Gas

scoop · 09-11-2008, 07:29 PM

Get it now .. and I mean NOW!
Prices are supposed to jump 13¢ a litre overnight.

vm-323Ci · 09-11-2008, 07:35 PM

Just filled up ... long line up and a few hot tempers...

Soni · 09-11-2008, 07:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scoop

Get it now .. and I mean NOW!
Prices are supposed to jump 13¢ a litre overnight.

+1
http://www.mcteague.ca/WebPages/gas_price_today.htm

iPodAddict · 09-11-2008, 10:18 PM

Just filled up!

50L x $0.13 raise = $6.50 I just saved!

victor328 · 09-11-2008, 10:33 PM

Has anyone else noticed that they are now charging 13 cents a litre more for premium ??? It used to be 12 and now they have secretly raised it to 13 !!! FUCKERS !!! they are a bunch of criminals !!

SGxi · 09-11-2008, 10:58 PM

It used to be 10 cents!

victor328 · 09-11-2008, 11:27 PM

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Originally Posted by SGxi

It used to be 10 cents!

now it's 13 cents more !! I bet you didn't even notice !! It's too bad gas stations don't put the price of premium up on their signs like they do in the USA. I guess gas companies just found another way that they can rip us off.

Universal_Magnetic · 09-12-2008, 12:09 AM

Just filled up too...and yea i did notice that lately the price for premium is more than it used to be. i believe a bit over a year ago it was 10 cents more, now 13...what a bunch of scammers.

w2 · 09-12-2008, 08:34 AM

Unexplained and apparently opportunistic rises in gas prices are no fun, but try not to get too emotional about them. I usually fill about 30-40L per week. Sitting in a long lineup at a gas station for a one-time savings of $5 or less doesn't really seem like a good use of my time; it seems like wasting a lot of one valuable resource (time, and also perhaps sanity) for a small amount of another (money).

The only practical solutions to high gas prices are: drive more efficiently and drive less. Combining multiple errands into a single trip, driving at off-peak times when traffic is lighter, and walking or biking to places you might otherwise drive will all save a lot more money than these kinds of one-time feel good micro-optimizations.

If I adjusted my schedule to start and finish work an hour earlier each day, I could probably save a few hundred dollars a year in fuel costs, and probably save at least two hours a week in commute time, due to lighter traffic during that commute period. That would be actually worth considering. But I don't do it because, for now, the convenience of keeping my current schedule is, to me, worth the extra cost in both time and money.

trickydisco · 09-12-2008, 10:47 AM

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Originally Posted by w2

Unexplained and apparently opportunistic rises in gas prices are no fun, but try not to get too emotional about them. I usually fill about 30-40L per week. Sitting in a long lineup at a gas station for a one-time savings of $5 or less doesn't really seem like a good use of my time; it seems like wasting a lot of one valuable resource (time, and also perhaps sanity) for a small amount of another (money).

The only practical solutions to high gas prices are: drive more efficiently and drive less. Combining multiple errands into a single trip, driving at off-peak times when traffic is lighter, and walking or biking to places you might otherwise drive will all save a lot more money than these kinds of one-time feel good micro-optimizations.

If I adjusted my schedule to start and finish work an hour earlier each day, I could probably save a few hundred dollars a year in fuel costs, and probably save at least two hours a week in commute time, due to lighter traffic during that commute period. That would be actually worth considering. But I don't do it because, for now, the convenience of keeping my current schedule is, to me, worth the extra cost in both time and money.

Hey! Thoughtful, rational and reasoned opinions have no place online

OverDrive · 09-12-2008, 10:50 AM

the premium price isn't a set price higher than regular gas, its a percentage higher, so when the price of gas goes higher, the premium goes higher by a percentage also, which has made it to be 13 more cents now a days instead of the 10-12 that it was before.

ians · 09-12-2008, 11:18 AM

So what excuse those theif using to jack up the price this time! the crude oil price is keep dropping!

What I did now is if I need to fill up gas for $50 let say, I break it down to 10 transactions(is easy for me, since I use the Esso speedpass). This way at least they go charged 10X more by Visa.

who's ur daddy? · 09-12-2008, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by ians

So what excuse those theif using to jack up the price this time! the crude oil price is keep dropping!

- Canadian gas refineries have not been producing as much as we need
- Hurricane Ike is about to drift into the gasoline refining areas in Southern U.S.

As these refineries have shut down, crude oil inventories have actually increased which explains why the price hasn't increased. Gasoline production has been curtailed too, which is why the prices at the pumps have jumped.

samps · 09-12-2008, 01:28 PM

How many of you remember when gas was < $0.30 / liter?

My parents owned a station years ago, and when I was driving around at 16 the cheapest they were selling was 29.5 cents a liter for regular. And, premium was only 9 cents more than regular.

Indeed, refineries are fuckers...so is the gov't. Fucken taxes.

yeung330xi · 09-12-2008, 02:25 PM

you must be old....lol jkjk

I remember back in high school filling up my E46 was only like $50

samps · 09-12-2008, 02:30 PM

LOL, only 29. Is that old for this forum???

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Originally Posted by yeung330xi

you must be old....lol jkjk

I remember back in high school filling up my E46 was only like $50

yeung330xi · 09-12-2008, 03:01 PM

29 is not old at all...
i just remember when i was a kid that gas was always for the longest time at $0.599 for full serve

ShiraiwaRiku · 09-12-2008, 05:04 PM

I was hoping that it will continue to drop...

Soni · 09-12-2008, 05:06 PM

I remember when I was in high school, to fill up my car was only cost $20.00

SGxi · 09-12-2008, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by victor328

now it's 13 cents more !! I bet you didn't even notice !! It's too bad gas stations don't put the price of premium up on their signs like they do in the USA. I guess gas companies just found another way that they can rip us off.

Of course I do.... I know some gas station jacks it up even more...

Two Sheds · 09-12-2008, 07:36 PM

I tried to fill up last night, not to save money, just because I knew I didn't have enough for work today, pulled into the station and the lines ups looked to be about 5 or 6 deep for each pump and I didn't see if there was a line up on the other side so I just left.

I filled up this morning, I think it was about $8 more. I'm glad I didn't waste 20 minutes last night waiting.

GAM3OVR85 · 09-12-2008, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by samps

How many of you remember when gas was < $0.30 / liter?

It still is

...........in the middle east

U can fill up an Escalade for < $20.00

09-11-2008, 07:29 PM	#1
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w2 Private First Class 1 Rep 143 Posts Drives: 335i coupe Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ottawa, Canada iTrader: (0)	Unexplained and apparently opportunistic rises in gas prices are no fun, but try not to get too emotional about them. I usually fill about 30-40L per week. Sitting in a long lineup at a gas station for a one-time savings of $5 or less doesn't really seem like a good use of my time; it seems like wasting a lot of one valuable resource (time, and also perhaps sanity) for a small amount of another (money). The only practical solutions to high gas prices are: drive more efficiently and drive less. Combining multiple errands into a single trip, driving at off-peak times when traffic is lighter, and walking or biking to places you might otherwise drive will all save a lot more money than these kinds of one-time feel good micro-optimizations. If I adjusted my schedule to start and finish work an hour earlier each day, I could probably save a few hundred dollars a year in fuel costs, and probably save at least two hours a week in commute time, due to lighter traffic during that commute period. That would be actually worth considering. But I don't do it because, for now, the convenience of keeping my current schedule is, to me, worth the extra cost in both time and money.
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