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cdennisg
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Saw $2.79 about 40 miles south of here today, and $3.20 In Spokane.
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Pruneman99
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 2:48 pm Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| The station by my house that jacked prices up to $4.60 have lowered them now to $4.16. |
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 5:05 pm Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| Small independent station $2.99 only had regular. Frederick, MD |
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EVfun
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 5:48 pm Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| Pruneman99 wrote: |
| The station by my house that jacked prices up to $4.60 have lowered them now to $4.16. |
The whole "anti-gouging" whine rubs me the wrong way. If/when gas supply is tight I want to visit the place charging $6 a gallon -- they will have gas and won't have a line. I drive about 4000 miles a year. An extra $3 per gallon is worth my time saved.
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Pruneman99
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| Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 6:02 pm Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| EVfun wrote: |
| Pruneman99 wrote: |
| The station by my house that jacked prices up to $4.60 have lowered them now to $4.16. |
The whole "anti-gouging" whine rubs me the wrong way. If/when gas supply is tight I want to visit the place charging $6 a gallon -- they will have gas and won't have a line. I drive about 4000 miles a year. An extra $3 per gallon is worth my time saved. |
I wasn't advocating against anti-gouging. Honesty, I can see arguments on both sides. If the stations on the east coast were allowed to increase prices, maybe people wouldn't be filling up huge containers of gas they didn't actually need at the time.
I was just saying even though CA isn't served by that line, we saw some up movement in prices. Now, it's lowering again. I didn't top off when the prices went up, so take that however you'd like  |
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Chickensoup
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all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel  plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg.
to answer the OP's question. i think georgia is doing the third worst. ive seen prices over 3.50 a gallon for regular. i dont want to know whats its like outside of my local stations.
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cdennisg
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| Chickensoup wrote: |
| all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg. |
That 's all well and good until you need to haul a day's worth of lumber and tools to a jobsite, and four guys to get the job done. 60MPG you say?
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Q-Dog
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 6:21 am Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
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| all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg. |
That 's all well and good until you need to haul a day's worth of lumber and tools to a jobsite, and four guys to get the job done. 60MPG you say? |
I know, right? Me and all my neighbors are doing this every day! 
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| Posted: Wed May 19, 2021 6:27 am Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| Chickensoup wrote: |
| all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg. |
That 's all well and good until you need to haul a day's worth of lumber and tools to a jobsite, and four guys to get the job done. 60MPG you say? |
Yes, VW advertised the diesel getting 60 mpg in the Jetta and Golf. We have had 4 of them so far, the lowest we recorded was 55 mpg and the highest 63 mpg. That is Imperial gallons not US gallons.
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Chickensoup
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Yes another reason I love the tdi. I'm aiming for 70 mpg after I swap out the nossles and re map.
The reason I posted is because deisle has barely gone up.
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melville
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$3.799 yesterday for 92. Thank goodness it was just a gallon for the lawnmower.
I am, however, driving 250ish miles in the truck with a trailer tomorrow. I'll be filling up just before I get to the California border. I expect an 80 cent difference again.
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cdennisg
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| Q-Dog wrote: |
| cdennisg wrote: |
| Chickensoup wrote: |
| all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg. |
That 's all well and good until you need to haul a day's worth of lumber and tools to a jobsite, and four guys to get the job done. 60MPG you say? |
I know, right? Me and all my neighbors are doing this every day! |
My point was missed. my fault.
It is a pretty simple thing to get high fuel economy out of a lightweight vehicle carrying one butt to work. But it is only really practical for that purpose. Wanna really beat the gas gougers? Ride a small motorcycle every day for commuting. But that isn't practical for many situations either. Stack three or four more butts in that car, and fill the trunk with their stuff, and that economy degrades quickly.
Small cars with great economy are a good thing. For some. But they are very impractical for anything else, usually. If I could get a modern high efficiency diesel in a small truck like my 87 Toyota, I would.
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Summer 2021 gas price fluctuation will certainly be more complicated than on the past. Supply issues, refinery changes, the hack, Covid recovery, home commuting, reduced travel..all have their impact
Paying about $3.00 for 87 and $3.60 for 93
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| Posted: Thu May 20, 2021 4:39 am Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| Abscate wrote: |
Summer 2021 gas price fluctuation will certainly be more complicated than on the past. Supply issues, refinery changes, the hack, Covid recovery, home commuting, reduced travel..all have their impact
Paying about $3.00 for 87 and $3.60 for 93 |
And let's not forget hurricane season - hurricane Harvey caused havoc on the gas supply when it hit Texas.
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 6:16 am Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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| cdennisg wrote: |
| Q-Dog wrote: |
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| Chickensoup wrote: |
| all yall peeps gettin ancy bout gas prices. while im sittin high with my diesel plus, you rarely need to fill up when your getting 60 plus mpg. |
That 's all well and good until you need to haul a day's worth of lumber and tools to a jobsite, and four guys to get the job done. 60MPG you say? |
I know, right? Me and all my neighbors are doing this every day! |
My point was missed. my fault.
It is a pretty simple thing to get high fuel economy out of a lightweight vehicle carrying one butt to work. But it is only really practical for that purpose. Wanna really beat the gas gougers? Ride a small motorcycle every day for commuting. But that isn't practical for many situations either. Stack three or four more butts in that car, and fill the trunk with their stuff, and that economy degrades quickly.
Small cars with great economy are a good thing. For some. But they are very impractical for anything else, usually. If I could get a modern high efficiency diesel in a small truck like my 87 Toyota, I would. |
Take a good hard look at the pickup trucks and SUVs around you every day. Well over 90% of them are not carrying a bloody thing ever! One person in them getting 12 mpg all day long every day.
I constantly hear two excuses for that kind of behaviour. I NEED 4x4 for the winter. Ya? I had this conversation with my sister just recently and I asked her how often she was stuck in her Toyota Corolla last winter. "Well, I almost got stuck in the back alley once." My reply was "So you are prepared to do a $30K upgrade to get an SUV that takes you from 40 mpg to 15mpg? All to avoid an almost situation that never happened and if it had you could have walked 60 feet from to the comfort of your house?"
The other one is "I need this truck to tow my holiday trailer." I had this conversation a couple years ago with a fellow I worked with after he bought his second $90K Ford Harley Davidson edition diesel 1 ton pickup. "So you need that to tow your trailer for 1 week of the year?"
"Yes."
"The rest of the year it does nothing more than a Honda Civic could not do correct?"
"I guess so..."
"Add up the difference in fuel cost for the year, the difference in purchase price, the difference in insurance, the cost of that holiday trailer in purchase price and interest, storage fees for the off season and the fees charged at the campground for the week's holiday. With the money save you could afford the most luxurious 1 week cruise out there and come home with a big chunk of change, or buy a permanent time slot/condo at your favorite resort!"
Yes for those that work out of their pickups every day there is no other option. That I totally get.
When we were in South America a few years back I was amazed at the number of VW (Sonaro?), Chevy S10s and Ford Rangers down there. And they were all DIESILS! Wow! A 40 - 60 MPG little pickup? Where do I sign up?
I keep getting told over and over that they don't sell them here because nobody wants them. I guess you and I cdennisg are nobody!
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Zundfolge1432
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| Howabout a diesel hybrid? |
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melville
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| Posted: Sat May 22, 2021 9:54 am Post subject: Re: Gas prices where you are |
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$3.799 yesterday for 92. Thank goodness it was just a gallon for the lawnmower.
I am, however, driving 250ish miles in the truck with a trailer tomorrow. I'll be filling up just before I get to the California border. I expect an 80 cent difference again. |
$3.699 for 87 at the last place on the Oregon side. $60ish to fill the truck.
Not as bad on the CA side as I would have expected. It would have been $4.399 for 87 in Crescent City.
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$3.29 for high-test here in Vermont.
Last week I did my twice a year gas can fill up for the mowers , chain saw, snow blower ect., about 28 gallons, 3 people asked if I was "stocking up", due to the "shortage" I was driving my Rabbit Diesel truck, one guy asked what I got for Gas mileage, I said 45 -mpg, he said "really" ? Then he saw the Diesel badge on the tailgate.... 
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Paid $4.359 for 91 octane today. Pasadena, California.
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