How Much is Premium Gasoline in Your Area?

[Haitian_King]

14.172 gallons @ $3.95/gallon today. Grand total of $56.11 for a fill up today. Would have been $55.12 if I had paid in cash. They charge $0.06 per gallon for all non-cash transactions.

[szh]

Paid $4.29 a gallon for Premium yesterday ... cheapest gas near my house. Most everybody else was 5 to 20 cents higher ... a few places as much as 30 cents higher.

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[breaksr]

It's $3.87 at Costco in NC but I've seen some places now charging over $4.02 for Super.

[Infinitiguy19]

Wow I am suprised rex is not here to close a thread of this subject. He must be on vacation or stoped carring.

But any ways gas here in Ipswich, MA is $4.05

[S13SR20]

I have seen it from 3.99 to 4.09 a gal today.

[rudefyet]

$4.29 here, $68 to fill up today IIRC

[Ozzie]

All I hear is "wah wah wah"

Mine is $6.40 a gallon........No, I didn't hit the wrong keys....

Six dollars and forty cents a gallon

[timderiksen]

as of yesterday it was $3.99 in houston tx (nawfside) but there saying its going up 50 cents by monday

[craigztoyz]

Welcome to the real world. It's known as supply & demand. Remember 2nd yr college economics. Product flows to the most demand! Period.

We have been coddled far to long. Recall the petro shortage of the early 70's?Some bought Ford Pintos,Chevetes etc. As soon as the shortage was over we bought BIG H.P.

Look up (Google) world fuel prices & get the big picture.

China & India placing THOUSANDS of NEW autos on there roads monthly.(To sit in clogged traffic sometimes for hours.)

Quit you'r damn whining. Pony up or dust off the bike.

Ya don't even wanna see my fuel bill of the first 5 mos. of 08. I've closed the charter biz. Can't compete. As if taxes on small biz were not enough.

It was a damn good run.

No complaints coyote.

I hope that you were not directing that comment to me" stop your damn whining" because I am not, I am laughing my a$$ off at people's view of gas prices. I have stock in exxon for a reason.

[Q45tech]

Just a useless post subject to fill up storage and hard drives and post counts, as there are dozens of web sites devoted to daily gasoline prices!

Every time gasoline goes up 25 cents we get another thread exactly the same as this one.

I guess we will just see another 25 threads before gasoline hits $10 gallon.

I'll try to block/delete them before another one starts! Wasteful of resources.

[xerexabante]

All I hear is "wah wah wah"

Mine is $6.40 a gallon........No, I didn't hit the wrong keys....

Six dollars and forty cents a gallon

Wow. I'll be driving my SLK for a while.

[Haitian_King]

Just a useless post subject to fill up storage and hard drives and post counts, as there are dozens of web sites devoted to daily gasoline prices!

Every time gasoline goes up 25 cents we get another thread exactly the same as this one.

I guess we will just see another 25 threads before gasoline hits $10 gallon.

I'll try to block/delete them before another one starts! Wasteful of resources.

But not devoted to gas prices in relation to fabulous Q45's right?

[Q45tech]

http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx

This active zoomable map shows gasoline prices down to individual county resolution. Obviously there will be stations which don't reflect average prices within each county.

Resolution seems to be 6 cents per color.

Makes you wonder why some adjacent counties have 12 cents or more lower prices..................obviously across state lines have different state fuel taxes but that doesn't explain the total variances.

Look at NW Georgia, Maryland

[Victor]

From an article I read gas companies charge what the market will bare. Gas stations in rich neighborhoods usually charge more than working class neighborhoods. Land values may also have a part, it costs more to build a gas station in the city than in the suburbs. Distance from the refinery or gas pipeline also plays a part, as well as how much competition there is nearby. Most expensive gas I've seen in California is on the road through the desert where there is only one gas station within 50 miles. They can charge whatever they want and if you are running out of gas you have to pay it.

[qsiguy]

As discussed a few posts ago, here is a spreadsheet to help you figure out how much you can save if you can increase your MPG. If you are looking at a mileage savings device of some sort you can plug in the cost of it and it will tell you how long it will take to pay for it at a given mpg increase.

http://www.c4caraudio.com/mpgs...2.xls

[Q45tech]

Gas at tank farm is all the same based on volume purchased and grade so a single independent will pay more than a chain of stores. The tanker truck gets < 6 mpg so distance from terminal adds to delivered cost. It can cost $3.50 per roundtrip mile for delivey of 9,000 gallons that alone might be a difference of 3-5 cents per gallon for a station very near terminal vs 30-50 miles away.

Do a time study on the driver from pulling an empty into terminal, THE TRIP, the unload, and back to terminal..............how many trips can the guy do in 8 hours? 3 maybe................what if he has to wait in line at terminal for his turn to refill tanker truck.

Years ago a family member owned 6 service stations and believe me a 20 cent gross margin per gallon is not enough.One drive off without paying can eat up 400 gallons of sales.

Most don't have a clur where their gasoline tank farm is located.

[Q45tech]

Something to consider the next time you go to Key West:"Key West Airport does not provide fuel to the aircraft, Horton said. A private contractor, Island City Flying Service, is responsible for picking up the fuel at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and driving it down U.S. 1 to its fuel farm near Key West International. The trucks that refuel the aircraft fill up at the tank farm and drive it right up to the aircraftm which are the company's true clients. An unexplained event at Port Everglades early Sunday morning delayed delivery of fuel to the airport until late afternoon, Horton said.

"While Fort Lauderdale and Miami airports have fuel pipelines directly from Port Everglades to their fuel tank farms, we have to drive ours here."

Increased aircraft visits at the airport this weekend quickly lowered aviation fuel supplies at Key West. A Boeing 737 owned by the Orlando Magic basketball team landed twice at the airport this weekend, Horton said, requiring the fueling of its large tanks before takeoff. Another non-regular flight, a large Embraer 175 passenger jet, also helped deplete weekend fuel reserves, Horton said.

"We pump 7,000 gallons of fuel a day [into aircraft]," Horton said. "We get nearly daily deliveries from Port Everglades, but this weekend we used up a lot more fuel. We had some unusual situations this week, and when you add in the fact that our Sunday delivery was late, there wasn't much that could be done."

Something else that's unique about Key West airport's fuel situation: Because federal law limits truck weight on Keys bridges, Island City trucks have to drive partially filled tankers to cut down on weight. The tanker trucks usually carry 10,000 gallons of fuel, but to limit weight stress on U.S. 1 bridges, they carry about 7,400 gallons when bringing fuel down the Keys, Horton said

The fuel truck has to drive 197 miles each way to bring gasoline to Key West

[Victor]

In California there is no such thing as a driveoff. You either pay in advance or use a credit card.

[Kiven422]

Filled $80 yesterday and still didn't get a full tank. And it only gave me 300 miles

[goody90q45]

Filled $80 yesterday and still didn't get a full tank.

A couple of weeks ago the Chevron pump cut me off at $75, a gallon short of full, even though I'd already swiped my debit card. I'm sure they've raised their limit since then, especially since the price has gone up another 25 cents since.

Gas was $5/gallon in Hana, Hawaii six years ago. It's got to be $10-$12 now. Anyone driven the Road to Hana lately? Gas is up to $4.40/gallon today for premium at the local Chevron and all of a sudden I find myself driving less.