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Sun Jun 08, 2008 7:09 am

Paid 4.07 to fill up the Jetta yesterday. My prediction for gas is a national average of $6 a gallon by the end of 2009.

Even though the price sucks, it is kinda neat, my bus was a year old when the first Oil Shock hit, was around for the second one in the early 80s and now were heading right into another one. Although I think this oil shock is going to cause some serious changes because unless we suddenly find like 500 Billion Barrels of oil underneath us, in 10 years the roads are going to be quite different.

I for one am hoping for the day when cars can run off electric and for us with classic vehicles, we get gas the way we get kerosene now. Just one small pump tucked in the corner at the convenience store.

Sun Jun 08, 2008 8:27 am

daniel5560 wrote: Paid 4.07 to fill up the Jetta yesterday. My prediction for gas is a national average of $6 a gallon by the end of 2009.

im betting its going to hit $5 by the end of this month in so cal.

Mon Jun 09, 2008 6:55 am

I paid $4.26 last night for Regular.

There goes the summer vacations.

Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:16 am

In Philly for 87: 3.99 in the Northeast, 4.09 in da hood, 4.19 downtown

Mon Jun 09, 2008 8:20 am

$1.50/gal straight from the refinery in Oklahoma.

Mon Jun 09, 2008 1:29 pm

I just paid $4.25 for 87 octane. Something has to give, and we can't stop driving, so maybe we just won't eatas well. Maybe i'll switch to dial up and buy gas with the difference.

Tue Jun 10, 2008 6:20 am

Don't have time to work it out exactly but we're paying around the $11 per (US) gallon mark in the UK. Prices are going up by a penny or so a litre every week or two, or so it seems.

Some people are actually talking about giving up work because they are spending more on fuel getting to work than they are earning. How much would it suck if you got to work at 9.00 but you didn't start getting paid until nearly midday?

Tue Jun 10, 2008 11:38 am

Has any one tried Hypermiling http://www.hypermiling.com/index.html ?

I just heard about this on the radio--seems like it is a new craze and topic of water cooler discussions. Challenging your current driving habits for better mileage.

I myself get good mileage--my van sits in the driveway all week--haven't put gas in in in a month--It need a new tail pipe and I can't afford it :roll:

Sun Jun 15, 2008 1:59 am

$4.09 for 87 in Boulder, CO.

Sun Jun 15, 2008 2:09 am

Down 10 cents to 3.69 in Southwest Missouri.

Sun Jun 15, 2008 6:26 am

$3.73 for 87 in South Carolina yesterday.

Sun Jun 15, 2008 7:39 am

Jumped another dime to $4.64 for regular.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:00 pm

The reg. it is 3.89. For work I have to drive 100 miles one way to stay there 5 mins. I do get .44 cents a mile but that does not do hardly anything.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:04 pm

$4.46 for Regular yesterday. Paid $4.42 on Saturday at the same place.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:17 pm

roo782 wrote: The reg. it is 3.89. For work I have to drive 100 miles one way to stay there 5 mins. I do get .44 cents a mile but that does not do hardly anything. You're getting ripped off by your employer then. The 2008 mileage rate is 50.5¢ per mile.
http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=176030,00.html

Mon Jun 16, 2008 12:44 pm

Just filled 2 five gallon cans for the mower, and filled the VW. $62.00 @ $3.79 gal.
Damn near costs me $20 to mow the yard.

Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:00 pm

FireBug1966 wrote: Jumped another dime to $4.64 for regular.
Where? What part of the country?

Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:13 pm

Fish wrote: FireBug1966 wrote: Jumped another dime to $4.64 for regular.
Where? What part of the country?

58* north

Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:27 pm

$4.59 to fill up at a Shell station in Palmdale, CA yesterday...

Mon Jun 16, 2008 1:34 pm

FireBug1966 wrote: Fish wrote: FireBug1966 wrote: Jumped another dime to $4.64 for regular.
Where? What part of the country?

58* north
I didn't know there was going to be a test.

Juneau Alaska?