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Old 10-31-2014, 06:40 PM   #31 (permalink)
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just paid 2.64 at the place that was 2.69!!!

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Third: Full underbelly pan
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Old 11-01-2014, 04:11 AM   #32 (permalink)
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Paid € 1.569 per liter, lowest in several years.
That is about $ 7.50 per gallon...
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Old 11-01-2014, 07:19 AM   #33 (permalink)
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Wow, I dont think Id drive faster than 45 mph if I had to pay that much. Ive worked part time, been unemployed, etc and many cases I plan my trips based on money. I remember once wanted to go visit my parents for the weekend, tank on empty. I had 5 dollars and gas was like 4 something a gallon. It didnt turn off the low gas light and I just set cruse control for 45 and took my time.

Then when I owned the tacoma, my card was declined. I had driven it as a dd due to gas being a bucks a gallon years ago. Turned out my card had almost a thousand in just gas charges. That prompted me to trade it for the honda. Gas snuck back up to 5 bucks a gallon after the election.

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Paid € 1.569 per liter, lowest in several years.
That is about $ 7.50 per gallon...
You think with the war on ISIS it would go up again? I use to enjoy reading the articles on yahoo news and the comments. Seemed no matter what, price went up.
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Old 11-01-2014, 07:27 AM   #34 (permalink)
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Simple answer....fracking.
We have just become an oil EXPORTING country.
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Third: Full underbelly pan
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Fourth: rear skirts and 30.4mpg on trip!
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Old 11-01-2014, 08:02 AM   #35 (permalink)
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Yeah..
Oil prices going up, gas prices going up.
War in <far away>, gas prices going up.
Oil prices going down? Gas prices still going up, magic!
Winter is comming? Gas prices going up.
Oil companies are "not doing well" (making record profits all the same), gas prices going up.
Oil at a historic low? Sorry, gas prices stay the same "because we're selling what we have in stock to the price point we paid for it back then" (But increasing the price the instant oil prices go up is totally normal, see record profits..)

When regular fuel here got to $10.80-11/gallon about 2.5 years ago, I sold my 30 MPG GTI to get a Diesel, even though it 'only' does 45 MPG with my driving style*, its worth it, I saved about $1.5k a year in driving expenses since then. Prices did go down eventually, but they're still well above what they were when I bought my first car 4 years ago..

And the low oil prices are finally starting to lower the gas prices by a few cents, diesel is now down to $6.05/gallon. I wonder how low it'll bottom out before the next random price raise sets in.

Hamstering fuel is too much of a hassle and not worth the expense of storage, so I won't bother with that.

I might start runnig on supermarket SVO when I get my engine modded to accept it, even though thats technically tax evasion..
Gotta think of a clever way to get around that, perhaps keeping the receits of a legal SVO fuel station in the door pocket (and going there once in a few months for more credibility), if the cops/customs ever inspect the tank, its totally normal that they find SVO.

*factory claim is 60 mpg @ 90 kmh steady state. (No EPA numbers or nothing.) Its probably 1/3 my driving style (fast), 1/3 mods (bigger brakes, wider, grippier tires for safety), and 1/3 the engine being a bit out of tune (I think a little pump advance would do it good, but I never get around to it..)
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Old 11-02-2014, 01:48 AM   #36 (permalink)
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I paid $3.29 recently.

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Old 11-06-2014, 11:48 AM   #37 (permalink)
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Down to 2.59 ....same place
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MetroMPG: "Get the MPG gauge - it turns driving into a fuel & money saving game."

ECO MODS PERFORMED:
First: ScangaugeII
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...eii-23306.html

Second: Grille Block
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...e-10912-2.html

Third: Full underbelly pan
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...q45-11402.html

Fourth: rear skirts and 30.4mpg on trip!
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post247938
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Old 11-06-2014, 12:54 PM   #38 (permalink)
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Payed 1.489€/L (7$/gallon=1,489*3,785*1,24). But it may have changed. It was 3 month ago, in august 2014
And add only 10 L (2,64 gallons). Used half since, and drived more then 3300km (2050 miles).
So I don't know actual gasoline price. You understand that this is not very important for me

But I know electricity price. Rounded 0.10€/kWh in summer.

It is 5 times cheaper using electricity then gasoline with my Prius.
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Old 11-10-2014, 04:51 PM   #39 (permalink)
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Gas is $2.55-259 on I-35 south of Austin and north of San Antonio.

Thanky you Buckee's!!!!!!
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ECO MODS PERFORMED:
First: ScangaugeII
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...eii-23306.html

Second: Grille Block
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...e-10912-2.html

Third: Full underbelly pan
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...q45-11402.html

Fourth: rear skirts and 30.4mpg on trip!
http://ecomodder.com/forum/showthrea...tml#post247938
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Old 11-10-2014, 04:54 PM   #40 (permalink)
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$2.599 at Wawa, Richmond International Airport Sandston, Va. $2.699 at 7-11, .3 miles from my home.

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