Gas prices still under $3 in Mid-MO

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Can you belive it......Indeed....They pump it for us

It may be silly, but it is not legal to pump your own gas in Oregon, as of always, as long as I can remember.Gas Dropped two cets over night.As far as " Trendy Third", neat place to hang out.Most expensive gas in the metro area at 3.55.I love the restaurants down there, Papa haydens, yum, yum. and Pix, oh wow. I bought my washer and dryer not far from there, the Appliance Gallery at Basco. Only in that area of the city.
I could also see why a " Vac In" would be big here,Starks Vacuums, which is very close to my home, has the museaum over on Grand Ave.My first Vacuum ever is in there, a Hoover model 28.I did not know at the time when I had it that there were people that knew how to fix them, and we still do not have self service gas stations,Its Oregon, the place were April showers bring May showers!!
 
Oh I don't know, probably a lot of people like the fact that they can have someone else pump their gas and not have to pay .50 or more extra for the privilege! LOL I haven't seen any full serve availability in LA, but there were places in Minneapolis you could get it at a premium. Maybe there's some in Beverly Hills or someplace like that.

Starks is a wonderful place. They were so very nice to us. We had/have a fair number of members that live in Portland and Seattle as well.

On my last day there we went to this giant park somewhere, it was beautiful, roses and flowers and gardens all over. In fact they were even having some kind of festival there that day. Do you know what I'm talking about? I would not mind going to that again.
 
on the other side of the pond...

We're paying about 95p per litre ($1.88) over here, or $7.11 for a US gallon - so the outback is costing about £55 to fill - thats about $109.03 USD for a tank...
 
It's up to 2.99 here now and I have seen some gas stations at 3.09 now! I have a feeling its only going higher from here until Labor Day.
 
Fort Smith Arkansas

We hit $3.01 a gallon today at Sams. They usually run about .10 a gallon cheaper than other places around here. $55 to fill up.
 
I dunno about you, but i shi* a brick when i saw my bank statment online yesterday and saw that sams had charged me $127.45 for a $27.45 gas purchase ($2.89 a gal).. They said it was a faliure of the pump.. Uh-hu... So that was roughly 9.5 gal @ $13.42 a gallon... Yup... Sams said they couldn't refund the money, it would be up to the bank.. My bank disputed the whole charge fortunatly and will deal with them. I cut my membership card up and threw it out. No more sams..
 
Drama Drama

Don't you save you receipts Chad? If you can show them a receipt for your purchase on that date, I am certain they would work with you. This is a good reason to save EVERY receipt,no matter how big or small...
 
I know... LoL.. No drama just seems to find me.. I have learned my lesson about keeping reciepts.. Usualy i just write down the amount in the small check registar i keep with me and keep tabs on my account.. The bank agreed that it was only $27.45 and has refunded the $100, fortunatly.. Apperntly I was not the only person who this had happend too that day either.. But by using your debit card at sams they freeze $100 of you're account for between 24-48 hours until the charge goes through. Insted of doing this they just charged me the whole thing...
 
Wow Jeff, you're equal to parts of LA now, inclusive mine. Ours actually has gone down 2 cents this past week, and it can just keep right on going!
 
We get that a lot here too Chad. I'd say there easily can be a 50 cent difference in various parts of town. The Chevron station I pass every day that went down 2 cents the other day, went down 2 more cents yesterday, but another Cheveron station I pass before that one went *up* 4 cents. So, I guess they cancel one another out (LOL).
 
Still under $3.00 in New Jersey -- for full service (self se

New Jersey happily trails gas-price surge
Posted by Joe Ryan May 22, 2007 8:54AM
Categories: News
As the average national price for gasoline has climbed past $3 per gallon, New Jersey is the only state in the country where the average gallon of unleaded gas remains less than $3, according to today's AAA Daily Fuel Gauge Report.

New Jersey's average price per gallon is $2.947. That's 26 cents lower than the national average of $3.209 and 53 cents less than the most expensive state to purchase gas, Illinois, where a gallon sells for an average of $3.481.

The Garden State tends to have lower gas prices than other states because it has the third-lowest state tax on fuels, behind Alaska and Montana.

But prices have been rising steadily since March. They aren't about to stop, analysts said.

"Unfortunately, prices are going to go up a little bit more by the weekend," said Michele Mount, of AAA of New Jersey. The state's all-time high of $3.18 per gallon came Sept. 10, 2005.

The reason for rising prices stems partly from old-fashioned laws of supply and demand, she said.

Demand is up as warmer weather draws more drivers. And supply is down as refineries struggle to switch to a cleaner-burning blend of summertime gasoline required by law.

"The refinery issue is a problem we see every spring," Mount said. She predicted prices would stabilize after the weekend, as demand eases and refineries catch up.

Despite their record profits, oil companies have been slow to install technology to ease the transition from winter to summer blends of gasoline, Mount said.

"It is a problem," she said. "It really starts to cuts into people's budgets."

http://blog.nj.com/ledgerupdates/2007/05/gas_prices_soar_slightly_lower.html
 
I paid $3.02 at costco this morning, cost $22 to fill up the Corolla from half a tank. 450ish miles.. Not bad
 
Teetering on the edge of $3.00

Some places like Racetrack and Ghetto Mart you can get gas for $2.98 and some other places it's over $3.00

Diesel STILL $2.75/gal. TDI Beetle better than a Prius now!
 
I filled my diesel Golf yesterday for $2.95/gal. . . . sure beats gas at about $3.50. Of course, a year ago the diesel was more than gas so this is pay-back in my opinion!

I would't have a Prius either, if only because Toyota makes you take an automatic gearbox and I prefer manuals. However, there is no way VW can hold a candle to Toyota reliability. My mother's TOL Camry XLE with every option has had less than $1000 in warranty claims in 7 years and 80,000+ miles. Compare this with the 5 year old VW at the same mileage which has had about $10,000 worth of warranty claims and has spent nearly two months at the dealership for repairs during that time, leaving me without a car. Thank goodness it's simple enough for me to fix now the warranty is expired, because otherwise I couldn't afford to keep it. The mileage is nice though!
 
Walmart Gift Card Discount

Gas at the Walmart a couple of miles from my house is showing $2.89. Walmart give a $.03 a gallon discount if you pay with a Walmart "Shopping Card". That puts me paying $2.86.

My wife and I get paid on the same day, twice a month. On payday, I am putting $150 on my wifes car (2005 Chrysler Town and Country), and $120 on my card (2004 Malibu LT-V6). I used to budget $150 for both cars. We each have 35-40 miles commutes.
 
For Mac users........

I also need to mention. There is a gas price widget for Mac OS 10.4(Tiger). You tell it your zip code on setup, and it whenever you go to your widgets it tells you where and how much the cheapest gas in the area is.

It updates daily and so far has been very accurate.*
 
Here in Central WI gas prices are averaging $3.459. Luckily for me though, the company I work for has a gas station for employees as well as the public, employees get a 5cent per gal. discount when you show your id badge.
 
All the prices are of course WAY too much, but I'm a little puzzled as to why the midwest has basically equalled California this time, usually they lag by 30 to 40 cents. I've always noticed as well how diesel seems to go back and forth between higher and lower than gas.

Hydralique, I met one of our other LA members at a party yesterday, who owns a hybrid Camry. As one of the other guests was interested in purchasing one, he took us to it, explained all the features and how it works and we took it for a ride, my first in a hybrid. I have to say I found the whole thing quite impressive from a technology/"whiz bang" standpoint. The Prius and Camry use a continuously variable transmission, which I suppose is why there can be no "manual" transmission.

I don't drive enough or hence use enough gas to make the extra cost of the car worthwhile. Yes I'll pay about 15 grand more than the Camry hybrid for my next car, but that's an LA vanity thing, not a green issue, LOL. Hybrid wise, I'm waiting out of pure interest to see how that's all going to go 5-7 years down the road when people start needing to replace batteries, and I understand those transmissions are quite high as well. They could be a very good thing for people that drive a lot or in creepy crawly traffic if they're able to get those costs under control.
 
continuously variable transmission

The first CVT used in a car was designe by a Dutch car manufacturer called Huub van Doorne and he used it in his first car, a Daf 600. Here's a picture of the transmission. At that time the belts were made of rubber and they sometimes broke down. It was easy to replace them, but they weren't always available when on a trip. A nylon stocking was often used as a temporary replacement to get the car home.

5-28-2007-13-05-32--foraloysius.jpg
 

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