what's the deal with gas prices?

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Freakaloin wrote:lol..idiots...its rigged...its dropping cuz the elections r coming...
Good call. People bag on you way too much. 80% of what these q3wers say is lame stupidity, and only like 30% of what you say is garbage.

Oil companies adjusting prices based on futures, lol. Oooh terror event! Jack up prices by a quarter over a month! Pretty ridiculous considering the gas you put in your car today has been refined and in storage tanks for anywhere up to nine months.

Well, diesel is. I'm not sure the exact 'shelflife' of standard unleaded gasoline. I think it's close to the same.

You know what this thread really needs? Ann Coulter and John Carmack talking to each other about the tick in their voices.
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Post by bitWISE »

tnf wrote:prices here are still going up.
Went from 3.10 to 2.50 here.

I wonder if mid-grade and premium really cost 10-20 cents more to make...its only a few more octane. Probably has more to do with the fact that the only people who go for mid-grade or premium have the money to not care.
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Lucky... I wish they cud run on something infinite such as... My Quake 3 skills @,@
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Post by SOAPboy »

bitWISE wrote:
tnf wrote:prices here are still going up.
Went from 3.10 to 2.50 here.

I wonder if mid-grade and premium really cost 10-20 cents more to make...its only a few more octane. Probably has more to do with the fact that the only people who go for mid-grade or premium have the money to not care.
I ran 91 in my last car. i really didnt notice a huge difference in filling up instead of running 87. But my car thanked me every tank.

Worth it imo.
[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.

It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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Post by Dave »

HM-PuFFNSTuFF wrote:record profits
heh.. even Bill O'Reilly said that.. Everyone but the oil execs knows it
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Post by bitWISE »

SOAPboy wrote:
bitWISE wrote:
tnf wrote:prices here are still going up.
Went from 3.10 to 2.50 here.

I wonder if mid-grade and premium really cost 10-20 cents more to make...its only a few more octane. Probably has more to do with the fact that the only people who go for mid-grade or premium have the money to not care.
I ran 91 in my last car. i really didnt notice a huge difference in filling up instead of running 87. But my car thanked me every tank.

Worth it imo.
Cars with high compression and forced induction require the higher grades. After running premium in my last car I was more than happy to drop 87 into the eclipse but I noticed that unless I run 89 I get a little tick in the engine.
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Post by SOAPboy »

bitWISE wrote:
SOAPboy wrote:
bitWISE wrote: Went from 3.10 to 2.50 here.

I wonder if mid-grade and premium really cost 10-20 cents more to make...its only a few more octane. Probably has more to do with the fact that the only people who go for mid-grade or premium have the money to not care.
I ran 91 in my last car. i really didnt notice a huge difference in filling up instead of running 87. But my car thanked me every tank.

Worth it imo.
Cars with high compression and forced induction require the higher grades. After running premium in my last car I was more than happy to drop 87 into the eclipse but I noticed that unless I run 89 I get a little tick in the engine.

Thats why i ran 91. I got "slightly" better gas milage, and didnt get "the tick".
[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.

It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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Post by Deji »

:o

Us euros don't even get petrol below 95 octane I think.
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Post by AmIdYfReAk »

Euro's Rate there octane diffrently ( or so i am told )

Anyway, Bit and Soap, that is Called octane knock.. :) not a tick.
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AmIdYfReAk wrote:Euro's Rate there octane diffrently ( or so i am told )

Anyway, Bit and Soap, that is Called octane knock.. :) not a tick.
yeah but we both knew what we were refering to. Didnt want to say knock and throw him off =P
[size=75][i]I once had a glass of milk.

It curdled, and then I couldn't drink it. So I mixed it with some water, and it was alright again.

I am now sick.
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Post by Nightshade »

Filled up with regular this morning, $2.89/gal, WTF?!?!
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2.69 yesturdeah
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Post by tnf »

I'm stuck paying over 3.30 now :icon8: :icon7: :icon6: :drool:

but the power is nice and some kid in a prelude si tried to race me tonight off of the line so i went all toxicbug on his ass and smoked him.
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Post by mac* »

well we can dream about such low prices.. currently where a roughly 6,60$ for a gallon..
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Post by Scourge »

$2.35
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Post by RRROOOAAARRR »

Damn, you Yanks get your petrol ridiculously cheap. Probably why you're the ones heating up the world with your emissions, you should be made to pay the same as the rest of us :p...dunno about the rest of Europe, but in the UK petrol is about £0.93 a litre. I just got up, though, and my brain is currently incapable of working out what that would translate to in $-a-gallon.
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Post by -Nick- »

at an average of 95p per litre. 3.8 litres per gallon, £4.65 a gallon, or $9.30 in yank
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Post by Scourge »

I think it's more like $5.96 a gallon.
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Post by SplEEb »

It went down about 10c to $2.90 here in florida.
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Post by Fender »

$2.10 here for cash
$2.15 for credit

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Post by Tsakali_ »

wtf? I pay 2.89 for midgrade where the fuck do yall live in alaska?
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Post by Scourge »

About $2.15 - $2.20 here in big ol' Texas.
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Post by Big Kahuna Burger »

$2.20 in the Twin Cities
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