What is the cost of fuel in your area?

[SafariSogood]

The first post brought a smile to my face. 1.46 for regular and 1.72 for diesel in 2/2003. simply amazing what has happened in 4 short years. Triple prices, wow...
Today in Portland, Oregon - Reg: 4.25, diesel 4.99

[millvalleyca]

I don't get it.....
Diesel in our area is 5.29-5.49/ gal. (Norcal)
Two Chevron dealers 4 blocks apart.....5.29 and 4.89. I bought the 4.89...why such a difference? I don't get it.

[bbop_96]

Gas in Disney $3.99 at all the hess last Monday, anything north all the way to Lake City $4.05 to $4.25. This is of course Fla.

Morgan City, La. $3.99 up and down daily, for Reg only.

[balrgn]

Paid $3.93 this wekend to top off the Argosy (went for a drive)
Saw Diesel for $4.76

[CrawfordGene]

$4.099 in Leadville, Colo., this past weekend; $4.259 in Glenwood Springs and Carbondale, Colo.

Gene

[yukionna]

Paid $3.91 this week in southern NH.

[balrgn]

Found Diesel for $4.69, took my buddy can to fill er up as well, savings of 1 gallon... Pitiful eh?

[SteSpot]

Originally Posted by rickandsandi

I hope it's a Porche your putting premium into otherwise you are just wasting your money. There is no notable difference in running 89 vs. 91 octane in a six cyl. engine. Check it out. We have always wanted to move to New Hampshire and now is starting to look like a good time with fuel so cheap there! This morning Shell regular pump your own $4.59.9 per gallon. I am begining to think part of the rising costs is the salery the stations now have to pay to have a full time person on hand all day to keep changing the posted and pump prices!

Your post piqued my interest so I did some research. This is pretty much what I found out from our auto mechanics and on-line.

"The biggest consideration when buying gas is buying the octane rating your car was designed to use. Engines are tuned to operate with a particular octane level. Octane rating determines how well or efficiently the fuel ignites/burns. Lower octane the gas burns faster. Higher octane the gas burns slower. Engines designed to use high octane or premium are higher compression. If you use a lower rated octane fuel in a high compression engine, it will knock, and not perform as well. If you use a high octane fuel in a lower compression engine you are wasting your money. The first consideration is buy the fuel octane rating your car was designed to use."

So, I guess I should have purchased a lower compression engine in the first place....who knew gas was going to go so high? Thanks, paula

[Isadora]

$3.69 for regular last night everywhere in Joplin, Mo. Who knows where it will be today????? We filled up everything last night.

[silver&gold]

now the prediction is gas will be $7.00 in 2 years .
Gas yesterday was.

[Over59]

Connecticut diesel is again 4.999. Worse is that it's all the junk VLS stuff so I have to buy additive on top of it.

Talked to a mechanic today, replacing alot of fuel pumps because of gasket issues.

[REDNAX]

Found diesel this morning for $4.41/gl.

[silver&gold]

Originally Posted by REDNAX

Found diesel this morning for $4.41/gl.

I hope you filled it up.

[Fenghuang]

San Diego gasoline $4.59; diesel $5.49