Gas Prices are making me nauseous!

It cost me over $20 to fill up the Harley. That is better than the truck though.
 
Here in the R.T.P., NC area gas is $3.73 for regular, $3.90 for mid-range which I use, and supreme ??
I feel lucky that I generally drive no more than a 100 or so miles a week. My heart goes out to those of you who have to pile on the miles daily.
 
It's flirtin' with four bucks for regular in south King county. About $4.15 on the west side of Lake Washington. I pretty much parked the truck and am using public transportation for work right now.....
 
$4.29 cash, $4.35 credit for diesel over here in beautiful West Seattle.

I hadn't paid too much attention to diesel before I replaced the gas-hog 7.4L Suburban with a 7.3L F250. When did diesel go up-side down with gasoline? It used to be the cheap fuel !
 
I paid around $55 yesterday to fill up - close to $3.80 / gal. Now that we are retired, I don't mind the prices as much - a tank will last almost a month unless we take a trip etc.

Some of you may remember the gas lines of the late 70's - odd & even days and a $10 limit - while you were waiting in the gas line at 6AM, the attendant would just come along and collect the $10 in advance - I felt lucky to get any some days. $3.80/gal beats that.

I was a LEO during those days. Every AM when I signed on I'd receive a report of someones gas being stolen. Locking gas caps were at a premium. You may want to consider that; however, the biggest problem with that approach was it deterred the average thief but others would simply punch a hole in the tank and drain the gas into a bucket. Park and ride lots were a prime target.
 
But I have good news on this! Gas stations will now be allowed to offer, to those with good credit, 15 year fixed rate terms. Those with a few credit dings will not be left out, a 30 year ARM will be available.

This, of course, only applies if you fill the tank.

Jim

And the loan's will be guaranteed by Freddie Mac and Fanny May (if the Gubbernut gives them some more cash)!!

$3.39 gal at Costco here in Sunny Eastern WA - $3.55 to $3.69 everywhere else in Spokane county.
 
Rrg $3.52 this am, $3.34 last Saturday....
Middle Tennessee
 
$4.29 cash, $4.35 credit for diesel over here in beautiful West Seattle.

I hadn't paid too much attention to diesel before I replaced the gas-hog 7.4L Suburban with a 7.3L F250. When did diesel go up-side down with gasoline? It used to be the cheap fuel !

It went up-side down over here back in 2007 - that's when I traded off my Excursion diesel - sure miss it though.

Pete
 
My gripe about those that hold up what Europe is paying for gas is that Europe's public transportation is so far advanced from most of ours that they don't really have to drive much unless they want to.
I've spent time in both England and on the continent and, other than Spain, didn't feel the need for a car. Getting from Point A to Point B was never a problem.
When I was working in Seattle if I wanted to ride the bus it took around an hour to get to work. (Driving was half the time.) If I missed the bus right after work it was an hour wait for the next one. Even then it was still a mile walk home from the bus stop.
( uphill, )
(in the snow,)
( both ways...)

and I lived in town.
 
$3.89 for 87 octane unleaded in my part of the Phoenix area.

Re public transport in Europe -- I think it is considered a public good supported at least in part by taxes. Here it is supported only grudgingly, if at all, at least where I have lived. In spread out areas like Phoenix metro, cars are the only viable option unless you want to catch the 5:30 am bus to make the several connections needed to get to the office by 8:00 am. I am lucky enough to be able to walk or bike to work because I could choose to live in a smaller house closer to work than a larger house farther away.
 
Theirs no shortage of gas, haven't seen one gas station closed and you can buy all you want here on the coast. Chevron refinery is just a half hours drive east of here.
 
It jumped over 50 cents in a week here. I spent over $50 filling my Ford Ranger yesterday.
 
My gripe about those that hold up what Europe is paying for gas is that Europe's public transportation is so far advanced from most of ours that they don't really have to drive much unless they want to.
I've spent time in both England and on the continent and, other than Spain, didn't feel the need for a car. Getting from Point A to Point B was never a problem.

It's all very well getting between major cities and tourist traps in the Southern part of the UK, but get even slightly off the beaten track and you are done. When I was a kid the two nearest towns were 4.5 miles away North and South. A bus ran to the North town... on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, one up in the morning and one back in the evening. Convenient, it was not.

Even lots of medium sized towns have very limited bus services and with UK style urban sprawl you can easily find yourself living two miles or more away from the nearest grocery store. Let me throw this out there: who on the board was based at Upper Heyford, Fairford, Wethersfield or Croughton. Let them comment on the availability of public transport.
 
Quickly approaching 4 bucks here in central Indiana as well.



chuck
 
Filled up yesterday afternoon at a Meijer's in Gaylord, MI . $3.99/gal for regular.
 
Here are two things that would know gas prices down somewhat. First remove the 10% Ethanol from corn mandate. Second have only one summer blend nationwide. Those two things alone could drop spring and summer gas prices by 50 cents a gallon. All the regional 'boutique blends' legislated by each state's EPA create a logistical nightmare for fuel distributors and the charge us for their pain.

We that live in semi-rural or rural areas really take it on the chin. We have to drive, sometimes long distances, to work, shop, doctors and other necessities. Public transportation is not a viable option. Can't take the bus to work if there isn't one.
I can't believe it cost me $54 yesterday to fill up my '09 Forester.
 
Although the posters opening bothers me, what really chaps my sideburns is the fact that they charge extra for using a credit card which is a violation of the credit card agreement. I always report stuff like that as the credit cards will actually pull the ability to accept the cards for merchants doing this. I know the cards take their cut-but as one who finally bit the bullet and started accepting them, I got to tell you getting my fees now rather than having to chase them down-or getting the business because they cound charge it vs not getting the business because they didn't have the money is absolutely worth the surcharge.
 
I don't know if this is true or not, but some talking head on TV said that refined gasoline is our number one export.
 
Here in cedar city utah the cheap grade is about $3.30. How can we have this "disgustion" long without getting political? It`s like trying to discuss religion without saying God! By the way how do I patton that word?
 
going up

At 8:00 am the price in town was $3.61 a gallon. went back up town at noon, same station was $3.90 in central indiana.

vic3620
 
Revere Massachusetts HESS 2/3/12

Reg Mid Prem Diesel
$3.699 $3.799 $3.899 $4.149

Last delivery of home heating oil 4.699:eek:
 
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