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VegasRacer
post Mar 8 2004, 01:41 AM
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$6.00 per gallon .....











... for 110 octane race gas. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/MDB2.gif)
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post Mar 8 2004, 01:51 AM
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post Mar 8 2004, 02:01 AM
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QUOTE(ChrisReale @ Mar 7 2004, 10:44 PM)
You guys aint seen shit...the closest gas station to our place has 91 oct at $2.45 per gallon, and Ive seen it higher! Needless to say, I dont buy it there (IMG:style_emoticons/default/pissoff.gif)

Haha... There's a 76 on Fell (I think) that is usually $0.20 higher than the Arco RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. It's funny.
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post Mar 8 2004, 02:59 AM
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Quit bitchin' Ya'll....we pay $6.48 (79 pence per litre at current EX rate) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/mad.gif) .....it is 95 octane so I guess we should be thankful for that
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post Mar 8 2004, 03:08 AM
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Yeah, but we know why your Petrol prices are high (taxes).. our prices fluctuate because the wind blows.

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post Mar 8 2004, 07:19 AM
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Brad,

Our petrol (gas) prices have been steady all year.

When I was in California earlier this year gas prices were going up daily, and it sounds like they still are. I still wanted to bring some home with me though!

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post Mar 8 2004, 07:31 AM
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Just filled the truck $1.45 for regular
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post Mar 8 2004, 07:37 AM
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There was a story on the news recently where some "think tank" said they were alarmed that the gas prices were already so high, but that they expected the prices to continue to rise. However, in there divine wisdom, they wouldn't say how high b/c they were afraid that their estimate would give the gas stations an excuse to keep rising.

I hate the smoke and mirrors pricing stategy for gas. As a utility for all intents and purposes, I think the public has a right to reliable and transparent prices. I know they need to make money and that's fine, but periodic price gouging is rediculous.

I remember prices for 87 octane jumping to over $5.00 a gallon in the day or two that followed 9/11. Thats just shameful.

My 2cents.

Oh yeah....its about $1.70 for 87 octane, around $1.85 for premium here (plus/minus $.20 depending on a complicated equation based on sunspots and the current birthing rate of Alaskan Salmon.)
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post Mar 8 2004, 07:39 AM
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Just saw this on the morning news. Yesterday, a new Arco station opened in San Diego, and was selling gas for $.90 per gallon.

$1.55 for 87octane,$1.75 for 93 in T-town
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post Mar 8 2004, 08:00 AM
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We complain about the price of gas at $2.00 a gallon, then turn around and pay around $4.00 per gallon for Coca Cola (sugar and water), $12.00 for beer (hops and water), $40.00 for wine (grapes and water), $50.00 for whiskey (grain and water), and $$$(?) for mineral water (water). Why do we do this? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wacko.gif)

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post Mar 8 2004, 08:02 AM
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Yeah, they did it for 6 hours and it was a grand opening event. 3 hour wait to get in.

The cheapest nearby $2.099.

Average in the country 2.227, all time high.

This helps a bit

Fuel Tracker

My take: California F's itself.

We have 1 fuel terminal in San Diego country and _every_ gas station has to buy gas from there.

Why do we have 1 fuel terminal? The regualtory nightmare. What You have to go through to get a second company setup, it would not be profitable.

Ditto for fuel production. Companies are fleeing California, not just for taxes situation, but also the regulations here.

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post Mar 8 2004, 08:16 AM
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It's a $1.77 here but in the next county over, which is only 5 miles from my house it's $1.56 WTF. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

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post Mar 8 2004, 08:43 AM
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$1.76 for 91 octane. costco has the best prices here
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post Mar 8 2004, 08:53 AM
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Refinery maiantenance and upgrades...short supply gas prices go up....it will satabilise and come down....eventually, but I see 3 bucks soon...

250+ for 91 in town.
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post Mar 8 2004, 10:45 AM
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somewhere on 19th in SF, there are actually two gas stations across the street from eachother, same company, different prices. By about $.20!! I guess it's worth it to some to NOT make that U-turn. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

Takes about $40 to fill up my tank. Can't wait to drive the 914 again...

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post Mar 8 2004, 11:27 AM
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I heard the excuse was high crude prices due to unrest in South America, probably Venezuela. Still, it is only speculation in the futures market that really affects the prices. It is all the middlemen getting rich at our expense.

With all the mad-cow scare the live weight price dropped to $0.10 per pound in Canada. You Yanks got ripped off by your own producers since supply was cut off and they could jack the prices up. Here, the middlemen damn near got the cows for free, but the retail price did not change. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif)

Time to fire up the BBQ and put a different kind of animal on the spit: the middlemen. Are you worried about Al Qaeda? Don't be. The guys you have to watch for are the corporate terrorists that ran Worldcom, Enron and even Martha Stewart. I'd rather see a few bombed out boardrooms than caves in the middle east. Now I'm not saying the price of gas is outrageous in relation to so many other things, but the way this is all managed is outrageous. It is not just the US by itself, primarily it is the G7 as a group. And Bill Gates wants us to pay for "stamps" on our emails? I guess he feels he doesn't have all the money in the world yet! (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
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post Mar 8 2004, 11:33 AM
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Gates wouldn't get a dime...actually, he'd probably figure out a way to get a big portion I'm sure, but the idea of taxing email is to get rid of spammers. It's easy to send out 2 billion emails when it doesn't cost anything, but once that starts adding up, they'll get a little more selective concerning who they're emailing. *hopefully*

I know I get 20 spam emails to every non-spam email every day. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/fighting19.gif)
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post Mar 8 2004, 11:35 AM
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They claim it's caused by a shortage of the reformulated gas we use here in California in the winter, and is now being used in several other states. If that's the case, why is diesel which isn't reformulated, going up with regular?
The truth is they have us by the nuts and can squeeze whenever they feel like it. I wonder if Bush has ever had to pay for a tank of gas?
I remember when his Dad went into a grocery store for the first time and was surprised to see bar code scanning. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/blink.gif)
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post Mar 8 2004, 11:50 AM
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Regular 2.25!!! 91 @ 2.45. In CA we are higher only cuz of Road Improvement Taxes.

They raise the prices because they know we will pay! We can't prove them wrong!


What gas should I be putting in my stock 1.7, I was told 91 so that's what I've been doing. If regular is good than I can save some money.
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post Mar 8 2004, 11:58 AM
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I whine about that. But I try and do my part by riding my bicycle 3 days a week. Can't wait to get my teener here. tank of gas should last me a month.

Not to get on a soap box BUT!!! If we all did not drive one day what would it cost these knot head oil MILLIONAIRS??

OK jumpin off. Looks Like me and RHAAS have the cheapest gas.
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