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I saw 87 octane at another station for around $1.479/gal. Just as a reference point, I still remember the first time I had to fill up my 2000 Intrepid, back in November 1999. 87 was $1.389/gal.
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Lowest I've paid since Jan 2, 2005. Almost 4 years. And that was $1.519.
Amazing. Flippin Amazin.
C'mon ONE BUCK gas...
If you include the Parkway there's almost a 20 cent difference from the lowest to the highest for regular. The Parkway is only allowed to change prices once a week making those stations very undesirable when prices are dropping but very desirable when they are going up quickly.
Add 12 cents to bump up to midgrade and another 12 to get to premium.
And diesel was $2.55 at the Chevron where I noted the $1.53 regular.
Amazing.
Still, I'll take it! I still remember the first time I had to fill up my 2000 Intrepid, back in November, 1999. That's when gas was just starting to shoot up in this area. Prior to that, we'd whine if it got above $1.15-$1.20! That first fill-up was $1.389 per gallon. Adjusted for inflation, that would be about $1.71 in 2007. The inflation calculator I used didn't have 2008 numbers yet, but if you figure 4-5%, that would put it up to $1.78-1.80.
So at this point, I figure gasoline is costing me less in real dollars than it was 9 years ago. I can deal with that.
Cheapest actually in town is $1.44 and dropping.
If this keeps up there's probably a real deal to be had on a Fusion hybrid when they come out....
It will be a while before I need another car. I've got three cars that have over 120K each on them and run just fine. No sense getting rid of a basically free car that works. Fourth vehicle is teh van and that still has payments on it.
I imagine the first car that's going to need replacing is my Intrepid. It has about 143,000 miles on it and is running fine. I don't drive it much myself, but have been letting my car-less roommate use it to get to work (about 5 miles away for him), and he's just been paying for gas and kicking in some for maintenance, insurance, etc. But when that car finally goes, if I get a new car, he sure as hell ain't driving it!
My Accord is about the age of your Intrepid but with a bit over 160K on it. My wife who is on teh road a lot uses that. Since she put miles on a car and isn't the best about how she treats it (it's also her office...) I figure when that dies I'll just get a more recent equivalent. No sense subjecting a new car to all that unless her company suddenly decides on company cars...
Depending on my driving this week / next may have one more fill-up before the end of the year.
Merry Christmas everyone
Is a map of Manassas. You can zoom out on the map and drag the map to see prices along whatever route you wish to inspect. I use our daytongasprices.com and then drag the map along the route we'll travel to see what the reported gas prices are.
At the top of xxxgasprices.com is a box. Type in the letters and a flyout menu shows which areas gas price tables are available in. Manassas is one.
After zooming out a certain amount instead of individual station prices the level of price is indicated by color. I stay zoomed in just enough so I see individual stations. I just checked from I71 Cincinnati to Louisville I65 to Nashville. The lowest price is $1.45 at Flying J near the TN/KY border.
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Probably not for long - Flying J filed for Ch. 11 yesterday.
Seems prices have stabilized around here. Sunoco Regular is $1.63. I have seen Ultra for as low as $1.97 at the Sunoco at Welsh and Roosevelt Blvd. in NE Philly.
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have to refill all my Otto's bottles.
Just for comparison, 5 months ago, when I got back from the Mopar show in Carlisle, I had a $73.91 fill up with that car at $4.319 per gallon...and that was for less gas! 17.1 gallons versus 19.6 today.
Lowest in about 5 years.
I bet they'll sell a lot of gas at that price.
Here in the icebox of upstate NY RUG is down to the $1.60s in a few places and premium is below $2.
I can hear the politicians licking their lips trying to figure ways to get it back to $3 with taxes so that we "conserve".
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And the new 1.4 BILLION DOLLAR light rail system just opened. At only 43 million dollars a mile, it was a BARGAIN !
Bad timing I guess...............
Diesel is $2.45.
Also had topped up in Front Royal VA on Christmas for $1.45 at a Texaco (would have been 5 cents lower per gallon with cash). Saw gas in NYC for "only" $1.83 -- such a deal (passed). Also, as soon as we got off the ferry from Cape May NJ into Lewes, DE today, gas was back up to $1.83.
I now have enough though to get me home to central VA, where it was $1.50 when I left on Christmas Day, so no gas will be bought in DE or MD.
The message I got was to top off where cheap to avoid the high-priced areas.
Filled with $1.33 BP just north of Toms River today.
Here in town the best I could do would be $1.39.
Several stations are still at $1.38 and $1.43 in spotty areas. I refilled my car at Murphy (Walmart) for $1.49 because tank was low after drive from Nashville home.
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BTW, that gas station where I reported $1.83 in Delaware was a ringer. Because it's the first station you find after you leave the ferry, I suppose it takes advantage of people who jumped on the ferry with little gas left. Other stations a little farther on had RUG at $1.49 or so. Maryland's prices (at least near Delaware) were about the same.
I just paid $1.47 here at home -- we don't get those funny spikes like Dayton.
That ferry is a great trip. We do it at least once a year even if it's just going over for the day. If you get lucky you can get dolphins following the boat.
You'll never go too far wrong on gas by following the simple rule of if your trip involves New Jersey be sure to fill up before you leave. When I go up to New England I always stop at the last gas in NJ before proceeding. That tank is good to get me to New Hampshire which also has cheap gas.
If you come back up this way at night you can now see Barnegat Lighthouse lit up again. We went to the lighting as did half the county. It's not that big a light but it's still pretty cool that they did it. Replacing the glass surrounding the new light cost more than the light did.
On Wednesday or so the price spiked from $1.65 to $1.85 in the Greater Area Dayton. But some prices have dropped to $1.79 already.
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There's been talk of something like that in my area. As an advocate of energy conservation do you think it's worth the cost for your city? How many people will have to ride it for it to break even?
I like the idea of such a system but I have my doubts about the economics of it.
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