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914 Freak! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,146 Joined: 4-January 03 From: Antioch, CA Member No.: 87 Region Association: None ![]() ![]() |
local prices here are averaging 2.43 to 2.63 for regular.....I'm hoping the Pilot/Loves gas stations are much cheaper in a week and a half (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif)
I'm guessing I'll be lucky to get 15mpg in my truck if I tow the 914.....close to 900 miles round trip......ouch.... |
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suby torque rules ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 1,525 Joined: 20-July 03 From: maryland, the land of 25 year Member No.: 924 ![]() |
i still say its gouging, sorry sammy but i do. to use your example with the ebay thing, the seller buys the item for 20 bucks because that what they were willing to pay for something they wanted. when it comes to gas it is a different story, the gas suppliers will keep uping the price until they see a drop in use. we dont have an option of buying, we have to, no choice, none nada zip. i have a small business and i am spending about about 70 bucks a week in gas. and if i am in the wrong area i can pay 20 to 30 cents more at the same brand gas station. i onced asked a exxon station owner why he was 25 or so cents higher than the exxon 5 miles away.
his responce was "because i can" i asked him what he ment, he said he just kept raising his gas prices until he saw a drop in sales, at the time he was making almost 50 cents a gallon i have done work at gas distribution and gas stations, and i have meet the vice pres of exxon, he basicly told me the only thing that effects the price of gas is what the makers want for profit. at the time we were installing the mix and flow controls for filling up the tanker trucks i asked him why they keep changing the equipment ( we did this every six months ) he said because they can. i then asked is it expensive to keep changing it, he said it does not matter the cost to change out $20,000 of stuff every 6 months was only one day of profits from the gas sold out of the station basicly if oil costs 50 dollars a barrel, they will get about 40 to 45 gallons of gas out of it. at 2.50 a gallon so they would be making over 100 dollars a barrel. or 50 bucks a barrel profit, not including the other stuff that is left over ( 10 to 15 gallons ) that they sell for other stuff ( like plastics and motor oil ) so 50 bucks for 40 or so gallons is more than a dollar a gallon profit between the maker the distrubter and the seller, and the cost to manifacture the gas is something like 10 cents a gallon ( equipment and labor ) this is why i dont buy from exxon |
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