OIL JUST HIT 70.90 PER BARREL unleaded gas UP 20% again 2.88 OUT OF HAND

[quote name='slidecage'] hes giving werid numbers instead of saying 2 dollars and XX cents hes just listing 4 numbers. Thats right 4 numbers and a 6 is at the end I mean theres always a 9 at the end. [/QUOTE]

what the hell are you talking about?
 
[quote name='mtxbass1']what the hell are you talking about?[/QUOTE]

about the dude on the local news today. he said for gas prices 2 4 7 6 . he gave those numbers just like that so i have no clue what he is talking about. I do have one person confirm that one gas station here is 2.69 *up from 2.49* friday. Got to love a Barrel of oil Falls more then buck today YET they jack up gas another 20 cents.

i had to rewind my tv (got a dvr) 10 times to try to figure out what the newsman is talking about but he keeps saying 2 4 7 6 as the gas price
 
[quote name='slidecage']about the dude on the local news today. he said for gas prices 2 4 7 6 . he gave those numbers just like that so i have no clue what he is talking about. I do have one person confirm that one gas station here is 2.69 *up from 2.49* friday. Got to love a Barrel of oil Falls more then buck today YET they jack up gas another 20 cents.

i had to rewind my tv (got a dvr) 10 times to try to figure out what the newsman is talking about but he keeps saying 2 4 7 6 as the gas price[/QUOTE]

I think what the tv guy is referring to is cent fractions. I see them all the time at the gas stations around me. They have gas at $2.79 and 6/10ths of a cent. So I'm guessing that for you, gas is $2.47 and 6/10ths of a cent.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']Bah!

I'll build my own electric car! With blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the car![/QUOTE]

Didn't someone already post that car that gets 250mpg? I know I saw it somewhere.
 
[quote name='jaykrue']Didn't someone already post that car that gets 250mpg? I know I saw it somewhere.[/QUOTE]

Its a conspiracy the government infiltrated Cheapys servers and took it down... Your next for bringing it up..

I gotta go someones at the door.
 
[quote name='$hady']$2.56 a gallon yesterday, didn't look today when i went out. fuckin expensive, I remember when gas was $1 a gallon............[/QUOTE]

Yeah like less than 8 years ago.
 
just rented a van for a film shoot the other day...had to fill it up before i returned it of course. gas was $1.06/liter if i remember correctly...sounds great until you convert that to us dollars and gallons. 1 canadian dollar is about .83 us. one gallon is about 3.78 liters. so gas here is about $3.33/gallon. i think i paid about $23 and change for about 7 gallons after all the taxes were added in. top this with the fact that i can't legally work here since i'm from the us, and no, the people here don't make a significantly higher amount of money than we do in the us. many people in foreign countries either don't own cars or drive them sparingly. i used to drive everywhere, even if it was just a 2 minute drive. i try to walk everywhere i can.
 
[quote name='GuyWithGun']I was talking to this old guy yesterday, actually he was talking at me, and he was telling me how much the gas stations rig the pumps. Apparently they know when the Weights & Measures people are coming and make the pumps correct, and as soon as they leave they only have to push a couple buttons to shortchange you on gas. He was telling me that he's been driving his truck for such and such time and that he knows exactly how much a half a tank holds, and it's never correct at the gas stations when he fills up. He said that he's only found one gas station, which is a truck stop, that has the correct amount of gas that you pay for. He was also telling me that, "If you go to the gas station with a 5 gallon gas can, and you fill it to where they say is 5 gallons, I guarantee you that you will have plenty of room left over in that gas can."

Granted this was an old man that enjoyed talking, especially how wrong things are in today's world. But, just gets you thinking about how much people can, and probably will, screw you over if they can. Made me actually want to buy a gas can and test it out.[/QUOTE]

Try it out.

I watch my gas carefully also. I have noticed this and I am only 26. They do know when they are going to get audited and they can correct any issues.

There was a gas station Sunoco to be exact on the corner of Cedar and Saginaw that I used to frequent a lot. They had the best prices around this spring. But I noticed that I would have to put more in my car than it was able to hold to be full..

On other gas stations this wasnt the case. I stopped going there simply for this reason.



My car requires Mid grade and my other requires premium. Today i bought gas for $2.58 for mid grade but that was the exception everywhere else (except some shady looking station that I wouldnt trust with my lawnmoers gas, probably so much water in the old tanks) I mean everywhere else it went to 2.79 reg, 2.89 mid, and 2.99 premium...

The line was really long after i bought gas today on my lunch break. It took me $36 to finish filling my 16 gal tank.. and it wasnt completely empty.
 
I've wondered about this myself - I could swear I have a 14.5 gallon tank but every time I run it dry and fill up it always goes to 16-something...
 
[quote name='javeryh']I've wondered about this myself - I could swear I have a 14.5 gallon tank but every time I run it dry and fill up it always goes to 16-something...[/QUOTE]

It should state in your book. Now beware that sometimes you get an alternate tank.

For examply my Taurus SHO can come with a 16 as mine has, but most were equipped with an 18 gal tank.

So check the book and see. Mos the time it will be correct.
 
soon enough gas prices will be like this........

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Seriously... ya know, I read somewhere that there were plans long ago to build a car with an alternative fuel to gas. My guess is "the powers that be" (read: the Hebrew families controlling the oil companies) prevented that from happening, so they could suck the world dry.
 
expect Gas prices to shoot up. Oils numbers came out today and they are BAD... oil up 32 cents right after the numbers came out ..


Gas was 2.69 Here last night
 
I've started taking the train to work now. I had a moderate 20 mile commute to work, but it is rediculous to spend $40 or $50 a week on gas. Train prices are almost half of this, plus I don't have to sit in traffic and can get more play time with my DS. Choo-choo mother fuckers.
 
[quote name='GuilewasNK']I'll build my own electric car! With blackjack and hookers! In fact, forget the car![/QUOTE]

To heck with that. Just carjack yourself a ride everywhere you want to go GTA3-style, and your life will be a videogame everytime you drive. :D
 
[quote name='cyberlian']Delta is gonna go bankrupt from the price it's paying for its fuel.[/QUOTE]

whats it at now 99 cents?? I remember when this was a 20+ buck stock
 
Where is the public outrage with these prices. I remember a few years ago when Clinton was in office and the prices were creeping up past $1 and heading toward $1.50. There was a huge debate about whether the nation oil reserve should be tapped, etc. etc. I don't know if that is the answer, but there is no reason for the prices to be where there are other than greed. The global supply is keeping pace with the demand. The hikes are all based on the Oil Speculators who keep scaring everyone with predictions of short falls. Well guess what? Summer is supposed to be the busiest travel season and that is pretty much behind us now. There was not shortage.
 
Oil Now down 2.30 Per barrel Yet they continue to Jack up the price at the pump.

2.79 everyplace here now


heating oil will go up major time in Oct- Feb and they will say that is the reason why Gas will go over 3 per gallon here
 
[quote name='slidecage']Oil Now down 2.30 Per barrel Yet they continue to Jack up the price at the pump.

2.79 everyplace here now


heating oil will go up major time in Oct- Feb and they will say that is the reason why Gas will go over 3 per gallon here[/QUOTE]

Damn, you got it just as bad as Miami does. Average is anywhere from 2.75-2.85. Can't find it cheaper
 
2.55 at BJ's in Cary NC [membership required for that price, my sub is good till 07]
other than that, that side of town ranges from 2.57-2.63.
Coming back from playing volleyball through Apex, the little NAD station had it for
2.52/gal. Filled up both cars [drove one car to BJs and one from vball]; that was fun, dropping 60 bucks on gas in one day.

I don't think opening up the strategic reserve would be a good solution in this situation. This isn't a 'crisis', we're still getting oil/gas, it's just more expensive. Opening up the SPR would be a stopgap, if anything, not a solution.

And the prices, of both gas and oil, aren't necessarily related to actual supply/demand, but what supply/demand are *believed* to be, now and the near future. Though demand has steadily increased since 1980.
"The U.S. Department of Energy said the nation’s supply of gasoline fell by 5 million barrels in the week ending Aug. 12, putting inventories at 198.1 million barrels, or 12 percent below last year. Crude-oil inventories grew by 300,000 barrels last week to 321.1 million barrels, or 11 percent above year-ago levels."
So we have more oil available, it's just not refined to gasoline. Didn't one of the major gas companies close a refinery not too long ago? and other refineries have had 'technical difficulties'.
and to keep things in perspective: "Oil prices rose nearly $10 a barrel over the three weeks that ended Friday, sending crude oil prices up 40 percent compared to a year ago — but still below the inflation-adjusted high of $90 a barrel set in 1980."
The price of orange juice has risen more, relatively, than gasoline in the past twenty years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
 
[quote name='dtcarson']2.55 at BJ's in Cary NC [membership required for that price, my sub is good till 07]
other than that, that side of town ranges from 2.57-2.63.
Coming back from playing volleyball through Apex, the little NAD station had it for
2.52/gal. Filled up both cars [drove one car to BJs and one from vball]; that was fun, dropping 60 bucks on gas in one day.

I don't think opening up the strategic reserve would be a good solution in this situation. This isn't a 'crisis', we're still getting oil/gas, it's just more expensive. Opening up the SPR would be a stopgap, if anything, not a solution.

And the prices, of both gas and oil, aren't necessarily related to actual supply/demand, but what supply/demand are *believed* to be, now and the near future. Though demand has steadily increased since 1980.
"The U.S. Department of Energy said the nation’s supply of gasoline fell by 5 million barrels in the week ending Aug. 12, putting inventories at 198.1 million barrels, or 12 percent below last year. Crude-oil inventories grew by 300,000 barrels last week to 321.1 million barrels, or 11 percent above year-ago levels."
So we have more oil available, it's just not refined to gasoline. Didn't one of the major gas companies close a refinery not too long ago? and other refineries have had 'technical difficulties'.
and to keep things in perspective: "Oil prices rose nearly $10 a barrel over the three weeks that ended Friday, sending crude oil prices up 40 percent compared to a year ago — but still below the inflation-adjusted high of $90 a barrel set in 1980."
The price of orange juice has risen more, relatively, than gasoline in the past twenty years.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/[/QUOTE]

Leave it to NBC to put a spin on the entire situation.

Gimme a break here , Theres a reason i quit drinking orange juice, and that was because it got expensive. So i quit drinking it.

The problem here is we live in a world where we are dependent on gasoline. There is no "supply and demand" we need it. With demand, the desire for gas would shrink, but it wont because our survivability relies on it.

i can stop drinking orange juice, but i cant stop buying gas and hope to get to work and make a living.
 
I didn't read everything, but what type of gas do you guys use? I saw a ting on T.v. called Myth or Truth or something like that and they said that all type of gas are the same. It doesn't matter if it's unleaded or premium, it's the same thing for us consumers.

Certain high performance cars actually use these premium gas types, but for the consumer, their car can take any type of gas.

Anyone believe that? heck, at this time, I'm willing to believing that to avoid paying the high prices. I pay 50 bucks for gas a month and that's a lot to me since I don't have a job.
 
Be glad you don't drive a solid metal boat of a car from the 1960. I have to get the premium gas for it and it gets about 8.6 MPG. Beat that. :cool:
 
[quote name='tacklebox']Be glad you don't drive a solid metal boat of a car from the 1960. I have to get the premium gas for it and it gets about 8.6 MPG. Beat that. :cool:[/QUOTE]
Nope, you won. Congratulations. You get about 13 less MPG than I do. What a win. Be proud.


Tell him what he's won Johnny!

He's won an amazing $5 gas card, which will enable him to drive 17 miles to the next gas station to fill up!


:D
 
Knew this thread was somewhere on CAG ;) Anyway, I hat egas prices. I hate going to the gas pump. It just makes me depressed and has started to cut into my other expenses, games, food, etc. etc. And now I have to commute to school again. when will this madness end $2.6-2.70 a gallon is insane. And they are projecting barrel prices to be $100 by the end of this year. I remember thinking that $50-60 was just crazy and to me $100 is now feasable and even within days almost (I'm cynical on gas prices). The president should instead of signing BS bills that won't help us anything, his recent energy bill, should rather request a presedential mandate for the creation of other fuel sources and pronto similiar to how President Franklin Roosevelt put into place that we should be independent (I don't remember the percentage exactly) for the production of rubber when it became so vital during WWII and the shortages we were having.
 
[quote name='secretvampire']Sure would be nice if the government were to push change in our energy sources instead of just cozying up to Big Oil. Instead it's, "Drill in the arctic? Sure!" No way that will solve the problem long term, but of course they know that.[/QUOTE]

That won't even solve the problem in the short-term. It costs more to transport that oil from Alaska to anywhere in the United States. Do you know who that oil is being sold to? China, Japan, South Korea. Exactly.

Who's profitting? Oil and Alaska.
 
2.44 in south Texas for regular, been going down since yesterday, @ 2.50ish. And it is true about the profit for the retailers. My uncle owns a convinience store, which I worked at for 2 years or so, and he only made 1/2 a cent on each gallon he sold. Although he sold good, gas runs did major damage on his end. I don't know about Exxon stores or the sort though.
 
Thanks guys for making this tread and continuing to post to it, sometimes I forget escape the real world and think of a day when cars will be powered by happy thoughts and kisses....but this thread keeps those thoughts in check, thoughts of 4 dollars gas! Awesome!!! ;)
 
As of today, $2.51 in Mankato, MN. Down from $2.59 a week ago.

And to think, my grocery store offers gas discounts, and someone in front of me did not want a 0.22 off a gallon coupon the other day. Naturally, when it missed the trash can, I happily took it!
 
i just read over on gasbuddy that overnight Trading for Oil has just went up 4 bucks PUSHING A BARREL over 70 bucks. If this is true everyone in fort wayne be ready for a 20-30 Cent increse tomorow pushing Gas here up to $3.00 per gallon.
 
[quote name='slidecage']i just read over on gasbuddy that overnight Trading for Oil has just went up 4 bucks PUSHING A BARREL over 70 bucks. If this is true everyone in fort wayne be ready for a 20-30 Cent increse tomorow pushing Gas here up to $3.00 per gallon.[/QUOTE]

It's true, I heard about this earlier today. Because of the hurricane or something. Don't be suprised to see gas hit $3.00+ a gallon by next weekend.
 
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