Guenter, what gallon are you talking about?

Dear Boxster Friends:
I'm wondering what you guys are paying for premium fuel in your neck of the woods and if the price trend is up or down.
I've found when I've asked this question before, gas prices in Oklahoma City reflect what my price in L.A. will be in two weeks or so.
That's why I'm asking.
So.... whatchu guys payin'?

babamoto

Oh, forgot to include that I filled up in L.A. @ 3.65 a gallon on Sunday.

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babamoto
Oh, forgot to include that I filled up in L.A. @ 3.65 a gallon on Sunday.

Stop braggin' about your cheap gas.

This morning it was $4.35 a gallon for 87 octane and $4.92 a gallon for 94 octane here in Ontario. That's with the Canadian dollar almost on par with the US$. It's been hovering around that mark for the past couple of weeks, but the trend has been upward (about $0.30/gal since end of November).

Imperial gallon (4.546 L/gallon) or the US gallon (3.7854 L/gallon).

Today I think we are paying about $1.15/L or $4.35/US gallon, and we're the place that has all of the oil that is the feedstock for gasoline.

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Alberta Alex
Imperial gallon (4.546 L/gallon) or the US gallon (3.7854 L/gallon).

Today I think we are paying about $1.15/L or $4.35/US gallon, and we're the place that has all of the oil that is the feedstock for gasoline.

Yup, you've got it Alex. I'm talking about US gallons (Hey, the Brits know how to make BIG gallons ). That's where we're at in southern Ontario. $1.15/L for regular (97 octane)

You apparently don't understand economics. It's way cheaper to ship oil to Southern Ontario (because we're so much further south) Than to Calgary from Alberta.

Guenter
2014 Boxster S
GT Silver, 6 Speed Manual, Bi-Xenons, Sports Suspension (lowers car 20mm), Porsche Sports Exhaust, Porsche Torque Vectoring, Auto Climate control, heated and vented seats, 20" Carrera S Wheels, Pedro's TechNoWind, Sport Design steering wheel, Roll bars in GT Silver
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I might hook up a taker trailer while i'm down there and haul some back home.

I guess my Econ classes at the U of A all those years ago didn't take into account the effect that all things flow more cheaply to the centre of the universe.

BTW, I'm a born and raised Edmontonian. Go Eskies and Oilers!

Paid 3.79 for regular in Montecito for my wife's car last Friday on our way back to the bay area.

... I paid this much for gas:

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... but I was here.

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Now I'm afraid I'll probably be paying that much at home very soon
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

that's furnace creek in death valley and it's a buck a gallon more than a few miles away out of the park. that place was crazy!

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MY 2000 S, Ocean Blue, Metropol Blue, Savanah Beige.
Bought June 2000 - Sold May 2010

I know it's not a fair comparison.
My point was that that's where we're headed apparently
Happy Boxstering,
Pedro

Pedro Bonilla
1998 Boxster 986 - 311,000+ miles: [www.PedrosGarage.com]
PCA National Club Racing Scrutineer - PCA National HPDE Instructor - PCA Technical Committee (Boxster/Cayman)

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Racecar spelled backwards is Racecar

"Racing is life. Anything before or after is just waiting" ... Steve McQueen as Michael Delaney in "LeMans"

"If you wait, all that happens is that you get older"... Mario Andretti

"Being second is to be the first of the ones who lose" ... Ayrton Senna

...but it's rising and my V8 is thirsty. I average about 4-5 mpg less than that 3.2 flat 6 did. I paid $3.77 for 91 octane.
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Even worse than the prices in Death Valley where Pedro was, is Gorda at the south end of 1, Big Sur. I just checked and Wikipedia verified, and I've heard it from other sources, that Gorda has the highest prices in the '48. (Parenthetically. there may be places off paved roads or high in the mountains like Kennedy Meadows in the south Sierra that may be higher seasonally).

So, when you drive the beautiful 1, gas up in either San Luis Obispo at the south end, or Monterey at the north end, or you'll be really shocked.

lowest premium last 24 hrs - 2/22/11:
91 oct. western suburbs: $3.41 costco

highest premium last 24 hrs - 2/22/11: OUCH
91 oct. city of chicago $3.99 mobil
91 oct. city of chicago $3.89 shell

Dave - 06 987 S coupe SG/NL; gone (but still my first love): 03 986 AS/GG/BK;

dghii
2000 Boxster S 6speed 112k miles

driving season will see gas prices over $4/gallon!

Sincerely,

MarcW.

Amazing how fast future oil prices immediately get passed on at the pump before the oil is even shipped or refined.
Funny how decreases in oil prices don't work the same way at the pump.
Of course the oil companies will be two stepping about yet another historic quarter of multi billion dollar record profits when 1QR results get released in April.
Boxster content-when I bought my 97 Boxster it used to cost $20 to fill it up, now it costs about $50.

it allows you to search for gas stations based on prices, etc. mobile version works very well.

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MY 2000 S, Ocean Blue, Metropol Blue, Savanah Beige.
Bought June 2000 - Sold May 2010

$4.039/gallon. This is up from $3.979/gallon I paid just a few days ago that was up from $3.939/gallon a few days before that.

Sincerely,

MarcW.

93 is likely a lot cheaper in New Joisey, but that'd be a loooong drive.

Minus 40 degrees... Is that Fahrenheit or Celsius?

...he was filling his dad's black Speedster.

Friday, March 4 / Studio City, CA

Is it really less in L.A.?