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Old 12-29-2008, 09:36 PM
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Default Feel the need to comment on gasoline prices again?

I do. I just spent $15.33 to fill up the tank at $1.27/gallon. Yesterday I drove by a station selling it for $1.26. Wow. Just wow.

Oh, and on our last credit card bill we only spent $18.43 for gas the whole month! All our gas goes on that card. We must not have gone anywhere.

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Old 12-29-2008, 09:46 PM
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Diesel is $2.03 and our regular is now $1.23.

I love it!!
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Filled up with the premium my car needs the other day for a total of $17 ($1.699/gal).... WOW!!! I've not made out that well since I was in high school... can't say how long it'll last, but for now, I'm loving it.
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Old 12-29-2008, 11:25 PM
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I paid 12.50 to fill my car the other day I felt like i was stealing the gas
it had been costing 40 bucks!
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Old 12-30-2008, 02:21 AM
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It's 1.40 here. Was down to 1.37 but went back up.
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$1.34 here yesterday. Funny that you started this thread. I was thinking this morning that I'd revive my thread from when gas dropped all the way to $2.69. Now it is half that.

They did say on the news today that oil prices will probably tick upward due to the middle east conflict (not that we get any oil from Israel or Gaza).
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$1.37-1.55, base price varies a lot here by location but no matter if its at the high or low end, we have been filling up for ~$9. We have a small tank but still $9 for 140 miles is decent. As a teenager my dad's gas guzzler cost me $20 to go anywhere.
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Old 12-30-2008, 06:50 AM
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Boy, you all have great gas prices - not that I am really complaining about ours after the 4.50 or so earlier this year, but ours is 1.71 at the cheapest place.
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I am still paying $1.87 for premium, but I am not complaining. However, I can remember when gas was 17 cents a gallon.
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[quote=disneysteve;
They did say on the news today that oil prices will probably tick upward due to the middle east conflict (not that we get any oil from Israel or Gaza).[/QUOTE]


Any time there's a conflict in the middle east(anywhere) they warn of supply disruptions . It rarely happens but I'm sure opec isn't complaining.

I've also heard they want to cut production( they've said this for a while). Until supply and demand force prices back up it will hopefully stay cheap. It's interesting but I think we witnessed the american pricing threshold this year.
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We are at $1.69 for regular unleaded. It cost me less then $20 to fill up last week. I am most pleased about home heating oil because I ordered it yesterday and it was $2.00 a gallon. It cost over $4.50 a gallon this time last year.
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Old 12-30-2008, 07:48 AM
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I filled up my PT Cruiser Turbo with premium last week for under $20

Ive owned the car for 6 years this Feb and Ive NEVER done that.

Our little Toyota Yaris clicks off around $13 and lasts 350 miles or so. Love it!
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Old 12-30-2008, 06:06 PM
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Gas costs about 1.89 here.

(I see that hybrids are starting to lose favor again - does that mean behemoths will bring the big 3 back to financial balance again?)
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It shows 79.6 cents/L but we use the "Extra" level gas so it is about 86 cents/L. Pretty good from $1.5/L
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I filled up yesterday at $1.57 a gallon for regular. When I purchased my new car (Toyota Matrix) last May, I traded in a Jeep Grand Cherokee. It was costing me around $65 to fill that tank. Now it's about $15. I really love the smaller car and I still have a lot of cargo room.

I am dismayed to hear that sales of big SUV's are starting to go up again? (Sorry I cannot remember where I read/heard this report, it might have been on CNN.) Do people not learn?
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I'm elated. I used to spend $320 on gas per month. With the drop in gas prices I'm only spending $120.

It's a very good thing!!!!
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Still 1.43 at the local WAWA by work. Exxon by the house is down to 1.36. Not complaining one bit, looking forward to spring when camping season starts back up. Maybe time to go fill up the motorhome. Big ol' whopping 55 gallon tank...OUCH
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We are seeing 1.50 ish around Durham north carolina. much better!!! hope it stays put. Interesting how they now want to limit since we get better prices. maybe someday should punish THEM for price gouging.
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It's in the 1.60s here, but I won't complain! Filling up for less than $30 is fabulous.
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Old 01-07-2009, 11:20 AM
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Cheap gas bums me out. $4 gas was finally getting people to change their habits, and I fear fuel conservation will again be put on the back burner.
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