Gas Prices Round the Globe

[exploder3211]

I am curious what is gas running around the globe? I drove from here to Raleigh and back today and paid $1.95 for gas.. Saw prices ranging from $2.29 (here) to $1.94.
So what is every one else paying?
On a side note:
I noted my new corolla gets 42 mpgs on the highway, 36 in the city. my exploder gets 21 on the highway and 18 in the city. The exploder has a 26 gallon tank, the corolla has a 13 gallon tank. Wow.. I am shocked that i thought the exploder got great gas mileage...

 

[pushtorelease]

sigh

$2.29 a gallon......wow. $1.02 a litre here on my way home tonight - about $3.75 a gallon I guess..

 

[mattywashboy]

cheapest petrol in perth today, i filled up at $1.05 at our local one today

 

[scott55405]

Matty, does Australia go by the gallon, or liters?

It's hovering generally right around $2.50 per gallon here in Los Angeles. I find it to be a bit less when I go to the OC to get my hair done, and a bit more for whatever reason right by work (South Bay area for you locals).

 

[brisnat81]

AU is in Litres

$1.08/L in Brisbane today.

 

[revvinkevin]

Yes... the price at my local "cheapo" station is $2.37 a gallon, but within a few miles it's as high as $2.59.... quite a variance.

Four months ago we were in Munich Germany and with our rented cars (Audi and a VW, both diesels) drove through the Austrian Alps into, and around Italy. During our two week trip we paid between 1.05 euro to 1.16 euro per liter ($5.16 - $5.70 (US) per gallon) for diesel!!!! OUCH!!!

 

[exploder3211]

OMG.. Yewwwoch... I couldn't handle that.. I am too addicated to my freedom.. No wonder we americans are very spoiled

 

[scott55405]

Matty, does Australia go by the gallon, or liters?

It's hovering generally right around $2.50 per gallon here in Los Angeles. I find it to be a bit less when I go to the OC to get my hair done, and a bit more for whatever reason right by work (South Bay area for you locals).

 

[scott55405]

Ok I have no clue how I got that in there a second time at two separate times.

Revvinkevin's findings illustrate how prices fluctuate across LA. $2.59/2.65 is what it runs near my workplace, and I can get it for $2.49 near home. I'll try to remember to look in the OC tomorrow, but I bet it will be five or ten cents less.

There's one station I know of near Venice Beach that's usually least of all, but it's out of my way unless I'm going to the beach, which I rarely drive to the beach anyway, and it's on a small corner lot at the tip of a fork between two streets and can be hard to get in and out of when busy.

 

[DADoES]

$1.979/gal

 

[DADoES]

Update: 1.191/gal

 

[petek]

Ours is 76 cents/litre Cdn. = $2.87 Cdn per US gallon = $2.43 cents per US gallon

 

[maytagbear]

I am so

grateful that I don't currently own a car, but do own a current bus pass.

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[maytagbear]

Oh, yes,

the gas station two blocks cater-corner from me?

2.06 US per gallon.

L/Mb

 

[foraloysius]

IIRC I paid €1.30 per liter last week. So that should make about $6.50 per gallon I think.

 

[58limited]

$1.88 here in Port Arthur. When I was in Germany in the early 90's it was about $6-$7 per gallon. Wonder what it is now?

According to news reports a few months ago gas was $0.10 in Venezuela (price set by the state), and $0.49 in Kuwait.

 

[Unimatic1140]

I paid $1.89 on Wed to fill up at the SuperAmerica on 46th & Nicollet, the lowest I remember in a long time. Unfortunately Oil had bottomed last week in the commodity market, it actually dipped below $51 but by Friday its over $55 and its heading up fast so we can kiss these low prices goodbye with in a week or so.

 

[logixx]

foraloysius:"IIRC I paid €1.30 per liter last week. So that should make about $6.50 per gallon I think."

Yeah - the same's true for Germany.

 

[partscounterman]

$3.19 a gallon on Maui

 

[scott55405]

Wow, I hadn't realized it had gone under $2 in some places. Nor did I ever think I would use the word "wow" and $2 per gallon in the same sentence in my lifetime, much less 3 or more, which we've sadly already seen.

 

[maytagbear]

Some of these prices

make a gallon of Tide look cheap!

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[foraloysius]

Now you know why there are locks on gasoline tanks! LOL

 

[maytagbear]

But Louis....

How much gasoline/petrol/essence can your Smart hold?

Three demi-tasse? Two Heineken bottles?

Love and laughter (and you have email)

Lawrence/Maytagbear

 

[pturo]

About $2.30 here in upstate NY. Like California, we have a lot of local and state taxes added on for emissions, etc.

 

[foraloysius]

Lawrence, my bijou Smart can officialy hold 20 liters, but I have never been able to get that much in it. I think the max is 17 or 18 liters, which would be around 4.5 gallons.

BTW, the new Smart is on the Detroit car show.

 

[maytagbear]

All righty

Louis... thanks.

You have reply email.

L/Mb

 

[westyslantfront]

Hi everyone. Average in Tucson, Az is $2.30 a gallon.

Ross

 

[foraloysius]

And you have reply mail too ;-)

Here's a picture of the new Smart.

 

[hydralique]

Love those Smarts . . .

There are a very few around here in Los Angeles . . . I saw one of the little "roadster" versions on New Years Day. I know some of them are brought in via manufacturers, but I'm not sure about the others as Smart has never submitted them for US safety and emissions approval.

Diesel prices here in LA (my VW is diesel) have now dropped below $3.00 gallon; my last tank was at $2.87/gal. That is a nice change from up to $3.49/gal that I paid last year!

I went to breakfast this morning with a friend in his '65 Buick Wildcat, and we stopped for gas . . . believe me it takes a lot of gas to fill that up!

 

[hoover1060]

here in the Chicago burbs

$2.11 a gallon by me, Michael lives down in Joliet, where I saw it for $1.97 this morniing!