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KFC911 09-09-2025 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by rfuerst911sc (Post 12529412)
We could do without the constant 20 - 30 mph winds ! We have been coming to OBX for about 4 years now but usually in May . This is by far the heaviest wind conditions we have seen . And it continues thru the night . Just relentless .

Yesterday a neighbor house was flying a kite . Lasted about 30 seconds then the string snapped . As George Costanza would say the seas were angry that day my friends 😆

I don't go anymore ... but I remember it from the 60-70s ... paradise lost :(.

In '97 a dune protected decades old beach house the week after LDay and the wind was a sustained 40 mph outta the northeast... for like a day or so ... you couldn't walk out on the beach .... sand would cut right thru!

Wilbur and Orville knew stuff :)

JackDidley 09-09-2025 02:45 PM

Just paid $3.29 for 87 at the local Marathon. That is up 26 cents from yesterday.

stevej37 09-12-2025 12:32 PM

Gas down here...maybe they fixed the refinery storm damage in Indiana.:)
Reg $2.79
Prem $3.79

KFC911 09-12-2025 01:52 PM

It's in the 2.90 range here big city or Mayberry ... small deltas this week ...

A few miles from a tank farm too .... Cha-ching :(

Not based on oil prices ... like they used to claim for decades either... imnsho.

'Cause they can... make a little ... make a lot ...

What'll it be today boyz .... Mayberry prices are discussed at Floyd's each morning ... and they always agree ... hmmm.

Same as it ever wa$ ... now GBuddy saves 'em a haircut each day :(

Baz 09-12-2025 02:08 PM

We're under $3/gal. here now......

stevej37 10-20-2025 01:31 PM

Lowest it's been here for a while...

$2.53/reg. $3.53/prem.

Shaun @ Tru6 10-20-2025 02:24 PM

It's a mix here. Costco is $3.39 but real gas is still well over $4.

JackDidley 10-20-2025 04:10 PM

$2.55 and $3.26 at Sams.

wdfifteen 10-20-2025 05:40 PM

It’s insane here. $3.19 to $2.49 and back to $3.19 in less than a week. I caught it at the low and put 28 gallons in my truck @ $2.43 with my Kroger discount. Feels like hitting the lottery.

chapo 10-20-2025 06:03 PM

4.50 and up in Cali thanks Newsom

speeder 10-21-2025 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by stevej37 (Post 12531704)
Gas down here...maybe they fixed the refinery storm damage in Indiana.:)
Reg $2.79
Prem $3.79

This is what I found weird on a recent road trip...htf can premium be one dollar more a gallon in the heartland?? A normal spread, (and what we have here), is 10 cents between grades, 87/89/91 octane. So premium is usually 20 cents more than 87. :confused:

stevej37 10-21-2025 12:21 PM

^^^ It started here about two years back. Before then, it was always a 60 cent spread between reg and prem. (in MI)

Now it's a buck spread everywhere here...and sometimes more. I saw $1.10 a couple months ago.

gacook 10-21-2025 12:49 PM

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Originally Posted by speeder (Post 12550862)
This is what I found weird on a recent road trip...htf can premium be one dollar more a gallon in the heartland?? A normal spread, (and what we have here), is 10 cents between grades, 87/89/91 octane. So premium is usually 20 cents more than 87. :confused:

Arizona has been that way for many years now. The spread is generally ~30 cents between grades.

Also, $2.60 here today for 87. Well under $2 with my Fry's discount. :)

cabmandone 10-22-2025 02:56 AM

Last week I'm upset because I paid $2.95, went to Lima and gas was $2.45. This week I go to Lima and I'm upset because it's $3.17 with Delphos at $3.19. I can't win.
Maybe the spread from 87-91 is the new tax on these performance sedans and SUV's that require premium fuel. "What's that? Your Lexus and Acura need premium gas?...."

Shaun @ Tru6 10-22-2025 03:04 AM

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Originally Posted by speeder (Post 12550862)
This is what I found weird on a recent road trip...htf can premium be one dollar more a gallon in the heartland?? A normal spread, (and what we have here), is 10 cents between grades, 87/89/91 octane. So premium is usually 20 cents more than 87. :confused:

It's the same here, local Mobil with real gas

87: $3.03
89: $4.09
93: $4.29

dad911 10-22-2025 07:25 AM

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Originally Posted by speeder (Post 12550862)
This is what I found weird on a recent road trip...htf can premium be one dollar more a gallon in the heartland?? A normal spread, (and what we have here), is 10 cents between grades, 87/89/91 octane. So premium is usually 20 cents more than 87. :confused:

I recall on a trip to san fran about 10 years ago seeing the same. Actually 1 station had premium for less than regular. Perhaps it's a CA thing? Spread is bigger around here.

For whatever it's worth, AI also shows about a $1 spread between reg and premium.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761146515.jpg

My issue with fuel is trying to find alcohol free gas for my boat and equipment.

rockfan4 10-22-2025 05:14 PM

Something happened here yesterday or today.
Monday - 87 octane E-10 $2.579 at the cheap stations, $2.679 everywhere else.
Today - 87 octane E-10 is now $2.699 at one station, $2.899 or 2.999 everywhere else.

We're a Kwik Trip town. Corporate headquarters are here, along with the main bakery and other infrastructure. There's maybe 6 stations I can think of that aren't a Kwik Trip. So they typically set the price and the others have to fall in line, or Kwik Trip will under cut them and run them out of business.

Could be Kwik Trip just wants to pad the bottom line before the end of the month.

Years ago, Kwik Trip switched their Premium to 91 octane ethanol free, and as prices went up, the spread between regular and premium spread from $0.20 to $0.30, to eventually today's $1.00 difference. Gas went up, spread got larger, gas went down, spread stays the same.

Today I can get 87 E-10, 88 E-15, and 91 E-0 at most Kwik Trips, and some also sell 87 E-0. You have to hunt for E-85, I think the only people who still use it are turbo guys tuned to run it. It isn't much less per gallon than regular. Ethanol subsidies or whatever usually make the 88 E-15 about 3 cents less than 87 E-10. Go to Iowa and the spread is much greater, sometimes 10 to 20 cents less.

GH85Carrera 10-22-2025 05:32 PM

I filled up my wife's car today.

Regular gasohol was $2.39 and regular corn free gas was $2.89. That is a heck of a government subsidy to corn farmers.

Premium corn free for the Macan was $3.239 per gallon.

KFC911 10-23-2025 02:46 AM

A couple of daze ago, the Mayberry cabal stations that I pass were around 2.50ish and "my" station was 2.42 but had jumped to 2.88 yesterday when I filled up... the delta between Mayberry stations and big city prices comes and goes ... the tank farm is within miles off all of them.

Because they can ... they do....

Making .02 per gallon was the B$ they used to tell us... and gas prices were somewhat related to oil/bbl or events (like a storm, pipeline issue, etc.).

Now it i$....

On the plus side... the mega-profits the 5 biglies gouged us for has gone bye ... and and I still buy ;)

These stations are still cha-chinging :(

KFC911 10-23-2025 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by dad911 (Post 12551326)
I recall on a trip to san fran about 10 years ago seeing the same. Actually 1 station had premium for less than regular. Perhaps it's a CA thing? Spread is bigger around here.

For whatever it's worth, AI also shows about a $1 spread between reg and premium.

http://forums.pelicanparts.com/uploa...1761146515.jpg

My issue with fuel is trying to find alcohol free gas for my boat and equipment.

At least we can get sober gas here pretty easy ... my 2-cycles, non-daily drivers, etc. don't drink the E-vil stuff ;).

Never have...


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