Gasoline Prices

[evildead420]

dude, what is going on, im not feeling the prices right now, why , why its like 2.50+ average around here in san francisco. im getting way bitter about this. tell me why does it have to be so high, there should be a price cap. screw oil refineries, we need a new type of gas.

whats your average price in your area. this is wack. i better get a raise soon if gas is going to be affordable. all i see now is its still going up.

[kevdupuis]

.85 -.88 cents a liter.

[govnamac]

Try living in Europe where the oil industry isn't subsidized by the government as much as it is here. What are they paying, around $5 a gallon?

[spyderkiller]

I agree that the prices here aren't as bad as they could be, especially compared to Europe. However, I sure am feeling it in the wallet. As a college student only working part-time, I can't afford to spend that much on gas in a week. I have other things, such as tuition and books to pay for. I'm soon going to be stranded on campus with no gas if these prices continue.

[BlackVCG]

More like $6.50 a gallon.

Yet, their way of life is drastically different than ours so it's not an adequate comparison.

I would highly recommend looking into a diesel powered vehicle. Although diesel prices currently are higher than regular unleaded in most places, in the future you'll be more likely able to access bio-diesel than an alternative to gasoline for your gas-powered car.

The amount of modification to a diesel vehicle is next to none to run bio-diesel. The only major modification is changing all of the rubber fuel lines on vehicles older than 86. Other than that, it's just a matter of keeping some anti-gel in the fuel during the winter.

[Muzikman]

There are a few problems.

A) The US lost two refineries in the south during the hurricanes last fall. They are now just getting back online.

B) There are too many different types of gas. A lot of states have passed laws that they require certain types of additives and such in the gas. This means it takes longer to make gas and it's harder to transport because all the pipe lines have to be emptied to change the gas types.

C) China is buying all the oil which is raising the cost of oil and ultimatly gas.

[evildead420]

yea, for my tacoma i get about 19 miles a gal and i have to drive 104 miles a day home to work to home again. its not cool for me, i really miss the 1.70 that we did have a few months back.

yea, someone told me yesterday about europes price per gallon. no wonder they do more public transportation, ride bikes, and drive little tiny cars.

other then that, us drivers/consumers arent really complaining and i think its stupid that we dont speak up about it. REPENT!!

[tony3]

Consider selling your truck and getting something with great fuel efficency? Right now I am getting 12 mpg on my explorer, then again I don't complain much because I don't drive that much. Only Like 10 or so miles a day.

[mcveighr]

.929 for diesel here.

I'm hoping it will drop back down to .699 in the summer.

18mi/gal

[ICP]

just went up to 2.18 here yesterday. My ranger gets about 26mpg, wich is pretty good for a 92. But it's def. time to break out the motorcycle and start riding that. A lot of the gas prices has to do with china buying more than in the past. Because so much is being used because everyone is sending there business over there to be produced.

[evildead420]

Consider selling your truck and getting something with great fuel efficency? Right now I am getting 12 mpg on my explorer, then again I don't complain much because I don't drive that much. Only Like 10 or so miles a day.

no way, i love my truck, i bought that straight up. i can never think to sell it now. im married to it.

our state is wack i think.

on the off topic side, the new bay bridge span is costing our state 400,000 a day. the total costs right now for the new bridge is 6.8 billion . wtf? im thinking of moving already.

[Bear_Claw]

My truck get 17mpg on diesel and now only drives maybe 400kms a month But then again its a 1994 F250 with a HUGE 7.3L (444ci) Turbo diesel so 17mpg seems pretty good for that. No milage on it for the last month and a half due to a toasted trans and thoughts of selling it (not happening no more i just gona keep on trucking).

Now my car thats a differant story. Shes a 1987 VW Golf Diesel and gets a AMAZING 45-50mpg and has driven last month alone 3000kms. Pluse i average about half a tank of fuel FREE from work every month. She can drive almost 800kms on one tank of fuel and only costs $30CDN to fill it. Diesel here is standing a 82.9/liter.

Am i feeling the fuel prices INDEFINATLY think id be driving a 87 VW if i could afford to run my Truck lol.

[WicKeD_WaYz]

I just paid 2.49 last night. That was the cheapest I could find.

[fire1811]

yesterday it was 2.14 today its 2.32 for the cheap stuff.

I also hear that its supposed to go up to around 100-105$ a barrel this summer which from what they tell me is around $5 a gallon.
thats crazy.

[Linkwarner]

2.19 last night for both regular and premium! Makes me happy I have a 98 chevy metro, 45 mpg!! 3 cylender, 1.0 liter drives around 40 miles per day.