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$2.95 in Council Bluffs, Iowa this morning.

FRANKIE47

Gas here went down to $3.59. Far cry from $2.99. Hoping in the next several weeks gas will go back down. Especially when it's going to be too cold to go anywhere. :mad:

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Ed.....does the tank itself leak, or at the rubber hose that joins the neck

to the tank? Mine seeps there if I fill it clear up to the top of the neck.

Haven't been able to investigate yet but since the tank was nicely painted when I put it in about 7 years ago I believe its got to be either the rubber hose for the fill neck or the seal at the sending unit.

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I keep fighting the psychology that tells me that $2.99 is cheap! But I think the oil companies are winning on that one. As soon as we consider $2.99 cheap they REALLY have us!

And also, consider that the drop in price from $4.00/gallon to $3.00/gallon is only a 25% drop. Then consider that the drop in price of a barrel of crude has been from a high of $148/barrel to about $95/barrel or a drop of 36% .... therefore gas "should be" at $2.56.

When the price of crude is going up it doesn't seem to take very long to move the price of a gallon of gas up but when the price of crude is falling the trend down is a LOT slower it seems.

Can anyone say "windfall profits?"

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Mr. Wolf I don't think we have a secret oil refinery in Omaha but we are probably as close as you can get to being in the middle price of the USA. I don't have a single clue as to why we are cheaper other than ethanol, or regional refineries. Just happy it is so. Mizzou always seems to be less.

Frankie

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I got some for 2.98, almost fell asleep pumping 30 bucks worth. Please remember this is still about 20 to 30 cents higher than last year when a barrel of oil was about the same price as today.

10/17/07 $71.80

10/17/08 $71.85

so whats up with the extra 20 cents?????

See they did it 3.00 a gallon is now comfortable (the market price is 1.65 or so ) the rest is fees taxes and profits and certainly not fo the service station.

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When we went to california last august gas was $2.73 in Omaha and about $3.15 in California. Stay away from rte 66 they were nuts! Especially in NEEDLES, thought their gas was xtra special.Anyway gas made its way to $3.40's while we were there and the wife did'nt know how to compensate for our budget! Almost drove Esmey nuts!

So any way to make a long story longer, gas peaked out in Omaha at around $3.89 this year and has gone down in trickles till lately. I suppose the gas prices will rise accordingly come turkey day.

Frankie

Gas in needles was $3.99 and holding.

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