search for lower gas prices

plthijinx · 05-09-2004, 05:35 PM

here's a website that was featured in a story in the houston chronicle today on finding the cheapest gas in your area:

gas buddy

and

gas price watch

SteveDallas · 05-09-2004, 07:07 PM

That's interesting, but not that much use for me. I've found that in my neck of the woods, the relationships among gas prices at different gas stations is pretty much constant. In other words, if station A is $0.02 higher than station B, and station B is $0.05 higher than station C, those differences remain constant as prices fluctuate up and down (and up and up). So I don't really worry about shopping around--I know which of the stations along my usual haunts have the lowest prices, and make a point of stopping at them.

plthijinx · 05-09-2004, 09:35 PM

that's pretty much my consensus too but hey, if i can find a station a few blocks over from my normal route that's cheaper i'm all for it....

Dagney · 05-09-2004, 10:53 PM

I can only fill up 2 or three more times....

I gave a vital organ (they haven't told me which one yet) at the pump yesterday - 30.00 to fill my Monte Carlo on Medium Grade gas.

farfromhome · 05-09-2004, 11:10 PM

Gas (I thought) was high priced in upstate.I'm finding I was wrong.Monday it was $2.08 at my usual haunt.Now its $ 2.15.Beware of Portland Oregon.

smoothmoniker · 05-09-2004, 11:40 PM

at $2.15 here you'd have a line around the city.

-sm

wolf · 05-09-2004, 11:41 PM

$1.84 Regular. Mobil/CircleK Market, Suburban Philadelphia.

Troubleshooter · 05-09-2004, 11:44 PM

$1.699 in Hammond, La

404Error · 05-10-2004, 12:05 AM

Just hit the $2.00 mark here in CT. Last week it was $1.89. Next week I think I'll trade in the car for a horse. Anybody know what a bale of hay goes for?

SteveDallas · 05-10-2004, 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Dagney
I gave a vital organ (they haven't told me which one yet) at the pump yesterday - 30.00 to fill my Monte Carlo on Medium Grade gas.

I haven't spent $30 to fill our Dodge Grand Caravan yet, but I've come damned close, and it's only a matter of time.

There are still some places arouns here at $1.84 or $1.85, but many are up over $1.90. I haven't seen anybody over $2.00 (for regular that is) yet.

elSicomoro · 05-10-2004, 09:29 AM

I believe my local Mobil was at $1.91 this morning. (Far NE section of Philadelphia) At this price, my car costs about $20 to fill up; Rho's costs about $15.

jaguar · 05-10-2004, 09:45 AM

Try living in the UK.

Telefunken · 05-10-2004, 09:45 AM

$1.89 for cheap-ass regular at the local Citgo.

OnyxCougar · 05-10-2004, 11:10 AM

$1.89 for lowest grade unleaded. Eastern NC.

elSicomoro · 05-10-2004, 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by jaguar
Try living in the UK.

The reality here is that we've been spoiled for too long.

In March 1981, the national average for gas was $1.417 a gallon--$2.921 a gallon in 2004 dollars. Gas prices in the US haven't kept up with inflation, so we're still paying about a dollar less than the all-time high.

Granted, I'm not happy about having to spend $20 to fill up my car, and it sucks for people who are struggling...but it could be worse.

05-09-2004, 05:35 PM	#1
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	search for lower gas prices here's a website that was featured in a story in the houston chronicle today on finding the cheapest gas in your area: gas buddy and gas price watch __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-09-2004, 09:35 PM	#3
plthijinx Master Dwellar Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 4,197	that's pretty much my consensus too but hey, if i can find a station a few blocks over from my normal route that's cheaper i'm all for it.... __________________ For your dreams to come true, you must first have a dream.

05-09-2004, 10:53 PM	#4
Dagney The Prodigal Brat Returneth Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: North Cackalacky Posts: 1,107	I can only fill up 2 or three more times.... I gave a vital organ (they haven't told me which one yet) at the pump yesterday - 30.00 to fill my Monte Carlo on Medium Grade gas. __________________ The Constitution gives every American the right to make a total fool out of himself. But that doesn't mean you need to.

05-09-2004, 11:10 PM	#5
farfromhome Management Consultant Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Portland,OR/Conesus,NY Posts: 166	Gas (I thought) was high priced in upstate.I'm finding I was wrong.Monday it was $2.08 at my usual haunt.Now its $ 2.15.Beware of Portland Oregon. __________________ When you ain't got nothing-you ain't got nothing to lose.

05-09-2004, 11:41 PM	#7
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	$1.84 Regular. Mobil/CircleK Market, Suburban Philadelphia. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

05-09-2004, 07:07 PM	#2
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	That's interesting, but not that much use for me. I've found that in my neck of the woods, the relationships among gas prices at different gas stations is pretty much constant. In other words, if station A is $0.02 higher than station B, and station B is $0.05 higher than station C, those differences remain constant as prices fluctuate up and down (and up and up). So I don't really worry about shopping around--I know which of the stations along my usual haunts have the lowest prices, and make a point of stopping at them.

05-09-2004, 11:40 PM	#6
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	at $2.15 here you'd have a line around the city. -sm

05-09-2004, 11:44 PM	#8
Troubleshooter The urban Jane Goodall Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Florida Posts: 3,012	$1.699 in Hammond, La __________________ I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. - Aristotle

05-10-2004, 12:05 AM	#9
404Error Lecturer Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: CT USA Posts: 826	Just hit the $2.00 mark here in CT. Last week it was $1.89. Next week I think I'll trade in the car for a horse. Anybody know what a bale of hay goes for? __________________ "To disarm the people is the most effectual way to enslave them." ~George Mason~

05-10-2004, 09:29 AM	#11
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	I believe my local Mobil was at $1.91 this morning. (Far NE section of Philadelphia) At this price, my car costs about $20 to fill up; Rho's costs about $15.

05-10-2004, 09:45 AM	#12
jaguar whig Join Date: Apr 2001 Posts: 5,075	Try living in the UK. __________________ Good friends, good books and a sleepy conscience: this is the ideal life. - Twain

05-10-2004, 09:45 AM	#13
Telefunken Going for the DX Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Taxachusetts Posts: 82	$1.89 for cheap-ass regular at the local Citgo.

05-10-2004, 11:10 AM	#14
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	$1.89 for lowest grade unleaded. Eastern NC.

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