the course of a season to run.

My typical electric bill in the summer is between 40 and 60 dollars a month so recharging a mower once a week wouldn't change that hardly at all.

Prices finally broke the 4.00 dollar a gallon mark late last week after holding at 3.99 for almost two weeks. Also one of the gulf stations on my commute yesterday ran out of gas. They are back up and running today but yesterday morning they were out.

lemko · May 2008

Had an electric mower until it quit. Replaced it with a gas mower. The electric mower used no gas, but whatever was saved on fuel was spent replacing the extension cords I accidently ran over.

british_rover · May 2008

Well they do make rechargeable cordless electric mowers you know.

andre1969 · May 2008

I paid about as close to 4 bucks as you can get without going over it...$3.999 for 89 octane at the local Shell. 87 octane was $3.959 and 93 was $4.099.

Oddly, the Citgo up the street was at "only" $3.859 for 87, but 89 was $4.099 and 93 was $4.199. Usually Citgo's cheaper across the board, but it seems like they're always quicker to raise their prices before the Shell does.

oregonboy · May 2008

Back in the early '60s, my best friend's dad was the district manager for Pacific Power & Light. Perhaps because of his job, he owned an electric mower.

I remember that the mower handle would flip from back to front, so that you could push it either direction. The power cord attached to one side of the handle. He would work his way across the yard, away from the power outlet, with the cord always safely off to the side.

imidazol97 · May 2008

Is Citgo the brand from Argentina? Chavez? I think I heard they are changing the name because of consumer resistance to buying gas from their brand name.

british_rover · May 2008

Venezuela not Argentina.

Argentina doesn't really have any oil they are the Beef country.

CIA world factbook is one of the greatest resources on the web.

Argentina proven oil reserves... 2.32 billion bbl (1 January 2006 est.
Oil exports ............................367,600 bbl/day (2004)
Oil production .......................801,700 bbl/day (2005 est.

Venezuela proven oil reserves....79.73 billion bbl (1 January 2006 est
Oil exports.................................2.203 million bbl/day (2006 est.
Oil production..............................2.802 million bbl/day (2006 est.

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html

imidazol97 · May 2008

At least I didn't say Columbia.

british_rover · May 2008

Ehh I almost expect people to get Columbia and Venezuela confused as they are right next to each other and the US has had a rather tumultuous history with both countries.

tlcruz · May 2008

Price went up 12 cents in 5 days!!! GAH!!! :mad:

BP in Titusville, NJ
Unleaded . . . $3.81
Regular . . . . $3.92
Premium . . . $4.02

Spent $31 for 8.1 gallons of gas.

BUT!! My work was nice enough to give everyone (100+ ppl) at least a $50 dollar giftcard/gascard to Sunoco. I usually don't go to Sunoco but next fill-up will be

imidazol97 · May 2008

>At least I didn't say Columbia.

Actually it's Colombia. I did that intentionally as a play on the ease of mispelling it. I'm not up on S. American geography anymore.

A few stations are at $3.65 and $3.7X, but most were still at $3.999. A few have broken the price ranks and dropped to $3.95.

KCRam · May 2008

TA and Pilot (two of the major national truck stop chains) report stations in upstate New York are currently selling diesel for the insane low low price of...

$5.039 :surprise: :surprise:

kcram - Pickups Host

jae5 · May 2008

Guess I should feel lucky, diesel's only going for $4.699 by me :sick:

au1994 · May 2008

Gas went up .06 to 3.85 for regular. I'm sure that has NOTHING to do with the holiday weekend right??

lemko · May 2008

...is a picture of a gas station price placard:

Regular = LOL
Mid Grade = OMG
Premium = WTF

iluvmysephia1 · May 2008

Chavez being from Argentina instead of the correct country that he runs, Venezuela.

Gas was up to $3.44 gal for 87 no-lead at Doc's gas station yesterday. Doc's(formerly Standard-Chevron)is one of the cheapest gas stations in our little town to fill up at.

british_rover · May 2008

Five dollar a gallon nationwide average for RUG by when? I know some people are saying that will happen by July 4th but I think that is too fast. Maybe end of July we will see 5 dollar RUG.

I am sure some places in the US will be over 5 dollar a gallon by July 4th but the average will still be under 5 bucks.

Whats the highest price for RUG in CONTUS right now?

tlcruz · May 2008

Local Sunoco here in Doylestown, PA

Unleaded . . . . . $3.99
Regular . . . . . . .$4.12
Premium . . . . . $4.22

Diesel . . . . . . .$5.12!!! :surprise:

lostwrench · May 2008

87 octane - $4.299
Diesel - $5.099

larsb · May 2008

Here in Phoenix, the Albertsons grocery chain is running a special for cheaper gas. Buy $100 of groceries and get a coupon for 50 cents off per gallon for fillups up to 30 gallons. They don't have gas pumps at all their locations, but the coupon tells you where they are located.

I filled up the TCH yesterday and got $7 back, effectively paying $3.239 per gallon. I'm buying groceries at Albertsons until this promo is over. You gotta buy groceries anyway - might as well shop someplace that gives a good coupon like this.

imidazol97 · May 2008

>coupon for 50 cents off per gallon for fillups up to 30 gallons.

They're encouraging people to drive more by discounting their gas and tying it to a necessity purchase like food makes it worse. That's going to hurt the earth with global warming from your extra driving. Everyone needs to cut back on fossil fuel usage.

andre1969 · May 2008

my roommate who's been borrowing my '85 Silverado to drive to work, commented that on the way home he saw gas for $3.92 per gallon. I told him he's not getting off that easy, as that had to be for 87 octane, which will choke my truck. 89 octane shot over $4.00 per gallon on Friday, and 93 has been above it for probably a couple weeks now.

larsb · May 2008

what extra driving? Across the parking lot? I shop at the one with the gas pumps, and bingo, there is no extra driving. I was there for the groceries anyway...... :confuse:

Believe me, I don't drive much, and I will be driving less in coming years due to a family adjustment.

I'm gonna keep milking the 50 cents off promo as long as they offer it.

lemko · May 2008

$100 of groceries is nothing these days. Yesterday, my girlfriend went to the Holiday Market down the street and bought $53 worth of stuff and that hardly bought anything. I'd take that 50 cents off a gallon if they offered it here.

explorerx4 · May 2008

4.299 for regular, the station stopped posting the price of diesel. it was 4.999 last time is saw it.

oldfarmer50 · May 2008

87-3.99
93-4.21

Diesel-$4.99 Truckers are planning a protest in the capital.

british_rover · May 2008

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20080527-1208-britain-fuelprotests.h- tml

They already are in the UK.

jac0bsdad · May 2008

I support the truckers completely... My Dad owned a small trucking company for nearly 40 years in Tennessee... If the trucking companies go under, you will definitely need to know how to farm, for real...

RUG - $3.75/Gal: Chattanooga, TN

RUG in other parts of TN as high as $3.90/Gal

fezo · May 2008

Rediscovered an old truth over the weekend - if I ever move to Connecticut I'll have to live very near the border. Their gas prices are nuts! RUG was going for $4.15 per gallon - a full quarter more than either New York or Massachusetts. Those two states are still a dime more than New Jersey.

Normally when I head up that way I buy gas at the last stop in New Jersey and don't need gas again until I'm in New Hampshire where there's more cheap gas. I go to stop at that station and it's one of those Lukoil stations that got closed up from the contaminated gas and not opening any time real soon. Fortunately I had enough to get me well past Connecticut.

I'm assuming that Connecticut has a high gas tax. It seems the only logical variable.

stever · May 2008

Should have filled up yesterday - went to lunch today with a neighbor (he drove) and gas jumped up to $3.95 here.

$3.95 regular
$4.07 midgrade
$4.17 premium

$4.79 diesel

explorerx4 · May 2008

connecticut gas tax was the second highest, last time i checked.
in addition, there is probably a distribution tax, storage tax, gas pump usage tax, etc...

for some reason, my explorer likes BP gas. it even keeps on running when the DTE reads zero for a few miles. i can't get it locally, as far as i know.

jac0bsdad · May 2008

fezo: Do you live in New Hampshire, sir? My son, lives with my ex on Long Island, NY, so I know it is very expensive up in the Northeast USA...

Gas Price Update: RUG - $3.74/Gal (Chattanooga, TN - BP in Hixson)... Hixson would be like what Brooklyn is to NYC... only a heck of a lot smaller... lol.

fezo · May 2008

No, I'm down at the Jersey shore. I've got friends up in Lee, NH. More often than not I'm at their Memorial Day party.

I could easily get talked into living in New England even though I would really like warmer weather. Where can I find a place that looks like Maine but feels like Florida?....

stever · May 2008

Hixson would be like what Brooklyn is to NYC..

Hey now, I bought a couple of canoe in Hixson at the old Canoeist Headquarters before those Rock Creek yuppies bought them out.

oops, playing old home week again -

Here's one way to avoid the high cost of filling up:

"Police suspect the thief parked the vehicle over storage tanks, opened a trap door veiled by rubber flaps that hang to the ground and began sucking out the fuel with a make-shift tank hidden in the trailer. The vacuum was powered by the truck's engine, which masked the sound of the operation"

Tricked-out rig allows diesel thief to pump his ride

jae5 · May 2008

on my work route range from:

87 octane: $4.069 to $4.159
89 octane: $4.199 to $4.259
92 octane: $4.289 to $4.499
E85: $3.699 (Gas City)
Diesel: $4.999 (Gas City)

The city is much higher, especially down-town Chi. Glad I'm not in Detroit area where people are puncturing gas tanks to steal fuel. This is getting ridiculous!!

gagrice · May 2008

If the guy were to fill the 5000 gallon tank that trailer would be close to 40,000 lbs. I wonder if he ever broke any axles or popped a tire. I doubt that trailer is rated for more than 20,000 lbs. That was a fad a few years ago when gas was high priced. I remember a VW microbus set up like that with a trap door.

jac0bsdad · May 2008

RUG has gone up overnight by 8 cents at the BP and Mobil/Exxon on Hixson Pike in Hixson, TN..

RUG for those 2 outlets: $3.82/GAL
Conoco, Citgo: $3.76/GAL

I have a BP card that gives me 5% back on my gas purchases, so I am paying $3.82/GAL... I do anticipate the other stations to follow suit and go to $3.82... I will let you guys know... I did hear on the news that the national average for RUG is now $3.95/GAL...

imidazol97 · May 2008

Oil prices have dropped from the high of $136 to $126. That means tomorrow morning should have a 40 cent drop in price if it matches the way the gas companies raised their prices here when it went up several dollars.

The local Marathon affiliates raised their prices from $3.85 roughly to $3.99 again just to celebrate Thursday paychecks and Friday paychecks and gas purchases. Oil prices went down yeseterday but Marathon/SPeedway raised their prices today. Grin.

Other stations have stayed at $3.85 with some lower.

jac0bsdad · May 2008

Ha-ha... I like you man, your alright... what you said about the price dropping at the pump in the corresponding manner in which it has risen was the same thing a colleague of mine from work said today at lunch while we were eating at Sticky Fingers in downtown Chattanooga... we both saw the report about the $3.95 national average and we were like, crap! Anyway, she said the same thing about lowering, in the same manner that I read your post... We all know they won't do that..

imidazol97 · May 2008

We get much more violent jumps than you do in TN. The graph is smoothed out because it's an average of hundreds of stations around the area. There are regions where the price drops because of competition? and then it jumps 30-40 cents to catch up with the rest of the area which experiences a 15-20 cent jump. Have friends who live near Nashville (Smyrna) and their prices go up or down 1-2 cents when we are there! We're used to 15 cent jumps every Thursday afternoon to catch the paycheck-to-paycheck people who have to fill their cars on Thurs/Fri/Sat

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jac0bsdad · May 2008

Are you in the Midwest part of the USA? The city on the graph that indicated Knoxville, is that Tenn or Iowa? I have a frat brother in Nashville and he is in the commercial construction business, but I don't get too much of a chance to talk with him since we are both so busy with jobs, kids, etc.. Overall, Nashville is a lot more expensive to live in than Chattanooga... I think that is a travesty about raising your fuel costs on Thurs afternoons!! That seems criminal to me.. A friend of mine at work went to Cades Cove last week with her husband and she told me gas was going for $3.90/Gal in Gatlinburg, TN.. That is the highest I know of in TN..

gagrice · May 2008

Does that mean the people in TN are more stable than the folks in Ohio?

Our Costco jumped 15 cents since last Friday. We are now over $4 everywhere. Costco today $4.03.

jac0bsdad · May 2008

Ha-ha.. No, we can be as unstable as anyone here in TN my friend... I am hoping our RUG is not up another 8 cents like it was yesterday morning at my local BP in Hixson, TN...

lemko · May 2008

Went to fill my girlfriend's Buick LaCrosse last night. A little over a quarter tank cost $26!!! :mad: Geeze, I remember almost being able to fill the car from empty on that not too long ago. Anyway, Regular = $3.93

Silver = $4.09

Ultra = $4.21 :sick:

imidazol97 · May 2008

I used the Dayton area price where I am and because Chatanooga is not listed on gasprices.com I used Knoxville to get the graph. The point is the ups and downs in the averages which smoothes out the bounces we are given by the monopoly up here.

In an interview in the paper a couple weeks ago the guy talkng for Marathon/Speedway blamed the customers for the up and down price jumps--and the reporter buys into and doesn't question it at all. Sometimes I think the reporters and media are used by the businesses as their personal propaganda machines.

gagrice · May 2008

I spent 3 months in Johnson City, TN back in 1971. I went to a North Electric training school at Gray Station. Lived in a Condo on Boone Lake. I put 13,000 miles on my rental car exploring the area from Asheville to Gatlinburg and back. Many fond memories of the area. I cannot remember what kind of mileage that Vega Wagon got for me. I was on expenses.

gagrice · May 2008

I think the reporters and media are used by the businesses as their personal propaganda machines.

The businesses are their only form of income as advertisers. You don't want to shoot yourself in the foot by bad mouthing the guy that spends money advertising. Same goes for politicians. They are all for sale to the highest bidding lobbyist. It is the same the World over.

imidazol97 · May 2008

I see our local UDF is at $3.859. They must not have gotten the fax/phone call to raise the price to $3.999 yesterday. Some other area stations did not raise their price. It seems to have been Speedway/Marathon and some of the stations they supply under other brand names. The fact others didn't go up for the Friday paycheck crowd means the prices will moderate at some stations on Saturday and slowly ooze their way down a few cents up till next Tuesday when many will go back up again under the pretense that oil prices went up or the supply is low, etc.

I heard that the inventory was down last week but the gasoline prices had dropped despite the inventory drop. Also 2-year treasuries are up.

british_rover · May 2008

Oil trading probe may uncover manipulation

oldfarmer50 · May 2008

On I-90 in upstate NY today. Diesel---$5.19. That's it folks, kiss your food budget good-by. Better start treating your local farmer REAL nice.

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