Gas prices where you live.

stoneroses · Post by **stoneroses** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:27 am

Today as I am driving to work a Sunoco had regular for $2.99, on the way home, the same station increased it to $3.19 sometime during the day. How bad are the prices where you live?

Disclaimer: as bad as high gas prices are, perhaps we should feel lucky that this is all most of us have to worry about with what happened.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:39 am

i believe its about 3.40 here or something in Az. They claim that the pipeline broke again. I'm calling BS on that one.

Personally i see this as good. I hope more people start buying hybrid and electric cars and just say goodbye to gasoline. Better for the air.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:41 am

I've heard rumors of $3.70 downtown.

I've seen $3.20 for regular in the suburbs (of Chicago).

I have to fill my truck up soon

CMoon · Post by **CMoon** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:41 am

Word is it is going to spike over $4. They say this is in part due to the hurricane.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4203414.stm

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:14 am

If I'm not mistaken, I think it's about $2.49 - $2.79 here still. I fill up like once a month since I think driving sucks cock, so really haven't looked.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:18 am

Glad i don't drive anymore...

MSZ · Post by **MSZ** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:24 am

circuitface wrote:Glad i don't drive anymore...

You are the luckiest guy on the planet now.

JBC · Post by **JBC** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:26 am

That and my wife is hot!

Vexorg · Post by **Vexorg** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:27 am

Regular is around $2.85 around here. For once it's not the most expensive out there. usually it is, owing largely to already ridiculously high gas taxes that the state legislature tried to tack another 9.5 cents onto earlier this year. A ballot initiative repealing this tax increase is expected to pass overwhelmingly though, then promptly get tossed out within a week by some court.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 5:04 am

It's $3.09 where I am. Just went out, and put a little in since I heard it could be $3.40 by tomorrow... Fuck that. No excuse for that shit other than paying for the war. Less than a year ago it was half that price.

Elixir · Post by **Elixir** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:01 am

$1.49 per litre, for 91 Unleaded.

UnscathedFlyingObject · Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:01 am

I wasn't paying attention enough to notice the price, but on my way back from my road test, I saw a station where they raised the price. They had little carton cutouts on top of the old price. I guess it went up so fast they didn't have time to adapt

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Neon · Post by **Neon** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 6:21 am

Meh, they should be much, much higher. Oil won't last forever ya know.

Spoken like a true car non-owner

IlMrm · Post by **IlMrm** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:57 am

The local cheap(it ain't cheap no more) station had it at three bucks for unleaded, and I think 3.4 for the good stuff.

I cried a little inside each time I go fill up.

EOJ · Post by **EOJ** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 8:44 am

GaijinPunch wrote:If I'm not mistaken, I think it's about $2.49 - $2.79 here still. I fill up like once a month since I think driving sucks cock, so really haven't looked.

It's actually $2.89, GJP. I just filled up a half hour ago.

Still better than most places on the mainland. I talked to my brother yesterday and he said it's $3.15 in Cleveland. First time he has had to pay more for gas than me here in Hawaii.

marcus12024 · Post by **marcus12024** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:28 pm

It's $1.19/litre CND here right now, up from 1.14 in the afternoon, up from 1.03 the day before

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:49 pm

Around here it's up to around $3.30-$3.40 for regular unleaded...someone somewhere is making a killing off of all this. I wish I knew who it was, so I could put a pie in his face.

What I just LOVE is how all the industry guys say "the price won't go down until demand goes down"; maybe I'm just thick, but I have no idea how that's supposed to happen. Most people, myself included, need to drive just to get to work to pay for this overpriced gas we're buying; a lot of us don't live close enough to any workmates to make carpooling a possibility, and even fewer of us are able to just go out and buy a hybrid on a whim. How exactly is the "demand" for gas and such supposed to go down by a significant amount? Unless we somehow start making money without going anywhere, the demand's not going anywhere, it never has. And the industry is still able to place the blame on the public for "demanding" the gas, and the high prices as an extension of that.

Makes me want to whip up that pie right here and now.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 1:58 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:Around here it's up to around $3.30-$3.40 for regular unleaded...someone somewhere is making a killing off of all this. I wish I knew who it was, so I could put a pie in his face.

What I just LOVE is how all the industry guys say "the price won't go down until demand goes down"; maybe I'm just thick, but I have no idea how that's supposed to happen. Most people, myself included, need to drive just to get to work to pay for this overpriced gas we're buying; a lot of us don't live close enough to any workmates to make carpooling a possibility, and even fewer of us are able to just go out and buy a hybrid on a whim. How exactly is the "demand" for gas and such supposed to go down by a significant amount? Unless we somehow start making money without going anywhere, the demand's not going anywhere, it never has. And the industry is still able to place the blame on the public for "demanding" the gas, and the high prices as an extension of that.

Makes me want to whip up that pie right here and now.

Yeah, it's mostly express way where I am, so walking isn't really an option to get to work. That's okay, because like you say: It'll go down when DEMAND GOES DOWN. <---This will never happen unless everything's completely switched over to an alternative fuel. More people, more cars. They must *really* think the public's incredibly ignorant to say that... Sucks.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:07 pm

superhitachi4 wrote:They must *really* think the public's incredibly ignorant to say that...

Apparently for the most part they're right, since no one in anything resembling a position of authority is making any sort of fuss about this...then again, most of them are rich enough to not have gas prices be much of a burden to them to begin with, and the rest are probably in the pockets of the oil industry anyway. As such, "the rest of us" are just stuck with their assertions that "such accusations are completely unfounded" or whatnot, and are more or less powerless to do anything about it. And don't tell me "we can vote the guy out of office," you know that process is just as crooked and based on emotional appeals to the braindead public than rational thought.

superhitachi4 · Post by **superhitachi4** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 2:20 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:Apparently for the most part they're right, since no one in anything resembling a position of authority is making any sort of fuss about this...then again, most of them are rich enough to not have gas prices be much of a burden to them to begin with, and the rest are probably in the pockets of the oil industry anyway. As such, "the rest of us" are just stuck with their assertions that "such accusations are completely unfounded" or whatnot, and are more or less powerless to do anything about it. And don't tell me "we can vote the guy out of office," you know that process is just as crooked and based on emotional appeals to the braindead public than rational thought.

Agreed. Stupid government must be looking for a depression, because that's where they're diverting our economy. Keeping the salaries low, and raising everything else...HMMM that's a good way to keep people happy, and working. Heh.

sven666 · Post by **sven666** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 3:05 pm

its crazy here.. nearly $2 to the litre...

Post by **nZero** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:31 pm

$3.09/gal here for 87 octane. I figure it's probably about that for 93 octane in Yorktown, which generally seems to get some of the cheapest gas in the state.

landshark · Post by **landshark** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:34 pm

superhitachi4 wrote:Agreed. Stupid government must be looking for a depression, because that's where they're diverting our economy. Keeping the salaries low, and raising everything else...HMMM that's a good way to keep people happy, and working. Heh.

Yes. It's incredible isn't it?

Salaries are most DEFINITELY not going up in this country. Bush keeps ranting about how he's creating new jobs. New jobs of what? $4.50 walgreens jobs? Walgreens is the only thing that keeps getting built up around here.

Gas prices are going up and like someone said, we *HAVE* to drive to work to make money to pay for gas. Most americans don't have the option of public transportation because everything is so spread out. It's also quite difficult to get housing near your job because housing in many cities can be ridiculously high priced ($700k condos?).

I also don't live near enough people to carpool with. And carpooling in itself is a problem because I usually do not go home after work so that would screw those who I pooled with.

And property prices are skyrocketing. My job just moved another 6-7 miles away so I gotta tack that onto my commute. I can't afford to move closer because of the property values. If I move, the only direction I can move is further west (which is the opposite direction of my job) to hope to find places for $300k-$350k.

Strychnine · Post by **Strychnine** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 4:39 pm

I've seen $3.00-3.40 throughout Chicago, with the prices teetering more along the expensive side.

I wish they would stop purposefully making hybrid cars so fugly.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 7:56 pm

I filled up my tank before work this morning for 2.99 per gallon for regular. I drove by the same station at lunch just now and its up to 3.19. Lots of station here in AZ are just plain out of regular period.

My bicycle looks more appealing every day.

FatCobra · Post by **FatCobra** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:03 pm

I blame the SUV owners.......of course I to drive one only because my dad let me borrow it only because my old car was too busted and old to run good anymore.

I'm buying a hydrogen-powered car as soon as they become available, I can't stand this high-price gas bullshit any longer.

Seriously, why do people keep driving SUVs if they guzzle the expensive gas? Because they can afford it I guess.

Mark my words, World War III will be a war for gas.

howmuchkeefe · Post by **howmuchkeefe** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 9:51 pm

$3.09

People seem to have the following options when it comes to living close to work:

Pay incredibly high rent
Greatly increase their chances of being shot

Nemo · Post by **Nemo** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:51 pm

What's ridiculous is the price per barrel just went down (granted only a $1 or $2) but the prices at the pumps keep going up, plus the government supposedly just tapped a reserve. And you're only allowed to change the gas prices once in a 24-hour span as well. The gas companies are some bastards, but they know they can get away with it because what else can people do.

MadSteelDarkness · Post by **MadSteelDarkness** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 10:54 pm

When I filled up my car on Wednesday: $2.63
Thursday: $2.78
This morning: $2.99

I'm going bike shopping this weekend. Seriously.

Davey · Post by **Davey** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 11:02 pm

$3.19

Neon wrote:Meh, they should be much, much higher. Oil won't last forever ya know.

Spoken like a true car non-owner

Without a doubt. Americans bitching about gas prices... I believe the word I'm looking for is "ha." How come we never seem to notice that the rest of the world gets around just fine without 300 HP engines? I understand some people with SUVs and bigass trucks actually haul stuff around, but the soccer moms, small penis compensators, et al deserve every bit of criticism they get.

On a similar note, I find it funny that the Toyota Echo sells really well in other parts of the world (under whatever other names it goes by), but will be discontinued in the US because of its supreme unpopularity. Sure it gets over 40 mpg on the highway, but what will your friends think when they see you driving it?!

Luckily, I drive like my Corolla like an old man and don't travel very far, so I'm not feeling this too much.