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NEVERENDING ♾️ The NEVERENDING Gas Price Thread

we're still around $3.87. but some stations in the area are above $4 for regular.

today's headline:
$4! Gas prices have Tier fuming
Many motorists plan to cut driving

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Average right now is $3.95.9/10, but some places are as high as $4.10.9/10. We have to use reformulated gas here under the CAA so our prices are usually a little higher than 'down the road a piece'.

maryindevon said:
Are people in the U S changing their petrol purchase patterns because of these dramatic price rises? I mean is there a sense of panic buying or people kepping their cars above half full as they think each gallon purchased is a savings hedge? If so is this contributing to a (sellers) perception of increased demand? Just wondered...
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I don't think so, but I'm like you and only fill up about every three weeks or so thanks to a really short commute. What I do see is people deciding to stay much closer to home for holiday rather than taking long road trips. Indeed, many state tourism boards are heavily advertising local attractions that don't typically get much air time. With local duly emphasized.
 
All commodities, including gas, are going through the roof in part due to the falling dollar and our overseas meddling. Time to wake up people.... our government is the real enemy and the founding fathers warned us. Don't make me start quoting the Federalist Papers.
 
It's been $3.95 here the past few days. I am thinking about a re-route to Orlando this week, just to avoid the prices at interstate exits, which are always so high. It would mean a longer drive (time-wise, at least, due to some 2-lane roads).
 
It ranged from a high of $3.99 in Piscataway, NJ and $3.73 at the stations on the GSP. On our way home going north on the Parkway I noticed long lines of cars from NY lined up to get the cheaper gas on their way back.
 
kjelsadek said:
It ranged from a high of $3.99 in Piscataway, NJ and $3.73 at the stations on the GSP. On our way home going north on the Parkway I noticed long lines of cars from NY lined up to get the cheaper gas on their way back.
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Why is it CHEAPER on your highway? Good grief, I pull off anywhere from a FL interstate and it will be anywhere from 15 to 30 cents a gallon more expensive than 10 miles off the interstate.
 
maryindevon said:
Are people in the U S changing their petrol purchase patterns because of these dramatic price rises?
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I do think it is happening. This week-end was a holiday (Memorial Day) and is considered the "unofficial" start of summer. In Michigan, many people go up north, and the main highways are always jammed up with traffic on Monday (today) for people travelling back home. My wife and I go visit family in northern lower Michigan, about a 4 hour drive. Today, the drive home was easy - the freeway had traffic, but hardly the scale of years past. Furthermore, most vehicles used to have boats or campers in tow. This year? Anecdotally, I can tell you very few vehicles were pulling toys. Things do seem to be changing.

Gas is $4.199 a gallon around here.
 
Wanigas? said:
I do think it is happening. This week-end was a holiday (Memorial Day) and is considered the "unofficial" start of summer. In Michigan, many people go up north, and the main highways are always jammed up with traffic on Monday (today) for people travelling back home. My wife and I go visit family in northern lower Michigan, about a 4 hour drive. Today, the drive home was easy - the freeway had traffic, but hardly the scale of years past. Furthermore, most vehicles used to have boats or campers in tow. This year? Anecdotally, I can tell you very few vehicles were pulling toys. Things do seem to be changing.

Gas is $4.199 a gallon around here.
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What I found to be interesting on my trip 'Up North' was that people were still driving like maniacs. I tried my best to keep my Sable under 2,000k rpm and was rewarded with 30 mpg. This of course meant slower ramp-up times and breaking, keeping the speedo at 65 mph on the freeway, but hey it was worth it. (No I was not the guy in the left lane you were cursing at! :))
 
Zoning Goddess said:
Why is it CHEAPER on your highway? Good grief, I pull off anywhere from a FL interstate and it will be anywhere from 15 to 30 cents a gallon more expensive than 10 miles off the interstate.
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In NJ there are service plazas along the Garden State Parkway and NJ Turnpike which have gas stations in them. There is some rule that only allows the prices at those particular stations to be adjusted once per week unlike the other stations which seem to adjust daily.
 
I'm sure this has been mentioned here plenty of times- but why is it some God-given right that Americans feel they have to cheap gas?

I'm surprised it took so long to reach $4 a gallon. And I'm glad it has. It's time for Americans to wake up
 
imaplanner said:
I'm sure this has been mentioned here plenty of times- but why is it some God-given right that Americans feel they have to cheap gas?

I'm surprised it took so long to reach $4 a gallon. And I'm glad it has. It's time for Americans to wake up
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I'm with you, but you need to keep in mind that real people are suffering real hardships as a result of this. Yes, we collectively made land-use decisions over the last 60 years that we'll look back on and wonder how we could have been so batsh!t crazy for so long, but here and now, this is and will continue to disrupt many lives - and as a planner, you need to keep this in mind.
 
Every city seems to have at least one of them: That One Gas Station That Charges A LOT More Than Everyplace Else Surrounding It Yet It Still Gets Customers. There's one not far from my girlfrend's house; a Shell station where the posted price is $4.25.9 per gallon, even when a BP across the street is at $3.95.9. That Shell is ALWAYS 25 to 30 cents per gallon higher than everyone else, but there's always a few cars at the pumps. What's the deal, and who buys gas there? Elderly brand-loyal customers? People who are too lazy to turn across the street?

Buffalo has The Expensive Gas Station Chain; in this case it's Mobil, who dominates the "most expensive" list on various fuel price Web sites. A Mobil station in WNY will usually be about 10 cents a gallon higher than nearby competition. I don't know what the deal is there, either; their stations are mostly plain 1980s-era relics, and the fuel isn't touted as anything special.

A part of me wants to believe that there's a difference between Shell, BP, Mobil, Speedway and the rest, but I've always heard that in reality, it all comes from the same refinery now; gasoline is essentially a commodity product with absolutely no differentiation between the brands. True?
 
Dan said:
gasoline is essentially a commodity product with absolutely no differentiation between the brands. True?
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I don't think so. I think that even though they might come from the same refinery , different additives are added and even some brands perhaps stretch/exagerate the octane rating a little bit more. I don't have any proof of this (yet)
 
$3.83 this morning at the cheapo station. I had to pay $3.89 yesterday because I didn't have enough gas to hit the cheapo station. I turned in a gas receipt for reimbursement this morning which was duly paid but we are going to talk to the dragon lady about a 4 day week or gas reimbursement since we don't get any other benefits.
 
I think it is around $4.80/gallon up here ($1.26/litre). I think the last time I put gas in the car was in April...
 
kjelsadek said:
$3.83 this morning at the cheapo station. I had to pay $3.89 yesterday because I didn't have enough gas to hit the cheapo station.
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Please note that cheapo stations may not always the best in the long run. Many use more ethenol than what manufacturers suggest for maximum gas milage. If your cheapo is a major national brand (think standard oil derrivatives) then it probably is a good deal if it is some odd name like Bob's Gas 6000, I'd be leery.
 
DetroitPlanner said:
Please note that cheapo stations may not always the best in the long run. Many use more ethenol than what manufacturers suggest for maximum gas milage. If your cheapo is a major national brand (think standard oil derrivatives) then it probably is a good deal if it is some odd name like Bob's Gas 6000, I'd be leery.
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Big Brand.
 
Home heating oil

Ouch... I just had to order oil and it was $4.05/ gallon. This was about $0.75 more than the last time. About 6 years ago I paid $0.75/gallon!:-o
 
I guess there was some sort of a lightening induced fire at refinery in Kansas. I guess that means gas prices will rise $2 a gallon now.:-c:-@:-{:-c:-@:-{:-c:-@:-{
 
What if gas prices stabilize around $5.00 gallon in the U.S. is anyone going to make changes to their daily routines? Like walk to work?
 
Nope, its not an option for I dare say most folks to walk to work and taking mass transit would cost me 4.25 to park each day (no bus runs near my house) then 3.55 in transit one way and take me over an hour. If I am at peak times and trains are not 20 min apart and I don't miss a connecting bus from the metro to my office. I do the reverse commute so no carpool or slug for me

For me the 20-30 min 10 mile drive at 5.00 a gallon in gas is much better than mass transit my guess is this is the same problem for many folks
 
While riding to work this morning, I rode past a gas station and it's up to $4.30 for regular here. Still seeing the same number of angry cagers on the road as before.
 
I've seen prices as high as $4.49 here in Chicago. I joined Zipcar a few weeks ago so I could have a way to get to the Columbia Gorge (although I ended up going to the Oregon coast). I reserved a car the other day to deliver several very heavy bags of books to school, it ended up taking me nearly half an hour to go the 4 miles. I'm still convinced biking is the best way to get around this city. Although of course for most Americans the time involved in alternative transportation generally fails to make up for the savings in gas.
 
After oil trending down over the last week to about $123 a barrell. It has shot up again to $135 on a prediction that it will hit $150 by July 1. We are facing irrational run-ups in the commodities exchange. I hope that the dollars turn around against the yen stays on course and is not affected, but only time will tell.

End result? Look for higher gas prices soon. I'm buying gas tonight if its not too late.
 
durangobob said:
What if gas prices stabilize around $5.00 gallon in the U.S. is anyone going to make changes to their daily routines? Like walk to work?
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Not a option for me. I live in the deep south, 18 miles from work. It's been in the 90s here for the past week, week and a half.:-c
 
I topped off the tank at $3.73 (with Soopercard savings) last night after reading the news about the oil price jump.

Turns out I was getting 26.8mpg on our SUV driving to and around Denver on Thrusday and Friday :-D.
 
we're at about $5.02 USD per gallon here in Waterloo. I try to bike to get groceries and do other errands. The reusable bags they have at stores can carry quite a bit. In the winter I can take the bus to major destinations. I use the car if I need to pick up something heavy, need to get to some suburban location, or need to be somewhere quickly (unfortunately the bus service comes every 15 minutes at the most - too bad I'm not in Ottawa where the bus system is much better)
 
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Whose Yur Planner said:
Not a option for me. I live in the deep south, 18 miles from work. It's been in the 90s here for the past week, week and a half.:-c
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That's quite the cop out.

I also live in the south. My wife has been carpooling with a neighbor and I have been biking into work. I rode in this morning. It is a little more than eight miles. My wife swings by after work with her carpool partner and I throw the bike in the back of our Jeep. That way I am only riding in the cooler (<80) morning hours.
 
durangobob said:
What if gas prices stabilize around $5.00 gallon in the U.S. is anyone going to make changes to their daily routines? Like walk to work?
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I know people who have started riding their bikes to work. Of course, I still segway to work frequently. Maybe someday people will make better home/work location decisions and we'll get passenger rail service between modest sized cities again. At the moment I spend $80 in gas every other weekend to go see my kids. I would gladly pay that for a two-way train ticket. I'll even more gladly do the same when gas gets up to $5.00 a gallon, which will be the new floor in a year.

Plus there will be greater opportunity for local manufacturing to meet local needs, particularly in food processing.
 
I started carpooling when gas was $3.80/gal. We carpool 4 days a week. She works one day of the weekend, so she's off one day of the "regular" work week. So we both don't drive 2 days of the week, and that helps.

For me, that means I save about 4 gallons of gas a week. She drives a gas-guzzling, high-grade only car, so the savings are higher for her. Overall, it works.
 
Heading back to Yankeeland today. Will see how much the gas has gone up :r:
 
the 76 station on the corner of VanNuys and Riverside...................4.99/gallon for premium. I paid 4.69 this morning for premium at the shell station just a few blocks away from the 76 station, Unfortunatelty I have to run premium in the BMW.
 
Well, it was only a matter of time before AZ got ours. $4.14-4.19 in the valley after being in the $3.80 range for weeks.
 
Queen B said:
I hope the price holds until I can get out at lunch. We are at 3.84 right now.
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Darn..i wish for that now! Didn't top off the sentra this weekend since it was 4.50 a gallon. But i must admit, my wife and i have done well to cut back our consumption. I haven't filled her car with gas since last month :-D
 
$3.99.9 just about everywhere in Cleveland. A few stations are over $4, but not many want to make the plunge. Even the truck stops in Ashtabula, which are normally about 10 cents cheaper than Cleveland, are a mill below $4.

I'm in Buffalo for a few days. I've seen everything from $4.09.9 to $4.29.9.
 
Afternoon all.

Around these parts we're talking £1.20ish for a litre of unleaded, £1.30+ for a litre of diesel. As everywhere, it's gone up massively recenlty. Cheapest in Europe is Switzerland apparently where it's still under a £1 for a litre, with the most expensive in Norway at around £1.40 a litre.

It's not too bad for me as my car does about 63mpg, but to jump from fifty quid for a tnak to over £60 in a couple of weeks is still pretty drastic.
 
[ot]noj!!!! Welcome back, friend!:-D [/ot]

Finally over $4 here at the station across from the office.

In town it is still $3.97.

My dad said this morning there is a line at the station by his office, cheapest in Denver Metro at $3.76.
 
Just got back from lunch gas jumped from $3.86 this morning to $4.19 at lunch here in suburban Indianapolis.

On a side note, the Town is letting the Town Staff try out a 4-week trial, 4/10 hr. work week, that will save 34 miles a week, plus I will only hit the beginning of the morning rush and the tail end of the evening rush. :)
 
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