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Most stations have been at $3.97 - $3.99 advertised for 87 octane since Friday;, only a couple are still advertised at $4 or over. It's as if they think if they actually display $4 people will get upset but at $3.99 everything would be fine & dandy.
One thing for sure, these prices haven't caused people to slow down.
at the Sunoco: $3.49/$3.69/$3.79
'11 GMC Sierra 1500; '98 Alfa 156 2.0TS; '08 Maser QP; '67 Coronet R/T; '13 Fiat 500c; '20 S90 T6; '22 MB Sprinter 2500 4x4 diesel; '97 Suzuki R Wagon; '96 Opel Astra; '11 Mini Cooper S
Sunoco at Rising Sun and Longshore in NE Philly:
RUG = $3.73
Plus= $3.83
Ultra = $3.93
The last time this crap happened, they at least waited until summer before raping us! :mad:
Prices in the city are getting closer to $5 each day, especially downtown.
It is the stations that raise the prices in those areas to cover the losses from theft and the cost of added security. Crime costs everyone more money. Even those that can least afford it.
At least when Europeans pay high tax-based prices for fuel, they get something in return.
So why are they always rioting and protesting if they have it good?
Just because it's a poor neighborhood doesn't mean it's crime-ridden - there is plenty of crime in the 'burbs, just not plastered on the front-page or leading story on the television news.
Saw a forty plus cent differential between premium and diesel in many areas of Virginia the other day which surprised me. Usually it's just a dime or so most places.
We're in Niagara Falls Ontario tonight but shouldn't need gas until we get back in the US over at Sarnia/Port Huron.
Sunoco at Rhawn and Verree in NE Philly:
RUG = $3.77
Plus = $3.87
Premium = $3.95 :sick:
Ultra = $3.97 :mad:
I just filled up my wife's LaCrosse from a little more than 1/2 tank and it was $33! Good thing I've got my Grand Marquis topped off earlier in the week! At this rate, I'll be poaching gas from the lawnmower!
There was a man in front of me with a Chevrolet Silverado truck that looked to be a contractor or tradesman and the pump read $75 for a little more than 19 gallons. I saw the disturbed look on the man's face and how he drove away in dismay.
Good God, these oil speculators and their evil brethren richly deserve to go to a very hot place! I should live a really evil life then kill myself so I can go to hell and look for them. After I'm done thrashing Roger Smith for what he did to my beloved GM, I'm going to find these evil oil SOBs and thrash them for what they did to everybody else! :mad:
Beyond them, the government devaluing the dollar by printing so many more due to the deficit in order to buy our treasury bill sales is causing the price of real materials to rise and oil is one. If the dollar increased in value back to what is was, the oil would cost less despite the speculation raising it. Add to that a third war destabilizing a small supplier of oil and 108$ is what we get.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Diesel gap went up to $4.39, supply and demand, free markets, and capitalism at work, no doubt.
Regular at the Flying J was $1.34 and diesel was $1.25.
That's a bit over $5 a US gallon for regular.
I paid $3.60 minus 10 cents off per gallon at Kroger today, using the store's bonus points. Sam's Club (I am not a member) and unbranded RUG at a carwash are going for $3.54, only for cash at the latter.
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Beyond them, the government devaluing the dollar by printing so many more due to the deficit in order to buy our treasury bill sales is causing the price of real materials to rise and oil is one. If the dollar increased in value back to what is was, the oil would cost less despite the speculation raising it. Add to that a third war destabilizing a small supplier of oil and 108$ is what we get.
I don't think the American dollar is ever going to go up in value again. I mean lasting rise in value. We've got too many political forces keeping the value of our dollar down, and one of those is our relationship with China. Without turning this into a political debate, I'll leave it at that.
Gas was $3.59 at the Holiday Gas Station in little Hayden, ID, yesterday. I was there getting ghastly after getting a couple of Hankook 215 45R 18" slicks put on my '08 Lancer GTS. Total price for those 2 Hankook's you might ask? $401.04. Whew! Glad I can get 40,000 miles outta my 30,000 radials! Yikes, them are b&&l-busters there! :shades:
2021 Kia Soul LX 6-speed stick
RUG= $3.83
Plus = $3.93
Ultra = $4.03
Is there an Emotorcon showing a car in a hockey mask, carrying a chainsaw, and disemboweling an oil speculator with it?
I drove about 10 hours through Michigan today and regular at most every station was $3.99.
Diesel was running $4.25, so the differential here is getting smaller.
The upper half of Lower Michigan is a beautiful drive--but long. I recall parts of Michigan along Rt 23 was mostly bare exchanges without much civilization 40-45 years ago.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
We were all on the Interstate in the Lower part today, making time toward home.
Filled today at Costco. Cheapest gas in town at $4.05. My local Shell is selling RUG for $4.29. Top price in the City is $5.05 for Union 76 RUG. Diesel varies from $4.29 to $4.85. Premium at the 76 station is $5.25.
We are still hanging around $3.65 here. Up in NW Jersey where I grew up it's a good dime more.
I came in on an interview Dobbs was doing with the CEO of Chevron and he was stating the rise in oil & fuel is due to the strengthening economy, China going like gang-busters and overall economies doing well. I think the CEO is drinking some of that oil due to:
the REAL U.S. economy is still in the toilet
Dollar's more devalued than hotels on Baltic Avenue on a Monopoly board
Housing double-dipping like everyone with common sense said it would
Unemployment is still rampent
China has been & continues to pull back
Japan blown and shaken to smithereens
Where are these j/a's getting their info, Faux Business?
I'm with you Lemko, I can't wait to see these you-know-whats in the after-life - I'm going to go Jonah Hex on their :surprise:
RUG = $3.85 Antisocial!
Plus = $3.95 Criminal!
Ultra= $4.05 Downright Psychopathic!
These oil specualtors and execs better have their safe rooms ready because I'm about to go medieval on them! The Hell's Angels, Pagans, Outlaws, Crips, Bloods, MS-13, Cosa Nostra, and Russian mobsters will seem like a tea party with Polly Prissypants compared to me!
$5 gas in DC?
Still holding at $3.99 here.
"Guess what, Barry? I went out to lunch today, stopped by the Toyota dealer, and picked up a new Prius with all the cash I had in my wallet and then went to Burger King for a Whopper and fries."
I'm tempted to get a more fuel-efficient car sometimes, but the math just doesn't work out. I've only been averaging around 800 miles per month with the Park Ave, and the Silverado is down to around 200 per month.
The running average for the Park Ave is around 21.5 mpg, which comes out to around 38 gallons per month. Even at $5/gal, that comes out to $190 per month.
If I found an economical car that used half the gas, that would be a $95 per month savings. And I have a feeling that the only type of car that's going to get at least 43 mpg in my type of driving is going to be a hybrid. I don't think a cheap little econobox would do it. So I'd be spending a lot of money to save $95 per month!
The pickup is lucky to break 10 mpg unless it gets a highway run, but replacing it makes even less sense, since it gets used so infrequently.
If my situation ever changed, to where I suddenly had a long commute, I'd consider getting something more fuel efficient. But as things currently stand, it just doesn't make sense.
That's why people say everyone's on the take because how is gas that's in the underground tanks all over a sudden jumping 5 ~ 10 cents over the course of a few hours when everything is futures-driven.
hmmmm do they know somethiing we don't (or do)?
In that time, I've put approximately 13,000 miles on the car or around or 6,241 miles a year.
To be conservative, I'll say the car gets a combined 19 MPG.
6,241 / 12 = 520 miles a month.
520 / 19 MPG = 27 gallons @ $4 = $108 a month. Doesn't seem bad in that perspective.
This is where it gets bad:
Wife's Lacrosse has approximately 56,500 miles on it.
She's had it 6.083 years, so 56,500 / 6.083 = 9,288 miles a year
9,288 / 12 = 774 miles a month.
To be conservative, I'll say her car gets a combined 22 MPG.
774 / 22 MPG = 35 gallons @ $4 = $140 a month
Princess doesn't buy gas! I do! So $140 + $108 = $248 out of MY pocket every month! Every dollar increase is another $62 out of my pocket every month!
Still, I don't think anybody could finance a Prius for a piddling $248 a month.
I didn't even factor in the Brougham or DTS which are driven sparingly, even when gas is cheap.
Supply and demand... RIGHT
I just cruised through a bit of Canada the other day and was amused to see several Esso stations. My brother was a Tony the Tiger at Esso grand openings 40 some years ago.