Gas Prices?

[special-K]

Paid $3.35 at the cheap place. Most are $3.45. This is regular ethanol

[Getter-Done]

It is $2.79 here right now.

I am glad for the Winter Blend kickin' in

[Ironhorse]

Reached $2.85 here yesterday. Our local Kroger/Dillons store points brings it down to $2.45, almost on sale it seems, Will fill the wife's Tahoe and my ol work/retirement Caprice both later today.

[chevy_man5]

$4.19 here this morning for regular ethanol. Was up in Great Falls Montana for Turkey day, and they were at $3.49

[72c20customcamper]

Came down about 10 cents to 3.65 diesel dropped 30 cents had to get some in the dodge to 5.65 put 60 bucks worth in the Dodge yesterday little over 10 gallons .

[Troy Sr]

Originally Posted by chevy_man5

$4.19 here this morning for regular ethanol. Was up in Great Falls Montana for Turkey day, and they were at $3.49

Great Falls is where I was born and raised!!!!

[Getter-Done]

Okay
A little lower at $2.71 this morning here in Middle Tn.

[FleetsidePaul]

$6.11 here last time I looked. But you know what I say?
BRING IT ON BABY!! Ole Paul and the wheelie popper are ready! (for another head injury). J/K I'll wear a helmet this time and only break my nose. And dirt doesn't taste that bad. I ate it as a kid. Just don't land where the dogs poop.

[special-K]

I felt good when I put $50 in the tank @ $3.35, until I saw the gauge only went from 1/4 to 1/2 full. Real quick math, about 3 gallons per $10 times five equals not quite 15 gallons. Big whoop!. That's a bit better than 1/3 tank (41 gal). I feel better than I did at higher prices but I'd feel better at $50 = 1/2 tank. Is anybody out there listening?????

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by special-K

I felt good when I put $50 in the tank @ $3.35, until I saw the gauge only went from 1/4 to 1/2 full. Real quick math, about 3 gallons per $10 times five equals not quite 15 gallons. Big whoop!. That's a bit better than 1/3 tank (41 gal). I feel better than I did at higher prices but I'd feel better at $50 = 1/2 tank. Is anybody out there listening?????

No one that can do anything about it is listening. They're too busy picking your pocket.

It's annoying how when there's a "crisis' the prices go up, but when the crisis is over they never go back down.

50 bucks for 1/4 tank isn't that bad these days. I paid triple that in my dually. I've got to get my S10 4 banger beater running.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

It's annoying how when there's a "crisis' the prices go up, but when the crisis is over they never go back down.

And that relates now to about everything we have to buy this time around. Even a two year old can say, "Why I remember back when xxx cost half as much" or whatever amount. Yes, things will always be going up. But I remember, not so long ago, when 3% inflation was a big deal. I'm seeing 30-50% all over the place!! I like to buy (eat) frozen Red Robin steak fries but my store hasn't been having them this whole year. I noticed another store, with higher prices (Safeway), had them. Yeah, they sure do for about $7! I think that's about $3 more than my last purchase. I think I used to buy them on sale for $3 last year! The store I use is committed to offering better prices and I have noticed a lot of foods they no longer carry that I believe is for that reason. Safeway always sold their frozen peach slices for a dollar more than Food Lion. Now Food Lion hasn't been having them at all, while Safeway never skipped a beat... while bringing a pound bag up from $3.99 to $5.99. Food Lion had them a few times during the season that bumped up a dollar to Safeway's old price. Then none, and a week or so they had some brand I never heard of (same price) out of Canada grown in Greece! Food Lion is from NC right where our peaches come from.

[LONGHAIR]

$2.99 here for the last two days. Diesel is down too, quite a bit.
It had been holding steady at just under $6 (5.95-5.99). Yesterday I saw it at $5.39, that's a huge drop.

[Boog]

Down to $2.69 for 87.
At one of our Casey's they have E15 at $2.60 and E85 at $2.00. I have 3 vehicles that can burn E85 but I have never tried it. But that price sure is attractive.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Boog

Down to $2.69 for 87.

It's holding around $3.35 enthanegular, bought at cheapest place $3.21

Wait. I'm just waking up to E85 vs E15. Is there an 85% ethanol fuel?

[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by special-K

It's holding around $3.35 enthanegular, bought at cheapest place $3.21

Wait. I'm just waking up to E85 vs E15. Is there an 85% ethanol fuel?

E85 can be anywhere in % to a max of 85%

Topped of the Dodge yesterday diesel was 4.99

[Ironhorse]

While running some errands this morning noticed 87 octane corn squeezins' was at $2.75 a gallon. Dare we even begin to dream of gas below $2.00 again?
If that happened I would start to believe in Santa Claus again for sure,

[special-K]

I believe in Santa Claus because he was me for many Christmases. But I don't believe in seeing prices go below $2 per gallon.

Our $3.35 places are at $3.29 since yesterday. If it did drop to below $2 around here it's going to take till this time next year dropping a nickel at a time as it's been doing.

Originally Posted by 72c20customcamper

E85 can be anywhere in % to a max of 85%

Topped of the Dodge yesterday diesel was 4.99

Golly day. So a fuel can be almost entirely ethanol yet somehow remain in the same price range of fossil fuel. Wasn't there supposed to be some kind of benefit to this? Your diesel is cheaper than ours is. Ours is $2 more than regular gas @ $5.29 as of today.

I don't want to jinx things, but when things were normal we would expect to see diesel going up this time of year. The excuse used was fuel oil season. I remember before they came up with that one. It's a good thing all this is regulated. Pretty simple regulation. It mandates that oil companies can't just raise prices to increase profits. No sir, that's a big no-no. The law dictates "Just make up an excuse. Any excuse, or we (the gov't) are going to take some of that profit for ourselves".

[Boog]

I believe I saw $2.57 Saturday.
Ah, and here is the next reason for prices to rise, again. Keystone pipeline leak in Kansas last week. And this coming 2 weeks before Christmas..

[dieseldawg142]

yee-haw!
filled my truck this morn for $4.90 a gal.
unfortunately it may not be staying. on my way home it was back up to $5.85 a gal
how in the hay can they jack the price almost a buck in just a few hrs???

[Ironhorse]

Running a few errands this morning noticed local stations are at $2.69. Hope the trend continues but time will tell.

[Stocker]

Couple days ago ours went down another 20 cents to $4.699. Happy day.....

Oh well, at least it's finally under 5 bucks.

[Getter-Done]

$2:41 here today.

[Boog]

Dang. Yours may well be the lowest in the nation and right here before the holidays too.

[special-K]

Originally Posted by Boog

I believe I saw $2.57 Saturday.
Ah, and here is the next reason for prices to rise, again. Keystone pipeline leak in Kansas last week. And this coming 2 weeks before Christmas..

I'm still seeing diesel go down. In some cases dropping at a better rate than gas. Most places are about $2 a gallon difference, but the one cheaper place is more like $1.25-$1.50 difference. This is usually when diesel, whenever it was more recently normal (but not the case even farther back), goes up due to heating oil demand (so we've been told) and winter blend (so we've been told). And currently we are in a diesel shortage, right? Yet price is going down in spite of those formerly used excuses. It sure seems like a game to me. One where the rules get changed to suit. Fuel prices are inflated (still) enough to offset the routine excuses to raise we normally see.

My El Cheapo place was $3.13 and the higher ones are $3.29 for ethanol

[DeadheadNM]

But diesel stocks are up: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/pet_sto..._dcu_nus_w.htm

And weekly prices do seem to fluctuate with supply: https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/PET_PRI...TE_DPGAL_W.htm