Current Spike in Gas Prices

[craig333]

Best price for diesel in Sac is 4.99 I'm not looking forward to seeing just how high it can go.

 

[ski3pin]

Gas at the Shell station in Lee Vining, CA yesterday was $6.39 and gas in Bridgeport................... drum roll please ................. was CHEAPER at $6.09! We have never ever seen that before.

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Costco Monterey $5.00 this morning.
Frank

 

[Foy]

My 3.2 mile round trip commute is looking pretty fine, as it has for the last 22 years. Wonder how much I've saved in real-world commuting costs, including wearing out vehicles?

Hopefully this all improves soon, for everybody involved.

Foy

 

[MarkBC]

I paid $3.899/gal today for regular here in Saint Bernard, Louisiana (greater New Orleans).

 

[craig333]

I expect to be paying $6 soon.

 

[ski3pin]

Back to $4.89 here.

$5.69

 

[fuzzymarindave]

Looks like I need to budget $700 for our trip to Death Valley next week. And $900 to board the dogs. On the bright side our hotel budget is $0.

 

[MarkBC]

I paid $3.899/gal today for regular here in Saint Bernard, Louisiana (greater New Orleans).

I expect to be paying $6 soon.

$5.69

Looks like I need to budget $700 for our trip to Death Valley next week....

I wonder if I'll be able to afford to return to the West Coast...? Maybe if I fill my RV's freshwater and holding tanks with [relatively] cheap Southern fuel.

 

[ski3pin]

<snip> On the bright side our hotel budget is $0.

That is our reasoning also.

 

[OutToLunch]

Yesterday, 4.19. Today, 4.39. Guess it’s time to take up bike riding again.

 

[JaSAn]

87 octane regular:
- February 7, $3.179
- March 7, $3.739
White Bear Lake, MN

 

[smlobx]

Diesel in Pinehurst NC was $4.999 yesterday.
It looks like we’re giving you West Coast guys a run for your money (literally!).

 

[Outnabout]

Diesel $6.50/gal in Humboldt County, CA

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

$4.629/gal at Simi Valley Costco on Sunday. Very long line out into the street reminded me of the embargo days of ‘73/‘74. Even if I assumed the annual executive membership fee were only used for fuel in the truck (an extra $.125/gal based on 12,000 miles/yr and 12.5 mpg ) it’s still FAR BELOW the traditional stations in our area. $5.999/gal down the street.

 

[SkyP]

Costco $3.739 right now (Columbia, SC) - filled up there this morning at IIRC $3.699 $3.999 at stations near me.

Terrible timing for me- we bought land in the NC mountains back in the summer and I haven't gone up enough to get significant work done on the driveway, which needs some light rework and a whole bunch of crushed rock hauled in.
Had planned to hit it hard this spring but at a 450ish mile round trip that is gonna be expensive.
Hauling my Kubota up hits the fuel mileage pretty hard and even worse if I go to the quarry- a 50 mile round trip- and pick up 5 tons in my dump trailer I'm lucky to get 5-6MPG hauling that back to the land. But I only need 100 loads or so....

 

[ski3pin]

<snip>
Hauling my Kubota up hits the fuel mileage pretty hard and even worse if I go to the quarry- a 50 mile round trip- and pick up 5 tons in my dump trailer I'm lucky to get 5-6MPG hauling that back to the land. But I only need 100 loads or so....

....now that qualifies as an honest to god project!

 

[Foy]

According to the various signs at fuel stations in Raleigh, NC, the contents of my old truck's 38 gallon diesel fuel tank are worth just over $200. When I filled it up in January it only cost me $65 in new fuel and I put that on top of some that didn't cost > $55. Reckon I'll just leave her parked for a few years, enjoy the tax deferred appreciation, then start selling off a few gallons a year for retirement income....................

And they say I'm no financial planner........

 

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

Foy that sounds like a good retirement investment.
Frank

 

[Mighty Dodge Ram]

Are we going to have to buy locking gas caps…again? We used them back in ‘73-‘74 during the embargo and odd/even days. Our fuel tanks are definitely holding refined “black gold, Texas Tea”.