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Wed Apr 06, 2022 9:07 am

$4.799 for 87 yesterday. $111.53 to fill the truck.

Thu Apr 07, 2022 2:37 pm

Said to my wife: "Hop in the buggy Hun, and I'll take you to an expensive place."

Thu Apr 07, 2022 3:05 pm

^^^ At least there is no surcharge at the ATM, you got that going for you at least. :roll:

Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:33 am

Northern Michigan 'Tip of the Mitt' was up to $4.29 ,,back down to $3.69 :roll:

Fri Apr 08, 2022 4:43 am

madmike wrote: Northern Michigan 'Tip of the Mitt' was up to $4.29 ,,back down to $3.69 :roll:

That's good news since my wife and I are going to St. Ignace in about a month. Here in north central Illinois we're still getting ripped off at $4.30-$4.50 per gallon. In addition, the roads are so bad it's like driving in the Rally of the Acropolis.

Fri Apr 08, 2022 8:02 am

$3.80 Long Island north shore

Fri Apr 08, 2022 9:12 am

Rumors have it that the car thieves in this area are now leaving the cars and just taking the gas. It's worth more, it's harder to trace and easier to sell...

Yup! I kid you not! Reach under with a cordless drill and a drain pan! The cops posted pictures yesterday!

Fri Apr 08, 2022 1:52 pm

Believe it or not, I just got a message from my daughter now. She was on her way to work following a lady and she saw a trail of liquid on the road and smelled gas. She stopped her and told her she had a leak. They looked under the car and there was a hole drilled in the tank! The lady had just filled up because the gauge was on empty when she started it this morning!

Fri Apr 08, 2022 2:35 pm

oprn wrote: Believe it or not, I just got a message from my daughter now. She was on her way to work following a lady and she saw a trail of liquid on the road and smelled gas. She stopped her and told her she had a leak. They looked under the car and there was a hole drilled in the tank! The lady had just filled up because the gauge was on empty when she started it this morning!

Maybe that's why I leave my tank close to empty to begin with... :wink:

Fri Apr 08, 2022 3:05 pm

oprn wrote: Believe it or not, I just got a message from my daughter now. She was on her way to work following a lady and she saw a trail of liquid on the road and smelled gas. She stopped her and told her she had a leak. They looked under the car and there was a hole drilled in the tank! The lady had just filled up because the gauge was on empty when she started it this morning!

Yes, this crap is on he news here, too. It can be thousands of dollars to fix the hole.

Plastic tanks make this silent and easy.

Sat Apr 09, 2022 4:34 am

If I lived in the city's where this happens ,I'd make a some sort of 'Bed of Nails" for them to lye on as they scoot under the vehicle :twisted or Dog Poop,,something atleast :lol:

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:18 am

KTPhil wrote: oprn wrote: Believe it or not, I just got a message from my daughter now. She was on her way to work following a lady and she saw a trail of liquid on the road and smelled gas. She stopped her and told her she had a leak. They looked under the car and there was a hole drilled in the tank! The lady had just filled up because the gauge was on empty when she started it this morning!

Yes, this crap is on he news here, too. It can be thousands of dollars to fix the hole.

Plastic tanks make this silent and easy.

One of those classics where a dealer calls for a new tank, while a DIY can patch the reinforced abs tank forv$8.99 with stuff from the WaWa , where gas is $4.13

Sat Apr 09, 2022 11:43 am

Hey Rich this will be your view ,I try to get up there for the big Car Show :wink: Gas price here is still $3.69

Sat Apr 09, 2022 4:36 pm

March 7th 2022 I posted.

Xevin wrote: 76 station near Oakland, CA airport.

$5.10 reg, $5.30 mid, $5.50 premium, and $5.50 diesel

I took a Prius rental car 104 miles round trip to see mom.

It was $5.36 to fill up when I got back to airport :shock:

Today. Same trip, same gas station, and different car. Avis only had a stupid Toyota Tacoma double cab TRD edition and other full size car to rent for my “Economy car” :evil: All the cars in the various lots were larger cars.

$5.79 reg
$5.99 mid
$6.19 premium
$6.59 diesel

5.35 gals $31.89 to top off rental to return #-o ](*,)

It’s Spring break and rental cars are stupid expensive right know. The clerk did bring the rental car price down because it wasn’t an economy car

Sat Apr 09, 2022 4:54 pm

Long Island, where nothing is cheap.

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:02 pm

I’m paying more upstate than on the North Shore.

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:05 pm

Abscate wrote: I’m paying more upstate than on the North Shore.
I was driving west and passed a higher income neighborhood and the price was $4.25.9. Going further west though a low income area the price was $4.19.9.

This was all within 5 miles on the same road.

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:45 pm

Right near Stony Brook 4.79

Up the hill in the 11776, 3.95

Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:46 pm

Abscate wrote: Right near Stony Brook 4.79

Up the hill in the 11776, 3.95
You'd think they'd charge more to drive the truck up the hill.

Sat Apr 09, 2022 6:28 pm

Glenn wrote: Long Island, where nothing is cheap.

Exact same price as rural Minnesota. Strange.