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jimbeaux

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Gas War!

I live in a small community of about 500 if you count the dogs. Two gas stations on the highway with a big time gas war. Regular was $1.23 a gal. & diesel was $2.97. War lasted about 3 days but you had to wait for tanker truck to fill the stations tanks & then wait in line for a LOOOONG time to fill up. Regular is still $2.05 per gallon.
 

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Gas can now be found here under $1.50/gallon.

I did notice something interesting; before the huge increases, regular unleaded/plus/super were in most cases separated by 10? each (20?/gallon between regular and super) but when prices went up it was 30 amd in some cases 40? difference. Almost all I see now are still at least 30? despite prices dropping.
 

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Aviation fuel (100LL) is down to $2.90 today!! Down from $5.10 a few months ago.

Car gas is $1.47 locally.

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Gas

Paid $2.10 yesterday for diesel in Florence, OR.

That was good news since the motor home took 126 gallons!
 

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I know someone who drives an F-650 with dual 150-gallon tanks. His highest fill-up was just over $1,400 - fortunately that lasts him a few months.
 

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My truck has gone from $120+ a fillup to around $50. Thank God. Regular unleaded here is in the high $1.40's. They say it may go under $1 after the first of the year. I will believe that when I see it but it is still much better than a few months ago.
 

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Mine's gone from $120 to $20 - I sold the full-size for a smaller truck, partly because of the high fuel prices. Wouldn't you know it they started dropping almost immediately after I started getting 30 mpg.
 

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MEP, maybe he didn't but why would you fill up those tanks, that's an additional 2400 pounds to drag around?
 

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He drives a lot, regular non-stop trips to Vegas for example, a solid 12 hour trip each way from here. Besides, he claims he gets the same mileage whether he fills them or not.

I was spending so much for fuel with my old truck that for a while I tried only filling it halfway each time hoping that the lessened weight would help the fuel mileage, but for some reason it made it worse. Not just a little, but a whole MPG - that's a lot when you only get 16 to begin with.
 

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My son and daughter in law came for Thanksgiving--they filled in Roanoke, Va at 1.29.

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Filled up this past weekend in Seveirville, TN for $1.38 per gal.
 
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