Your Gas Price

[Dimwhit]

$2.51 - minus 3 cents/gallon for my Flying J discount card. That's the cheapest in our area right now.

 

[JimAde]

Actually, the price of gas seems to make little difference in this regard. SUV (or "Chelsea tractors" as they're known, since most are driven in cities here) are more and more popular over here.

I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping it was just us.

Of course I'm on kind of shaky ground here since we actually own a (modest) SUV. But I'm lucky enough to be able to walk to work, so we don't put a lot of miles on it. Previously I had a teeny sedan for commuting and the SUV for hauling the family around.

 

[Storminator]

Honestly, I don't even know, or care. I gas up, hand 'em the card, and pay it all at the end of the month. Gas is such a tiny fraction of my monthly bills that it's not even worth shopping.

PS

 

[nerfherder]

I'm sorry to hear that. I was hoping it was just us.

Salespeople push the line to parents that they are the safest way of transporting their children around. True, if a big SUV and a teeny sedan are in a collision, then you don't want to be in that sedan. Of course, if both vehicles were sedans, then they would manouvre and brake better and have a better chance of avoiding each other in the first place...

I'm afraid I'm not doing my bit for the environment, either - I've just bought a car that does about 2/3 the economy of my current car :\
I used to take the train to work every day for about 5 years (and walked when I lived only a couple of miles from work), but the trains got less and less reliable...

Cheers,
Liam

 

[reveal]

$2.39 for mid-grade. Iowa has ethanol, which lowers the price.

 

[Desdichado]

$2.53

$2.53, IIRC. Either tonight or tomorrow morning I'll have to pay $2.67 or so, though. That's the cheapest I saw on the way in to work this morning.

 

[Desdichado]

Also, wages and taxes are pretty comparable with the US once you take into account the health service (which we pay as a tax, but you pay as insurance).

For salaried Americans, that's mostly paid by their employers, actually. I'm sure average disposible income is probably roughly similar when you factor in all the... uh, factors, but I don't think health insurance is one. At least not for many of us. Maybe we're just not all privy to equal access to it.

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

$2.569 for midgrade yesterday. In January, when I had my accident, it was $1.79 or so... now that I'm able to drive again, I can't afford to!

 

[Desdichado]

$2.569 for midgrade yesterday. In January, when I had my accident, it was $1.79 or so... now that I'm able to drive again, I can't afford to!

It'll probably only get worse before it gets better. Extremely basic supply and demand economics there. There's this huge new demand--the auto market in China is exploding, yet the supply of gasoline remains more or less constant in comparison.

 

[devilbat]

$1.03 / Litre around here.