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National Average up
by larsb
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Jun 01, 2009 (2:17 pm)
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AAA reports national average up 45 cents in last 30 days.
Glad I bought a hybrid...............
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- #8557 of 8805
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Re: National Average up [larsb]
by explorerx4
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Jun 01, 2009 (3:08 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Jun 01, 2009 2:17 pm)
month of may, put over 3100 miles on the explorer. put 191 gallons of gas in it.
good thing fuel is so cheap. 
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Re: National Average up [larsb]
by andre1969
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Jun 01, 2009 (3:40 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Jun 01, 2009 2:17 pm)
I have a hybrid, too...it burns gas and rubber. 
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- #8559 of 8805
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Re: National Average up [andre1969]
by gagrice
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Jun 01, 2009 (8:57 pm)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 01, 2009 3:40 pm)
I would bet your Total Cost Per mile will be a heck of a lot less than any stinking hybrid. It pays to keep the old car running as LONG as possible. Especially with the newer cars designed to disintegrate in 7.25 years.
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Re: National Average up [andre1969]
by larsb
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Jun 02, 2009 (6:23 am)
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Replying to: andre1969 (Jun 01, 2009 3:40 pm)
My TCH has been known to get a little rubber scratch on fast startups too....
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- #8561 of 8805
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Another price jump
by jae5
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Jun 02, 2009 (9:23 am)
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to $2.80 on average for 87 octane. A couple of Citgos are holding at $2.69 for 87 octane. So we're pretty much $3 for premium. Can't find older records, but am wondering when the last time pump prices were at these levels:
What was crude going for?
What was the demand / supply?
What excuses were being used for the price jumps / hikes?
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Re: Another price jump [jae5]
by larsb
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Jun 02, 2009 (9:25 am)
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Replying to: jae5 (Jun 02, 2009 9:23 am)
Must be all those EVIL OIL SPECULATORS at work again !!!
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Re: Another price jump [jae5]
by fintail
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Jun 02, 2009 (9:38 am)
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Replying to: jae5 (Jun 02, 2009 9:23 am)
I paid just over 3 for premium yesterday. I only needed 5 gallons though, so not bad.
Supply and demand relates to gas prices like the tooth fairy relates to dental work.
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Re: Another price jump [fintail]
by fezo
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Jun 02, 2009 (3:27 pm)
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Replying to: fintail (Jun 02, 2009 9:38 am)
I have a friend who takes the cost per mile to extremes. Of course he is in a state where he has to pay property tax on the car every year so his method really makes sense. He buys a cheap but dependable used car and drives it forever. Has a old Volvo 850 that he paid maybe $3,500 for. He's put on 110K himself and it hasn't taken major repair. His cost of ownership is minuscule.
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Re: Another price jump [larsb]
by berri
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Jun 02, 2009 (4:11 pm)
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Replying to: larsb (Jun 02, 2009 9:25 am)
Its not speculators per se, but Wall Street manipulators and dumb government. Laugh if you want, but until the commodity exchange rule changes (incidently I believe these happened under Clinton and Gore even though Bush always gets the blame) when you bought commodity futures you had to either find a buyer before your option expired or take delivery. Under those rules we didn't have near the volatility and extremes. Now risk is substantially reduced encouraging profiteering while Wall Street greed screws average middle class working Americans yet again. When Wall St. greed works the US citizens get shafted so the privileged "few" get extraordinary wealth and when Wall St. breaks the average American has to subsidize those who were just screwing them over with government loans, tax breaks, etc.
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