cheapest gas - late August, 2005

Shockwave · Post by **Shockwave** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:21 pm

Just call it $2.43! Considering that a dime is now worth what a penny used to be worth, that 9/10 of a cent looks even more ridiculous.

-Eric

TubaRay · Post by **TubaRay** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:04 pm

bloke wrote:
knuxie wrote:$2.33, Walmart 1604 and Nacogdoches, San Antonio, TX

Ken F.
I've heard that gas down there is "cut" with Mexican vanilla to make it cheaper.

If that's the case, I wish they would cut it some more.

funkcicle · Post by **funkcicle** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:36 pm

$2.81 is the cheapest for me.

...anyone else put 93 octane in their vehicle(s)?

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 7:53 pm

$2.33 in Avon, OH at Circle K is the cheapest in this area.

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:28 am

Cheapest in my neighborhood is $7.13 per gallon. No fooling.

finnbogi · Post by **finnbogi** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:21 am

UncleBeer wrote:Cheapest in my neighborhood is $7.13 per gallon. No fooling.

Now we're talking. Standard price here is $7.21 per gallon.
Luckily, I haven't got a car.

Daryl Fletcher · Post by **Daryl Fletcher** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:23 am

UncleBeer wrote:Cheapest in my neighborhood is $7.13 per gallon. No fooling.

I've often wondered about what it's like in places where gas is really expensive. UncleBeer, do people drive very much in your neck of the woods?

This is a handy web site for those of us in Atlanta: http://www.atlantagasprices.com/ At the moment, it lists the cheapest gas at $2.35.

People are expecting the prices to go up due to Hurricane Katrina. We'll see what happens.

UDELBR · Post by **UDELBR** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 8:52 am

Daryl Fletcher wrote:
UncleBeer wrote:Cheapest in my neighborhood is $7.13 per gallon. No fooling.
I've often wondered about what it's like in places where gas is really expensive. UncleBeer, do people drive very much in your neck of the woods?

Yup, although public transportation's excellent. They're also about to start a system where cameras over the road will read your plate and send a bill to your house for how far you've driven.

That's on top of the 80% tax on gasoline.

tubiker · Post by **tubiker** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:24 pm

Peanuts.............

I've just paid Â£4.09 per gallon (my wagons both run on diesel - a quaint European product that gets me 40 - 55 miles per gallon depending on the vehicle and the weather) !!!! Of which a ridiculous amount goes on tax to Her Majesty's Goverment.

Roll on the revolution brothers.............

Andrew Murray

Daryl Fletcher · Post by **Daryl Fletcher** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:00 am

Dean · Post by **Dean** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:58 pm

Here you go!!

.05 per gallon!!

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle ... apest_gas/

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:32 pm

bloke wrote:I'm sure someone will beat this, but:

$2.42-9/10 in the Missouri bootheel...

I was in the bootheel teaching a class last week, and also paid $2.429 at a true self-serve pump in Wilson City (on U.S. 62 just west of the old and narrow bridge into Cairo, where gas was $2.699 owing to high Illinois gasoline tax). But I found it for $2.35 at a no-name gas station in Sikeston. My brain may have been clouded as a result of getting hit upside the head by a roll at Lambert's, however.

Gasoline in southwestern Missouri was also in the low $2.40's earlier in the week.

In contrast, I paid $2.93 the next day at a gas station near the Memphis airport before returning the rental car.

Around here, it's in the $2.70's to $2.80's, depending on location.

Rick "who wishes the trip had allowed a visit" Denney

windshieldbug · Post by **windshieldbug** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:20 am

Dean wrote:Here you go!!

.05 per gallon!!

http://www.boston.com/news/world/middle ... apest_gas/

Yeah, but you can't keep much of a car in a spiderhole... not even much of a bike

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:32 am

bloke wrote:
Rich Diner wrote:I was in the bootheel teaching a class last week...
...the next day at a gas station near the Memphis airport
Yeah, It was really great seeing you again...

Hey, I waved on my way by!

The class I was teaching in Sikeston was over at 4, and we had a 7:30 departure from Memphis airport.

But I'm going to be teaching in Jackson in a month--how far is that?

Rick "who was supposed to be teaching in Alabama this week" Denney

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 11:49 am

I'll say it one more time--oil will fluctuate between $50-75/bbl. Above $75 and you can start using the "R" word because of the brake it'll put on the economy. There's no wonder why the SPR was released to shore supplies up.

Tubaryan12 · Post by **Tubaryan12** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 12:23 pm

On monday I said:

$2.33 in Avon, OH at Circle K is the cheapest in this area.

Let the games begin...this morning on the way to work stations had already started to price at $3.09/gal.....maybe we should change the thread to who is paying the most

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:04 pm

Rick Denney wrote:But I'm going to be teaching in Jackson in a month--how far is that?

About 90 miles west on I-40.

You going to visit Mississippi?

ThomasDodd · Post by **ThomasDodd** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:18 pm

Chuck(G) wrote:I'll say it one more time--oil will fluctuate between $50-75/bbl. Above $75 and you can start using the "R" word because of the brake it'll put on the economy.

I'm not so sure about that. Many expected $60/bbl would have that effect. Since it'll take $96 to meat the inflation adjusted high of 1979, I doubt $75/bbl would slow much down.

And don't forget how much more effecient our use of oil is today. Sure the Big SUV will fall out of favor, but even my mid sized SUV at 25 MPG hyw, is better than the average family car back then.

There's no wonder why the SPR was released to shore supplies up.

And I disagree with using the SPR in such fasion. It should be reserved for stragitic, ie military, uses in the case of masive supply disruptions, that threaten our ability to defend the nation.

Not being able to drive Suburban or Expidition to the grocery store, is not such a case.
Walk, bike, carpool, or take a bus/train are all options. So what if grocery shopping is an all day endevor, or I'm not able to buy fresh fruit form CA or FL. It's not a stragitic problem.

Rick Denney · Post by **Rick Denney** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 2:57 pm

ThomasDodd wrote:
Rick Denney wrote:But I'm going to be teaching in Jackson in a month--how far is that?
About 90 miles west on I-40.

You going to visit Mississippi?

Not Jackson, TN, but rather Jackson, MS. I just looked at the map--Jackson is way too far south for a side trip to Memphis. It's further south than I remembered. But it might be closer to BFE.

Rick "who keeps forgetting that I-20 is in the middle, not up north" Denney

Chuck(G) · Post by **Chuck(G)** » Wed Aug 31, 2005 3:20 pm

ThomasDodd wrote:I'm not so sure about that. Many expected $60/bbl would have that effect. Since it'll take $96 to meat the inflation adjusted high of 1979, I doubt $75/bbl would slow much down..

Just my point--oil can go as high as $75 before we have serious problems. Look at what the '79 peak contributed to--double-digit inflation and that dreaded "stagflation".

Greenspan's been muttering about the real estate bubble lately. Methinks we're in for some tough times in 2006-2007 when those 'interest-only" loans start to see their first bump in payments. If valuations decline, I suspect some buyers may just mail the keys to the bank rather than pay for a loan whose value is more than the value of the property that's securing it.

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