Gas prices - Page 2

Shawnee123 · 08-30-2006, 03:59 PM

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Originally Posted by wolf

I paid $2.95 for self serve regular early this week. I'm pretty sure my tank before that was around $3.40 from the same gas station.

Remember when self serve was the exception, not the norm, and that woman wrote a book entitled "Real Women Don't Pump Gas"? Are there any more full serves anymore, and what is the price differential?

wolf · 08-30-2006, 04:21 PM

There are still full serve stations. This is the law in New Jersey ... but gas is still cheaper than on my side of the bridge because the state taxes on the fuel aren't as high. I am not close enough to the border, nor am I willing to be disarmed to take 'advantage' of this, especially since what I might save per gallon I would lose in highway tolls and expended fuel for the round trip.

Self-Serve started at about the time I was learning to drive, so I learned that too. It's actually kind of strange to buy gas at a place where they do the work for you, and still check your oil and swab the dead bugs off your windshield (which they would do at the Shell Station up the street from me if I wanted them too). I don't know how much the surcharge for having them do the work is, though. If I remember to do so I'll walk around and check the full serve pump price, as it's not posted on the sign.

When I used to travel upstate there was a full serve station, or rather a station where they pumped the gas for you. No check the oil or wash the windshield unless you asked for it, though.

Elspode · 08-30-2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Clodfobble

Well, since I have a decent grasp of inflation, I personally expect to still be alive to see the day that gas is only $10.00/gallon, and likely consider it a fair price at the time. When adjusted for inflation, gas is still cheaper today than it was in the early 1980s.

I'm no economist, but I just don't remember being outraged and near-bankrupted by fuel prices back then. I wonder if I'm just making that much less money now than I was then...when adjusted for inflation?

In the 80's, filling up my car didn't make me sick to my stomach like it does now. I have to put about $250.00 per month into my two functional cars on average for my normal use requirements...and I *really* go very few places that aren't work except for band practice once a week.

That $250.00 represents about 9% of our take-home pay, and that's just for gas. No other vehicle expenses.

Does anyone else pay that high of a percentage for fuel out of their take home wages?

wolf · 08-30-2006, 06:26 PM

Since I only buy gas on the card, It's pretty easy to keep track of what I'm spending each month ... I have a car that gets pretty crappy milage (i.e., under 18 mpg) and since the prices went up, am usually spending around $75-95/month on gas.

skysidhe · 09-02-2006, 07:53 AM

Last school year I was spending about 20 dollars a week getting to my day job waaay across town.

I know that gas is high but somehow it's been linked to the price of sugar and soda pop. I know you might think I am having a pheobe moment but really, Next time you go to buy a liter bottle at 1.69 plus deposit we'll have to assume it's shipped in from where? Hawaii?? It's been more painful to buy that stuff because unlike gasoline we don't really NEED it.

skysidhe · 09-02-2006, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Remember when self serve was the exception, not the norm, and that woman wrote a book entitled "Real Women Don't Pump Gas"? Are there any more full serves anymore, and what is the price differential?

I was wondering the same. I don't want my oil checked but somethings would be nice to have the workers do.
I sure don't want to get my hands dirty before work if I have to use those little air pumps with the short little cord and about 2 minutes to get air into your tires before it shuts itself off. That is about as full service as it gets around here.

Trilby · 09-02-2006, 08:21 AM

Hee, hee! Paid 2.32/gal yesterday! Tra-la!

tw · 09-02-2006, 09:08 AM

Were gasoline prices high? Emotions said yes (in polls). Reality is completely different. One month this summer set a new record for gasoline consumption. Sales of GM's gas guzzlers reported this last quarter were at record high volume. Ford's F-150 sales, although down from last years record high levels, are still selling at numbers that are higher than most previous years.

Gasoline at $3+ per gallon was not expensive. SUV sales are still strong. With inflation, price of gasoline is same as gasoline prices in early and mid 1970s. That same history says gasoline must rise to somethng like $6 or $7 per gallon before consumers really consider gasoline expensive.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-02-2006, 05:08 PM

State gasoline tax is PA 45.1, NJ 32.9 and Ohio 40.4.

Don't be upset with Bush and Big Oil colluding to raise prices. After all, they're doing it for your own good. Their benefiting at historic levels, is just collateral damage.

Urbane Guerrilla · 09-04-2006, 05:09 PM

Southern California gas prices are finally easing below three a gallon, with most places selling regular unleaded in the 2.90 to 2.99 range.

Griff · 09-04-2006, 07:05 PM

Ah, now we can subsidise terror without the wallet pain.

9th Engineer · 09-04-2006, 08:13 PM

Maybe if we were allowed to use our own supplies (wouldn't want to hurt a few caribou) and stopped tanking incentives for broadening ethinol production we wouldn't have to be funding terrorism. I'm sure I'm mentioned how that area of the world has no value except as an oil well, once that's no longer important they won't have the funds to maintain a TV network much less a terrorism network.

Why did the worlds largest supply of oil have be sitting under the asses of a bunch of psychotic nomads??? It's like a sick joke or something. Someone call global eminent domain on their asses and admit them to a nice psych ward, we'll tell the candy stripers to cover their arms to show we're meeting them partway.

Ibby · 09-04-2006, 08:31 PM

Nurse Ratched could fix Bin Laden right fine.

headsplice · 09-05-2006, 12:07 PM

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Originally Posted by 9th Engineer

Maybe if we were allowed to use our own supplies (wouldn't want to hurt a few caribou) and stopped tanking incentives for broadening ethinol production we wouldn't have to be funding terrorism.

Why did the worlds largest supply of oil have be sitting under the asses of a bunch of psychotic nomads??? It's like a sick joke or something. Someone call global eminent domain on their asses and admit them to a nice psych ward, we'll tell the candy stripers to cover their arms to show we're meeting them partway.

Two reasons:
-1)There isn't as much oil up there that's as cheaply accessible at the same quality as shipping it from the Mideast.
-2)Ethanol isn't all that great. It takes a tremendous amount of power to produce, even if it does burn cleaner in autos. I'm pretty sure (though I can't remember where you actually have a net loss of CO2 when making and burning ehtanol fuel.

smoothmoniker · 09-05-2006, 10:36 PM

Gas is more expensive in LA than in the suburbs becasue LA adds a city tax, and a county tax.

I thought this was interesting:

http://www.losangelesgasprices.com/tax_info.aspx

It's a list of state taxes on fuel

08-30-2006, 04:21 PM	#17
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	There are still full serve stations. This is the law in New Jersey ... but gas is still cheaper than on my side of the bridge because the state taxes on the fuel aren't as high. I am not close enough to the border, nor am I willing to be disarmed to take 'advantage' of this, especially since what I might save per gallon I would lose in highway tolls and expended fuel for the round trip. Self-Serve started at about the time I was learning to drive, so I learned that too. It's actually kind of strange to buy gas at a place where they do the work for you, and still check your oil and swab the dead bugs off your windshield (which they would do at the Shell Station up the street from me if I wanted them too). I don't know how much the surcharge for having them do the work is, though. If I remember to do so I'll walk around and check the full serve pump price, as it's not posted on the sign. When I used to travel upstate there was a full serve station, or rather a station where they pumped the gas for you. No check the oil or wash the windshield unless you asked for it, though. __________________ 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

08-30-2006, 06:26 PM	#19
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Since I only buy gas on the card, It's pretty easy to keep track of what I'm spending each month ... I have a car that gets pretty crappy milage (i.e., under 18 mpg) and since the prices went up, am usually spending around $75-95/month on gas. __________________ 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

09-02-2006, 08:21 AM	#22
Trilby Slattern of the Swail Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 15,654	Hee, hee! Paid 2.32/gal yesterday! Tra-la! __________________ In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum

09-02-2006, 05:08 PM	#24
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	State gasoline tax is PA 45.1, NJ 32.9 and Ohio 40.4. Don't be upset with Bush and Big Oil colluding to raise prices. After all, they're doing it for your own good. Their benefiting at historic levels, is just collateral damage. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-04-2006, 05:09 PM	#25
Urbane Guerrilla Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Southern California Posts: 6,674	Southern California gas prices are finally easing below three a gallon, with most places selling regular unleaded in the 2.90 to 2.99 range. __________________ Wanna stop school shootings? End Gun-Free Zones, of course.

09-02-2006, 07:53 AM	#20
skysidhe ~~Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.~~ Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 6,828	Last school year I was spending about 20 dollars a week getting to my day job waaay across town. I know that gas is high but somehow it's been linked to the price of sugar and soda pop. I know you might think I am having a pheobe moment but really, Next time you go to buy a liter bottle at 1.69 plus deposit we'll have to assume it's shipped in from where? Hawaii?? It's been more painful to buy that stuff because unlike gasoline we don't really NEED it.

09-02-2006, 09:08 AM	#23
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Were gasoline prices high? Emotions said yes (in polls). Reality is completely different. One month this summer set a new record for gasoline consumption. Sales of GM's gas guzzlers reported this last quarter were at record high volume. Ford's F-150 sales, although down from last years record high levels, are still selling at numbers that are higher than most previous years. Gasoline at $3+ per gallon was not expensive. SUV sales are still strong. With inflation, price of gasoline is same as gasoline prices in early and mid 1970s. That same history says gasoline must rise to somethng like $6 or $7 per gallon before consumers really consider gasoline expensive.

09-04-2006, 07:05 PM	#26
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	Ah, now we can subsidise terror without the wallet pain. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-04-2006, 08:13 PM	#27
9th Engineer Bioengineer and aspiring lawer Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 872	Maybe if we were allowed to use our own supplies (wouldn't want to hurt a few caribou) and stopped tanking incentives for broadening ethinol production we wouldn't have to be funding terrorism. I'm sure I'm mentioned how that area of the world has no value except as an oil well, once that's no longer important they won't have the funds to maintain a TV network much less a terrorism network. Why did the worlds largest supply of oil have be sitting under the asses of a bunch of psychotic nomads??? It's like a sick joke or something. Someone call global eminent domain on their asses and admit them to a nice psych ward, we'll tell the candy stripers to cover their arms to show we're meeting them partway. __________________ The most valuable renewable resource is stupidity.

09-04-2006, 08:31 PM	#28
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Nurse Ratched could fix Bin Laden right fine. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

09-05-2006, 10:36 PM	#30
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Gas is more expensive in LA than in the suburbs becasue LA adds a city tax, and a county tax. I thought this was interesting: http://www.losangelesgasprices.com/tax_info.aspx It's a list of state taxes on fuel __________________ to live and die in LA

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