Current low in the entire Chicago area is $2.16 <shudder> The highest in the area is $2.65 in the north Loop <even bigger shudder>
And I have to fill up tonight too, I have to drive to work tomorrow so I can get to a wake and viewing in Arlington Heights after hours. Blech.
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We have 4 main oil companies operating in New Zealand: Shell, Mobil, Caltex (which I think is Texaco), and BP (British Petroleum). It is ALWAYS BP which tries to jack prices up first, and they occasionally have to back down when the other companies don't put their prices up as well. Just yesterday they slapped another .5c a litre on the price, but had to back down because nobody else followed suit. Why anybody buys fuel from BP I can't figure out... My question is: In the US, how do the oil companies decide to put up prices? Is there one company that takes the lead and the others follow (or not)? Is there much/any difference between the prices of one oil company and another, or do they all sit cosily on the same price? In New Zealand it's virtually impossible to find any price differentiation from one gas station to another.
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Prices today that I saw ranged $2.25-$2.29 today for the lowest octane. I would imagine it's a little cheaper (gas tends to run as much as $.10 cheaper) down by my house, since I don't live in the metro area.
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I think it's around $2.10 around here for regular, on the low end. Where here is Rhode Island. I don't pay a whole lot of attention to gasoline prices anymore, since I buy diesel these days. Which, sadly, is up to $2.41 at the cheapest. I remember only a year ago when diesel was a good 20 - 30 cents cheaper than regular gas.
But then, I still end up paying less on fuel than all of you jokers. Except for Bok, of course. Posts: 1810 | Registered: Jan 1999
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Round 2 people. If you had a post on here from before, state what your gas was then (April 5), and what it is now, and again, what your location is:
Royal Oak, MI (Metro Detroit) Then $2.37 April 5
Now $2.49 August 9
It's hard to really say Metro Detroit when it comes to gas prices. Neighboring Troy pays well over 2.50, and in Birmingham they pay over 2.60. Over in Grosse Pointe they pay into the 2.70's. Depends on how rich the area is around here.
When they make a hybrid minivan, we'll buy one. I'd love to have a hybrid, but they don't make them our size yet.
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Honda has 10 hybrid models planned for the next 5 years. Toyota and Honda want 25% of their American exports to be hybrids by 2015. You shouldn't have to wait too long. Ford, GM and Daimler are nipping at their heels.
Side question, Stray, what do you do in Bloomington (occupation wise), I have a friend heading back there in a week for school.
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It was 2.69 when I posted in April. It's up to 2.92 now, and threatening to go higher. I'm leaving tomorrow for a week, and have been advised to gas up before I leave.
I'm planning on buying a new car this fall, and I'm definitely considering a hybrid. I drive about 15 miles each way to work and back, and I'm hesitant to go anywhere else. It sucks to not be able to drive to the beach because of the price of gas. Posts: 2069 | Registered: May 2001
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Toyota Highlander hybrid seats seven and is currently available. I think the Mercury Mariner (Ford's sophmore hybrid car) also seats seven.
The Saturn VUE is being released as a hybrid this year. The Chevy Tahoe and GMC Yukon, and the Dodge Durango are all in the works too as hybrids.
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I'm a software programmer at the IU cyclotron facility, or at least I am for the next two months. Not sure what I'll be doing once this project winds up.
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Current low in the entire Chicago area is $2.16 <shudder> The highest in the area is $2.65 in the north Loop <even bigger shudder>
Current average prices I see in Dupage County is 2.55. In the past week, I've seen as high as 2.80!!! And I haven't been downtown or North Loop to tell just how bad THOSE are.... The site I posted before shows lowest at 2.34 (out in Will County) and highest at 2.83.
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My friend goes to IU, but I doubt you'll ever see her in the cyclotron facility. Unless there's a keg in there.
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Dayton, Ohio prices seem to mostly be around $2.49 today, or so my coworkers who went out to lunch reported.
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$2.27 in Central New Jersey. We have plenty of oil refineries in the area, so it cuts a few cents off a gallon of gas, due to decreased shipping expense.
So, it is well worth it.
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An hour north of San Diego in the middle of nowhere...(well not really but sometimes it feels like it) it ranges between 2.57 and 2.63... I go broke trying to fill up my truck.... Posts: 137 | Registered: Apr 2005
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I am moving closer to work in August, and the price of gas makes me very happy about that.
Of course, I then start commuting to school two days a week, but I'd have to do that anyway. Maybe I could even ride a bike to work. Once I buy a bike.
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quote:Originally posted by Lyrhawn: ALso doesn't include the tax incentives from the government for buying hybrids.
That's a tax rebate on the price of the vehicle, though, not a rebate at the pump as far as I'm aware.
Gas prices in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Quebec were in excess of CDN$1.00 per litre when I was driving through them last week.
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Gas around here seems to be about $2.47-$2.75/gallon. Icky (and not the cool one from Florida) - it's not unusual for me to drive 100 miles in one day.
quote:That's a tax rebate on the price of the vehicle, though, not a rebate at the pump as far as I'm aware.
Yeah but, the original post was that you have to drive so long until your gas savings equals out to the increased price of a hybrid. But that doesn't include the tax incentive, which means it really is more cost effective to buy a hybrid, it doesn't just equal out after a long time.
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Oh, I see. I wasn't aware that there were similar incentives in the U.S. in any case. How big is the rebate?
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I thought the US discontinued the incentives for purchasing hybrids earlier this year. That, combined with the high cost of replacement batteries (every 2-3 years), really dampened my interest in a hybrid.
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New ones were created under the recently passed Energy Bill that Bush just signed.
The amount you get is based entirely on the fuel economy of the vehicle you buy. The better the MPG, the more you get back in incentives, up to 3 grand I think.
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Cashew, where are you getting your petrol for that price? Its averaging $1.39 here in Christchurch. And I've heard of it being around $1.44!!!! in Dunedin. Owning a car is expensive
Edit: oh I see that was in April. Well I am paying $1.39 for just regular petrol and not super. Petrol has gone up lots since then.
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Okay -- since oil prices on the stock market went through the roof today (66.65), the price at the pump jumped 20 cents per gallon just since I got to work this morning!
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