Gas Prices

[Kurt]

National average $3.10
up 16 cents since 2/8/08
up 75 cents since last year

I'm curious if this will affect Summer vacations. Gas prices always rise in the Summer and around holidays.

I thought the oil companies were getting heat from record profits. Is this the response?

And locals everywhere have to be hurting, especially around here with the real estate slump. Imagine all the realtors and laborers trying to keep their tanks from running dry. What does it cost to fill up a pickup or large SUV?

 

[elgordoboy]

83$ for the 87 octane, if I let it run nearly out. My diesel is bumping 100$.
(pick-up)

 

[Mystified]

:angry:$3.19 here. they are going to raise gas taxes here soon:angry:

I was wondering how is the ins rates are there? i have multi linediscount w/ my H/O -just under $1,200 per year. car ins. just under 1G for full coverage. I use state farm for years now.

 

[Alicia Leonard]

My old pick-up takes around $70 to fill up. She dosen't remember the last time her tank was full

 

[scooterbug44]

Ouch!

I will stop complaining that it costs $30 to fill my car!

 

[Mystified]

i drive an escape so it costs between 25-30 bucks to fill 'er up. however she's got a small, 17 gal tank, so i need to fill 'er up more often. i try to conserve by walking to bank, post office, library....Starbucks....rather than p!ss $$ away.

QUITE a coincidence that mick jagger's, 'i got a brand new car' is playing on the radio right NOW.

HAVE A GREAT DAY ALL. i'm going out to sieze the spring like day.

 

[seaside2]

Paid $3.299 for premium yesterday (The black stallion don't eat cheap)

 

[SHELLY]

National average $3.10
up 16 cents since 2/8/08
up 75 cents since last year

I'm curious if this will affect Summer vacations. Gas prices always rise in the Summer and around holidays.

I thought the oil companies were getting heat from record profits. Is this the response?

And locals everywhere have to be hurting, especially around here with the real estate slump. Imagine all the realtors and laborers trying to keep their tanks from running dry. What does it cost to fill up a pickup or large SUV?

Gas/oil prices are going up partly due to speculation, partly due to the dollar losing value, i.e., inflation (oil is purchased in dollars--so it's too many freshly printed dollars chasing a limited supply of oil).

If you're cheering for the Fed to lower rates, you're also cheering for inflation.




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[Minnie]

Paid $3.299 for premium yesterday (The black stallion don't eat cheap)

Get out of your neighborhood and you can find it for less. ;-)

But I agree with Kurt it has to be pushing the prices up on everything else. We did not find 87 Octane anywhere in SoWal for less than 3.31 or more. It was less when we got back to Memphis, the only good thing about coming home.

We get great gas mileage in our Toyota Highlander for a midsize SUV but we still spend over $50 per tank full.

 

[hnooe]

Just got back from NOLA roadtrip..., the prices in Louisiana were lower...had a low of $2.99 Reg. Miss. and Bama were higher but less than Fla....I filled up in Miss. at $3.07 Reg.

Guess we have more tax layers to deal with here in Fla? I think this was discussed here once.