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Post#276 at 07-06-2006 12:40 PM by Tom Mazanec [at NE Ohio 1958 joined Sep 2001 #posts 1,512]
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Dropped a day to $2.90 and then up to $3.00 (well, $2.99.9, but you know what I mean)







Post#277 at 07-07-2006 12:13 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Our prices have held steady for the past two weeks.
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Post#278 at 07-25-2006 04:47 PM by wesvolk [at '56 Boomer from Andover, MN joined Aug 2001 #posts 150]
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For the last two days, 90% of the Twin Cities' stations have gone over $3.00 (3.05 and 3.09 are quite common). The national average released Monday was $3.02.







Post#279 at 07-25-2006 09:11 PM by Marx & Lennon [at '47 cohort still lost in Falwelland joined Sep 2001 #posts 16,715]
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Quote Originally Posted by Alchemist's Angel '85
Lowest here is 2.74 and 9/10 for regular (middle of nowhere, upstate, SC)
I think you are at the national low. It's cheap here, but not that cheap.
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Post#280 at 07-31-2006 01:05 AM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59
Our prices have held steady for the past two weeks.
... and still holding!
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Post#281 at 07-31-2006 12:40 PM by scott 63 [at Birmingham joined Sep 2001 #posts 697]
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Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59
Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59
Our prices have held steady for the past two weeks.
... and still holding!
In Bham the price inched up from $2.85 to $2.91 over the last week and a half.
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Post#282 at 07-31-2006 07:10 PM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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Quote Originally Posted by scott 63
Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59
Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59
Our prices have held steady for the past two weeks.
... and still holding!
In Bham the price inched up from $2.85 to $2.91 over the last week and a half.
I paid $3.139 this morning.







Post#283 at 08-02-2006 02:43 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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It's up to about $3.05/$3.07 here in Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia.
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Post#284 at 08-02-2006 02:55 PM by Earl and Mooch [at Delaware - we pave paradise and put up parking lots joined Sep 2002 #posts 2,106]
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Quote Originally Posted by The Wonkette
It's up to about $3.05/$3.07 here in Arlington/Alexandria, Virginia.
It's a bit higher up here. One thing I'm noticiing is that stations are trying to keep regular at a reasonable price while letting plus and premium go through the roof. Case in point, yesterday I saw a station with prices at $3.099/$3.379/$3.559. (That same station today has regular at $3.129.)
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Post#285 at 08-02-2006 11:18 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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We're down a smidgeon this week to $2.85/2.95/3.05.
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Post#286 at 08-16-2006 07:16 PM by Zarathustra [at Where the Northwest meets the Southwest joined Mar 2003 #posts 9,198]
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My local station has been at $3.15 to $3.19 for many weeks now.
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Post#287 at 08-16-2006 09:48 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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We've suddenly jumped to $2.999/3.099/3.199 this week. Still, going into Labor Day weekend it's a lot better than I feared we'd be by now.
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Post#288 at 08-30-2006 06:16 AM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Hey all!

For fun comparison, I see the price for (Euro)98 octane at 20.00r/L = US$2.80/gal in my new neck of the woods.
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Post#289 at 08-30-2006 09:08 AM by Child of Socrates [at Cybrarian from America's Dairyland, 1961 cohort joined Sep 2001 #posts 14,092]
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Gas Prices Dropping

Hey Justin! How did the move go?

Prices have been dropping here on almost a daily basis. It's down to $2.799 at one station. The peak this summer was around $3.25, IIRC.







Post#290 at 08-30-2006 10:53 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by Child of Socrates View Post
Hey Justin! How did the move go?

Prices have been dropping here on almost a daily basis. It's down to $2.799 at one station. The peak this summer was around $3.25, IIRC.
So maybe i should get the Mustang V8 convertible after all. Who cares if it only gets 17 city/ 25 hwy? That's still better than your typical SUV. And if prices continue to drop for now, and don't get up to $5 per gallon until 2015, maybe I'll be sorry then I didn't.

Then again, there is the whole global warming thing... I'd be closer to part of the problem than of the solution. But if we're all doomed anyway no matter what i do... what the f*ck? May as well party like it's...

1969.
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Post#291 at 08-30-2006 10:58 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by Justin '77 View Post
Hey all!

For fun comparison, I see the price for (Euro)98 octane at 20.00r/L = US$2.80/gal in my new neck of the woods.

Ninety-eight octane? Awesome! What sort of cars do they drive in St. Pete?
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Post#292 at 08-31-2006 07:53 AM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59 View Post
Ninety-eight octane? Awesome!
But remember, as Virgil pointed out, the European measurement method gives a higher octane result. I think 98 here is equivalent to 88 or 90 in the States

What sort of cars do they drive in St. Pete?
All sorts. I've got a Lada Sputnik (4-door, hatchback) rented until our cars from the US arrive. Parked outside the office where I'm working, I can see a Lexus SUV, a Zhiguli something-or-other, a Renault something-or-other small, a Dodge Grand Caravan, and two Skoda something-or-others.
It's been a bit exciting getting used to the layout of the stick shift over here. Reverse is all the way to the LEFT and forward, and the natural position of the stick is between 3rd and 4th, meaning that, afraid of overshooting first and hitting R, I find myself taking off from stoplights in 3rd far too frequently.







Post#293 at 08-31-2006 10:50 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by Justin '77 View Post
But remember, as Virgil pointed out, the European measurement method gives a higher octane result. I think 98 here is equivalent to 88 or 90 in the States



All sorts. I've got a Lada Sputnik (4-door, hatchback) rented until our cars from the US arrive. Parked outside the office where I'm working, I can see a Lexus SUV, a Zhiguli something-or-other, a Renault something-or-other small, a Dodge Grand Caravan, and two Skoda something-or-others.
It's been a bit exciting getting used to the layout of the stick shift over here. Reverse is all the way to the LEFT and forward, and the natural position of the stick is between 3rd and 4th, meaning that, afraid of overshooting first and hitting R, I find myself taking off from stoplights in 3rd far too frequently.
The layout of my BMW 5-speed is the same as your Sputnik... except the "snap" that one feels when one enters a new gear is far stronger getting into reverse, and getting into R requires substantially more effort than 1st. When I first bought my car it was a pain, but after a day I got used to it.

Do they drive on the right side of the road, or the wrong side? :lol:
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Post#294 at 09-01-2006 02:13 AM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Roadbldr '59 View Post
When I first bought my car it was a pain, but after a day I got used to it.
It took me more like four days, but there you have it. It'll be really fun getting back into my Escort (also manual, but American-style) once it arrives at the end of September.

Do they drive on the right side of the road, or the wrong side? :lol:
Yes.

Sometimes.

I fear that, after a couple years of this, I may no longer be particularly safe on American roads...







Post#295 at 09-12-2006 01:23 PM by Marx & Lennon [at '47 cohort still lost in Falwelland joined Sep 2001 #posts 16,715]
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Left Arrow Back to earlier times ... for a while

Yesterday, I filled-up at $2.319 ... for Premium.
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Post#296 at 09-12-2006 01:58 PM by The Wonkette [at Arlington, VA 1956 joined Jul 2002 #posts 9,209]
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Quote Originally Posted by Marx & Lennon View Post
Yesterday, I filled-up at $2.319 ... for Premium.
Yeah. I was down in Fredericksburg with Roadbldr '59 yesterday playing (saw a bit of the old city, then a winery 30 miles away) and was tempted to fill up at $2.35 (regular). But I didn't. Oh well.

Gas in the DC area is much more expensive; around $2.75-$2.90 a gallon for regular.
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$3.13 9/10 at the station I check; others nearby range from $2.91 9/10 to $3.35 9/10 (all for regular unleaded)







Post#298 at 09-13-2006 08:19 AM by Justin '77 [at Meh. joined Sep 2001 #posts 12,182]
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Quote Originally Posted by Alchemist's Angel '85 View Post
$2.25 for reg here it just dropped to that from $2.31 today.
Dammit! We're still sitting right where we were before, at ~$2.80/gal. You would think that a net oil exporting country would fare better than this...







Post#299 at 09-13-2006 06:00 PM by cbailey [at B. 1950 joined Sep 2001 #posts 1,559]
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what's up with this?

Utah gas prices fail to fall
Driving's cheaper almost anywhere else in U.S.
http://www.sltrib.com/ci_4328536

For most of the year the Utah/Idaho had the cheapest gas in the country because we were "near the pipelines...we had our own refineries..ya da ya da ya da. Not now.

Earlier in the spring when our community "hosted" the biggest four -wheel-drive convention ("safari")on the planet, our gas prices were amazingly low. The event is sponsored and promoted by the off-road vehicle industry. Those Hummers need that cheap gas.
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Post#300 at 09-13-2006 09:58 PM by Roadbldr '59 [at Vancouver, Washington joined Jul 2001 #posts 8,281]
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Quote Originally Posted by The Wonkette View Post
Yeah. I was down in Fredericksburg with Roadbldr '59 yesterday playing (saw a bit of the old city, then a winery 30 miles away) and was tempted to fill up at $2.35 (regular). But I didn't. Oh well.

Gas in the DC area is much more expensive; around $2.75-$2.90 a gallon for regular.
Back out here, gas is $2.89/2.99/3.09
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