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Postby The Last Bard » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:02 pm

2.99 for some places here. Some places $3.00+
Totally insane!
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Postby Arbre » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:11 pm

Yesterday the price in this area of Utah was 2.73. I don't know what it is today. I filled up my tank a couple of days ago when a friend told me to before the prices got so crazy.

In California where I used to live, it was 3.29 earlier today.

I didn't realize so many of you were dealing with such high prices... San Diego usually has higher prices than most of the country. Not so now. ._.
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:16 pm

So when gas prices are more sane, like 2- 2:50 a gallon, how much should a barrel be?
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Postby Mr. SmartyPants » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:26 pm

[quote="Mave"]Oh at this point, I'll be surprised if anyone uses premium grade anymore. :sweat:

I'm so not travelling anywhere for a long time and I'm glad that I carpool to work. I feel sorry for my colleagues who commute to work for 1/2 hour to 1 hour on a daily basis.

I guess I can't imagine how awful it must be for those who commute for longer times...(^___^)]

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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:29 pm

*hugs her little car*
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Postby Locke » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:29 pm

3.00 + is the norm in LA.

4.00 in harder to reach areas.
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Postby Joshua Christopher » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:37 pm

I just trained my truck to run on water. Just hose it down, man. That'll get me around for a few days. The truck's skin absorbs the water via osmosis. And if I let it watch episodes of Magnum P.I., it can fire shark rockets.

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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:39 pm

^ *taps finger on desk.* :shady: :eyebrow: :eyeroll:

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Postby Yokuo » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:40 pm

Shao Feng-Li wrote:*hugs her little car*

My car's small too! YAY! It really helps by not guzzling gas.
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Postby Mave » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:42 pm

Doubleshadow wrote:The highest gas I saw on the news was $5.97 at a Bp somewhere, for regular.


*dies*

Everyone, we just might have to invest in our bicycles/skates very soon.

*hugs her Toyota Corolla* Pls, baby. We can do it...just hang on there and go slow with the gas, Ok? :sweat:
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Postby Shao Feng-Li » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:44 pm

My future looks grim.
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Postby Yokuo » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:45 pm

Anyone out there know how to do Cold Fusion? That could solve all the gas poblems!! jk.

I heard ours is supposed to go up even more soon....
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Postby Azier the Swordsman » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:46 pm

$2.99 is the current lowest I've seen here. I fear it will eventually go up from there though.... my dad's truck possibly costs $60-$70 to fill up now and my car is around $30. <------That was only the last time I filled it up. I wouldn't be surprised to see a much higher total when the time comes again.
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Postby agasfas » Thu Sep 01, 2005 9:57 pm

For these reason (price) is why I'm investing in a motorcycle or moped. :P

I mean, I don't care how if they look dumb (moped), but I could care less if I'm the only one on the road. I mean, if it got to like $5 gallon (hopefully not) but I could fill up on like $10 and still have some for next week.
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Postby Ingemar » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:02 pm

Life is terrible when you have to shell out $30 to fill up a Miata....

Then again, is life really that bad if you have a Miata?

To answer your question, the cheapest I've seen (for regular) is $2.91. As for the Canadians around here, $1.135/L really IS high, compared to when I went there three years ago (highest I saw was $.85/L)
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Postby Slater » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:40 pm

should we really be complaining about gas prices being 5 dollars a gallon when we pay 30 dollars a gallon at Starbucks?
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Postby Sync » Thu Sep 01, 2005 10:41 pm

2.85 on Tuesday night when I filled up at about 7pm ($37.00 for my Accord), Wednesday evening it was up to 3.35; eastern NE/west IA.
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Postby ~Natsumi Lam~ » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:11 am

$~3.67/Gal

depends if i eat beans :)
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Postby Ingemar » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:39 am

frwl wrote:should we really be complaining about gas prices being 5 dollars a gallon when we pay 30 dollars a gallon at Starbucks?

Starbucks coffee only fuels caffeine addicts and people who don't get adequate sleep.

Most people need to commute many miles on the freeway to make a living. Something Starbucks coffee can't do.

Therefore, yes.
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Postby Mave » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:05 am

Ingemar wrote:Starbucks coffee only fuels caffeine addicts and people who don't get adequate sleep.

Most people need to commute many miles on the freeway to make a living. Something Starbucks coffee can't do.

Therefore, yes.


LOL!

As a coffee drinker, I've gotta agree.
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Postby desperado » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:22 am

gas has been about $3.50-$3.20 here. and they have been saying gas is going to go up!at least my truck gets about 28 or so mpg the tbird gets 15 mpg when your easy on it and 11-10 mpg when you open it up.
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Postby Kisa » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:13 am

2.99 here(VA), but I hear its up to 6 in Atlanta ><
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Postby blkmage » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:15 am

So it seems like $1.135/L was the lower prices at night.
This morning, I'd say prices are closer to $1.269/L.
And to think, a week or two ago, we were all thinking 'wow, $1.029/L!'
Some gas stations didn't have enough digits to hold the prices.

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Postby termyt » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:25 am

My brother works for a gas station. He reports gas prices have varied through out the day.

When he went in to work yesterday morning, it was US$2.999 per gallon. It peaked at $3.499 and and settled at $3.199 when he left after eight hours of work.

The gas prices changed four times while he was at work and he reported that his gas station was loosing $.20 per gallon when he left.
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Postby Technomancer » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:28 am

blkmage wrote:So it seems like $1.135/L was the lower prices at night.
This morning, I'd say prices are closer to $1.269/L.
And to think, a week or two ago, we were all thinking 'wow, $1.029/L!'
Some gas stations didn't have enough digits to hold the prices.

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That's pretty crappy; the gas prices here (as of yesterday) were just a shade under a dollar/litre. Thankfully, I can walk or take the bus to pretty much anywhere I need to go, but I am concerned about what this will do to food prices.
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Postby Stephen » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:45 am

I found some for 2.97 today and was happy. Never thought I would say that. Most places are already at like 3.50.
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Postby dragonshimmer » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:33 am

The last I checked, it was about $3.50 a gallon here. That was late yesterday, though. It's been moving around a LOT. At this point, I'm VERY thankful that I only live about 2 miles from work and that I have a small truck. It also means I get to see my family a bit less, though :( However, my heart goes out to the people who have to commute. *hugs poor souls*

You know...telling my age, I remember when I started driving and gas was about 89 CENTS a gallon. Seriously. *misses that*
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Postby agasfas » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:42 am

I work in a grocery store that also has a gas station section. Somedays I work as a cashier, others as the gas station attendant. Everytime I work out there I get yelled at by customers about the gas prices... the things is that I don't control the price of gas; corporate office does. I just take your money and flip the numbers on the sign. That's it.

Today, the cheapest I saw was 2.79 (only one), then the rest were either 2.82 or 2.99/gal.
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Postby desperado » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:57 pm

ive heard talk over the cb of truckers just stopping and sitting it out for a couple weeks. And i perfectly well agree thats what the privately owned ones are probably going to have to do.
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