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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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From: Thornton colorado
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Took the camaro up to the amoco here in aurora and mid grade was $1.81 a gallon. Just wanted to see what it was in your neck of the woods.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 06:37 PM
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I just paid $2.02 for 92 premium yesterday. The tank is already 2/3 burned off after a little more than 100 miles :-/ :lala:
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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$2.47 for 91 at chevron
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 08:16 PM
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$1.94 a gal for 93 at BP and AMOCO here in Panama City, Fl.
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 08:18 PM
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2.17 at the chevron here in yuma, Az
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Old Mar 26, 2004 | 09:16 PM
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Try 0.79 for one litre, yeah thats about $3.20can a gallon. Thats about $2.50 us. ......for regular.
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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 03:30 AM
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Mine got up to about $2.23 for 91 (premium) here but I just filled up yesterday at $2.13 for 91... (both Chevron)

Ohh, thread moved

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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 04:44 AM
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$1,33 for one litre here in germany


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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 09:50 AM
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1.86 about a month ago the last time I filled up. And the tank is still full
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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 04:26 PM
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Wow looks like its actually still fairly cheap out here. MAybe it can stay that way.
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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 09:50 PM
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1.79 to 1.90 per gallon of 93 in my area.
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Old Mar 27, 2004 | 11:01 PM
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2.09 for regular..halla-fricken-hulla I have an import for my cummute...to the tune of 40mpgs.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 12:22 AM
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Here you go

$2.79 Regular 87 Octane

$2.99 Unleaded 89 octane

$3.10 Premium 91 Octane

Corner of Atlantic and Commonwealth Ave. in Alhambra, CA.

I told the guy I usally get kissed before getting F_ __ed!

Ended up paying $2.75 for 91 Octane Union 76


This is such BS guys there is no reason why gas prices should be anywhere near this price. If anything they should be lower than ever. It's a "Charge as much as possible on weekends and lower it during the week". The gas stations remind me of looter's! Hiway Robbers etc.

I think this country is getting screwed by our own people.
Just my opinion.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 12:53 AM
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I vote for saying screw it an using Iraq for the oil. Hell we are getting accused of it anyway, might as well do it
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 01:33 AM
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that suxs!
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 02:06 AM
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From: winthrop harbor, il & plymouth, il
Car: 1986 camaro
Engine: 383 sbc
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in the 1.70s in west central il and my mom said she just paid 1.82 is the northern suburbs of chicago.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 02:26 AM
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From: San Lorenzo, California
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Regular (87) is anywhere between 1.99 and 2.09 a gallon around here. So that puts 89 octane at 2.09-2.23 and 91 octane at 2.20-2.30.

This is all east bay area, and yeah it does suck getting f'ed so bad for gas. I am getting bad mileage also, so I'm hurtin. Bout 180 miles per tank.
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 05:55 AM
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1.75 here in ABQ for 91 Octane... Atleast the Trick 103 is always 4.50 a gallon. All I use anymore........
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 10:55 AM
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$0.82 a liter here in Canada
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 11:00 AM
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1.89 a gallon for Amoco Ultimate.... I thought that was a lot; I guess we're lucky here.

Blame the SUVs...
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Old Mar 28, 2004 | 11:12 AM
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Originally posted by CaysE
Blame the SUVs...
Way ahead of you.
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 05:55 PM
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you don't even want to know what it is here.....

yes, blame the suvs, blame them!!
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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From: Nanaimo, BC, Canada. (West Coast)
Car: 1988 Camaro IROC
Engine: 350 TPI
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.27 9 bolt posi (non 1le)
mines .84 a litre here in Canada

Thats about $2.87 a gallon to you US people
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 06:19 PM
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Engine: 305 4bbl
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Some SUVs get good mileage. Some of our camaros get worse than most of them. I get about 17 mpg driving about 40% highway & 60% city. That is in my little 305 powered G20 van though.

Your gas prices stink. It was $1.45 for 87, $1.55 for 91, & $1.65 for 93 today @ the diamond shamrock in Bedford, Texas (right between Dallas and Fort Worth).
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 06:30 PM
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$1.79 or so for 89 octane in Ft. Worth, TX
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 07:25 PM
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citgo by my house sells 93 octane for $1.89 a gallon... everywhere else is either $1.99-2.09 a gallon for 93 octane in miami florida
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Old Mar 31, 2004 | 08:02 PM
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86 cents a liter over here in Nfld.... and that's for 87 Octane... that's Canadian of course...

And am I right in thinking that the Canadian gallon " or the imperial gallon" is bigger than the US gallon?
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Old Apr 1, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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Originally posted by CaysE
Blame the SUVs...
They tried that here in CA, and the republican scum(who mostly drive SUVs) managed to railroad a new governor out of the situation!

I sure wish we at least got GOOD gas for our ridiculously high prices! 91 is the best here.
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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OPEC cut back their oil productin, so that's why the prices are going to go higher that even THAT. Be thankful you don't have to pay for it with a ration book, like our grandparents did in WWII. (Gee, I only get twenty gallons a whole month?!?)
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 07:32 PM
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They ration gas, and i'm getting a bike
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 07:45 PM
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$1.69 for 91
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 09:01 PM
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You USA guys are lucky, 10 years from now your gas will probably be cheaper than it is for us canandian guys right now.
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Old Apr 28, 2004 | 09:04 PM
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Gas has stayed the same price, or went down a hair around here. I usually go to San Lorenzo for gas, at the corner of A Street, and Hesperian Blvd, there's 2 cheap stations. Last time I filled up gas was 1.98 for 87 octane, 2.13 for 89 Octane and 2.24 for 91 octane. It really sucks, but atleast it's not going up any more right now.

In another note, I heard that the Oil Companies have seen a 800% increase in profits in the last year, which clearly means their just price gouging us. Production costs may have gone up, but it's not as drastic as what their raising our price. I personally think we should all be writing to our congress people, if everyone from this board writes, and we get out family and friends to write, we will have quite a uproar, and just maybe things will change.
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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 10:07 AM
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In NJ best prices I have Found:
87 $1.64
89 $1.74
93 $1.82
110 $5.20

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Old Apr 30, 2004 | 08:49 PM
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Best price local to me in Orange County
$2.17 for 87 octane. Blah... at least I'm pulling 220+ per tank (around 21-23 MPG)
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Old May 1, 2004 | 01:12 AM
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Originally posted by 89RsPower!
In NJ best prices I have Found:
110 $5.20
They sell 110 street legal gas there?!
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Old May 1, 2004 | 06:28 AM
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doubt its technically street legal but the gas station around the block from my house sells a couple grades or race gas, one 104 octane and one 110..
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Old May 1, 2004 | 07:55 AM
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They sell 110 street legal gas there?!
theres at least 2 gas stations 20 minutes from me that sell 110, and thats just off the top of my head
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:53 AM
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Originally posted by CaysE
1.89 a gallon for Amoco Ultimate.... I thought that was a lot; I guess we're lucky here.

Blame the SUVs...
After a couple weeks of being steady, it went up to 1.91 just the other day.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 11:54 AM
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Old May 2, 2004 | 12:01 PM
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My solution to gas prices
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Old May 2, 2004 | 01:09 PM
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Originally posted by pvt num 11
OPEC cut back their oil productin, so that's why the prices are going to go higher that even THAT.
That happens every spring going into summer. And here in SoCal, one of our oil refineries "conveniently" goes up in flames each springtime, which make prices go even HIGHER yet! May is here, lol.

$2.32 for our *cough*premium 91*cough* at Shell yesterday. So with summer coming on, it's bound to go A LOT higher.

VP has a 100 unleaded that's sold at a few local auto parts stores for $5/gal. They fill your 5 gallon container. The car LOVES that!

And there's a station with Trick 101 unleaded at the pump for $4.59/gal. But the car still feels like it's running on 91 with this stuff. So I'm not sure it's legit.
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Old May 2, 2004 | 05:23 PM
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Originally posted by LAFireboyd
...*cough*premium 91*cough*...
:werd: Yeah, tell me about it...
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Old May 2, 2004 | 05:31 PM
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I used to be able to get 94 at one station, thats as high as it got. That ended a couple months ago, now more stations are going down to 92. If you need race gas you can just buy about 40 bottles of octane booster
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Old May 6, 2004 | 12:28 PM
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Engine: 305 TPI(427SB in progress) 730 $8D
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$2.04 at the Shell down the street from me. First time I've seen it over $2.00 here for 93.
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Old May 6, 2004 | 01:06 PM
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It's 1.82 for 93, here on base. Off base it's like $1.9x depending on where you go. I'm not supposed to buy from the on base station, though, since I'm not military (contractor).
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Old May 6, 2004 | 02:45 PM
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Well as many of you probably know, Gas prices just went up a bit. Now prices are 2.19 for 87, 2.29 for 89, and 2.39 for 91 octane. These are the prices at the cheapest stations I know of in my area.

This Really sucks!!
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Old May 6, 2004 | 03:09 PM
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The situation truly is rediculous. And to think our gov't still makes, what is it, 40 some odd cents per gallon in tax money? I'm tired of paying these polititians to go out in their limos to luxurious dinners every night. Everything in our gov't is about the money, I hate it.

(I know someone's gonna come and say, "well if you dont like it, live somewhere else" haha).

Just venting. Seriously tho, I can't afford this! Some of us are poor kids in college, people!!! Once again, I had to fill up with my CREDIT CARD last night, and I cant even pay THAT off every month!
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Old May 6, 2004 | 03:11 PM
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Idaho Falls, ID - I paid $2.24 a gallon for premium a few days ago. Not to mention, 91 octane PREMIUM at that.
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Old May 6, 2004 | 03:39 PM
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The have Sunoco 100 Blue over here. Dont know the price though/
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