How low has your gas prices become?
 

I saw $1.69 on the way to work today. Never thought I would see that again. And if you have a Walmart gas card it is near the 1.50's. How long will this last? Our gov is talking about an emergency gas tax to raise revenue for the states budget.

makes you want to stock pile it, don't it?

$1.89 is the lowest I've seen here

dollah fiddy one!

Funny you would mention that. There is some place out in the midwest that formed a gas station coop. Basically the bought the gas ahead of time and paid for large amounts per person and then used it up and bought more as they wanted or needed it. All when the price was low. They were paying .50 less than most people were when prices where high. I wonder why more people couldn't do that.

i wonder if they're stuck with a bunch of gas that's over priced right now, though?

Until now, I don't think they have had that problem. And I guess they could just buy gas elsewhere while it was lower then what they had bought it at and back to the stockpile when it goes back up.

How long does gasoline keep? Like 6 months? I know my lawnmower complains if the gas is more than one season old.

$2.35 :mad2:

I know if I have gas for more than an hour, people around me complain.

Oh my god!!! They gave me money back the other day at the pump!!! It was so awesome!! $2.05...

My eyes popped out of my head when the tank started to over-fill. I kept clicking the handle, but no more gas was required. I was at $30.00!!! That was a holy shit moment. I thought the pump was broken, but realized very soon that it was for real! Wooo-hooo!

1.59 when I filled up yesterday

$1.89, last I checked.

how low has your englishes become?

It's just below $1/litre here which still makes it about $4/gallon, but it's cheap that's for sure. Hasn't been below a dollar for years here.

$2.45 last week, maybe as low as $2.30s in surrounding villages, just because we're the higher-demand spot (have colleges, will gouge.)

Are we talking per litre or per gallon here? I'll check it out at the pumps tomorrow and I KNOW all you kind Cellar folks'll all send me petrol (gasoline) for Christmas!

:eek: careful it's not through your letterbox!

$1.74 today.....I'm curious about what it's like where Monster is since that's just a couple hours away South of me.

My grandparents used to have a big barrel at their farm and a local station would fill it up, maybe 2x a year. With gas prices so low right now, I feel the need to get a huge fuel drum like that in my backyard so I can fill it up and just use that for the year.

Pretty sure that would be against some law unless you lived on a farm.

Southwest Airlines was doing that. It's called hedging or derivatives.

Petroleum is bought maybe 3 months in advance. By the time it arrives, current market prices apply. Amazing how so many complained when the big oil companies reaped profits as prices rise, and ignore the massive losses when prices fall.

Gasoline changes over months which is why gasoline from six months ago may be a problem. See Reynolds’s number to appreciate the concept.

Oh, I would most certainly bet it would be against MANY laws. That's why I haven't done it. Heck, my neighbors aren't the smartest. They recently had a bonfire during a fire ban. We live on lots IN the city (not country) and they were throwing bed frame, tires, clothes, childrens play sets, toys, etc. When the fire department came, I guess there was a half-naked drunk guy with a garden hose infront of 20 ft flames telling the firemen he had it under control....as his shed siding was melting. I figure next to them it would also be a bad idea.

Because I live so close to work, I only buy gas once every two to three weeks. I sort of remember paying 1.94 the last time I went. I try not to look at the sign every time I pass it because it seems to drop at least a couple of cents each day, and I'd be too upset over not having waited long enough ... I think it's close to $1.80 right now.

$1.53 this evening ...but in a part of a town I hesitate to stop and fill up in at night and tonight I decided no.....

$1.53? I was jumping up and down for $1.58 well I guess I will still jump up and down Yippie! I have to buy gas, kerosene, and diesel fuel almost every single day for the various equipment here. Its a little less painful to fill up:D

Yup! There seems to be some sort of disconnect there.

Ventura County, CA, home of the gypsy moth quarantine, cheapest gas right ATM is $1.97 -- less than half what it was this spring and summer. California's anti-smog formulation always runs between twenty and forty cents more than neighboring states' prices.

But we're not bitter. We just remember to gas up leaving Vegas.

There doesn't seem to be as much variation in gasoline quality in CA as there is in some other regions of the US. I learned not to buy cheapo gasoline in Maryland -- Homoco's 87 octane made my car run like it needed a tuneup when it didn't. Had to top it up again with something more expensive when I got to half a tank to smooth the running back out.

it was 1;53 in the dodgy area, but still 1;69 right next to home, and 1:79 and more on the other side of town (6 miles away).....

nuts

I've been hearing problems with gas over three months old, in small engines like mowers, chainsaws and snow blowers, but that's anecdotal. :confused:

Our cheapest grade (87 Oct 10% EtOH) is $1.79 in Cedar Rapids right now, and was $1.52 this weekend in Des Moines.

Well the owner's manual of my lawnmower has detailed instructions of how to put the mower away for the season. Running the tank dry and pumping the primer bulb repeatedly and starting the mower up until every last drop is burnt. Briggs and Stratton doesn't want old gas to sit in the carburetor, because it will gum it up.

The Straight Dope doesn't answer definitively, but says that often gas will only last a couple of months before going bad. Especially gas with ethanol in it.

Must remember to fill up when we visit family in Ventura next month. $2.35 here still.

I think there is an additive you can buy to stabilize your gas for a longer period.

Yes, they've used those same instructions forever.
30 years ago I bought a new mower and followed those instructions rigorously. In the spring, I had a hell of a time getting it going again. That fall, I got caught off guard by an early onslaught of cold/snow and it didn't get done, but in the spring it started on the first pull. After that I just put it away and dragged it out in the spring with no problems.
But, with the newer formulations of gasoline, I'd be leery. :eyebrow:

My gas prices are so low they have to look up to look down.
My gas prices are so low they could hop under a snake while wearing a tophat.
My gas prices are so low they fucking pretended that they used all my quilt pieces and then wouldn't give them back to me when I saw them sitting right there on their kitchen table.
That's how low my gas prices are.
bitch.

I have low gas prices, right here.
Don't look at me like I don't have low gas prices.:eyebrow:

$1.52! Damm.

Holy shit Merc!! Oh what?!? Wooo-hoooo!

Just wait until after the Holidays when they spike up to 5. I'll be regretting this entire thread, and the price on gas.

Yeah...it's like driving along a highway that's normally clogged but today it's flowing nicely, so you say so to your passenger...and no sooner are the words out than you have to slam on the brakes.

Yeah, take pictures of those gas signs so you can look back on them wistfully.

if we truly were John Wayne motherfuckers, the rapid drop of gas prices would be cause for revolt.

nothing says "we've been all the way up inside you" like a quick pull out.

Correct, we put it in our boat each fall. 150 gallon Tank.

You hate the planet don't you Merc? Do you realize how uncool it is to use all that fuel simply for your own personal entertainment? No respect for the environment I tell you...

Sorry, just trying out my new persona I'll have to adopt when the new administration takes over.

BTW, I filled up at $1.89 this morning.

$1.43 this afternoon in Raytown, MO.

Somehow, we never make it to the "cheapest gas prices" news on the radio, despite the fact that we are consistently 20 cents or more cheaper than the supposed national low price.

Actually we also consider it an emergency source of fuel if prices go way up or we have to evacuate due to a storm.

I make my own gas, and give it away for free. Breathe deep!

Now petrol, that's another matter. It peaked at about $1.60/liter, and has since fallen to about $1.05, not such a huge fall because (a) most of that is tax anyway, which doesn't change and (b) the price is calculated based on the international market, and the Aussie dollar just took that nose-dive, hence the price, in our currency, has to be higher.

Well why was it still so much higher than US by comparison even when the Aussie dollar was almost equal to that of the US?

Tax. Petrol tax. GST on the petrol, and GST on the petrol tax too. Probably bloody GST on the GST too, I shouldn't wonder.

It was well over $1.60 up here for quite some time. I realize we pay a lot of tax on fuel here, but it still seems exhorbitantly high in comparison. Seriously, four times the price (roughly)?

1.89 last night.

Will be interesting to see what it this afternoon.

Yes, and don't you buy by the liter?

If there's a way to drive converting another cheaply available hydrocarbon to liquid fuel/petrol by solar power, Australia should seriously look into the matter. Germany used coal as a feedstock for synthetic oil once. Australia's got coal in Queensland.

Just paid a buck eighty-something per gallon (3.96 l) this morning. A combination of the dollar strengthening against other currencies and commodities and increase in inventory.

Yes we do buy by the 'litre'. You'll see me mention in my earliest post that we're still paying the equivalent of over $4/gallon.

I sort of remember it but was being lazy.

$1.67 in NJ today

$1.39 yesterday in Grandview on my way to get my kid.

That has to be the record lowest in the US since the 80's.

Your math not working very well - a liter is about a 1/4 of a gallon - not 4 gallons. The approximate conversion is 1 liter = 0.26 US gallons.

Classic, I read UG as saying his gallon was = 3.96 liters, so - just this once - I think he is right. Just this one time, mind you, lets be very clear about that. ;)

wouldn't we divide the cost per gallon instead of multiplying it since there are roughly 4 liters in a gallon, not four gallons in a liter? I have had a lot of wine today and yesterday but still...