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Author Topic: Gas Prices in your area Chris Brown Expert Film Handler Posts: 105 From: Fairport, NY, USA Registered: Nov 2004 posted 06-01-2005 01:25 AM                        Ouch Jeremy! I thought I was in bad shape here at $2.35 until I came across this thread...back in Binghamton where I go to school it's at $2.15 or so. Since I have an SUV I get raped on gas mileage as it is, so I'll take any break I can get!  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 06-01-2005 01:32 AM                     Gas is very cheap in the US. Here, in Austria, you pay for a litre 1 euro (1 gallon is about 4.5 litres!) So a gallon would be around € 4.5, which would be around $6/gal. Before I forget: This price for gas is far the cheapest one in Europe!  |  IP: Logged Stephen Furley Film God Posts: 3059 From: Coulsdon, Croydon, England Registered: May 2002 posted 06-01-2005 02:09 AM                     Dieter, there are two types of gallons; the imperial one is about 4.5 litres, but the US one is only about 3.8 litres, so their prices are not quite as cheap as they seem, but arestill much less than in Europe.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 06-01-2005 02:15 AM                        I was in Wyoming over the weekend (Big Horn Mountains) and saw gas priced at $2.699 at a resort station. In the real world, it was at $2.179. When we got home to Montana, it was $2.239 here in town. That's about 17¢ less than it was 2 weeks ago.  |  IP: Logged Dieter Depypere Master Film Handler Posts: 343 From: Deutsch-Wagram, Lower Austria, Austria Registered: May 2005 posted 06-01-2005 02:18 AM                     Oh... sorry... But Europe is still twice as expensive  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 06-01-2005 06:35 AM                        I've noticed that it has come down quite a bit in the last month, though. A litre of unleaded was around 86p (equivalent to 1.25 euros per litre or $5.85 per US gallon) a month or so ago; typical prices now are around 81p (1.18 euros or $5.54). Not that this bothers me, driving an LPG powered car with gas at 37.2p a litre!  |  IP: Logged Jason Greek Film Handler Posts: 21 From: Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, Canada Registered: May 2005 posted 06-01-2005 07:42 AM                     gas here dropped about a week and a half ago to $0.909 per litre and has stayed steady, i think the stability might have something to do with the provincial government talking about bringing back a regulation on gas prices... it hasn't been this cheap in awhile, I'm not complaining...  |  IP: Logged Bernard Tonks Jedi Master Film Handler Posts: 619 From: Cranleigh, Surrey, England Registered: Apr 2001 posted 06-01-2005 10:34 AM                     Petrol is still around 88p a litre in this part of Surrey. I was in Southampton yesterday and filled up for nearly 81p a litre at Sainsbury's.  |  IP: Logged Jason Black Phenomenal Film Handler Posts: 1723 From: Myrtle Beach, SC, USA Registered: Nov 2000 posted 06-01-2005 09:15 PM                        $1.89 for 87octane at Sam's Club this morning.  |  IP: Logged Tim Reed Better Projection Pays Posts: 5246 From: Northampton, PA Registered: Sep 1999 posted 06-03-2005 01:29 AM                       Diesel $2.39 in Sturbridge, MA quote: Leo Enticknap A litre of unleaded was..(equivalent to ...$5.85 per US gallon) Leo, I sure hope that typical wages there are correspondingly elevated.  |  IP: Logged German Marin Expert Film Handler Posts: 227 From: Verbania (VB), Italy Registered: Jul 2001 posted 06-05-2005 12:14 PM                     Italy: €1.20 a litre of gasoline.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-03-2005 10:36 AM                        Light sweet crude hit a record high of $62.47 in New York this morning, so sez BBC Radio, amid worries that King Fahd's death and the Iranian nuclear issue could disrupt supplies. The big price rises of a month or two ago are certainly starting to come through at the pump now: even the big supermarkets which sell petrol as a loss leader are charging 89p/litre ish (£4.05/$7.20 per US gallon), and the more expensive rural filling stations are up to 93p ish (£4.24/$7.54). We're told that pump price changes happen around 4-6 weeks after crude oil price changes: if that's true and crude stays above $60/barrel, I guess we'll be paying a fiver a gallon before too much longer (we probably already are if the gallons are imperial ones). I'm glad I don't run an airline!  |  IP: Logged David Stambaugh Film God Posts: 4021 From: Eugene, Oregon Registered: Jan 2002 posted 08-03-2005 11:16 AM                        My rig (2001 Nissan Pathfinder) requires premium. The high was around $2.65 a couple months ago, then it fell back to about $2.40, then quickly rose back up to about $2.65 again where it is now. There was an article in the paper recently about how SUV sales are falling, and dealers are overloaded with trade-ins. It's a buyer's market now for SUVs, if you don't mind the cost of filling them up. I'm amazed at how many Toyota Prius hybrids there are on the roads around here. They seem to be multiplying like, uh, Rabbits. They're in such high demand on the used market that used ones with low miles can be sold for more than new ones. Apparently there are people who latch onto a new Prius, drive it for a few thousand miles, then sell it used at a tidy profit.  |  IP: Logged Leo Enticknap Film God Posts: 7474 From: Loma Linda, CA Registered: Jul 2000 posted 08-03-2005 12:42 PM                        Interesting - for the first time last week I actually had to queue at the LPG pump, and am noticing more and more cars driving around with gas fillers next to the normal petrol cap. That says to me that more people are getting their cars converted. I saw my first Prius a month or so ago, reversing out of a space in a car park. I thought 'Why is that car moving without making any noise at all?'; and then noticed that it was a Prius. Once those things become a regular sight moving silently along urban roads at 30mph, I wonder if there'll be a spate of accidents involving pedestrians who are expecting to hear engine noises.  |  IP: Logged Scott Norwood Film God Posts: 8146 From: Boston, MA. USA (1774.21 miles northeast of Dallas) Registered: Jun 99 posted 08-03-2005 03:04 PM                        As far as I know, hybrid cars aren't really cost-effective yet. They cost more to buy and get roughly twice the gas mileage as "normal" cars, but for the typical user who might drive 10-15,000 miles per year, the fuel savings don't pay for the extra purchase cost over the first 100k miles. Also, since they're so new, hybrid maintenance costs are an unknown. Eventually, the batteries will need to be replaced, which is an expensive procedure (and used lead-acid batteries need to be disposed of as hazardous waste). The gasoline engines get less wear than on a standard gasoline-only car, but other aspects of the vehicle are more complex and may require more attention. For the most part, anyone who thinks that buyinga hybrid car (as opposed to a standard-size sedan equivalent) will save money isn't likely to see this actually happen with the current generation of cars. I'm not in the market for a car (and, hopefully, won't be for several years...and, then, it will still be a used car), but I'd love to be proven wrong on this.  |  IP: Logged

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