The Gasoline Blues

[Peter Johnson]

Filled up at $3.09 in Jersey just after I emerged from the Holland Tunnel this morning, then saw $3.05 at the Sunoco three blocks later just before the turnpike. D'oh! Regardless, that's the lowest price I've seen in a while.

[7/4]

Filled up at $3.09 in Jersey just after I emerged from the Holland Tunnel this morning, then saw $3.05 at the Sunoco three blocks later just before the turnpike. D'oh! Regardless, that's the lowest price I've seen in a while.

And it's only 2.89, down Rt.1 in Linden.

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[Peter Johnson]

Filled up at $3.09 in Jersey just after I emerged from the Holland Tunnel this morning, then saw $3.05 at the Sunoco three blocks later just before the turnpike. D'oh! Regardless, that's the lowest price I've seen in a while.

And it's only 2.89, down Rt.1 in Linden.

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Damn. And I was even thinking about going back on R. 1! Oh well.

[Jim Alfredson]

I paid $2.82 off I80 yesterday in South Bend.

[sheldonm]

...got off the plane from LA a few hours ago and gas was $2.66 at a station adjacent to the airport in Indy. BTW...gas was $3.45 in LA this weekend.

[AndrewHill]

There's a BP selling gas at $2.45 down the street from me and cars are lined up out on the street.

[Joe G]

$2.20 here as well, give or take. Fortunately I don't have to drive far to get to work. Close enough to bike it in, actually.

$2.20 would be nice!

I'll be damned - it was $2.18 at the Admiral on the way into work.

And yes, I was on my bike.

[sidewinder]

Still 94p a litre here.

[AndrewHill]

Its been as low as $2.09 around here.

[Jazzmoose]

$2.76 here. But I've been told that we're always high here. Kind of an isolated area with only one distributor. Monopoly is fun to play, not so fun to live...

[sheldonm]

...$1.99-$2.03 here in Indy....as low as $1.79 in some outlying areas. I was in Chicago this weekend...suburbs....$2.79...in the city..$3.45.

m

[BruceH]

...$1.99-$2.03 here in Indy....as low as $1.79 in some outlying areas. I was in Chicago this weekend...suburbs....$2.79...in the city..$3.45.

m

Yeah, the oil companies really like to screw the cities.

[BruceH]

What do you want to bet that, after the election, no matter WHO wins, the price of gas will start going up again?

[Chuck Nessa]

The futures speculators have dropped out an the developing nations have stalled. It will go up again.

[sheldonm]

...$1.99-$2.03 here in Indy....as low as $1.79 in some outlying areas. I was in Chicago this weekend...suburbs....$2.79...in the city..$3.45.

m

Yeah, the oil companies really like to screw the cities.

...while not Chicago; Indy is a city....of about 1000000 people...but downtown Chicago is always about $0.75 per gallon higher than the burbs.

[AndrewHill]

$1.76!

[Jazzmoose]

I had a feeling it was getting pretty low somewhere when I saw $2.23 today in town. Must be, what, $ .79 in New Jersey?

[Niko]

I had a feeling it was getting pretty low somewhere when I saw $2.23 today in town. Must be, what, $ .79 in New Jersey?

if it's a monopoly you should be glad they reduce the price at all when it goes down elsewhere

[Big Al]

Dippin' into the $1.70's around here. Gonna enjoy this while it lasts and hope it never gets as high as $4 ever again!

[BruceH]

Dippin' into the $1.70's around here. Gonna enjoy this while it lasts and hope it never gets as high as $4 ever again!

Oh, it will, you can count on that.

[AllenLowe]

well, this new gas situation is leading to a lot of special promotions - the other day I went into my local station and there was no price posted; the guy said "if you can guess the price you can have sex for free." So I guessed and he said, "sorry," and I left. I was driving by the place a few days later with my wife - I said "those guys are offering sex if you can guess the right price, but I think the whole contest is fixed." "Oh no, I don't think so," she said. "I won three times last week."

Edited November 18, 2008 by AllenLowe

[AndrewHill]

$1.72!

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

well, this new gas situation is leading to a lot of special promotions - the other day I went into my local station and there was no price posted; the guy said "if you can guess the price you can have sex for free." So I guessed and he said, "sorry," and I left. I was driving by the place a few days later with my wife - I said "those guys are offering sex if you can guess the right price, but I think the whole contest is fixed." "Oh no, I don't think so," she said. "I won three times last week."

MG

[7/4]

I had a feeling it was getting pretty low somewhere when I saw $2.23 today in town. Must be, what, $ .79 in New Jersey?

buck 80.

[Ted O'Reilly]

Well, let's see what a Toronto equivalent would be...

At a discount gas retailer, C$0.78.9/liter. At an exchange rate today of 1.255 that's 98.9 a liter.

A liter is .9463 US quart, so let's say 4 liters is a US gallon, (close enough) making it 4 X $0.989 or about $3.96 a gallon.

And Canada is your biggest supplier of petroleum, but you pay HALF what we do! (In Toronto, at least --probably cheaper elsewhere).