twist the knife man....

[Statcher1]

Is that pure or mixed?

10% ethanol. Runs the same price at our local Shell and Pilot.


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[Lhemi]

Our blended fuels are anywhere from .10 to .25 cents cheeper than pure.

 

[Statcher1]

The closest pure fuel station around me is 30mins 1way. I'll have to fill up there one day when I'm close


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[Quigs]

I just filled up for $3.19 a gallon here in PA, but that was with my Turkey Hill (Kroger for those of you to the west) rewards points that I rack up. Love those rewards points I only have to fill my truck about once every two weeks and in that time with my nightly beverage stop and my Turkey Hill green tea and ice cream addiction I can rack up about $.50 off per gallon between fill ups.

 

[WulfGang]

I lived in Europe a while. Even at US has prices, the state and federal taxes per gallon are far greater than the oil company profit per gallon. You can verify by looking at the public financial statements, and the Govt has no risk of loss to worry about - guaranteed profit for them.

The "company" may not be making as much as a Gov. but the head guys that run those companies are.

Always has been big $ in oil. So, somebody has and still is filthy stinking rich from oil.

 

[B-g-K]

Just a brief rant about gas prices.



Love my truck. Don't like driving cars. I get they are not ever going to be fuel sippers. BUT, traded in my 17 MPG chevy for my 12.5 MPG ram and gas prices are up nearly $0.50 since the day I bought it.\



I love my new Ram. This weekend I'm adding the last of the mods I have sitting in the garage and will get pics up, but damn talk about kicking a guy when he's down. Add to that I only put 89 in it and my wallet's a bit bruised...

Trade in for a pentastar ram or an ecodiesel. My pentastar ram averaged 23 mpg and my new ecodiesel averages 27 and I like it way more

 

[PX8]

Trade in for a pentastar ram or an ecodiesel. My pentastar ram averaged 23 mpg and my new ecodiesel averages 27 and I like it way more

Nice! One of those smokers would be fun to play with.

 

[Stephen99ss]

I've got a 99 Camaro SS that actually gets mid 20s mpg when driven normally (which rarely happens). If mileage is an issue, you have to get a second car for when you don't need the truck. With 35s and 3.75" lift I get about 15-16 mpg..slightly more when tuned for MPGs with the diablosport. Actually planning to sell the Camaro to get some type of 4 cylinder for commuting


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[WulfGang]

I've got a 99 Camaro SS that actually gets mid 20s mpg when driven normally (which rarely happens). If mileage is an issue, you have to get a second car for when you don't need the truck. With 35s and 3.75" lift I get about 15-16 mpg..slightly more when tuned for MPGs with the diablosport. Actually planning to sell the Camaro to get some type of 4 cylinder for commuting


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Good in theory...

However, as was previously mentioned, figure in cost of 2nd vehicle, insurance, maintenance, etc and gas for it?

It would probably take a long time to offset the cost of fuel.

But, hehe, I have found it most beneficial to have a 2nd vehicle if one goes down.

 

[Stephen99ss]

Good in theory...

However, as was previously mentioned, figure in cost of 2nd vehicle, insurance, maintenance, etc and gas for it?

It would probably take a long time to offset the cost of fuel.

But, hehe, I have found it most beneficial to have a 2nd vehicle if one goes down.

Yeah I agree. It only makes sense if you have something nice and then a beater.


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[DavidRam]

This might sound silly... I rent cars numerous times a year for just about any reason, and especially for longer distance drives where I could use better mpgs. It's still cheaper than buying and maintaining a second vehicle.

Example: If I need to drive to Vegas for the weekend, I rent a Focus from Enterprise. Good fuel economy, and I don't have to worry about valets banging up my truck.
Enterprise often has weekend deals for $10 per day, so it costs me $30+ tax for a three day rental.
Even without the weekend specials, they run about $22-$25 per day which is still cheap.

Once a friend of mine had a party in Beverly Hills (20 miles from my place), and he warned us that there would be a ton of cars and parking would be tight (door ding city), so I rented a little Focus for the night and parked it on his front lawn!