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Mostly I use grocery coupons here for gas and usually get 10 to 15 cents off a gallon.
The move to smaller cars is happening without the sort of loud panic over gas prices that drove consumers to small cars and hybrids in 2008 (and the late 1970s.) Instead, consumers appear to be quietly factoring gasoline prices of close to $4 a gallon into their buying calculations, and reassessing just how much car they need to crawl to work on congested freeways."
Detroit’s Joy Ride Is Over (WSJ)
Although the idea is correct, I don't see many really caring about fuel yet. Maybe when pressures are finally made for the overpaid unfireable in-for-25-out-with-85 "traffic engineers" to optimize traffic flow, which must waste more gas then suburban posers in SUVs.
I presume you don't watch the local news. Here is what I've heard and read:
Exxon's refinery in Torrance shut down when it lost power Oct 1 - they are in the process of starting up again
Phillips is scheduled to perform work at its two California refineries this month
Chevron shut down it's pipeline to Northern CA due to high chloride in the oil.
You could also tell your boss you need a raise to cover the price of gas driving to work. :sick:
I was in PA yesterday and stopped off to fill up on the way home. Usually gas is cheaper up there, but not this time. Where I stopped off, it was something like $3.939/4.139/4.339 for 87/89/93. I ran out to do some errand this morning and topped off at my local Crown in Maryland, and it was more like $3.59/3.799/3.99.
Oh, and on that round-trip, I estimate my new Ram got about 19.1 mpg, which would be mostly highway, but some short-trip/local mixed in. That figure would probably make most people cringe, but I was pleasantly surprised that it did that well!
Of course the thrift shop I went to was an hour away, so I spent more on gas than the suit. But I was combining errands anyway.
I think this should be it.
Ironically, as big, bulky, and heavy as this thing is, compared to most of my cars it actually represents a step UP in fuel economy! When I took it up to PA and back, I averaged about 19.1 mpg round trip, plus a bit of local driving so it wasn't pure highway.
Pretty good mileage for a big beast. Does it have cylinder deactivation?
That's not bad at all considering the power and size of the truck.
"Stop-start systems can cut combined city-highway fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 3-10 percent, and even more when they're combined with hybrid drive systems. The systems deliver their fuel economy improvements in city situations that involve lots of stop-and-go driving. And they can do it at relatively little cost to the consumer."
Engine Stop-Start Systems Save Fuel at Low Cost
"California is a closed system," adds John Demopoulos, an energy analyst at Argus Media. "The whole thing functions perfectly well when everything's going to plan. But when something unexpected happens, there's no external buffer."
Investigation into previous gasoline price spikes in California didn't find an errant hand.
Instead, it found the proverbial invisible hand—the ordering principle of supply and demand. And given the quirks of the California market, that law appears to be working just as you would expect it to."
California's Gas Price: Is There a Villain?
That a storm of Sandy’s size and destruction would have such a muted impact might come as a surprise, especially given the big price spikes associated with past storms, including the 45-cent-a-gallon increase that followed Hurricane Isaac earlier this year. But several factors are working in drivers’ favor this time around.
First and most significantly, the East Coast simply isn’t that important as a gasoline supplier. The refineries in Sandy’s path make up about 8% of U.S. refining capacity. Isaac, by contrast, idled nearly half of U.S. capacity when it hit the refinery-rich Gulf Coast.
Damage also appears to have been minor."
Sandy Won’t Cause Pain at the Pump (WSJ)
Funny pic for Fox to choose to accompany the story - kids in line, people yakking and smiling. Where are the storm troopers?
And how many days warning did these people have of Sandy anyway? They had plenty of time to top up their cars and their gas cans before the storm hit.
Some stations had jumped to $3.79 instead of $3.45 last week. The local gas/fast market manager told me the prices were dropping because the supply disruption from the Eastern refineries didn't occur. The oversupply and slow economy in Midwest has the prices dropping here according to her company's pricing guru.
2014 Malibu 2LT, 2015 Cruze 2LT,
Milk here is higher than gas now, although you can find it for $2.99 at one place. If you buy gas, lol.
I filled up yesterday afternoon at $3.389 (plus I saved $.20/gallon with grocery discounts, so I paid $3.189).
Last night I noticed the same station had dropped their price of RUG to $3.359.
I am in a place where fuel is over $7/gallon - things seem to be ok. No poser trucks, oversized fake SUVs, cardboard 'n plywood mcmansions etc though, and the public transit ranges from workable to amazing.
We are within a 100 miles of the nations salad bowl. And rarely get a head of lettuce under a buck. It is fresh year round. Still cheap enough to not grow our own.
I filled at Costco yesterday. Down to $3.79.
Doing a rice milk run is okay since gas at WallyWorld is usually twenty or more cents lower than around here, so it's easy to justify a drive. Plus you just have to get out of Dodge now and then. :shades:
I have to drive 13 miles to a yuppie grocery to get it. And gas is not cheap anywhere in So CA.
I don't drink milk of any kind. Butter and Cheese are my two dairy weaknesses. Tillamook Sharp Cheddar and Real Butter.
Actually, my wife and I are in the process (hopefully) of buying a little old place in Venango, Pennsylvania. Not to move there (at least that's not my intent), but it will provide a welcome respite for my wife for a couple months a year. She has many family & friends nearby, so it is something she has wanted to do for a long while.
As for milk, we tend to buy almond milk quite a bit. It is approximately double the cost of your basic store brand dairy milk (~$3 for 64oz vs. 128oz), but is darn tasty (and healthy) too, so I don't mind. The end result is that it is used far more conservatively, with the replacement fluid being water. Can't beat that!
Steve,
I live in So CA where the vitamin D is Free... :shades:
Ran out of 2% so grabbed a half gallon for $4.19 at the gas station where regular is holding at $3.51 a gallon.
Wonder how much of that $4.19 is made up of diesel fuel?
When the gas light comes on you can go another 62 miles. That's good 16 miles further than you'd get in an Accord.
How far can you go after the gas light in your car comes on? (tankonempty.com)
I have to drive 13 miles to a yuppie grocery to get it.
Here's a little tip to perhaps save a few pennies on milk. Right around the expiration date on the jug is a code. That's the dairy the milk came from. Around here, Hood and Garelick Farms are the two big brand names. But they supply all the milk for the store brands. Compare the codes between brand name and store brand. Same milk, cheaper price.