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Fill your car up with gas today -- prices are about to skyrocket

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Hopefully this won't cause a manufactured crisis like what we had in Dallas a few years ago.

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4 hours ago, TornACL said:

Willing to bet $20 that OP posted this on Nextdoor as an urgent alert before posting it here. 

I'm not white, so I don't post on Nextdoor

PM me the $20 kthnx

Thought about stopping on the way to lunch - $2.05, didn't.  On the way back, less than an hour later, $2.19.

15 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Thought about stopping on the way to lunch - $2.05, didn't.  On the way back, less than an hour later, $2.19.

Well, that little misstep cost you at least $2.50 total...

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2 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Well, that little misstep cost you at least $2.50 total...

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TAHT is the cost of a mutha fucking Chick fil a chicken biscuit, yer damn right he fucked up.

Costco reg up 19 cents since Tue. $2.26 tonight. Profiteering?

Is this thread going the way of the metal turkey pan thread?

So we're lower than we were a year ago? The humanity!

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  • 3 weeks later...

Gas prices out here are absolutely out of control.  I have to put premium in my car, and it is running $4.40-$4.85/gallon.

5 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Fuck off.

I think I'll ...............drive off.... it's so.... cheap.....

 

Feel yer pain though. We were paying $3.95 for regular in Arizona last week filling up a moving van every 300 miles or so.

Edited by Onboard 2.0

Filled up with regular last night, $1.99 gal. My God, when will this crisis be over!

21 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Gas prices out here are absolutely out of control.  I have to put premium in my car, and it is running $4.40-$4.85/gallon.

At least you don't have to drive out to Dodger stadium anymore.

1 hour ago, mycox said:

At least you don't have to drive out to Dodger stadium anymore.

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I have no idea what I paid for gas the last 50 times or so I filled up. I guess that makes me Surly 1%

35 minutes ago, Hornlover said:

I have no idea what I paid for gas the last 50 times or so I filled up. I guess that makes me Surly 1%

That or you're just numerically illiterate.

50 minutes ago, Hornlover said:

I have no idea what I paid for gas the last 50 times or so I filled up. I guess that makes me Surly 1%

You pump your own gas?

Peasant.

Just now, Orange&White said:

You pump your own gas?

Peasant.

You live in Jersey ?

7 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

You live in Jersey ?

No, I'm in Austin. I was just funnin' on Hornlover.

3 minutes ago, Orange&White said:

No, I'm in Austin. I was just funnin' on Hornlover.

I figured, I was just moving the schtick along.

44 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

That or you're just numerically illiterate.

"innumerate"

On 10/11/2019 at 1:34 PM, Sbbruin said:

California in a nutshell.

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Is it tax related? That’s insane.

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15 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

Is it tax related? That’s insane.

It's California.  So yes, very tax related.  We pay $0.58/gallon in taxes, NOT including the $0.18 Fed tax everyone pays.  That includes our egregious 9% sales tax (higher in some areas than that).

how the fuck does that station get ANY business?

There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.

Prices jumped 30¢ today from $2.05 to $2.35. Good thing I filled up last night and used a 10¢/gal discount to come in at $1.95.

On 10/14/2019 at 1:20 PM, Sbbruin said:

It's California.  So yes, very tax related.  We pay $0.58/gallon in taxes, NOT including the $0.18 Fed tax everyone pays.  That includes our egregious 9% sales tax (higher in some areas than that).

also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  
Do our cities really have different types? Why?
19 minutes ago, Updawg said:
10 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:
also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

Do our cities really have different types? Why?

Politics.

Edited by Landomatic
/no cloak room

43 minutes ago, Landomatic said:

Politics.

IT'S THE ENVIRONMENT, GODDAMMIT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!

Edited by ImissWallyPryor

13 hours ago, elfenix said:

There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.

Well, there is that $.05 a gallon Shell Rewards discount.

10 hours ago, Updawg said:
20 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:
also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

Do our cities really have different types? Why?

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

On 10/17/2019 at 6:31 PM, Bill Brasky said:

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

so rural, sea-level gas is the best gas?

$1.82 at costco the other day. 

There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.
Maybe because it has better additives?
8 hours ago, futureman said:

so rural, sea-level gas is the best gas?

Gas from too much beer and chili is the best gas

Edited by Surly Bevo

36 minutes ago, Both Tacos said:
On 10/16/2019 at 7:43 PM, elfenix said:
There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.

Maybe because it has better additives?

it's 50 cents more expensive than a chevron about a mile away up on the interstate. 

so rural, sea-level gas is the best gas?

Eggs and gas are cheaper in the country!
On 10/17/2019 at 6:31 PM, Bill Brasky said:

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

 

At least in come cases, the formulation depends on the season? (summer vs winter, not football vs offseason).

On 10/24/2019 at 9:34 AM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

At least in come cases, the formulation depends on the season? (summer vs winter, not football vs offseason).

yes, Texas is a state that has summer blend and winter blend gasoline, where they change the RVP of the fuel 

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