GAS PRICES what are you payin

wheni was in isreal last summer they where paying 120 to fill up a tank
 
gas prices

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Paid 2.25 @ a bp today.
CADDIES ROCK.
 
WOW I'm very sorry for yall. I can't belive that sh!t as soon yall read this yall gonna hate me here in East side South Dakota last week before sturgis it was $2.31 for 91 Octane b/c of sturgis now its $2.53. But damn this is nuthing compared to yall. I'm sorry.
 
just got a call from a bud of mine
he told me that a 20 minut drive would get me Shell V power at 2.70 a gallon so i took it LOL
i know im not realy saving anything couse of what i spent to drive there but i wanted to get my babby on the road for ones this week so too her out there to get the gas it was 2.66 when i got there
you know what i did i bought 4 big gas cans and filled them up any one wana buy some good cheap v power :)
i spent like 135 dollars on gass today man
thats my resurve for a week
 
I was paying 2.79 in Iowa City for 91. The way I see it, i will pay $3 a gallon if it gets to that point..........but at that point, I will be driving less and biking more.

I haven't done much research on this, so pardon if i sound uneducated on the matter. But, if there was really a shortage of petro, don't you think the auto industry would be doing a lot more in the way of finding a different mode of fuel (granted, they have made some steps, but to meet the demands of us, the consumers, they will have to vastly improve those steps/products to meet our wants and needs).

It all comes down (like i have posted previously) to greedy people and the enduring war in Iraq and Afghanistan. So.....let this be a reminder to you all: next time there is an election, make sure to go out and vote for the candidate that will do the most for you.
 
dose any one know how come you can,t realy find anything more then 94 in ohio
and that real only at sunoco if you want anything higher you have to go to
the Oil COmpany or race track
and then you can only get 100 and up
why don,t they sell 95 or 97 here in Ohio any one know
 
at the track you should atleast be able to get 104
never put 107 in anything higher than 104 in not unleded
i couldn,t move my car anywhere that dosn,t have atleast 93 man
it hates running on 92 and 91 wow it would kill me i think
 
Where are you guys getting all these high octanes at? (above 91)
I have never seen a gas station that sells 93 octane...
is it a certain company?

fyi im in central cali (if that matters to anyone)
 
LS Gets U Wet said:
Where are you guys getting all these high octanes at? (above 91)
I have never seen a gas station that sells 93 octane...
is it a certain company?

fyi im in central cali (if that matters to anyone)
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California and Arizona are in the same boat...the government has regulated our gas for emissions and all you can get is 91 octane without finding a place that will sell you the really good stuff. It's frustrating when you get around Lake Havasu because all the stations sell 100 octane for boats, etc...but they have the large nozzle and won't fit in our cars. I doubt it's leaded because I can't believe they produce leaded gas anymore.

Here in Phoenix, it's about $2.50 for 91 at Costco...and about $5.95 for for 100 octane that you CAN run in your car. I only know of one station selling that really good stuff.
 
I just payed $2.67/gal 91oct here in Iowa.
 
The highest octane I can get is 93 unless I go to this amaco station and mix 110 octane with 93 octane and evens out mybe IDK 98. I was $5.00 gallon for 110.

I mix 2 gallon 110
rest 93 octane.
 
Premium gas hit $3 a gallon here in Chicago.

Soaring pump price driving point home
Consumers pinched; companies squeezed

By John Schmeltzer and Brendan McCarthy
Tribune staff reporters
Published August 17, 2005


Twice a week, Kathleen Kielbasa drives her 1997 Jeep Cherokee from Algonquin to Des Plaines to visit her elderly mother, helping her with shopping and other chores.

Now, as gas prices have reached $3 a gallon in some parts of Chicago, Kielbasa will cut her visits to once a week.

"My 85-year-old mother will not be happy, but I just can't afford it," she said as she loaded her SUV with items bought for her mom at a Rolling Meadows Wal-Mart.

She's not alone. The spiraling cost of gasoline, which set another record on Tuesday, is starting to take a toll on the pocketbooks of working Americans and corporations alike across the country.

According to government figures released Tuesday, inflation increased 0.5 percent in July, mainly due to the higher prices.

Meanwhile, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., the world's largest retailer, said second-quarter sales were lower than expected because customers were buying fewer goods, in part because of the higher prices they're paying at the pump.

Wal-Mart Chief Executive H. Lee Scott said he is worried "about the effect of higher oil prices. So I anticipate that we will face challenges as the year progresses."

But it isn't just giant retailers suffering from sharply higher gasoline prices. The people who operate convenience stores at gas stations also are hurting, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores.

"Except for penny candy, retailers make more on every item in their store than they do on gasoline," said Jeff Lenard, spokesman for the association.

And after customers spend upwards of $50 to fill the tank of an SUV or even a midsize sedan, there's not much left for a can of soda and a bag of chips.

"High gas prices are definitely affecting any retailer catering to lower-middle income customers," said Fitch Ratings retail analyst Philip Zahn.

"Filling a tank takes a larger chunk of their paycheck than middle- or upper-income consumers. So however much more they spend to fill the tank, they have less to spend on other things."

Kelly Harris, a mother of three from Martin, Tenn., said she "has cut out the things we don't necessarily need" in an effort to balance the family budget. "Unless I need several different things, I'm not going to run to Wal-Mart like I used to."

It's that shift in shopping patterns that has caused retailers, restaurants and even casinos to express concern that customers are cutting back or shifting to cheaper options.

In Illinois, the price of regular unleaded gasoline rose to an average of $2.63 a gallon, 11 percent higher than just a month ago, according to AAA Chicago. In Chicago, the price rose to an average of $2.71 a gallon for unleaded regular.

Gas prices are running 35 percent higher than this time a year ago; however, analysts aren't yet seeing dramatic shifts in driving patterns.

But consumers are changing other patterns, like where they eat.

John Cywinsky, chief operating officer of the restaurant chain Applebee's International Inc., said it is clear that households with incomes under $50,000 are struggling because they are spending an average of $560 more per year for gas than they did in 2003.

"Gas prices effect this group most directly, given their level of discretionary income," he said, noting that many appear to be eating at cheaper quick-serve restaurants rather than sit-down venues such as Applebees.

Trump Entertainment Resorts Inc., which operates the Trump Casinos, warned in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that soaring gas prices "could adversely affect consumer spending" and "our operations."

Wal-Mart, which caters to a high percentage of lower-income customers, is even more susceptible to the soaring prices.

One in five Wal-Mart shoppers don't have checking accounts, while 31 percent of the chain's monthly shoppers have annual household income of less than $25,000, according to a recent study by market research firm Retail Forward Inc.

Tuesday, Wal-Mart said the high gasoline prices hurt sales during the second quarter, and the retailer lowered its earnings guidance for the remainder of the year, setting off a wave of selling on Wall Street that drove Wal-Mart shares $1.53 lower, to close at $47.57.

With gas prices on the rise, most consumers are trying to conserve wherever they can.

Kathryn Corso, 48, a mother of three who drives a mini-van, said prices at the pump have put a hole in her pocketbook.

Corso now strings errands together and maps out her family's trips, making sure she travels the shortest route possible.

"You have to cut back on things," said the Palatine resident. "No more going out to lunch often, things like that."

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-050817gas,1,5612860.story?coll=chi-business-hed
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it,s not good to mix 110 with anything in a unleaded car
it dos not even out at 98
no matter what you mixe with it wil still be about 10 percent lead of more
and you have 107 on the real that is bad just so you know don,t do it
go to a oil company buy direct from them it,s better and saffer that what i do
i can go and get 100 for 5,25 a gallon at the race way in the summer time and in the winter
about 32 dollars
for a 5 gallon can of 104 in the winter time
 
101 Octane in Phoenix

Black03 said:
I can't get anything higher than 91 here, except 107 at the track
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Yes I have been frustrated with only 91 octane in Phx for a long time, but then right down the street from my house a new gas station went in and they actually avertise "RACING FUEL". At the north west corner of Cave Creek Road and Union Hills Rd, that station sells 101 octane on Pumps 15 & 16 only. It is $5.70 a gallon.
I filled up my MARKVIII for $65.00.

Side note: In May I was in Ireland for 2 weeks visiting friends, it cost me $80 US dollars to fill up their car which was a 4 cyclinder Renault. So we have nothing to complain about. Converted to USD from Euros and from Imperial Gal to US Gal they pay about $6.80 a gallon.
 
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