Gas prices are... um well, wait a minute

[Baz]

[Bob Kontak]

A pack of smokes was 35 big ones. Probably a quarter in the Carolinas.

[wdfifteen]

Originally Posted by Bob Kontak

A pack of smokes was 35 big ones. Probably a quarter in the Carolinas.

I was smoking 35 cent/pack Marlboros in the ‘70s. Went to New York and they were 75 cents! I swore if they ever got that expensive in Ohio I would quit smoking. I quit anyway in 1979. I don’t remember the price then. They are $5 a pack now. When I think of all the money I’ve saved I am astonished that people will pay that much.

[stevej37]

Gas prices here have been falling the last week.
$3.05/reg $4.05/prem

[Racerbvd]

[pwd72s]

Election coming...are the strategic reserves being released? Serious question...I don't know.

[Sooner or later]

Slowly refilling.

https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-seeks-6-million-barrels-oil-strategic-petroleum-reserve-2024-06-07/
The Department of Energy on Friday issued two solicitations to buy a combined 6 million barrels of crude for delivery to its Bayou Choctaw site in Louisiana from September through December.
If those offers and previously announced ones are fulfilled, the department's purchasing rate would increase to about 4.5 million barrels per month for September, October and November from about 3 million barrels now.
Data to date.

[MBAtarga]

Per liter now in the UK


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[VINMAN]

Originally Posted by wdfifteen

I was smoking 35 cent/pack Marlboros in the ‘70s. Went to New York and they were 75 cents! I swore if they ever got that expensive in Ohio I would quit smoking. I quit anyway in 1979. I don’t remember the price then. They are $5 a pack now. When I think of all the money I’ve saved I am astonished that people will pay that much.

Was in a Pilot truck stop yesterday. Guy in front of me bought a carton of cigarettes. $116 One habit I'm glad I never picked up.

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[Paul T]

Originally Posted by VINMAN

Was in a Pilot truck stop yesterday. Guy in front of me bought a carton of cigarettes. $116 One habit I'm glad I never picked up.

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wow, that’s crazy. Easiest low hanging fruit on the planet to save $$ and improve health is to quit smoking.

[Evans, Marv]

Yes, I was astonished about a week ago when I was in a store and a not too afluent (looking) person in front of me bought a pack of cigarettes. After the person left, I asked the clerk what a pack costs now days. He said $17, which blew me away. Of course I had to tell him the story from my childhood when a friend of my dad had a cigarette vending maching business. You put in a quarter and got a pack with three pennies inserted under the cellophane on the sider of the pack.

Just checked with an inflationi calculator. $.22 from that time would be $2.58 now days.

[stevej37]

Finally able to pay less than $4 for premium.
Reg. $2.99 Prem. $3.99 today.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I've been paying $4.09 for 93 forever now. Pre and into pandemic it was $3.29, so an extra $18 for a full tank fill-up for the Cayenne or about $36/month. But I'll be towing a lot of cars soon so hoping it goes down a little in September.

[stevej37]

^^^ What's the spread between reg and prem over there?

It was 60 cents here for many years...now it's a dollar or more.

[Shaun @ Tru6]

I've seen $2.99 but $3.09 is common.

[Sooner or later]

Lucky me!


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Premium




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[HobieMarty]

Originally Posted by Evans, Marv

Yes, I was astonished about a week ago when I was in a store and a not too afluent (looking) person in front of me bought a pack of cigarettes. After the person left, I asked the clerk what a pack costs now days. He said $17, which blew me away. Of course I had to tell him the story from my childhood when a friend of my dad had a cigarette vending maching business. You put in a quarter and got a pack with three pennies inserted under the cellophane on the sider of the pack.

Just checked with an inflationi calculator. $.22 from that time would be $2.58 now days.

17 bucks for a pack of cigarettes??? Geez, where in the world do cigarettes cost 17 bucks??? Round here, they are $9.46. What a deal!!!
Also, today I paid $2.80 a gallon for regular gas and that was with 6 cent a gallon discount.

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[WPOZZZ]

Jesus! I think Costco is $4.59 for premium. Not really sure because I fill up about once a month since I bought the Teslas.

[Brian 162]

Originally Posted by MBAtarga

Per liter now in the UK


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At Shell it’s $1.59.9 for regular here and $1.95.9 for V Power
Costco is $1.54.9 for regular and $179.9 for 91 octane
All prices are for a litre.

[WPOZZZ]

In Hawaii, we sold gas by the liter after gas broke $1 per gallon. Back then, our gas pumps could only handle 2 digits, plus the 1/10s.