Gas and Oil

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Fri Oct 24, 2008 6:11 pm

Stations in my town went below $3.00 today!

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:27 am

With my gas rewards card from the grocery store I saved an additional .30 per gallon and paid a total of 2.09 per gallon!

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:29 am

Big Blue Owl wrote:With my gas rewards card from the grocery store I saved an additional .30 per gallon and paid a total of 2.09 per gallon!

*Steals Owlies rewards card*

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:40 am

$2.41 here.

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 7:54 am

Saw $2.79 the other day.

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 4:30 pm

wow its 96ish here, thats 3.60 for your volume and to us its still the cheapest in about 2-3 years.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Mon Oct 27, 2008 5:56 pm

Sir Myghin wrote:wow its 96ish here, thats 3.60 for your volume and to us its still the cheapest in about 2-3 years.

Good thing you ride a bike then huh?

Sir Myghin · Post by **Sir Myghin** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 4:36 am

Indeed.

CygnusX1 · Post by **CygnusX1** » Tue Oct 28, 2008 6:39 am

awip2062 wrote:Just what are you doing, Siggs? *waits till Tuesday for response*

Happy Tuesday!

I have a manual transmission. They work better, but good luck finding
one in urban areas with heavy traffic. Most dealers here only offer
automatic transmissions as standard equipment now.

Firstly, I don't accelerate past 2,000 rpm in any gear. That keeps the
engine just half a click over idle speed.

I shift slowly, and I always use the lowest gear possible too.

Low-and-slow.

I keep the windows up, and don't use the a/c.

I have nothing in the truck I don't need. Lighter weight is always a good
thing for any vehicle.

I do 60 mph in the right lane of the our 65 mph interstate so I don't
bother anybody but loaded down semi drivers, and they're a trip...

They'll blast their lights in my rear view to speed up going downhill, but I
pass 'em going back uphill doing 60...Hypocrites. LOL

(If I could get away with doing 55 in a 65 I would, but to me that's
impeding and not cool. Hardcores will do 50 to 55 in a 65.)

The truck drivers know how to spot HM'ers, so they play along with it.

I DO NOT tailgate the trucks. Gotta get that straight.

I coast downhill and at intersections to try to time the light. If I get
caught on a red - so what? I'm not decelerating hard or revving to
downshift. It's all good.

I keep my tires at ONE POUND ABOVE rated psi. The harder tire leaves
less road resistance, and one pound over probably will not cause a
blowout at 60 mph, but I can't attest to it. It works for me, and it hasn't
changed the wear pattern on my tires.

That's all I do.

Walkinghairball · Post by **Walkinghairball** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 2:21 pm

Walkinghairball wrote:In a 24 hour time frame the gas station I pass to and from work went from $2.99 to $2.86 / gallon. 12 Hours ago it was $2.94 / gallon.

$2.69 as of yesterday.

Post by PV » Wed Oct 29, 2008 7:16 pm

Saw $2.18 cash - $2.25 credit - here today.

Too bad I filled up over the weekend for $2.31....

Big Blue Owl · Post by **Big Blue Owl** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:05 am

http://www.columbusgasprices.com/

$2.03

Just an hour away it is $1.88!

http://www.daytongasprices.com/

zepboy · Post by **zepboy** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 7:23 am

We are down to 2.79. I am happy that I am now only spending about 15.00 a week on that sweet smelling stuff!

awip2062 · Post by **awip2062** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:29 am

$2.49 at Costco!

YYZ30 · Post by **YYZ30** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:38 am

We have nadired (is there an opposite of plateaued?) at $2.38- the price has leveled off, for now.