Diamondpilot
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Fuel prices!
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k0ua
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Well. I was responding as if CA was the abbreviation for the state of California. I was not commenting on Canada.
I have been using GasBuddy for years and have found it to be very accurate. You do have to be aware of the adjustable parameters and use them to your advantage.
This is how I use GasBuddy.
Around here gas prices are the lowest Sunday night and Monday but jump precisely $0.30 per gallon (not 29 cents or 31 cents) sometime on Tuesday. They start falling again Saturday afternoon after people cash their weekly paycheck and fill up. You can set your watch by it. Sometimes a news event will alter the schedule but the odds are in my favor that by filling on Sunday night or Monday, whether I need to or not, I will get the lowest price. Even if I fill more than once a week getting one fill-up at a lower price helps. Sometimes I just get $10-$20 worth just to get me to the next "low price" day.
To find the best price I use the GasBuddy map, not the list. Since I still live in the 20th century I don't have an android phone so I use my home computer. By using the GasBuddy map (linked earlier in this thread) you can zero in on your local area just like a Google map (zoom and shifting left/right or up/down) to get a map size of about 10 miles across or even less if you don't move around much. I saved this as a "favorite" on my computer so that it comes back to the same map every time. In the lower right corner there are two variables that you can set for your search, fuel type and time limit. Select what fuel type you are looking for and a time limit of no more than 24 hours. 12 hours is better but new prices may not have been reported yet which leaves the map with fewer postings. If you click on any "price" logo it will show all the prices at that station and WHEN IT WAS REPORTED. A price from 2-3 days ago isn't going to help you today. Zooming the map in or out via the scroll wheel on your mouse or using the zoom bar on the map will let you focus on stations that are on or near your daily route. Driving out of your way to get the best price may reduce or eliminate any savings, use your best judgment. Over time you will find that there are places in town that consistently have lower prices, sometimes just at an intersection or a section of a road. After a few months, these "low price zones" fade away and another pops up so you have to be constantly checking. Over the years I have found that I can save 25-30 cents a gallon just by checking GasBuddy before leaving the house and maybe taking a slightly different route to work or shopping.
The GasBuddy map is also great for traveling as you can, before leaving home, identify where the best (or worst) places to fill up are along your route. When I used to drive from Ohio to Jacksonville FL often I would plan to get gas north or east of Knoxville and when entering and leaving South Carolina then top off in GA just before entering Florida. If I was towing the savings were huge just by pre planning my stops even if the tank was still half full. It always felt good to pull into Florida with a full tank and passing by every station with prices 30-50 cents higher than what I paid just a few miles back up the road.
This is how I use GasBuddy.
Around here gas prices are the lowest Sunday night and Monday but jump precisely $0.30 per gallon (not 29 cents or 31 cents) sometime on Tuesday. They start falling again Saturday afternoon after people cash their weekly paycheck and fill up. You can set your watch by it. Sometimes a news event will alter the schedule but the odds are in my favor that by filling on Sunday night or Monday, whether I need to or not, I will get the lowest price. Even if I fill more than once a week getting one fill-up at a lower price helps. Sometimes I just get $10-$20 worth just to get me to the next "low price" day.
To find the best price I use the GasBuddy map, not the list. Since I still live in the 20th century I don't have an android phone so I use my home computer. By using the GasBuddy map (linked earlier in this thread) you can zero in on your local area just like a Google map (zoom and shifting left/right or up/down) to get a map size of about 10 miles across or even less if you don't move around much. I saved this as a "favorite" on my computer so that it comes back to the same map every time. In the lower right corner there are two variables that you can set for your search, fuel type and time limit. Select what fuel type you are looking for and a time limit of no more than 24 hours. 12 hours is better but new prices may not have been reported yet which leaves the map with fewer postings. If you click on any "price" logo it will show all the prices at that station and WHEN IT WAS REPORTED. A price from 2-3 days ago isn't going to help you today. Zooming the map in or out via the scroll wheel on your mouse or using the zoom bar on the map will let you focus on stations that are on or near your daily route. Driving out of your way to get the best price may reduce or eliminate any savings, use your best judgment. Over time you will find that there are places in town that consistently have lower prices, sometimes just at an intersection or a section of a road. After a few months, these "low price zones" fade away and another pops up so you have to be constantly checking. Over the years I have found that I can save 25-30 cents a gallon just by checking GasBuddy before leaving the house and maybe taking a slightly different route to work or shopping.
The GasBuddy map is also great for traveling as you can, before leaving home, identify where the best (or worst) places to fill up are along your route. When I used to drive from Ohio to Jacksonville FL often I would plan to get gas north or east of Knoxville and when entering and leaving South Carolina then top off in GA just before entering Florida. If I was towing the savings were huge just by pre planning my stops even if the tank was still half full. It always felt good to pull into Florida with a full tank and passing by every station with prices 30-50 cents higher than what I paid just a few miles back up the road.
lowrider85
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manchester ny reg 3.69 diesel 4.50
wyknot
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you guys in the USA are lucky. Here in Kingaroy in Queensland, Australia .Diesel is $1.61 per litre (4.546litres = 1 Imperial Gallon. and 3.785 litres = 1 US Gallon. That works out at about $6.09 cents per US gallon and unleaded 91 octane petrol is $1.58. cents per litre. If you need 95 octsne it is about 10cents per litre extra and if you need 98 octane add another 5 cents on top. and all petrol sold in Australia is now unleaded,
terryknight
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easton md 3.53 reg unleaded 3.89 diesel.
middletown de 3.52 reg unleaded 3.94 diesel
middletown de 3.52 reg unleaded 3.94 diesel
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lutt
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Been back in April since we reported on fuel prices, ours here in town is 2.68 for regular gas. Almost a dollar a gallon cheaper, and I some parts of the state, it is 2.45 to 2.55 a gallon range. What you guys seeing in your parts of the country? LUTT
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In my area one station just went to $2.99. That made the local TV news because it's the first time in a long time that we've been below $3.00. I'm very surprised that we broke the $3.00 mark because New York taxes the the heck out of everything.
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That is amazing, what was you guys average before the price drop? LUTT
Diamondpilot
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We have been around $2.79 but diesel is always a $1 more. Right now it's $3.84
Glad I don't have to drive my Diesel truck much.
Chris
