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Kitschy · Dec 16, 2004, 06:19 PM

That's how much I got regular unleaded for last night at Albertson's in Oklahoma City.

Suh-WEET!

ManOfSteal · Dec 16, 2004, 06:23 PM

I got it for $1.37 on eBay.

MacMan4000 · Dec 16, 2004, 06:25 PM

Originally posted by Kitschy:
That's how much I got regular unleaded for last night at Albertson's in Oklahoma City.

Suh-WEET!

Nice! Kroger was 1.59 last night, I filled up. Getting 13 MPG is not easy.

But if I drive slower I could be getting 16 mpg.

My car was a hand-me-down from my mom, and it has one of those average miles per gallon calculator things. When i got the car it was 16. So I reset it and now it shows 13...

The way i see it, the faster you drive the sooner the heat starts working

It was 19 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday... all day.

CreepingDeth · Dec 16, 2004, 06:26 PM

Of course, we don't hear much about the falling oil prices. When the opposite occurs, it gets a 40 second mention every 15 minutes. $1.52 out here.

itai195 · Dec 16, 2004, 06:29 PM

I paid $2.09, suckers!

Anyway, I've heard OPEC is going to try to get prices back up. Wasn't gas also pretty low last December? I remember paying as low as $1.50 here. Perhaps this is just the peak supply season, what do I know.

Ghoser777 · Dec 16, 2004, 06:29 PM

It's because the news industry is about "newsworthy" material, or what sells. And what we know sells really well is bad news, not good news. This isn't a conservative versus liberal thing, this is a market capitalism thing.

Kilbey · Dec 16, 2004, 06:32 PM

US$1.62 today on the way in. Makes my 32 MPG feel that much better.

Sealobo · Dec 16, 2004, 06:43 PM

i got $1.41/L for 98 super unleaded.

Demonhood · Dec 16, 2004, 06:49 PM

still around $2.13 here.
we haven't seen sub-$2 in many many moons.

MacNStein · Dec 16, 2004, 06:50 PM

$1.54 here, that's a .25 drop in just a week and a half.

MacMan4000 · Dec 16, 2004, 06:58 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
still around $2.13 here.
we haven't seen sub-$2 in many many moons.

Wow that sucks balls. The highest i'v ever paid was $1.98. and i almost cried. It was a sad day.

E's Lil Theorem · Dec 16, 2004, 07:25 PM

I go to Costco for gas where it's typically $0.25 cheaper than at regular gas stations. Last weekend I paid $1.88 for regular unleaded. I'm hoping it's a bit cheaper when I go this weekend.

Kenneth · Dec 16, 2004, 08:11 PM

$1.82 regular unleaded here at the local Safeway, after 3 cents off with Safeway club card. I have a '95 Sentra (1.6L) and '04 Camry (2.4L) here and it's alright.

Gankdawg · Dec 16, 2004, 09:29 PM

Down to 1.79/gallon here.

d0ubled0wn · Dec 16, 2004, 09:44 PM

Originally posted by Sealobo:
i got $1.41/L for 98 super unleaded.

98 octane? What kind of vehicle do you drive?

Jaey · Dec 16, 2004, 09:49 PM

I ride in carriages.

cjrivera · Dec 16, 2004, 11:22 PM

$1.97 / gal for Premium (93 octane)...
I wish there was the higher grade (95 or higher) around here.

dgs212 · Dec 16, 2004, 11:40 PM

Ride a bike, polluters!

Kilbey · Dec 17, 2004, 12:10 AM

Originally posted by dgs212:
Ride a bike, polluters!

It'd take me 8 hours to get back and forth to work.

Get real.

Lancer409 · Dec 17, 2004, 02:05 AM

out in the golden state, we've been getting d!cked on gas prices for ages... damn morons insisting california needs "special" gas...

i've seen shell premium hit 2.99 since no one wants to hit the 3 dollar mark in san francisco.

gas was around 2.83 regular at that shell... damn ..

badidea · Dec 17, 2004, 02:58 AM

Originally posted by Kilbey:
It'd take me 8 hours to get back and forth to work.

Get real.

You should move to the country where you work!

Peter · Dec 17, 2004, 04:29 AM

Segaways are the future

Athens · Dec 17, 2004, 04:40 AM

Lets see what I would pay LOL lots of conversion involved...

1 Gallons (US) equals 3.78541 Liters

Gas Price, 0.70/L so thats about $2.64/G

Now money conversion that is about $2.15 per US/G

demograph68 · Dec 17, 2004, 05:04 AM

Originally posted by Peter:
Segaways are the future

Yeah...

drive-thru · Dec 17, 2004, 05:15 AM

$6.19 here.

Peter · Dec 17, 2004, 05:22 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
Yeah...

Lancer409 · Dec 17, 2004, 06:50 AM

Originally posted by drive-thru:
$6.19 here.

god .. where are you?!?

and why are you still there? lol

how come tiff and clarkson are able to speed around in those fantastic cars with prices like that? .. geez

dgs212 · Dec 17, 2004, 09:36 AM

Originally posted by Kilbey:
It'd take me 8 hours to get back and forth to work.

Get real.

Have you considered living closer to where you work, or working closer to where you live?

turtle777 · Dec 17, 2004, 09:40 AM

Originally posted by badidea:
You should move to the country where you work!

Hehe

-t

djohnson · Dec 17, 2004, 10:08 AM

Originally posted by dgs212:
Have you considered living closer to where you work, or working closer to where you live?

Not always possible. In large cities, living 10 miles away is close to work. I drive about 12 miles to work each day and there is no way I could possibly live any closer. Too expensive! Oh and the closest commercial places are about 2 miles away from where I live. In larger cities, sometimes it is even farther! I will let you work at the grocery store or 7-11 for the rest of your life. For the rest of us, we can get real jobs!

Oh and gas is $1.59 here.

demograph68 · Dec 17, 2004, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by djohnson:
Not always possible. In large cities, living 10 miles away is close to work. I drive about 12 miles to work each day and there is no way I could possibly live any closer. Too expensive! Oh and the closest commercial places are about 2 miles away from where I live. In larger cities, sometimes it is even farther! I will let you work at the grocery store or 7-11 for the rest of your life. For the rest of us, we can get real jobs!

Oh and gas is $1.59 here.

Urban sprawl is getting ridicules.

Krusty · Dec 17, 2004, 10:43 AM

Still paid $1.82 yesterday which is only about 8-10c of the peak around here. Surprising because gas is usually relatively cheap around these parts.

drive-thru · Dec 17, 2004, 11:28 AM

Originally posted by Lancer409:
god .. where are you?!?

and why are you still there? lol

how come tiff and clarkson are able to speed around in those fantastic cars with prices like that? .. geez

Tax accounts for about three-quarters of the price of petrol here in the UK.

Funny, I just saw an old Clarkson show where he drove a Range Rover around for a day to see how much fuel it used. It did 9 mpg!
The surprising thing is that hybrid/econ cars seem to be more successful in the US than they are over here.

jlemons · Dec 17, 2004, 12:06 PM

I filled up for a 1.45 a gallon in Georgia yesterday.

d0ubled0wn · Dec 17, 2004, 12:43 PM

$1.99 for 93 premium in Detroit. Averaging 26 mpg in my new Passat... much better than the 14 mpg I was getting in the old Durango! Still, I wish I was getting over 30 mpg.

juanvaldes · Dec 17, 2004, 01:15 PM

Originally posted by Demonhood:
still around $2.13 here.
we haven't seen sub-$2 in many many moons.

I saw sub $2 yesterday for the first time in years. 1.89 at safeway couldn't believe it. Hell even Chevron was under 2.

SafariX · Dec 17, 2004, 01:27 PM

Paid 1.99 here. Best price I've paid in CA in a long, long time.

Webscreamer · Dec 17, 2004, 01:47 PM

$2.17 downtown Chicago

Axo1ot1 · Dec 17, 2004, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by djohnson:
Not always possible. In large cities, living 10 miles away is close to work. I drive about 12 miles to work each day and there is no way I could possibly live any closer. Too expensive! Oh and the closest commercial places are about 2 miles away from where I live. In larger cities, sometimes it is even farther! I will let you work at the grocery store or 7-11 for the rest of your life. For the rest of us, we can get real jobs!

This is one of the many reasons suburban sprawl is a huge problem. I live 10 blocks from my job, and that's further than most of my co-workers. Anyone that lives further takes the subway.

Mac Guru · Dec 17, 2004, 03:33 PM

$1.52/Gal at a QuickTrip in Sapulpa,OK as of Wed morning this week.

I never saw Gas go over $1.95 when I was hearing all that Anti-Bush Doom and Gloom over $3/Gal gas prices... I love not living in the City.

Oh, and yes it's a HELL of a lot cheaper to live away from work. I drive 30 min to work every morning, and live comfortably. If I lived in Tulsa, I'd be poverty-stricken.

Mac Guru

demograph68 · Dec 17, 2004, 03:46 PM

Originally posted by Axo1ot1:
This is one of the many reasons suburban sprawl is a huge problem. I live 10 blocks from my job, and that's further than most of my co-workers. Anyone that lives further takes the subway.

Originally posted by demograph68:
Urban sprawl is getting ridicules.

word yo

CreepingDeth · Dec 17, 2004, 05:30 PM

Originally posted by drive-thru:
Tax accounts for about three-quarters of the price of petrol here in the UK.

Funny, I just saw an old Clarkson show where he drove a Range Rover around for a day to see how much fuel it used. It did 9 mpg!
The surprising thing is that hybrid/econ cars seem to be more successful in the US than they are over here.

Damn. I love government taxes.

I wanna move to the UK!!

tie · 07:35 PM

Originally posted by djohnson:
Not always possible. In large cities, living 10 miles away is close to work. I drive about 12 miles to work each day and there is no way I could possibly live any closer. Too expensive! Oh and the closest commercial places are about 2 miles away from where I live. In larger cities, sometimes it is even farther! I will let you work at the grocery store or 7-11 for the rest of your life. For the rest of us, we can get real jobs!

Okay, but 12 miles isn't so far. An 4 hour bike ride, is what, 60+ miles? That's on the far end. (Particularly with traffic, that could be easily be several hours in the car every day.) Reasons for having to live so far away are: poorly designed sprawl, and too expensive to live closer. In the latter case at least there is sometimes public transportation. Driving 120 miles every day isn't so cheap either, and also wastes a lot of time.

Krusty · Dec 17, 2004, 08:28 PM

On a side note: "too expensive to live closer" is just a nice way of saying "I don't want to live in a lesser place so that I can live closer". I learned this 6 months ago when I moved back into the heart of downtown. Every place comparable to where I lived before was a lot more expensive. But I found a smaller, not-quite-as-nice place for the same I was paying out of town.

So, not to jump anyone's case here, but you probably really could live closer if you were willing to drop your standards a bit. Honestly, I rather enjoy living in a cooler location and I don't really miss the extra space so much. The only thing I fear is that since everything is in walking distance now, I'm starting to drink with abandon when I'm out (and know that I will walk home). If I ever move back to a commuter location, I'll have to be careful that I don't continue that habit.

Kilbey · Dec 17, 2004, 11:57 PM

Originally posted by dgs212:
Have you considered living closer to where you work, or working closer to where you live?

My wife has about a 2 minute walk to work.

I don't plan on working there for too many more years, I will probably transfer to a closer plant either in Flint or Lansing. Possibly Pontiac too.

Also, my mother has Multiple Sclerosis, so we moved closer to my parents so we could help her out as much as we can. Our house is about 1/8 mile away from their home.

Originally posted by badidea:
You should move to the country where you work!

Actually, if I went the same exact distance directly East, I would almost be in a foreign country.

Seriously.

Canada.

I shudder.

SeSawaya · Dec 18, 2004, 12:00 AM

got it for $1.64 last night. thank GOD! Now its only about 50� over priced.

dgs212 · Dec 18, 2004, 12:09 AM

Originally posted by djohnson:
Not always possible. In large cities, living 10 miles away is close to work. I drive about 12 miles to work each day and there is no way I could possibly live any closer. Too expensive! Oh and the closest commercial places are about 2 miles away from where I live. In larger cities, sometimes it is even farther! I will let you work at the grocery store or 7-11 for the rest of your life. For the rest of us, we can get real jobs!

Oh and gas is $1.59 here.

Yeah, I guess you're right. What do I know about large urban areas? I only live in New York City.

Seriously, I bet if you did the math you'd find that living closer to work and commuting by public transportation or bicycle or walking can be a good deal cheaper than living in the 'burbs and commuting, even if it costs less to live in the 'burbs. How much does a car cost to operate on a monthly basis? In general, about $600-700! And imagine if cars weren't so heaviy subsidized and you had to pay the actual costs of operating a motor vehicle. That 1 to 2 dollars per gallon you pay for gas is an outrage.

If you got rid of your car, you'd probably save more than enough money to move closer to work and commute via sensible transportation, wihtout your standards of living taking a hit. They might even go up.

Which is not to say that cars are completely useless. I'd hate to have to move without a moving van, for example. It's just that cars make for poor transportation when all theeir moving is a single body (or two) around. Too expensive (for the operator AND for everyone else who has to bear the burden imposed by motorists) by far.

drive-thru · Dec 18, 2004, 04:38 AM

Originally posted by CreepingDeth:
Damn. I love government taxes. I wanna move to the UK!!

Wanna trade? I love the though of getting slapped with a huge medical bill as I lie in a hospital bed fighting for my life.

demograph68 · Dec 18, 2004, 04:41 AM

Originally posted by drive-thru:
Wanna trade? I love the though of getting slapped with a huge medical bill as I lie in a hospital bed fighting for my life.

Lets take it outside boys...

drive-thru · Dec 18, 2004, 04:49 AM

Originally posted by demograph68:
Lets take it outside boys...

No need, it was just a joke (hence the

).
Tax has it's benefits & drawbacks, although I wouldn't for a minute suggest that either (US or UK) system is anywhere near perfect.

As for the topic (roughly): I rarely actually drive a car, perhaps once or twice a month. But I do enjoy the idea that other motorists are paying for the roads that I cycle on to be repaired and maintained, as well as various other services I make use of.