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2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
RUG = $2.81
Plus = $2.91
Ultra = $3.11
With the older cars, sometimes if there's roughly a half-tank or more left, I'll top off with 87, which would level it out to around 90 octane.
I moved before the flume fell apart and reopened that section of the Ocoee to whitewater. Still have family there though.
Gas was always cheaper in Georgia when I lived there, but it was too much of a hassle to drive down there to save a couple of bucks.
This discussion calmed down when gas prices fell, but it likely will be heating up again soon:
How does gas at $4 and higher impact you?
Scott
Sunoco at Rhawn and Verree in NE Philly:
RUG = $2.95
Plus = $3.05
Ultra = $3.15
People are trying to crawl out of this recession and Big Oil's pushing us back in.
Remember the current office of president holder had answers for the economy when he was a candidate. He knows how to this.Is there an ulterior motive on his part?
Gas here is
$2.85 regular after bumping up to $2.89 in preparation for some reason or other that they have to raise prices.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
87: $2.73
89: $2.93
93: $3.03
Was in Nashville, TN. first week of May and prices were in the $2.53 range. Was told this was a slight increase due to the graduations. By the way, I recommend the Hilton-Garden Inn in downtown Nashville, very nice rooms / fitness center and excellent breakfast.
Back home had a couple of fill-ups, one for $2.99, the other for $2.90 then off to Indianapolis area. Petrol prices were in the $2.54 range where I was staying, with an observed low of $2.52 further out and high of $2.59. The $2.52 was at a Speedway near the casino, the other was in town at a Shell. Prices pretty much the same along the interstate, increasing the closer you get back to Illinois / Chicago areas.
Back home prices are $2.92 at the normal fill-up station, $2.96 at the BPs, Shells and Mobils. Will be filling the fuel cans today for the lawn mower, hopefully beat the Memorial Day increase.
PS
Was Nashville a big mess from the flooding?
Returning home Monday, we topped off again in Jersey @ $2.67 (Valero).
Back home, it's still $2.59 at Sheetz, and $2.57 at the nearby BP, but the latter is now on my boycott list along with Chavez' Citgo.
$2.61 Sunoco here.
As far as Nashville, where I was staying downtown it was nice and dry, but the outlying areas, kind of soggy. The Opry-Mill mall where my niece worked was totally under water, Grand Old Opry under water to the mid-rows. Some areas you still needed a boat to get around.
At my relative's (by marriage) place it was ok & horrible. CNN / Anderson Cooper were actually there; my relative made out ok because his house was at the top but those in the valley / lower sections were wiped out. In two sections there were still pumper & dump trucks pumping & sucking water and dumping. So in his subdivision you either didn't get messed up or were wiped out. Another thing that caused the areas to be hard hit is since the ground is so hard and rocky in that part of the country basements, even crawl spaces, are an expensive and rare thing to have, whether you're house is new or old.
The one thing myself & bro couldn't figure out is why crews were leaving the last 1 ~ 2 feet of drywall up - cutting a foot above the flood water line, which averaged about 5 feet. I mean, most of the homes had 8 or 10-ft ceilings and since drywall comes in that size it's a heck of a lot easier to get rid of & replace the whole sheet. You are saving absolutley nothing (money, time, work) by leaving that last couple of feet. Plus it's going to turn bad anyway, which in some of the emptied out homes it did. Not sure if this was an insurance thing or not. People were trying to save their funiture by "drying" it out, but it was just too far gone IMO. To add another twist of the knife, they're located near the river but the majority, if not all, of folks did NOT have flood insurance, which I thought you had to have :confuse:
There were some homes set up for volunteers to come to to hydrate, eat, take a break. TSU & Fisk areas had some soggy places but for the most parts dry.
Sorry for the long story.
Have a good holiday everyone. :shades:
What is interesting is last year in the middle of May the price for RUG was $2.27. This year in the middle of May I paid at the same Costco. $2.91. Or 22% higher price. I see inflation in many areas of our lives this year over last.
PS
Welcome back Larsb.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
I hope gas stays cheap over the summer, because it can get a bit pricey running those thirsty cars up to Carlisle!
Was in the city last Sunday for the game and prices (at least by Comiskey) were in the $3.20 range for 87 octane. A little higher the closer you got to downtown Chi.
There is something a little goofy going on because the prices by work are about 10 cents more than what I paid and is farther away yet there is a Shell & Mobil 2 miles from me that are 14 cents more. Usually the "at-work" prices are more expensive :confuse:
With prices like these I can drive the Olds more and give the daily commuter a little R&R
We're seeing a weird trend with gas prices locally. My home county still has prices mainly in the $2.60s for RUG, but counties to the north and west are down into the the upper $2.30s to mid $2.40s. So I've been gassing up on the way to work, at Sheetz, where RUG is $2.45. There's a BP nearby that's down to $2.42, but I can't stomach giving business to BP anymore! :sick:
The only (very tongue-in-cheek) positive is the high demand for marine mechanics to repair the huge backlogs of boat engines & fuel systems damaged by ethanol. There's the ethanol jobs stimulus!
It has marketing possibilities though; I tend to buy milk that has the "NO rBGH" logo on it.
Ethanol free gas could be the new "premium". Mmmm, organic gasoline.
RUG is holding at $2.99 here in Boise.
Steve, there are several stations just off I-81 in VA as shown on www.pure-gas.org but I don't know how current is that information. I guess I'll find out in a couple of days.
-RPM