$4 a gallon
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Topic: $4 a gallon
Posted By: Da Hui
Subject: $4 a gallon
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:41pm
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I just payed $4.01 for mid grade in my truck. Location: Jacksonville, Florida (30.115875, -81.592394) Who else is getting raped by the gas station?  ------------- 
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:46pm
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it's 4.02 for regular here
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Posted By: PaiNTbALLfReNzY
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:49pm
| It's been over 4 in California for awhile. People here in Virginia are freaking out about 3.65, which I really do not understand. I was paying 3.65 in California 2 years ago. |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:50pm
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$4.02 here on Long Island ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:52pm
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I have to buy premium so I get raped pretty bad.
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Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:57pm
where abouts? -------------
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Ceesman762 wrote:Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 1:59pm
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NWOH $3.85. Funny part is we have a refinery less than 11 miles away. ------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: Ceesman762
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:03pm
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Eastern LI, In Hauppauge it's $4.08 ------------- Innocence proves nothing FUAC!!!!! |
Posted By: Boss_DJ
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:08pm
haha dude you live like 10-15 minutes away from me -------------
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Posted By: WGP guy2
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:09pm
| $3.75 |
Posted By: stick_boy_2002
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:12pm
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it was $3.95 last night on my home from work, who knows what it is now. ------------- 
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Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:21pm
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This thread calls for a little unsolicited/unfair Bush-bashing: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8EWwrK0VQkY&feature=related - http://youtube.com/watch?v=8EWwrK0VQkY&feature=related
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Posted By: Zata
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:30pm
| $3.93, cost me $55 for a full tank |
Posted By: oldpbnoob
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:36pm
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Suv with 22gal tank at least once a week. 2nd car, smaller SUV 18 gal tank, 2-3 times per month. I spend as much if not more on gas as I do our house payment.
------------- "When I grow up I want to marry a rich man and live in a condor next to the beach" -- My 7yr old daughter. |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:39pm
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$3.50 in minot, north dakota. ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: procarbinefreak
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:45pm
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i wish it was $3.55 for regular here. it just hit $4. Luckily, I filled up from empty at 3.62 before it spiked. |
Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:46pm
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Whine Whine Whine Whine. Its over 5 dollars a gallon in Canada. ------------- |
Posted By: MT. Vigilante
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 2:48pm
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Wow, guess I'm still lucky here. 3.62 for regular here in Helena Mt. -------------  Join the XP Re-Revolution!
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Posted By: benttwig33
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 3:33pm
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$3.57-$3.73
For lowest grade Premium is around $3.90 ------------- Sig is WAY too big. |
Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 3:54pm
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it takes a little over $50 to fill up my little Elantra. BS ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97 
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Posted By: notXXscared
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 3:57pm
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$4.10 for reg here. New Fairfield, CT ------------- 
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Posted By: holysmartone
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 4:25pm
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$3.97 in Grand Rapids, MI. Costs me over $100 to fill the 34 gallon tank in my truck. Only to have it suck it down at a rate of 9 MPG. Needless to say, it gets driven very little. |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 4:29pm
Cost me $21 to fill up. Full tank (6 gallons) = 300 miles. 
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Posted By: Benjichang
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 5:08pm
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I think I need to get a moped or something.
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Posted By: ¤ Råp¡Ð F¡rè ¤
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 5:20pm
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$3.67 last time I check here in St. Louis
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Posted By: MeanMan
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 5:23pm
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Its right at $3.95 by me. My dad saw a $4.20 though in a more not-as-developed area. ------------- 
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Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 5:28pm
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its stupid...i think when this tank gets empty im gunna ride my bike to work for a few weeks ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 5:34pm
What are you driving? ------------- |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 6:01pm
Riding a bike. -------------
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Posted By: Glassjaw
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 6:16pm
Figured as much. What bike? ------------- |
Posted By: Tolgak
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 6:29pm
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It'll be $5 by the end of the year. Might even be $6. It's 12 cents in Venezuela. It's so convenient that their president is a douchebag. War anybody? ------------- 
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Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 6:47pm
Kawasaki KLR650 -------------
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Posted By: ctchofday
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 6:47pm
it costs so much by the time it gets here because of tarrifs... its our own govt. **edited**ing us over ------------- Xbl:PhantomReign97
'99 Snpr II, ½d Karni, E-Orracle, 2k4 Spstk, 2k5 Prstk, PMR SE, A5, 98 |
Posted By: ammolord
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 7:36pm
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lol yamaha V-max 1300 > Kawasaki KLR650 ------------- PSN Tag: AmmoLord XBL: xXAmmoLordXx ~Minister of Tinkering With Things That Go "BOOM!"(AKA Minister of Munitions)~ |
Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 11:15pm
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$3.80 for 87 here.
$4.00 for 93 |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 11:36pm
| 3.59 in Denver, CO. |
Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 11:39pm
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Side question - why mid-grade? I have never seen anybody put mid-grade. Most cars/trucks run on regular. High-compression engines, like those found in German cars, require 93 octane. So what is the point of mid-grade? ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: RoboCop
Date Posted: 15 May 2008 at 11:58pm
| I was wondering the same thing about mid-grade fuel. Who would buy that? Someone that wants to run a cleaner engine, but really gets no benefits? |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:14am
| I'm still paying $3.78 down here in Orlando. |
Posted By: ANARCHY_SCOUT
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:19am
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Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:20am
Bein leid tah. |
Posted By: Ozwarg
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:21am
What part of Denver do you live? ------------- 
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Posted By: proteus316
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:23am
for me its no more then 10cents more for Mid grade, for a $1 or so a fill up i can get just that lil better gas so why not do it. |
Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 12:40am
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Except that I don't think it is "better", just different. It allows you to compress the gasoline more, but since your car has fixed compression, that doesn't really matter. And I haven't seen any evidence to support the claims about the various "additives" that gas companies brag about. Somebody correct me if I am wrong. ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: Kingtiger
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 2:55am
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Posted By: .636
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 2:59am
The V6 Taco needs premium, its what the engine was designed to use. You can get away with regular but its not recommended. ------------- |
Posted By: impulse!
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 7:07am
Lol, your a tool. -------------
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 8:32am
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They were raising the price to $3.92 as I drove past the station this morning. I was a little miffed when I found out about the 'emergency oil reserves' that have something like 72 bajillion barrels of oil kicking around un an underground bunker somewhere. Its something like 92% full, and 'ole G.W. wanted to keep stocking it. Congress managed to do something right and tell him 'uh, no, that's not a good idea, its full enough, put the stupid oil into circulation' If it goes through it'll save us just a few cents, but it'll at least give us the fuzzy feeling that the government IS trying to help things out....as long as it doesn't piss off the environmental lobbyists, who I STILL blame for this whole mess. ------------- ? |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 8:44am
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DRILL ALASKA! DRILL EVERYWHERE! SCREW ENVIRONMENTALISTS MORE REFINERIES! ------------- Que pasa? 
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Posted By: Roll Tide
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 8:44am
You, sir, are correct. If your vehicle does not require a high octane, buying mid-grade over regular will only effect your wallet. The higher octane level would be, performance wise, negligible at best even on a dyno. Techron (from Chevron w/ Techron) has been proven to clean engines and fuel injectors. You can buy bottles of techron from some auto supply stores. Porsche and BMW engineers both recommend using techron, and the guy who works on my car (inline 4 w/ turbo) suggests that if I have a choice, only use premium fuel from Chevron. It costs more, but the car will appreciate the consistent level of octane and techron. ------------- <Removed sig for violation of Clause 4 of the New Sig Rules>
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Posted By: Reb Cpl
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 8:47am
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Posted By: sinisterNorth
Date Posted: 16 May 2008 at 9:17am
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It's $3.95 in Western PA. I complain, but then I realize that Europe has been paying double that for years.
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Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 2:03pm
I get knocking in my truck when I run regular (so does my moms Toyota suv). Thats the one thing I dislike about Toyota is that their vehicles don't like regular gas. -------------
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Posted By: SSOK
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 2:56pm
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I have no idea because the idiot who owned my truck previously does not like to fix things, and would rather just pave things over until they later cause more problems. Like most of the world. Anyway, I need my damn moped title. Thing gets like 110MPG and I dont drive on the highway all day. ------------- 
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Posted By: Hairball!!!
Date Posted: 17 May 2008 at 10:58pm
Mine does it fine 
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Posted By: thebuickguy
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 4:15am
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3.85 to 3.95 I also live about 10 to 20 miles from toledo BP refinery and to think 5 years ago i complained about 1.35 ------------- Tippmann A-5 SAW stock E grip J&J Ceramic APEX tip Spyder AMG J&J Ceramic Tippmann 68 Carbine J&J Ceramic APEX tip Tippmann Prolite |
Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 11:46am
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Huh? I don't know about trucks, but their cars all run on regular. I put more than 200k miles on my Camry with only regular. Those are not high-compression engines. ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: fractus.scud
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 11:53am
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I don't understand why anyone would put anything more than regular in a normal car/truck. Your wasting your money. My dad buys premium fuel for the company vehicles and they get worse gas mileage with it, but the execs want it so whatever. Gas here is $3.59. If a hurricane enters the gulf we are completely screwed. The housing market will correct itself but if fuel keeps going up at the rate it has been the economy is finished. I drive a Ford F-150 with the smallest V-8. I can get about 20 MPG, and I don't drive far or often (looking for work in the town right now) so I can manage. During the school year I was putting in about $30 a week, which isn't too bad. I know oil has lots of reasons for going up, but having it where speculators can manipulate the price is a bad idea. Freakin Goldman Sachs says "I see oil prices going up in the future" and speculators have a field day and push oil up a couple $/bbl. The market needs some more regulation, we need to drill our own oil, and we need to seriously look at alternate fuels. Screw big oil. ------------- 
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Posted By: .357 Magnum
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 12:00pm
I drive an F-150 with the largest V8 you can get, I put $30 each Sunday and let me tell you, each week it gets me less and less. ------------- 
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Posted By: Alberto411
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 1:38pm
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Ha re: vaseline on the marquis to the OP.
Tampa, FL and I pay ~$4/gallon too for 93 octane. Highest I've seen diesel 'round these parts is $4.52/gallon. Eww. The WRX gets 15-20 mpg city thanks to the 'beauty of all-wheel-drive' and costs ~$60 to fill up. And the GSX-R600 gets 35-40 mpg in the city and is ~$16 to fill up. Take a guess what I've been riding lately :) It really won't be getting any better, so good luck to all especially when the summer really hits full swing. ------------- WRX by 4, GSXR by 2 "I came, I saw, I lurked..." - Me |
Posted By: scotchyscotch
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 1:41pm
| you guys are always whining about this. Suck it up. you have it pretty sweet. |
Posted By: Da Hui
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 1:58pm
Both my Tacoma and my Moms Sequoia do it. I don't really know why. My Dad runs nothing but regular in his Camry and it does just fine.  -------------
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Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:04pm
I wasn't "arguing" with you. I was being serious. We really should just start drilling everywhere that has oil. I also really think environmentalists should die. For the reason you stated. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Predatorr
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:12pm
| why screw the environmentalists...searching for alternative fuels is extremely important, and I'm sure attempting to save the one planet we've got isn't a bad idea either. I never thought about it until AP Environmental Science. I suggest you do some research on environmentalism before you spit ignorance. Not every environmentalist is a hippie. |
Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:27pm
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That's just an idiotic statement. ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:35pm
Yes, this is true. I just don't care about the environment. I'll be dead LONG before it is. Soooooooooooo.....yeah. ------------- Que pasa?
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Posted By: Akhmed
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 9:51pm
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Putting aside the bizarre selfish-ness in that claim, your original statement is still idiotic. Environmentalists have done more to better your CURRENT situation than most groups you will encounter. Forget the future - you should be thankful to environmentalists for what you have NOW. ------------- "Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience. " http://zombo.com/ - Most awesome site EVAR! |
Posted By: agentwhale007
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:07pm
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I remember the week I started driving there was a huge deal about the fact gas reached $1.80.
Everyone was talking about a boycott. |
Posted By: jmac3
Date Posted: 18 May 2008 at 10:12pm
------------- Que pasa?
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