Dandy Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 $0.69/gallon is the lowest I ever paid. It was $0.79 in most of WV, and as soon as you cross into VA, it is typically 10 cents cheaper. I remember when putting $10 in gas in the car would fill it up.
EricMM Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 I'm still waiting for a real damn good explanation for why prices have jumped 500% in the past decade.Bush...? Increased demand, lowered supply, weakened dollar.
Youth N Asia Posted May 31, 2008 Report Posted May 31, 2008 Anywhere from $4.02 to $4.14 now here in Saginaw, MI
Guest Vitamin X Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 I remember when putting $10 in gas in the car would fill it up. And ya had to walk uphill both ways to do it!
Dandy Posted June 1, 2008 Report Posted June 1, 2008 Hey! I ain't that old! This was back in '98 or '99.
Edwin MacPhisto Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 I remember the first tank of gas I put in my car was $1.09/gallon. That was June of 1999. Tears, yo. We hit over $4 for regular in Arlington, VA this weekend.
Dandy Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 I first started filling up at $1.25/gallon, and I had a 32 gallon tank. $40.00 for a monstrosity that might have gotten 10 miles to the gallon. I always estimated 6, though.
SuperJerk Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 In the midwest, we have cheaper gas than the rest of the country, usually. I can remember paying 89 cents a gallon around 1994.
Damaramu Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 So I hear oil prices dropped, but gas prices keep going up. Wasn't that one of their big excuses? They had to raise gas prices to combat rising oil prices?
EricMM Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Well, but it's summer. It always goes up in the summer.
Dobbs 3K Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Gas prices seem to have dropped slightly (like six cents) around here. Paid $3.93 for regular unleaded yesterday. Basically, the oil companies have zero incentive to lower prices. We keep buying, because we have to.
NoCalMike Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 ....and when prices finally do drop they never drop down back to what they originally were before "the price of oil rose" It is like they know people will be happy enough just to see prices drop by a few pennies. When I first started driving in 1996, I remember paying $.98/gallon.
Dobbs 3K Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 ....and when prices finally do drop they never drop down back to what they originally were before "the price of oil rose" It is like they know people will be happy enough just to see prices drop by a few pennies. When I first started driving in 1996, I remember paying $.98/gallon. Exactly. It seems like there's been this continuous pattern where the price will suddenly rise, say, 7 cents, and then drop may four or five cents a couple days later. So, it still goes up, but it somehow "makes people feel better." Just saw a report on the news tonight...driving nationally is down 2 percent, while mass transit use is actually up 3 percent.
Bruiser Chong Posted June 2, 2008 Report Posted June 2, 2008 Anywhere from $4.02 to $4.14 now here in Saginaw, MI Wait. What the hell are you doing in my city?
Perfxion Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Spring, TX (town north of Houston) 3.79 is about the average.
Dobbs 3K Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 And it continues...GM announced this morning they're closing four North American plants within the next couple years, cutting down production of SUVs and trucks.
Guest Tzar Lysergic Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 If Ft. Wayne Assembly is among them, this part of the state is fucked. They mainly do large commercial vehicles, though.
EricMM Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 If only they could have switched the production of those plants years ago. Or changed the MINDSET of people. After all, they sold (almost) exclusively large vehicles because people accepted larger profit margins on those vehicles, for whatever reason. Small cars had to be affordable so the profits were slim. I don't know why SUVs didn't have to be. I guess they were more status symbols. But now the status is going to be: broke. Or possibly fired.
Guest Vitamin X Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Or: sitting in the driveway because you can't afford the gas for them any longer. Or: repossessed because you can't afford to make payments since your house is being foreclosed due to a subprime. Take your pick, it's America in 2008!
NoCalMike Posted June 3, 2008 Report Posted June 3, 2008 Weren't people being given tax breaks to buy those gas guzzlers as well?
Dobbs 3K Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 Weren't people being given tax breaks to buy those gas guzzlers as well? Yep, big time.
snuffbox Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 With the developments in Janesville, expect the Fuck Wisconsin thread to remain vibrant.
scratch Posted June 4, 2008 Report Posted June 4, 2008 I'm paying anywhere from 3.79-3.99 in North Jersey. I work in Yonkers, NY where I've seen prices as high as 4.39 for a gallon of regular so far. I always make sure I have at least a half full tank before I leave in the morning cuz I'll be damned if I'm paying over 4 bucks unless I actually have to. I also miss the days of filling up my old '89 beater Ford for 10 bucks at 92 cents a gallon. Now it costs me at least 50 if I wanna have a full tank for my Focus.
EricMM Posted June 6, 2008 Report Posted June 6, 2008 Aaaaaaaaaaand the price of oil shoots BACK UP to above 130 because some Brit bank is raising interest rates, thus making the pound stronger and thus the dollar weaker, I surmise. Le sigh.
Red Baron Posted June 6, 2008 Report Posted June 6, 2008 I completly expect by next year the cost of a barrel would be under $100 but we will be paying the same prices.
MarvinisaLunatic Posted June 6, 2008 Report Posted June 6, 2008 Sears is going to have a deal this weekend into next week where you can buy $100 worth of Dockers items and get a $75 shell gas card back in the mail for fathers day. Buy your dad some nice pants and get yourself some gas. Me, Im gonna have pants and gas. Long edit: I got 4 tickets to see the Incredible Hulk by buying $100 worth of Kmart gift cards which I will use at Sears tomorrow to buy the pants to get the gift card.
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