[Laminar]

E15 typically comes in at 88 octane, so it could be that, though it's usually only about $0.20 under E10 around here. E85 is marketed as 85% ethanol but is usually somewhere from 70-85% ethanol depending on the station, season, etc. Most of what I get is about 77%.

[subego]

I very easily could have misread. I was split between parsing the fine print and not crashing.

[Laminar]

They just did it again - saw E15 got down to 2.71⁹ and the next day it was back at 3.05⁹.

[ghporter]

My fave spots are down to $2.69⁹ today. But some stations on opposing corners of highway intersections are playing “bump it up” while keeping pace with the other’s bumps. So about a mile from my house there are two stations that are charging $2.99⁹ for regular, while I can go 3/4 mile in a different direction and pay 30¢ less a gallon…

[subego]

Cheap Mobil had been solid all week at $3.97⁹, but was up 12¢ today. My control suburban Speedway was 3.44⁹.

[ghporter]

Well, my noting the corner "bump it up" price war was off the mark. It was just that those stations were ahead of the curve.

The whole area went up to $2.99⁹ for a day or two. Now it's drifting down a bit, to $2.95⁹ most places. I have no idea what happened or why, but there it is.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Out of curiosity, why do you guys care about this so much?

[Laminar]

In the absence of anything interesting to talk about, conversation naturally reverts to gas prices and weather.

[subego]

Gas is life.

[andi*pandi]

it is interesting seeing the trends in different places, especially as compares to regional politics and who to blame/praise for prices, supply, etc.

[subego]

This was my actual reason for starting the thread. Wanted to see what things were like in other markets. What’s the current Toronto price?

[Laminar]

BTW Canadian gas prices are traditionally reported in beaver pelts per milk bag.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

I actually don’t know, to be honest. I mean I vaguely think it’s somewhere around $1.50 a litre but I could be off wildly. I’ve never felt the need to check or compare gas prices. When I need gas, I stop at a gas station and pay whatever price they charge. Seems like a lot of energy to try and save a few bucks by planning around stopping at a certain station without driving any extra distance? But I don’t commute a whole lot, so maybe if I was driving some gas guzzler a thousand kilometres a week I’d probably be more interested.

[subego]

When I didn’t have to commute, I didn’t care. Now I do, so I do.

[ShortcutToMoncton]

Yeah, I fill up my little truck once a week, maybe twice at most. I’ll probably start doing a bit more driving soon, but again it’s not crazy.

[ghporter]

On Thursday I noticed a couple of stations with $3.19⁹ on their signs. On Friday, everybody was charging $3.19⁹ for regular. Today some of them have backed off to $3.15⁹. I have no clue why these prices have fluctuated as they have...

[andi*pandi]

perhaps they surge on days when Trump is indicted?

[ghporter]

Possible. Now I’m hoping for more gas price surges.

Locally the going rate fell from $3.15⁹ down to around $3.08⁹ over the past few days. Dunno what’s next, but I’m still remembering the summer of 2008, when regular was over $4.50⁹, even here in San Antonio…