Gas price increase tonight question

[OK GRUMPY]

This morning gas was .10 more 3.99 then I went to my folks in Fort Walton and it was 3.89. Thats about 17 miles away

 

[maestro]

Hitting us hard in the UK too Diesel is running at £1.35 a LITRE and petrol at £1.24. So that is working out at about $10.24 per US gallon for Diesel and $9.42 for unleaded Lorry drivers are staging protests and fuel syphoning /puncturing fuel tanks is becoming commonplace too. Heating oil has doubled in price in 6 months and there are many news stories of this being stolen too.
Ceri x

 

[DisCamper]

I put gas in my boat yesterday i payed $5.65 for gas. Good thing we only go 22 miles round trip to the party place my boat get 2 miles a gal.

 

[parmtoo]

A barrel of oil closed at $138.54. Another record high, so fuel prices will most likely go up over night. Diesel will probably be $4.85 to above $5 in some places.

Diesel is already @ $4.99 here in upstate NY! We can't really afford to drive the truck much.

 

[NaNaRosebud]

I will start conserving when the government makes the Hollywood stars stop wasting gas by flying private planes all over the place.

Those people aren't any better than us. They could get on a regular plane and get to their destinations just like we all do.

They waste gas like crazy!!!! I won't give up my SUV until they make private plane trips illegal!!!

 

[ffpm63]

Diesel went up .20 here it is now 5.09 a gal good thing diesel jetta's get 40mpg. I do miss my truck though.

 

[DznyRulz]

i wasn't trying to be a smart alick, i was just telling you what i heard...

Jen, I would never, ever accuse anyone here of that, mainly because I'm usually the guilty party. Now that I think about it I should have prefaced the story with, "The price of oil did drop today but then someone in one of the oil producing countries thought about maybe sneezing in the future and, well, we all know what happens next." I'm the type of person who thinks up the witty comments days later, I'm not quick witted like BDR or Gatordad and many others.

I'd like to get me one of these for commuting but DW says not until I double the life insurance. If the price keeps going the way it's going I think we may not be making the annual trek to The Fort. We are still going on the cruise and may stay in a hotel for a few days to visit relatives in the area but we'll take the Ford Focus and spend 1/5 the amount for fuel compared to towing. So far the gas prices are still in the realm of doable but not for much longer.

 

[AuburnJen92]

We have the stupid news here. They are always getting things wrong, and for that matter, I still listen, so I am as dumb as they are because I know better. I was just so happy to hear that oil went down that I was jumping for joy, only to have them recant it a couple hours later.

DH does want to get a scooter, but I won't go for it for two major reasons. 1) he drives too far to work and it would take too long because he takes forever to get up in the morning and 2) we have the elderly down here and at 82, they don't have the reflexes to watch for scooters

I had a motorcycle I used to commute from work to college and sold it when we moved to Florida because I was afraid I would be smooshed. In retrospect, I should not have sold the bike, but oh well.

 

[des1954]

This was posted today on CNN Money... do ya think we'll see a decrease at the pumps? I say...probably not.

http://money.cnn.com/2008/06/09/markets/oil/index.htm

 

[auntie]

I actually paid $4.19 today...and to think I thought that was a bargain..it was more last week. So who knows?
I think it's all a gimmick to bring us to near $5.00 gas..then if it goes lower...we'll all think paying $4.00 is a great deal.

 

[CCIntrigue]

I actually paid $4.19 today...and to think I thought that was a bargain..it was more last week. So who knows?
I think it's all a gimmick to bring us to near $5.00 gas..then if it goes lower...we'll all think paying $4.00 is a great deal.

I agree ... diesel is nearing $5 a gallon here ... must fill up the MH!

 

[AuburnJen92]

I think since DH has the day off tomorrow, we are going to go ahead and put a hundred in the tank in the mh. It is going to hurt know how little a hundred will do, but it is hurricane season and we will take it one small step at a time.

 

[stacktester]

It cost me $140 to go to Orlando and back this weekend. That was running over to the fort from Universal a couple times too though. The good ol days were $60 round trip.

 

[AuburnJen92]

Did you have a good trip Donnie?

We have a sonoco that has diesel (at least they did yesterday) at 4.67gal. The problem is that there is a huge amount of construction on US1 where it is. I think we are going to have to ride up there and see if the MH will get in and out. That is all I need, to waste gas to go and see if I can purchase diesel. Geesh!