Gasoline prices

[ea56]

My 2007 Honda Civic is 11 years old now, I bought it new and I’ve owned this car longer than any other of the 23 cars I’ve owned since 69’. It has 57,000 miles on it and I put about 10 gals of gas in it every 3 to 4 weeks. I do very little driving anymore, which is fine with me. I used to really enjoy driving, I would have driven to the bathroom if I had a ramp to it! But the traffic around here is so bad now. Too many people, with too many large vehicles, that they own for vanity, not actual need for work, ect. And too many distracted drivers texting and talking on their phones. Now I drive David to and from work 3 to 4 days a week, a 6 mile round trip, but he is going to retire soon, so I won’t need to do that anymore. I drive to the store on Friday to buy our groceries for the week, and the 10 miles Kaiser every other week for allergy shots. I try to walk everywhere that I can. We also go out window shopping, ect., usually once a week. Neither one of use are big on driving anymore. I guess we’ve turned into bonafide “geezers”.

I still do enjoy a nice drive on the many country roads in our county, especially on the coast. Thats where I learned to drive and I love to drive on winding roads. To me that is a joy!

We’ve been married since 81’, and with the exception of one month in 85’ we’ve always gotten along fine with just one car.

As things stand now I can't see myself ever buying another car. My little red Civic is dependable and a pleasure to drive. It still looks and drives like new, no need to buy another. Before I retired I used to buy an new car every 2 years on the average. It was my incentive to drag my ass out of bed everyday to go to work, LOL. I sure wish I had all the money back that I wasted on all these cars.

Eddie

 

[gyrafoam]

For almost eight years all we heard about was the mantra of "reducing American dependence on foreign oil sources". We endured endless battles over fricking and fracking. We were told how there was now a glut on oil here in the US. And on and on and on.

So now, less than two years later, what happened?

Is it really just OPEC? Could it be something else is driving up the prices?

Me thinks there are many greedy thieves in the same bed with each other.
As usual, guess who is getting f%#ked?

Just to put today's issues in prospective, here is an interesting op/ed from today's American Thinker:

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/04/is_the_petrodollar_on_its_way_out.html

 

[vacerator]

I agree Steven

as was with $3 to $4 per gallon gas from 2004 through 2009.

 

[DADoES]

 
Fill-up this morn (1/8 tank remaining per gauge), $25.63, 10.421 gal, calculated MPG 41.819.  Marquee at the store had $2.489.  Pump registered $2.459.

Reported MPG from work to store 27.x.  Store to home 80.3.  MPG Varies widely on individual trips/legs depending on factors -- how much charge in the HV batteries, traffic, stoplight timing, etc.

 

[panthera]

Ah, well

You know - we're going to be dealing with this until we accept that the US solution of mass-transit only for stinky people is not a good solution.

I never drive less than 1000 miles/month.

These prices are just the cost of living in a country where people vote for the 'capitalist' without grasping just exactly what capitalism is.

I've already heard the first 'this is Obama's fault' comments in line at the local station.

 

[man114]

I’ve got multiple vehicles, if the price gets too high I just drive my Mitsubishi Mirage more. I’ll enjoy my 54mpg and drive just as much.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Saw the first $3.09 gas today on Connecticut Ave near Nebraska Ave. in NW DC. Still 2.73 at the WAWA. American Automobile Assn. said to expect $3.00 plus gas this summer.

 

[ea56]

It’s $3.559 a gal for reg unleaded today at the Mobil station on the corner near us. It was $3.499 on Mon when I last filled up, and its been going up every day since. And this is the cheapest gas around here. The Chevron station near the hotel my husband works at it $3.799 a gal for reg unleaded. And we have several refineries within 50 miles or less from here. California always has some of the most expensive gas.
Eddie

 

[wayupnorth]

Some states are lower because of the amount their state charges in taxes. Corporate Energy greedy guys supposedly sets their price, Federal tax added on and then what each state charges for their tax. There can be a big difference in prices from one state to another next door.

 

[vacerator]

Back up to $3 now,

and with new sanctions against the third largest producer of oil in the world, Iran, expect to see much higher prices soon.
Enjoy, and hope that isn't the worst that happens.

 

[gusherb]

I filled up for $2.76 at my usual spot today after seeing other places raising it to $2.99. Glad I never traded my car for a gas hog! Those people must be regretting that now... I averaged 26.9 MPG out of this last tank that I went 333 miles on and filled up when it was just over a 1/4 tank.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Yesterday the price for a gallon of regular went up 10 cents at the WAWA from $2.73 to $2.83. Having a 4 cylinder that uses regular and has long been paid for is a distinct advantage. I have heard predictions of over $3.00 a gallon this summer.

 

[foraloysius]

Marginally more expensive: $7.42. I'd love to pay $3.00!

 

[firedome]

agree with John...

gas priced at $5/gal would be beneficial in the long run, it'd force efficiency (of course our moron 45 is trying to undo the upcoming CAFE regs) and force the macho fools in Avalanches and the like out of those useless things. Trades-people who have a real & legitimate reason to own F-350s should get a gas tax break as a business expense, but the poseurs in huge black 14 mpg trucks with bed covers that never come off need to get significantly hit with at least part of the real expense of driving such dumb & wasteful vehicles that contribute greatly to the multi-facted issues facing our environment...and next time, if provoked, as biologist I'll tell you how I really feel!

We're just anxiously waiting for a smallish electric passenger SUV/truck with decent range and some carrying capacity ala the Nissan e-NV200 that they've been selling in Europe for a few years now, that can be charged with our 4.5Kw solar array. Hopefully it will arrive here eventually, they'd sell a ton, I believe.

 

[firedome]

e-NV200

a most practical "green" vehicle, and they make a passenger version too:

https://cleantechnica.com/2017/10/03/nissan-unveils-long-range-e-nv200-van/

 

[DADoES]

 
$2.589

 

[vacerator]

Louis, Glenn,

Louis, do you have to pay for health insurance? All, or partially? How about prescriptions? Dental?
Glenn, if it's $259, then Texas should not be getting away with it when the rest of us are paying $3.

 

[vacerator]

Only business owners have any fuel

tax deductions, unless the new ta code eliminated that along with office expenses until you are grossing $150,000.

 

[vacerator]

Also, unless

you live in the northeast corridor, where they have the Amtrak Accella, and the other commuter rail lines, or Chicago, or San Francisco, we have no choice but to drive to work.
Many, many Europeans have the option of using mass transit and only enjoying their cars on week ends.
Cleveland, Dallas, Los Angeles, Portland Oregon, San Diego do have light rail at least.
Now some places have better bus services than others. Pittsburgh, for example, plus a few subway lines. They even had proposed a Mag Lev train system back in the 90's.
Even China has high speed rail. Also Hong Kong, Kuala Lampur, Singapore, etc., etc.
Face it, the US is behind the times, and big oil has us over the preverbial barrel.
Some day we will hit the concrete wall, and not in a Tesla.
Any car can explode when it hits a wall at a high rate of speed.

 

[foraloysius]

Health insurance etc.

Yes, partially, partially and partially.