Your Gas Price

[Rel]

But... But you said 'thank you' and everything when I called you!?!?!

Yes but you couldn't see how hard I was rolling my eyes while I said it.

I'm a gas-hunter, myself, but I won't go out of the way to do it. And driving more than 3 miles out of my way is, indeed, one of the heights of stupid.

If I see a good price and I'm nearly out of gas then yes, I'll stop. But I've been riding with people who will stop and top up their three-quarters-full tank for gas at $2.25. A week later when they would have needed gas (had they not been filling it up almost daily) the price at that same station has dropped to $2.12. :\

 

[Desdichado]

If I see a good price and I'm nearly out of gas then yes, I'll stop. But I've been riding with people who will stop and top up their three-quarters-full tank for gas at $2.25. A week later when they would have needed gas (had they not been filling it up almost daily) the price at that same station has dropped to $2.12. :\

I was tempted to top off during the approach of Rita, when I expected the prices to spike again so soon after Katrina, and I think I might have actually done so at one point during the Katrina Gas Price Climb, and saved a buck or so.

But yeah, there's certainly no hurry to buy gas and save money when it's been steadily falling for several weeks now. I will never really go out of my way to buy gas, but then again, I don't have to. I can save $.10 a gallon just by picking up gas on the way to work instead of in the township where I live. I do send my wife a little bit out of her way, but not much, and to save $.10 a gallon on a 20-gallon tank is worth a ten minute detour in my opinion.

 

[frankthedm]

And driving more than 3 miles out of my way is, indeed, one of the heights of stupid.

Not necessarily. I am more than willing to spend extra in gas to buy from a store that has better prices on sheer principle. I would rather drive to a store multiple times, waiting for an item to go down to a price I think is fair, than to buy it at the original price and save a few bucks in gas even after overpaying on the item. I apply this to Minis, toys & non necessary food items[Aldi for necessities]. Were I to pay the original price, that would justify the overcharging.

 

[Desdichado]

Not necessarily. I am more than willing to spend extra in gas to buy from a store that has better prices on sheer principle.

I do very few things on sheer principle.

 

[Dimwhit]

and to save $.10 a gallon on a 20-gallon tank is worth a ten minute detour in my opinion.

Have you actually run the numbers? Might be interesting to find out how much you actually save. That's a $2 savings. If the car gets, say 23 miles to the gallon, and she's driving 15 miles total to gas up, you're really only saving about 50-60 cents. Depends on how many miles there and back she has to go out of her way.

I know here, I can save 5-7 cents by gassing up at Costco, but unless I'm already there, it's about a 15 mile round trip to get there, so any money I save gets eaten up by the drive. It would probably have to be a 15-20 cent difference for me to do it.

 

[Henry]

It would probably have to be a 15-20 cent difference for me to do it.

My rule of thumb is 10 cents. If the gas price is over ten cents difference, I'll inconvenience myself. If it's under ten cents, it's not worth the extra time and driving. Even then, "inconvenience" means more than 3 miles or so.

Frank, if you're talking on principle, that's a whole different animal. "If it's worth doing, it's worth doing well," as the saying goes, even if it means a little hardship here and there.

Fortunately, where fueling up is concerned, I have no principles. They'd have to be barbecuing kittens to get me not to go for a lower price, given that at the height of high prices, my fuel bill just to go to and from work was something like $60.00 a week.

 

[Queen_Dopplepopolis]

But... But you said 'thank you' and everything when I called you!?!?!

I'm a gas-hunter, myself, but I won't go out of the way to do it. And driving more than 3 miles out of my way is, indeed, one of the heights of stupid.

I go out of my way to buy gas at our Costco... but - it always coincides with the shopping trip, so it's worth it.

 

[Scotley]

In the midsouth gas can be had for just under $2 a gallon. I got a tank from WalMart over in Arkansas for 1.91 a gallon and I'm told prices are comperable in Northern Miss.

 

[Torm]

I can remember gas for $0.69/gal in Hartsville, SC, shortly after Reagan got elected. And I've bought gas at $0.89/gal since I started driving back in '91.

it was $0.79 per gallon at the gas station at the top of my street when i moved to GA in 1995.<snip>This time last year i was paying $1.29 per gallon.

I'd bet, though, that it had gone to $1.29 once before, like it did around here (SC) - right after Gulf War I started.

What?! What's so special about Archdale that gas was $2.49 before Katrina when everywhere else in the state was ~$1.75 or so?

You have to bear in mind how hard travel in and out of the Dalelands is, what with the armies of Cormyr and Zhentil Keep out and about harassing trade caravans. That would have to drive prices up.

They'd have to be barbecuing kittens to get me not to go for a lower price

Mmmmmm.....barbecue kitten.

 

[Bloodstone Press]

$1.80 with your kroger card. About the cheapest in the area.

Still too high for my taste.