National average $3.10
up 16 cents since 2/8/08
up 75 cents since last year
I'm curious if this will affect Summer vacations. Gas prices always rise in the Summer and around holidays.
I thought the oil companies were getting heat from record profits. Is this the response?
And locals everywhere have to be hurting, especially around here with the real estate slump. Imagine all the realtors and laborers trying to keep their tanks from running dry. What does it cost to fill up a pickup or large SUV?
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Beach Fanatic
83$ for the 87 octane, if I let it run nearly out. My diesel is bumping 100$.
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Beach Lover
: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.
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.
SoWal Insider
My old pick-up takes around $70 to fill up. She dosen't remember the last time her tank was full 
SoWal Expert
Ouch! 
I will stop complaining that it costs $30 to fill my car!
I will stop complaining that it costs $30 to fill my car!
Beach Lover
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.
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.
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Beach Fanatic
Paid $3.299 for premium yesterday (The black stallion don't eat cheap)
SoWal Insider
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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Beach Fanatic
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.
Beach Fanatic
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.
Guess we have more tax layers to deal with here in Fla? I think this was discussed here once.
SoWal Expert
General question for the peanut gallery:
How much does gas have to cost before you would start changing your driving habits - letting it affect vacations, using public transportation, carpooling, buy a car w/ better mileage etc?
How much does gas have to cost before you would start changing your driving habits - letting it affect vacations, using public transportation, carpooling, buy a car w/ better mileage etc?
Beach Fanatic
I thought the oil companies were getting heat from record profits. Is this the response?
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Political heat has relatively nothing to do with it. Record profits are a good thing, as they encourage competition which will lower pump prices. Shelly's on it with speculation and oil being USD based, but he's a little bit off on an easing Fed increasing inflation, ceteris paribus.
Beach Fanatic
General question for the peanut gallery:Seems to me rising gasoline price is a psychological effect more than a real one as far as personal consumption in the vehicle goes. 15,000 miles per year at 20miles/gallon = 750 gallons = $2,325.00 call it $200/mo. That is not a large portion of household income I should think though it probably takes a whack out of disposable income these days which is the point. I am more worried about my income going down than gasoline going up.
How much does gas have to cost before you would start changing your driving habits - letting it affect vacations, using public transportation, carpooling, buy a car w/ better mileage etc?
SoWal Expert
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.You mentioned in another post that you are paying $3.19 per gallon. I, too, have a 17 gal tank and recently paid $3.199 per gallon, so that is why I know that your $25-$30 estimate to fill up, is way off. If you wait until the light comes on to fill up, your real costs to fill up is around $55, not $25-30.
Thomb Thumb at 98/331 is the cheapest price in town at the moment, and the other day it was $3.199 for the "cheap" gas, and that is up from $2.999 only a couple of weeks ago. Do the math, that is a 6+% increase in a very short period of time. Spring Break hasn't even hit yet. I heard an analyst on the news the other day saying that he expects prices to hit $4/gal by Labor Day. Remember, taxes have much to do with the current prices of gasoline in our country. It isn't all BIG OIL.
I said a couple of years ago, that it would take prices of gas reaching $5 per gallon to ween people off the inefficient beasts on our roadways. I think we are beginning to feel the pinch a bit early due to the current state of our economy. $4 per gallon will crush some people in this down market. Time to get my motorcycle tuned up and maybe some waterproof cargo containers.
SoWal Expert
A little reminder to Elgordoboy, gas price increases affect more than our minds. When prices of fuel increases, so does the price of transportation and production of everything we purchase. Have you noticed that a gallon of milk regularly costs around $5 now? Not too long ago, it was $2.99 per gal. If gas price alone was the only increase, I'd say you are correct, that it was in our minds, but the true effect is spread over each purchase we make.
Beach Fanatic
General question for the peanut gallery:
How much does gas have to cost before you would start changing your driving habits - letting it affect vacations, using public transportation, carpooling, buy a car w/ better mileage etc?
It affected mine when it went over $3.00.
SoWal Expert
I think they use fuel prices as an excuse to jack up the other prices. :angry:
Beach Fanatic
How much does gas have to cost before you would start changing your driving habits - letting it affect vacations, using public transportation, carpooling, buy a car w/ better mileage etc?
I think brief spikes in prices don't really affect our behavior -- as we can usually afford it, even if we complain about it. And we get use to small creeps in gas prices -- we become conditioned to prices above $2 -- and thus don't change our behavior. I really think that something other than gas prices has to happen to convince the majority to change their behavior.
Beach Lover
If you're cheering for the Fed to lower rates, you're also cheering for inflation.
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I'm amazed by how few people understand this concept. Of course, none of the three economically challenged presidential "front runners" have a clue what the Federal Reserve does either.
Beach Fanatic
A little reminder to Elgordoboy, gas price increases affect more than our minds. When prices of fuel increases, so does the price of transportation and production of everything we purchase. Have you noticed that a gallon of milk regularly costs around $5 now? Not too long ago, it was $2.99 per gal. If gas price alone was the only increase, I'd say you are correct, that it was in our minds, but the true effect is spread over each purchase we make.Correct. I mentioned personal consumption in the vehicle for that reason, as we were discussing price at the pump.
Beach Fanatic
I looked at every sign between here and Destin yesterday and good ol' TT at 331 (along with a few other TTs along the way) were the cheapest at $3.199. Some others were at $3.229. I have a 22 gal. Dodge SUV but can only "feed" her about $50 at a time. I am pretty sure it would around $70 to top it off.
Beach Fanatic
I looked at every sign between here and Destin yesterday and good ol' TT at 331 (along with a few other TTs along the way) were the cheapest at $3.199. Some others were at $3.229. I have a 22 gal. Dodge SUV but can only "feed" her about $50 at a time. I am pretty sure it would around $70 to top it off.Chavez is artificially lowering the prices at 331 trying to undermine our economic system and we just keep giving that lunatic our money.
SoWal Expert
For those of you who like to save about $1-4 per fill up, remember to fill up with gas in Alabama before heading down to SoWal. Prices are typically much cheaper in Alabama. If you have a Blackberry, you might also put http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gasstations.aspx?zip=&src=Netx into your favorite websites, for reference for the cheapest prices when on the road, or about town. As I said, it won't save you much, especially if you have to drive out of the way to get to the cheaper prices, but it might save you a little less than the cost of a McDonald's number 2 Combo.
SoWal Expert
I just looked at the price of the premium. WoW! Glad I sold my old Acura, which used Prem only. I feel for those with the premium only cars.
Beach Lover
Lets all ask Mr. Bush or Mr. Cheney to help us on gas prices. I am sure that is the answer.
SoWal Insider
But that's not all......are we ready for the possibility that Charlie Crist's initiative to lower emissions may raise electric prices 20-40%...as soon as this year?
Thank you sir...may I have another?
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Thank you sir...may I have another?
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