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> OMG, High Gas Prices, What are you paying?
JawjaPorsche
post Feb 28 2012, 08:28 AM
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When I was in high school in the 60's, I worked at a gas station. Gas was 28 cents back then. People never filled up. They would come in and ask for a couple dollars! Plus they got their oil, water, and air checked not to mention I cleaned their windshield! Now you would be lucky if a couple of dollars would buy a half gallon!

In North Georgia we are paying $3.65 for 10% and $3.85 for 100% gas.

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post Feb 28 2012, 08:39 AM
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4.55 a gallon for premium in so cal.
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:41 AM
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$4.40 for regular on the CA Central Coast
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:41 AM
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$3.39 for regular unleaded
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:41 AM
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regular has rocketed up in the last week around here...about $4.25 for the "cheap stuff" now. I went to safeway to fill up my 914 last Friday, on Saturday when I took my truck in it had gone up $.09 overnight!
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:41 AM
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Regular is around $3.75 near here.

I remember paying $0.89/gal in metro Atlanta in the mid-90's. Georgia supposedly had some of the lowest gas prices in the nation due to proximity to gulf refineries and low gas taxes.
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:47 AM
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I too worked at a gas station during high school and college in the late '60s... gas was about 25 cents, but in 1968 in Oklahoma we had gas wars.... 17 cents/gallon!

Phoenix 3.65-3.85 this week Tucson 3.45-3.65 are the lower prices for regular. WA state usually runs 20-30 cents more....
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post Feb 28 2012, 08:52 AM
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Almost 8 dollars a gallon here in Japan for the good gas which my car needs...it hurts to fill up....I can barely afford it anymore....don't get to drive the car as much as I wish I could cause I can't afford the gas and with my big four motor and those dual 40mm Dellortos doesn't help much either.
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post Feb 28 2012, 09:23 AM
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3.05 here for regular, but it's ticking up.
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post Feb 28 2012, 09:35 AM
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also, this is why I'm going to look at a civic this afternoon. My Tacoma isn't cutting it since I now have a 25 mile each way commute.
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post Feb 28 2012, 09:51 AM
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$3.57 for 10% reg here, twenty cent more for premium.
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post Feb 28 2012, 09:54 AM
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Part of the reason I'm out of two 914 events this year already and may be out all together. When your driving 2-4K miles at a shot it does not make financial sense. Gas has gone up 85+% in 3 years and climbing. Time for real hope and real change and not just jingling in my pocket.
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:02 AM
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Looks like im going to take the motorcycle to work this week (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Mmmm 75mpg

4.09 is about as low as it gets in my town.
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:07 AM
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3.90 in Puyallup, WA and Everett was 3.99 last weekend. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/headbang.gif) 52 bucks to fill up my accord. Don't even want to know how much to fill up my truck... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ar15.gif)
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:10 AM
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I don't know. I just pay it. But I do remember as a kid working in a "filling station" and cleaning a few front windshields extra, extra good. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/shades.gif)
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:16 AM
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:21 AM
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:24 AM
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On a related note, what does everyone put in their 914s? Primarily those with original engines...

I put 87 Oct E10 in my DD, but I usually opt for 89 or 91 Oct E10 for the 914. Is there any mechanical benefit to doing so? Or is it just my psychological benefit of knowing "if I treat her well, she'll reciprocate."?

Can't find ethanol-free around me, so I add the proper amount of Sta-bil, unless I expect to drive a lot in the coming ~2 weeks.
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:35 AM
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QUOTE(flipb @ Feb 28 2012, 11:24 AM) *

On a related note, what does everyone put in their 914s? Primarily those with original engines...

I put 87 Oct E10 in my DD, but I usually opt for 89 or 91 Oct E10 for the 914. Is there any mechanical benefit to doing so? Or is it just my psychological benefit of knowing "if I treat her well, she'll reciprocate."?

Can't find ethanol-free around me, so I add the proper amount of Sta-bil, unless I expect to drive a lot in the coming ~2 weeks.

I use 92 octane without ethanol in my 914 6. Here is a link that I used to find ethanol free gas stations in washington. The link takes you to VA.
http://pure-gas.org/index.jsp?stateprov=VA
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post Feb 28 2012, 10:52 AM
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$4.89 for Diesel (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) . Cost me $175 to fill my Excursion last friday. It was only like $4.29 then too (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) . Lucky for me my work pays for it as it's my work rig. Going to be a shock for me filling the 914 on the way to Route in a few weeks (IMG:style_emoticons/default/screwy.gif)
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