55 Fargo Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Hey you Guys in the Lower 48, what are the gasoline prices today? Since crude oil is going through the roof again, it is reflecting on our gas prices big time, gas prices in the Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada areas have risen 9 cents a litre or 34.5 cents per US gallon, to super high of $1.08 per litre or $4.13 per gallon, this is in Canadian Dollars, the canuck Buck is worth slightly more than the US Greenback today, so lets say it's par. Now before you guys in Europe tell us how awful the prices are there, which I sympathize with you Guys, up here in Canada and the United States too, we often have to commute far greater distance to work, and many areas do not have public transportation to alleviate all the necessary driving. Oh yah we drive bigger vehicles, many F150 and F250 Super Cab 4X4 Trucks in my area. My daily driver is a 2005 Dodge Caravan, my Wifes is a 2007 Pontiac Torrent AWD, neither vehicle gets stellar gas mileage. So that is my bellyaching for today, hope you all , are doing well where ever you may reside.......Fred Quote
1940plymouth Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Valero, the only gas station in Neversink is at 3.35.9 a gallon for regular today, been that way for over a week, but NY is the land of Hight TAXES Quote
TodFitch Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Paid about $3.60/gal on I-5 Sunday coming home from skiing in my car that has averaged 45 MPG since new. Don't pay much attention to prices as we don't actually drive that much per year and have cars that, exception of the 16 MPG Plymouth, get great mileage. Since petroleum products are a global commodity and since the "developing market" has pretty much recovered from the economic downturn and are adopting cars at an astounding rate, you can expect our gasoline prices to be going up. Edited January 25, 2011 by TodFitch Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Posted January 25, 2011 $2.95 around here. Now I could live with this price for regular gas, at $2.95 per gallon or 77 cents per litre, up here that would be liveable. Quote
1941Rick Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Went up here today...........$1.139 per liter For my american friends that is $4.30 per US gallon..... That is for regular 87 octaine, pay the same for diesel Hope this makes you feel a bit better..this is why when I travell east I go thru the US.. Quote
LAKOTA169 Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Paid about $3.60/gal on I-5 Sunday coming home from skiing in my car that has averaged 45 MPG since new. QUOTE] You ski in your car??? Must have a BIG car. Sorry, couldn't help it. My brain is froze. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Fred do you guys have a bunch of people with remote starts in their cars? Everyday I leave work and there are a bunch of cars idleing away in the parking lot. Can't help but wonder how much they waste everyday. I walk to my truck start it. Let it warm up for about 45 seconds while I buckle up plug in my ipod etc and away I go. Quote
John Mulders Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Ed, you mean you can actually turn them off? Thanks ! John Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 25, 2011 Author Report Posted January 25, 2011 (edited) Fred do you guys have a bunch of people with remote starts in their cars? Everyday I leave work and there are a bunch of cars idleing away in the parking lot. Can't help but wonder how much they waste everyday. I walk to my truck start it. Let it warm up for about 45 seconds while I buckle up plug in my ipod etc and away I go. Hi Ed, yes and no, I am guilty of long warm-ups at work, in cold weather, and sometimes when it is very hot, letting the AC cool the inside. I know it's mighty cold in Minneapolis too, but in this area, it's like Hibbings Minnesota and colder. Sometimes if it's -20 to -30, and the windchill is -35 to -40, you have to warm a vehicle up, at least a bit,say 5 minutes in those extremes. A lot of people up here plu in their block heaters, and interior car warmers. My car is never plugged in at home, because even if is -25 to -30, it is rarely below 25 to 30 f in my garage, when the heat is turned off in there.. Today was a balmy 28 f in my locale. Edited January 26, 2011 by Rockwood Quote
TodFitch Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Paid about $3.60/gal on I-5 Sunday coming home from skiing in my car that has averaged 45 MPG since new. QUOTE] You ski in your car??? Must have a BIG car. Sorry, couldn't help it. My brain is froze. I did sort of phrase it that way. Even "skiing with my car" would not have worked. If I'd tried to take it onto the cross country ski trails I wouldn't have gotten very far before sinking it to the floor pan. And the Forest Service does not take kindly to off highway vehicle operation in that area either. Quote
Young Ed Posted January 25, 2011 Report Posted January 25, 2011 Ed, you mean you can actually turn them off?Thanks ! John Yes modern cars with computerized fuel injection are very reliable even in the cold. Even when I had to park outside it always started on the very coldest days. You know its really cold when the brake and clutch pedals are harder to push because the fluid is thickening. Quote
John Mulders Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Just kidding Ed In Curacao people leave their cars running a lot too (parking lots of shops). Very annoying, temperature is mostly in the 90's but they want their car cool... Bit different from the colder areas I guess, windows need to be transparent to drive safely. Seen some idiots driving with only a piece of the frontwindow de-iced. John Quote
JIPJOBXX Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Now I could live with this price for regular gas, at $2.95 per gallon or 77 cents per litre, up here that would be liveable. Rockwood all you haft to do is move to Texas and if you want cheaper than that move to Mexico! It really cheap down there but you might want to bring along a pistol or some type of weapons to protect yourself. Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 26, 2011 Author Report Posted January 26, 2011 Now I could live with this price for regular gas, at $2.95 per gallon or 77 cents per litre, up here that would be liveable. Rockwood all you haft to do is move to Texas and if you want cheaper than that move to Mexico! It really cheap down there but you might want to bring along a pistol or some type of weapons to protect yourself. So is Venuzuela, ain't movin nowhere, this "frostback", is to set in his ways.. Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 26, 2011 Report Posted January 26, 2011 Gas here in s w MO was 2.93.9 tonight......so I filled the Caravan back up. Quote
PhilJohnson Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 It is 3.20 a gallon here. I drive a 65 F100 20 miles one way to work for 4 hours. These higher prices are starting to really cut in to the ole budget To make it worse my measly hours have been cut from 20 hours to 12 hours. Quote
55 Fargo Posted January 27, 2011 Author Report Posted January 27, 2011 It is 3.20 a gallon here. I drive a 65 F100 20 miles one way to work for 4 hours. These higher prices are starting to really cut in to the ole budget To make it worse my measly hours have been cut from 20 hours to 12 hours. So about a gallon each way, that gets pricey for 4 hours of wages..... Quote
PhilJohnson Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 So about a gallon each way, that gets pricey for 4 hours of wages..... Gas roughly runs me about 8 bucks a trip (I get 16 mpg). I have a lot of old beaters that get better mileage laying around but nothing that is very road worthy. Plus with all the darn snow I can't even get to them to work on 'em Once the snow melts the fleet will be thinned, some will get scrapped and some sold. Been looking for other jobs, not much to apply for out there. Burned through a year and a half of unemployment already and looks like that gravy train has left the station. I've managed to find work here and there to stretch it out. Most of the places tell me to come back once the snow melts for work so I am hoping for an early spring Quote
BobT-47P15 Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 Phil......hope you have good luck and get one of those jobs when the white stuff disappears. Quote
53_Suburban Posted January 27, 2011 Report Posted January 27, 2011 (edited) S.F. Bay area - Chevron Stations Redwood City: paid $3.25.9 per gallon for regular yesterday. Mountain View is running about $3.36.9 to $3.41.9 at Chevron stations. Needless to say, I fill up in Redwood City since I work there. Edited January 27, 2011 by 53_Suburban Quote
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