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TimPoet · 03-28-2003, 08:23 PM

Ok, let's do a quick roll call of the gas prices in your part of the country. Ours rose quite a bit and I thought it was the same all over the country until a friend of mine drove from NY to Vegas and mentioned a lot of lower prices. Now I'm curious. So, cough em up!
What's the price of Regular in you area?
Las Vegas, NV $2.02

***glc*** · 03-28-2003, 08:30 PM

Chicago suburbs (Kane County), IL - $1.64

Kubie · 03-28-2003, 08:39 PM

I paid $2.17 for 89 octane today.

Carl

figarowa · 03-28-2003, 08:48 PM

actually its gone down from 1.65 to around 1.58$ a gallon, in South Central PA....

PMich · 03-28-2003, 08:53 PM

$1.46 in central IL for 87 octane, a dime for each upgrade. It's dropped $.20 since last week.

HAL9000 · 03-28-2003, 08:59 PM

Ok... I do the conversion for you... a week ago we were $2.23USD per US Gallon (86.9 cents CDN per litre). Today, it's running for $2.05USD per US Gallon (79.9 cents CDN per litre). We have a little gas war thing every Wednesdays, so that's when I fill up and last Wednesday I bought for $1.95USD per US Gallon (75.9 cents CDN per litre). Right now, the trend seems to be dropping the price, so hopefully next Wednesday will be even cheaper.

not important · 03-28-2003, 09:13 PM

$154 from $1.64 a week ago. Central Ill.

CaptTuna · 03-28-2003, 09:17 PM

Yesterday paid $1.39 for regular unleaded @ Sam's Club. Average price for regular at other places $1.54. Gotta love that Sam fellow.

padawan · 03-28-2003, 09:25 PM

$2.11 here in California, for the cheap stuff. It went down .01 this week, despite the drop in oil prices by $12 a barrel. Go big oil!

That, and Cali has some screwed up new blend of gas that costs more. I think I should move.

Colonel Sanders · 03-28-2003, 09:34 PM

$1.69 for 91 octane.

L J

Byte 2.0 · 03-28-2003, 09:35 PM

1.85 for the 91 Octane.

Oak Ridge TN

Mac Medic · 03-28-2003, 10:11 PM

$1.38 here, Down from $1.5? earlier this week, don't worry too much, oil prices are tanking.

morriswindgate · 03-28-2003, 10:58 PM

$2.09, but you have to remember that gasoline in California is unique because of state mandates on the formula and then add to the fact that the idiots that run this state gave in to the MTBE scare and ordered it replaced with ethanol. This is not only more expensive compared to MTBE, but it is also more costly to blend it in.

http://www.junkscience.com/feb99/mtbeoped.htm

tigstah · 03-28-2003, 11:02 PM

1.70 for midgrade here in richmond va

icallmedan · 03-28-2003, 11:09 PM

1.59 in Harrisburg Pa

Markoman01027 · 03-28-2003, 11:25 PM

I think like $1.60 for 87 octane

Easthampton, MA

dave computer · 03-28-2003, 11:38 PM

1.64 Thumb in Michigan

***glc*** · 03-29-2003, 12:02 AM

Morris: How come we have had mandated ethanol here for 15 years and we are paying $1.64? Your state finally did something sensible - MTBE is nasty stuff, we banned it years ago. Maybe your farmers should start planting more corn.

That's what I paid this morning at BP Amoco for 87.

morriswindgate · 03-29-2003, 12:15 AM

GLC, It is just not the additive. California is the only state that has a State formula and not just a regional formula. For instance the gasoling that is sold in Arizona and Nevada does not meet California Air Resources Board Standards and cannot be sold here. Basically it is BS to let contributors and the state to make more money off the general public.

***glc*** · 03-29-2003, 05:11 AM

Morris - we here in the Chicago area have "boutique" fuel too. You are far from being the only one to have a mandated special formula. There are only 4 refineries certified to produce fuel for the greater Chicago metro area (which encompasses parts of 3 states) and when one goes down, our prices jump like crazy, they can't legally truck extra fuel in from St. Louis to compensate.

RJ · 03-29-2003, 05:23 AM

olala what prices !!!!

Germany, average price, € and US-$ are about 1:1

normal (91 octane): 1,07 € per LITRE
super (95 octane): 1,10 € per l
super plus (98 octane): 1,17 € per l

1 US-Gallon = 3,785 l

=> that'd be:
normal 4,05 € per US-Gallon
super: 4,16 € per US-Gallon
super+: 4,43 € per US-Gallon

Even Diesel is now between 90 ct and 1 € per litre (3,41 to 3,79 € per US-Gallon)

RJ

***glc*** · 03-29-2003, 06:55 AM

RJ: Do you have a breakdown as to how much of that is taxes? I think out of the $1.64 I mentioned, somewhere around $0.50 to $0.60 is taxes. There is a $0.184 federal tax rate, an Illinois state $0.19 tax, the rest are local (county and city) taxes and 6.5% sales tax.

morriswindgate · 03-29-2003, 07:48 AM

GLC: Although it is only $0.184 in Federal tax on the gallon of gas, in reality it is a lot more thanks to that great american President Jimmy Carter who introduced not only the Windfall Profits tax on oil, but also forced the oil companies to make production, refining, and marketing into individual and TAXABLE parts.
Evidently Carter was a great admirier of the European system of over-taxing any product but doing it in ways that hides the real amount of taxes.

RJ · 03-30-2003, 01:13 AM

I don't really know how much is taxes, but I know that it's much, could be the half or even a bit more but I'm not 100% sure.
Especially since the start of the "eco tax" prices rised like hell

RJ

TimPoet · 03-30-2003, 03:20 AM

RJ,
How much is gas in your area of Germany?

***glc*** · 03-30-2003, 05:20 AM

Tim: He listed prices a few posts back.

CMT · 03-30-2003, 05:41 AM

We are at 1.60 at 87 octane in Central Maine

qwert_666 · 03-30-2003, 11:52 AM

HAL, where are you getting gas that cheap, Im in the interior of bc and we are still paying 89.9

i3OSS · 03-30-2003, 11:52 AM

3.13-3.50 depending on which gas like regular, premium or plus

***glc*** · 03-30-2003, 11:59 AM

i3OSS - say WHAT?

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/

Highest in the US is $2.39 according to that site.

03-28-2003, 08:23 PM	#1
TimPoet digitally confused Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,303	And the price of gas these days! Ok, let's do a quick roll call of the gas prices in your part of the country. Ours rose quite a bit and I thought it was the same all over the country until a friend of mine drove from NY to Vegas and mentioned a lot of lower prices. Now I'm curious. So, cough em up! What's the price of Regular in you area? Las Vegas, NV $2.02

03-28-2003, 08:59 PM	#6
HAL9000 "Normal" again....?? Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 17,600	Ok... I do the conversion for you... a week ago we were $2.23USD per US Gallon (86.9 cents CDN per litre). Today, it's running for $2.05USD per US Gallon (79.9 cents CDN per litre). We have a little gas war thing every Wednesdays, so that's when I fill up and last Wednesday I bought for $1.95USD per US Gallon (75.9 cents CDN per litre). Right now, the trend seems to be dropping the price, so hopefully next Wednesday will be even cheaper. __________________ -At Ford, quality is job #1, job #2 is making them explode. ~Norm MacDonald, SNL News -Switching to Glide..Balancing in my head..inside of me... taking the glide path instead.

03-28-2003, 09:17 PM	#8
CaptTuna Member (10 bit) Premium Member Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: N'Awlins, LA Posts: 517	New Orleans LA Yesterday paid $1.39 for regular unleaded @ Sam's Club. Average price for regular at other places $1.54. Gotta love that Sam fellow.

03-28-2003, 09:34 PM	#10
Colonel Sanders Resident AMD enthusiast Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Kansas Posts: 1,445	$1.69 for 91 octane. L J __________________ Main: Gigabyte GA-770T USB3 - Phenom II 840 - 4GB DDR3 - Radeon 5750 1GB HTPC: MSI K9N6PGM2-V2 - Athlon II 250 - 4GB DDR2 - Radeon 5670 512MB HTPC: Zotac GeForce 6100E-E - Athlon X2 5800+ - 4GB DDR2 "Play a Windows CD backwards and you'll hear satanic voices, thats nothing, play it forwards and it installs Windows."

03-28-2003, 09:35 PM	#11
Byte 2.0 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Aug 1999 Location: Secret City (Oak Ridge, TN) Posts: 3,273	1.85 for the 91 Octane. Oak Ridge TN Last edited by Byte 2.0; 03-28-2003 at 10:06 PM.

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03-28-2003, 08:30 PM	#2
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	Chicago suburbs (Kane County), IL - $1.64

03-28-2003, 08:39 PM	#3
Kubie Retired Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Modesto,Calif Posts: 4,060	I paid $2.17 for 89 octane today. Carl

03-28-2003, 08:48 PM	#4
figarowa Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Morrisville,NC, US Posts: 572	actually its gone down from 1.65 to around 1.58$ a gallon, in South Central PA....

03-28-2003, 08:53 PM	#5
PMich Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Greenville, MS Posts: 625	$1.46 in central IL for 87 octane, a dime for each upgrade. It's dropped $.20 since last week.

03-28-2003, 09:13 PM	#7
not important Member (12 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Illinois Posts: 3,557	$154 from $1.64 a week ago. Central Ill.

03-28-2003, 09:25 PM	#9
padawan Member (10 bit) Join Date: Jun 1999 Location: California Posts: 894	$2.11 here in California, for the cheap stuff. It went down .01 this week, despite the drop in oil prices by $12 a barrel. Go big oil! That, and Cali has some screwed up new blend of gas that costs more. I think I should move.

03-28-2003, 10:11 PM	#12
Mac Medic Member (11 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 1,729	$1.38 here, Down from $1.5? earlier this week, don't worry too much, oil prices are tanking. __________________ Better to use a Mac and be THOUGHT a fool, than to use Windows and REMOVE ALL DOUBT

03-28-2003, 10:58 PM	#13
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	$2.09, but you have to remember that gasoline in California is unique because of state mandates on the formula and then add to the fact that the idiots that run this state gave in to the MTBE scare and ordered it replaced with ethanol. This is not only more expensive compared to MTBE, but it is also more costly to blend it in. http://www.junkscience.com/feb99/mtbeoped.htm

03-28-2003, 11:02 PM	#14
tigstah Member (10 bit) Join Date: May 2002 Location: MS Posts: 828	1.70 for midgrade here in richmond va

03-28-2003, 11:09 PM	#15
icallmedan Member (12 bit) Join Date: Mar 2003 Posts: 2,315	1.59 in Harrisburg Pa

03-28-2003, 11:25 PM	#16
Markoman01027 Member (12 bit) Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Easthampton, Massachusetts Posts: 2,633	I think like $1.60 for 87 octane Easthampton, MA

03-28-2003, 11:38 PM	#17
dave computer Member (10 bit) Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Marlette, Michigan Posts: 523	1.64 Thumb in Michigan

03-29-2003, 12:02 AM	#18
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	Morris: How come we have had mandated ethanol here for 15 years and we are paying $1.64? Your state finally did something sensible - MTBE is nasty stuff, we banned it years ago. Maybe your farmers should start planting more corn. That's what I paid this morning at BP Amoco for 87.

03-29-2003, 12:15 AM	#19
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	GLC, It is just not the additive. California is the only state that has a State formula and not just a regional formula. For instance the gasoling that is sold in Arizona and Nevada does not meet California Air Resources Board Standards and cannot be sold here. Basically it is BS to let contributors and the state to make more money off the general public.

03-29-2003, 05:11 AM	#20
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	Morris - we here in the Chicago area have "boutique" fuel too. You are far from being the only one to have a mandated special formula. There are only 4 refineries certified to produce fuel for the greater Chicago metro area (which encompasses parts of 3 states) and when one goes down, our prices jump like crazy, they can't legally truck extra fuel in from St. Louis to compensate.

03-29-2003, 05:23 AM	#21
RJ Member (14 bit) Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Offenbach/Main (Germany) Posts: 8,485	olala what prices !!!! Germany, average price, € and US-$ are about 1:1 normal (91 octane): 1,07 € per LITRE super (95 octane): 1,10 € per l super plus (98 octane): 1,17 € per l 1 US-Gallon = 3,785 l => that'd be: normal 4,05 € per US-Gallon super: 4,16 € per US-Gallon super+: 4,43 € per US-Gallon Even Diesel is now between 90 ct and 1 € per litre (3,41 to 3,79 € per US-Gallon) RJ __________________ All's right with the world when your PC is working right. Last edited by RJ; 03-29-2003 at 05:34 AM.

03-29-2003, 06:55 AM	#22
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	RJ: Do you have a breakdown as to how much of that is taxes? I think out of the $1.64 I mentioned, somewhere around $0.50 to $0.60 is taxes. There is a $0.184 federal tax rate, an Illinois state $0.19 tax, the rest are local (county and city) taxes and 6.5% sales tax.

03-29-2003, 07:48 AM	#23
morriswindgate Banned Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Bakersfield,CA Posts: 7,761	GLC: Although it is only $0.184 in Federal tax on the gallon of gas, in reality it is a lot more thanks to that great american President Jimmy Carter who introduced not only the Windfall Profits tax on oil, but also forced the oil companies to make production, refining, and marketing into individual and TAXABLE parts. Evidently Carter was a great admirier of the European system of over-taxing any product but doing it in ways that hides the real amount of taxes.

03-30-2003, 01:13 AM	#24
RJ Member (14 bit) Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Offenbach/Main (Germany) Posts: 8,485	I don't really know how much is taxes, but I know that it's much, could be the half or even a bit more but I'm not 100% sure. Especially since the start of the "eco tax" prices rised like hell RJ

03-30-2003, 03:20 AM	#25
TimPoet digitally confused Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 2,303	RJ, How much is gas in your area of Germany?

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03-30-2003, 05:20 AM	#26
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	Tim: He listed prices a few posts back.

03-30-2003, 05:41 AM	#27
CMT Member (7 bit) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Pittsfield,ME Posts: 123	We are at 1.60 at 87 octane in Central Maine

03-30-2003, 11:52 AM	#28
qwert_666 Member (7 bit) Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Kamloops BC Canada Posts: 86	HAL, where are you getting gas that cheap, Im in the interior of bc and we are still paying 89.9

03-30-2003, 11:52 AM	#29
i3OSS The Procrastinator Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 1,653	3.13-3.50 depending on which gas like regular, premium or plus

03-30-2003, 11:59 AM	#30
*glc* Forum Administrator Staff Premium Member Join Date: May 2000 Location: Joplin MO Posts: 41,189	i3OSS - say WHAT? http://www.gaspricewatch.com/ Highest in the US is $2.39 according to that site.

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