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Posted
4 hours ago, TornACL said:

Willing to bet $20 that OP posted this on Nextdoor as an urgent alert before posting it here. 

I'm not white, so I don't post on Nextdoor

PM me the $20 kthnx

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Posted
15 hours ago, Jerry Callo said:

Thought about stopping on the way to lunch - $2.05, didn't.  On the way back, less than an hour later, $2.19.

Well, that little misstep cost you at least $2.50 total...

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Posted (edited)
5 minutes ago, Sbbruin said:

Fuck off.

I think I'll ...............drive off.... it's so.... cheap.....

 

Feel yer pain though. We were paying $3.95 for regular in Arizona last week filling up a moving van every 300 miles or so.

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Posted
21 hours ago, Sbbruin said:

Gas prices out here are absolutely out of control.  I have to put premium in my car, and it is running $4.40-$4.85/gallon.

At least you don't have to drive out to Dodger stadium anymore.

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Posted
15 minutes ago, bigcigar said:

Is it tax related? That’s insane.

It's California.  So yes, very tax related.  We pay $0.58/gallon in taxes, NOT including the $0.18 Fed tax everyone pays.  That includes our egregious 9% sales tax (higher in some areas than that).

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Posted

Prices jumped 30¢ today from $2.05 to $2.35. Good thing I filled up last night and used a 10¢/gal discount to come in at $1.95.

Posted
On 10/14/2019 at 1:20 PM, Sbbruin said:

It's California.  So yes, very tax related.  We pay $0.58/gallon in taxes, NOT including the $0.18 Fed tax everyone pays.  That includes our egregious 9% sales tax (higher in some areas than that).

also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

Posted
also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  
Do our cities really have different types? Why?
Posted (edited)
19 minutes ago, Updawg said:
10 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:
also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

Do our cities really have different types? Why?

Politics.

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Posted
13 hours ago, elfenix said:

There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.

Well, there is that $.05 a gallon Shell Rewards discount.

Posted
10 hours ago, Updawg said:
20 hours ago, Bill Brasky said:
also Cali has different regulations on the fuel sold than Arizona, which makes it more expensive to refine.   And refinery issues on top of that.   Similar to how gas in Austin is different than gas in Dallas or Houston, and all are different than Amarillo.  

Do our cities really have different types? Why?

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

Posted
On 10/17/2019 at 6:31 PM, Bill Brasky said:

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

so rural, sea-level gas is the best gas?

Posted
There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.
Maybe because it has better additives?
Posted
36 minutes ago, Both Tacos said:
On 10/16/2019 at 7:43 PM, elfenix said:
There's a Shell nearby that is often 50 or 60 cents more expensive than the Valero across the street. No idea why people buy gas at the Shell.

Maybe because it has better additives?

it's 50 cents more expensive than a chevron about a mile away up on the interstate. 

Posted
On 10/17/2019 at 6:31 PM, Bill Brasky said:

large metro areas such as Houston and DFW have reformulated gas which is supposed to cut down on pollutants.   also the higher the elevation you go, such as Amarillo and then into Colorado, the octane is lower due to the thinner air 

 

At least in come cases, the formulation depends on the season? (summer vs winter, not football vs offseason).

Posted
On 10/24/2019 at 9:34 AM, High Plains Drifter said:

 

At least in come cases, the formulation depends on the season? (summer vs winter, not football vs offseason).

yes, Texas is a state that has summer blend and winter blend gasoline, where they change the RVP of the fuel 

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