Gasoline. - Page 5

Tom Joad · #41 10-17-2014, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Well, it all depends on the facts on the ground, Tom. A large enough and fleeting enough savings might warrant a one-off change in policy. But I often just go with doing what i always do. It's easier than thinking about it.

This morning it was still at 2.80.

I'll be needing a fill up in a couple of days.

Hopefully I'll catch it at the bottom.

If I do maybe I'll fill up and then park my car and wait till it gets back up over $3 before I drive it.

That way I can buy low and drive high and make back some of the losses I'm taking on this last tank that I bought.

Rajoo · #42 10-17-2014, 04:23 PM

I go to the same three gas stations; one near home, one near work and one mid way. They tend to have the lower prices and I don't bother checking each time I fill up. I usually wait till the reserve lights up though.

Tom Joad · #43 10-17-2014, 04:28 PM

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Originally Posted by BeamOn

I go to the same three gas stations; one near home, one near work and one mid way. They tend to have the lower prices and I don't bother checking each time I fill up. I usually wait till the reserve lights up though.

Back in the day I had a 1962 Valiant that had a broken gas gauge.

Fortunately the odometer still worked so I used to fill up every 100 miles.

d-ray657 · #44 10-17-2014, 07:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad

This morning it was still at 2.80.

I'll be needing a fill up in a couple of days.

Hopefully I'll catch it at the bottom.

If I do maybe I'll fill up and then park my car and wait till it gets back up over $3 before I drive it.

That way I can buy low and drive high and make back some of the losses I'm taking on this last tank that I bought.

The cops around here are really cracking down on the folks who drive high.

Regards,

D-Ray

Tom Joad · #45 10-19-2014, 09:04 PM

Filled up toady.

13.4 gallons at 2.76 for a total of 37 bucks.

donquixote99 · #46 10-19-2014, 09:22 PM

Cool. If it was over $3.13 recently, you just saved a sawbuck!

BlueStreak · #47 10-20-2014, 01:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Tom Joad

As long as it's proportional to the negative impacts created by the vehicles in question.

For example the negative impact of one redneck in a V-8 4X4 pick-up is equivalent to the negative impact of 22,752 tree huggers on bikes so for every dollar that a tree hugger on a bike pays, a redneck in a V-8 4X4 should pay $22,752.

But, the redneck thinks he's that smart one, Tom. Because the guy on the bike "looks so gay" riding down the road on a bicycle. I ride and you'd be amazed how many times I've been told that by some chuckling asshole.

This is one of the reasons why I fucking hate rednecks.

Dave

Rajoo · #48 10-20-2014, 10:33 AM

I paid $3.12 for gas on Saturday in Folsom, CA Costco.

Tom Joad · #49 10-20-2014, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by BlueStreak

But, the redneck thinks he's that smart one, Tom. Because the guy on the bike "looks so gay" riding down the road on a bicycle. I ride and you'd be amazed how many times I've been told that by some chuckling asshole.

This is one of the reasons why I fucking hate rednecks.

Dave

I've done a lot of biking in my time and I have plenty of stories of abuse by assholes. They pick on bikers because they know they can get away with it.

Tom Joad · #50 10-20-2014, 10:48 AM

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Originally Posted by donquixote99

Cool. If it was over $3.13 recently, you just saved a sawbuck!

Actually the correct term is a Fin. That's a five dollar bill. A sawbuck is a ten, although for many years I thought it meant a five.

But that's not the way I look at it Don. This morning gas was down another penny to 2.75. So, since I bought 13.4 gallons yesterday at 2.76 I am now consider myself down 13.4 cents on my investment.