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Author Topic: Gas Prices in your area Kyle Caudill Film Handler Posts: 92 From: Wichita Falls, TX Registered: May 2002 posted 04-12-2005 03:05 PM                     Find a gas station on an Indian Reservation. Paid 2.54 for a gallon today at Cabazon. Everywhere else here is 2.80  |  IP: Logged Bill Enos Film God Posts: 2081 From: Richmond, Virginia, USA Registered: Apr 2000 posted 04-12-2005 08:04 PM                     In central Va. Reg. self serve $2.15, mid $2.25, prem. $2.25. Cheapest I've ever paid was 22.9 cents back in '63 and '64 for regular. If you have a diesel and are will to cheat the govt. a little you can use #2 furnace fuel which in much of the U.S. is the same as diesel. It has red dye though so if you get caught with it in a vehicle tank you'll be screwed. An acquaintance who owns a service company that does diesel fuel system work says the dye has no effect  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-12-2005 08:23 PM                        As of today, the cheapest gas in the city of Boston is $2.259 per gallon for standard-grade unleaded. Not sure on the most expensive, but it's probably about $.20/gallon more. Ouch. I remember paying $.999/gallon back in 1998 in Virginia, which was great because I was a poor college student then.  |  IP: Logged Rachel Craven Madam Moderator Posts: 2190 From: Pensacola, FL Registered: Dec 2000 posted 04-12-2005 09:11 PM                     The cheapest I found in Attleboro, MA is $2.11/gal, the most expensive is $2.22. Doesn't seem that bad compared to other parts of the country.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 04-12-2005 09:53 PM                        I watched the price of fuel drop from $2.16 on my way to work to $2.12 at lucnh at the same station. Regular unleaded... I paid $2.10 this morning at Sam's. 2003 Honda Accord (4cyl) avg 27mpg in town. Haven't done hwy trip yet, but should realize around 35 or so hwy.. :-)  |  IP: Logged Monte L Fullmer Film God Posts: 8367 From: Nampa, Idaho, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 04-13-2005 12:15 AM                     Like me, for instance: I went to Albertson (and used my "preferred" card to save three cents..lol) to get gas for the lawn mower and trimmer. Paid 12 bucks for a 5 gallon container full. Brother, I remember paying a buck and a half for the same amount in the late '60's ( 26.9c/gal.) When the oil embargo hit in '74 and gas prices actually doubled, from 27.9c, to 55,9c I knew that this was the beginning of the end. three and a half gallons for a buck went quite some distance for us "Bug" owners back then. -Monte  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-13-2005 03:11 AM                        quote: Gracia L. Babbidge My '93 Subaru Legacy (wagon) gets about 25 miles per gallon. Running with the heat or the AC on drops it down to about 20-21 mpg. Does it have an additional resistance heater to speed heat output? Usually, the heater in a car doesn't affect gas mileage. It just diverts some of the water heated by the engine from its destination of being cooled in the radiator up front to a little radiator warming the inside of the car.  |  IP: Logged David Buckley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 525 From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2004 posted 04-14-2005 02:10 AM                        Of course, in another 390 days or whatever when this thread wakes up again, we can look back on how these will be the good old days of cheap gasoline The price of oil and oil derived products behave more or less as dictated by supply and demand, and global rate of oil consumed continues to increase year on year, and the global supply rate is having difficulty keeping up, with no evidence that either of these factors is going to change soon. Diesel, 26mpg, 1.12NZD/Litre, 3.72USD/Gallon. Leo would like it here - LPG is available at every forecourt.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 04-14-2005 02:43 AM                        Does that mean that LPG use is widespread in New Zealand, then? Thinking a bit more on Stephen's point about the tax concession, I'd guess that mass conversions to LPG are probably unlikely here, and that it will probably remain a niche market. Basically, in order for it to make economic sense to have an LPG kit installed, you need (i) to be driving at least 20k miles per year, compared to a UK average of 11k per vehicle, (ii) those need to be mainly high-speed miles, as a lot of the fuel efficiency of LPG compared to petrol/gasoline is lost in urban stop-start driving, (iii) you need to be planning to keep the converted car for at least 2-3 years, and (iv) there has to be a reason not to go for Diesel, because there isn't much difference in the fuel cost per mile between an efficient Diesel engine and a typical petrol engine running on LPG. In my case it was because I could afford the LPG kit but not a Diesel car which offers the comfort and reliability of what I've got at the moment. Does NZ have a lot more cars being sold with factory-installed LPG kits (here this isn't standard on any production car, and is only a factory option on a small number of models) rather than retrofitted ones, which account for most of Britain's LPG vehicles?  |  IP: Logged David Buckley Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 525 From: Oxford, N. Canterbury, New Zealand Registered: Aug 2004 posted 04-14-2005 09:00 PM                        quote: Leo Enticknap Does NZ have a lot more cars being sold with factory-installed LPG kits (here this isn't standard on any production car, and is only a factory option on a small number of models) rather than retrofitted ones, which account for most of Britain's LPG vehicles? In the half of NZ I live in, new cars here are more rare than in the UK, we mostly buy second hand motors imported by the roro ferryload from Japan. I've not seen any advertising for LPG cars though. I've also never seen a car filling up with LPG. I see the odd car with an LPG sticker on the road. So my guess is there are very few LPG cars here. Every forecourt has an LPG pump because every forecourt has the ability to fill LPG gas bottles, which is what every Kiwi has for the BBQ, rather than calor gas as used in the UK. The other thing that is different here than the UK is fuel tax. Only petrol is taxed at the pump here, all other fuels are sold without tax. If you have a non-petrol car you must buy "road usage charges" by the 1000KM, so diesel, bio-anything, electric, all get taxed through that method. The advantage is there is only one kind of diesel, and its fairly cheap, so handy for farmers etc, rather than duty paid road diesel and red agricultural diesel as used in the UK. Of course, we do other things differently here with LPG too, check out http://www.asciimation.co.nz/beer  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 04-14-2005 10:46 PM                       quote: Bill Enos cheat the govt. a little you can use #2 furnace fuel which in much of the U.S. is the same as diesel. It has red dye though so if you get caught with it in a vehicle tank you'll be screwed. Yes, and I've been checked for that, too. Revenue agents randomly setup at scale houses and take samples. They're serious. Fortunately, I always fuel at the chain truck stops on a company card, so I can only get the green stuff.  |  IP: Logged Matt Kerekes Film Handler Posts: 73 From: Rio Rancho, NM Registered: Oct 2004 posted 04-14-2005 10:55 PM                     In Tulare, CA which is between Fresno and Bakersfield, gas is about $2.50/gallon. I was in LA the other day and gas was $2.73/gallon.  |  IP: Logged Richard Greco Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1180 From: Plant City, FL Registered: Nov 2003 posted 04-15-2005 12:06 AM                     I just found out some news, I'm going to be buying my dad's car. A '78 Trans Am with a worked 400CI engine. I'm gonna have fun at the pumps  |  IP: Logged William Hooper Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1879 From: Mobile, AL USA Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-15-2005 01:54 AM                        I thought that LPG would get a good start in the USA from the bolt-on boy racer crowd for the same reason Morgan used it for the Morgan +8: LPG is about 100 octane. Step up that turbo boost, shave those heads some more, etc. Of course, if you can't be certain you'll be able to fuel up on the interstate, it's not very attractive.  |  IP: Logged Jeremy Jorgenson Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1002 From: Chicago, IL, USA Registered: Feb 2005 posted 06-01-2005 01:03 AM                        I was just going through pictures on my phone... here is the most I've ever paid for gas (April 22, 2005). This was in downtown Chicago. I saw it for more, in Baker, CA back in 2004, but I didn't have to buy at that point.  |  IP: Logged

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