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#531119 - 04/12/06 09:05 PM
Gas Prices
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#531120 - 04/12/06 09:06 PM
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$2.57 a gallon
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#531122 - 04/12/06 09:07 PM
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2.79-2.95 (regular)depending which city and which gas station
the "expensive stuff" is 2.99@ the cheapest gas station
(what isn't expensive any more?!?!)
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#531123 - 04/12/06 09:11 PM
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$2.76 a gallon in the western burgs of Chicago, hate to see what the city tax has done to the price in the city of Chicago Good thing I don't have to go there as much or buy gas there. Question, will the high gas prices change your summer plans?
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#531124 - 04/12/06 09:13 PM
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No way will it change my plans for the summer.
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#531126 - 04/12/06 09:15 PM
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My plans stay the same. Somebody's going to get my money. Might as well be Cheney, oops, I mean the local gas station:)
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#531127 - 04/12/06 09:15 PM
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About $2.90 - $2.95.
My summer plans remain unchanged. It doesn’t take much gasoline to act like a sloth.
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#531128 - 04/12/06 09:15 PM
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I just put the blinders on and pump.
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#531129 - 04/12/06 09:16 PM
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$2.59 to $2.69 in Central Texas
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#531131 - 04/12/06 09:46 PM
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2.65 for regular in SE Mi. Cost me over 40.00 to fill on Sunday.
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#531132 - 04/12/06 09:56 PM
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floating around $3.00/gallon in central CA
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#531133 - 04/12/06 10:43 PM
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The rink.
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Think out here in Phoenix it is $2.65 for the cheap stuff, but jumping a couple pennies/gallon each day...
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#531134 - 04/13/06 12:05 AM
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In L.A. County I've seen from $2.79 to $2.95 for regular and $2.99 to $3.15 for premium. OUCH, as my car takes the expensive stuff.
I've seen the news stories where it says there is no difference in the grades of gas, but I do get better mileage and more power from premium.
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#531135 - 04/13/06 12:07 AM
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what kind of car do you have?
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#531136 - 04/13/06 03:51 AM
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Saving at the Pump:
Buy at the right time. The day and time when you buy gas does matter. Through Labor Day, don't buy gas on Mondays and Thursdays. After Labor Day, don't buy gas Wednesday evenings or Thursday mornings. It's generally best to buy gas before 10 a.m., because that's when prices change.
Leave the air conditioning on. A lot of people think that turning the air conditioning off will improve gas mileage, but they are wrong. If you open the windows, which you probably will, that increases drag, and overall, you'll get worse gas mileage. So you're better off keeping windows closed and the air conditioning on.
Check all available gas stations. Sometimes when you come to an intersection, you'll see three or four gas stations. Don't assume that just because they're right next to each other they will have the same prices. They could vary by as much as 10 cents a gallon.
And, if it makes you feel any better, when adjusted for inflation, the price of gas hasn't reached a record yet. The all-time high, $3.03 a gallon in today's dollars, was set in March 1981. (That's the good news; the bad news is when the record was set in 1981, you could still find places that would pump your gas for you, check your oil, air up your tires, and clean your windows.)
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#531137 - 04/13/06 02:22 PM
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$2.68 Reg. Unleaded in NW PA - and there's a refinery in town.....imagine that.... I think we've heard every imaginable excuse why the price keeps going up....my favorite happens to be that its "fresher" here.....
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#531139 - 04/13/06 06:18 PM
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SW FL - $2.91 for mid grade, and +/- .10 for premium/low octane grades.
I am supposed to put in premium, but mix it with mid grade.
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#531140 - 04/13/06 06:37 PM
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NE Florida $3.00 for premium. I have no idea how much the others are because my car does not like them!
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#531142 - 04/13/06 06:54 PM
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Well, just went out to lunch and the price went up 10 cents from yesterday. Cheapest I just saw was 2.75. How can it go up 10 cents in one day? Did I miss a pipeline break or hurricane?
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#531143 - 04/13/06 07:19 PM
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The he11 of suburbia
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Question, will the high gas prices change your summer plans?
See, that's the question they always ask on the radio/tv, but the cost of gas is such a small % of the total cost of a vacation, the question is ridiculous. If you drive 2000 miles on vacation and get 20 mpg that's $200 at $2/gal or $300 at $3/gal. Even if you drive 3000 miles and get 15 mpg, you're talking a $200 difference based on a $1/gal difference in price.
Higher gas prices hurt most those who are in low income brackets and have to drive their old beaters 15,000 miles/year. At 15 mpg, a dollar increase in gas price equates to $1,000/yr -- lots of money for someone making $30,000 or less.
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