gasoline prices

[tickledpink]

I rec'vd an email that said that gas in London is $6.00 per gallon. Is this true?

[Billy Optimist]

THERE is a more recent topic about this now so just for a minute, can we all do the bump? bump bump bump bump

[Siobhan]

Originally posted by tickledpink:
I rec'vd an email that said that gas in London is $6.00 per gallon. Is this true?

My parents were back in England recently (visiting Family) and they rented a car, a vauxhaul cavalier. the vauxhaul cavalier is the british version of the chevy cavalier. So to put things into perspective, I have a cavalier and it usually costs me about $25-$35 to fill up. In England, it cost my parents 40 pounds to fill up the same car. 40 pounds is about $80 CD!!!! Glad I don't live in Europe right now.

[DGPhoney]

Ok , Gas prices are extremly severe, I mean today on my way home for schoo,my poor little gas guzzling Galant needed some gas, and I nearly fell out at the gas station because i kicked out $1.90 for regular gas , I mean thats crazzy and then I heard on the news that this summer might go up to $3.00. I mean I am feeling everyones anger on it, but I wonder is there anything logical to do to get prices back to them sweet days of $1.25, oh well nice dream eh,
DGPhoney~

[amycat412]

$2.25 here for Premium in Los Angeles. Cost me $30 to fill up my Jetta! ACK! Its seriously enough to make me stop driving in protest.

[PenguinTrax]

There is an alternative...hybrid electric cars. We own the Toyota version, the Prius, and it's wonderful. Even running the A/C today, the current MPG is around 47. Without the A/C we get about 50-53 MPG. It seats 4-5, is very plush inside and has a 12 gallon gas tank that gets us about 400-500 miles, depending.

The Honda Insight is another hybrid electric car that's available now. It's a 2-seater, manual transmission.

Toyota is working with Ford to develop hybrid technology for them. A hybrid version of the Escape SUV is planned for 2003.

Barbara

[ThetaDancer]

Bumping this old thread after reading this article.

I'm curious to find out what gas prices are around the country. What is the price per gallon in your area? Has it changed the way you travel?

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ThetaDancer

Bumping this old thread after reading this article.

I'm curious to find out what gas prices are around the country. What is the price per gallon in your area? Has it changed the way you travel?

3.25 in DC

3.17 in Baltimore

[AlethiaSi]

Gasbuddy
You can search for gas prices around the country and in your area... My area, its $3.29- $3.49
I was in Jersey/AC area this weekend and gas was $3.00.... and they pump it for you!!!

[GeekyPenguin]

$2.96 at my house in MN, $3.17 at my house in WI.

[SthrnZeta]

$3.05-$3.15 here, but of course that's for unleaded 87 - I'm the lucky one putting premium in my car (stupid Turbo Jetta!) so I end up paying about $40 to fill up. Over the river in SC it's about 10 cents cheaper a gallon.

[ree-Xi]

If you read the beginning of this thread from 2000, people were complaining it took $10 to half-fill their tanks! It's all relative, isn't it?

Where I am in the northeast, cheapest unleaded is $3.21 per gallon. Thankfully my Jeep will be paid off this year so that will give me back some nice change.

I am also thankful that winter is about over, if only because home heating fuel is $$$$$. My sister spent almost $700 last month in home heating oil. It's a disgrace! We have propane which is cheaper, but it still adds up.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Hilarious!

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

Hilarious!

Yeah, I hijacked that for later use.

The beginning of the thread is crazy - it really is all relative. The question has been asked - at what price will people start refusing to pay? The same has been asked about movie ticket prices... Both are ridiculous. Yet we continue to pay them.

[ISUKappa]

$3.79/gallon for diesel. It cost almost $80 to fill up the Jeep the other day.