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steve100100 Apr 30th 2011 12:24 am

$2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 
Got lucky this morning. Filled up the car for $2.87 a gallon.

Same gas station the afternoon before was $3.88, this afternoon it's $3.87.

Has this happened to anyone else? I guess they just punched in 2 instead of 3 when they adjusted the price?

I was happy

Englishman43 Apr 30th 2011 12:37 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by steve100100 (Post 9334140)
Got lucky this morning. Filled up the car for $2.87 a gallon.

Same gas station the afternoon before was $3.88, this afternoon it's $3.87.

Has this happened to anyone else? I guess they just punched in 2 instead of 3 when they adjusted the price?

I was happy

$4.23 a gal for the cheap crap in San Diego.......:sneaky:

Bob Apr 30th 2011 1:19 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 
Good going...I'd have gone back with a barrel and loaded up, sod the fire risk in the garage :lol:

Cheapest down my way is $3.85 for cash...everyone else have punched $4 for the cheapo stuff.

steve100100 Apr 30th 2011 1:32 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9334171)
Good going...I'd have gone back with a barrel and loaded up, sod the fire risk in the garage :lol:

Cheapest down my way is $3.85 for cash...everyone else have punched $4 for the cheapo stuff.

It crossed my mind. Wife drives a tahoe but works away. Would love to have filled that thing up.

Mummy in the foothills Apr 30th 2011 2:06 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by steve100100 (Post 9334140)
Got lucky this morning. Filled up the car for $2.87 a gallon.

Same gas station the afternoon before was $3.88, this afternoon it's $3.87.

Has this happened to anyone else? I guess they just punched in 2 instead of 3 when they adjusted the price?

I was happy

You lucky sod.
It's $4.20 here

Havnfun Apr 30th 2011 2:52 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by steve100100 (Post 9334140)
Got lucky this morning. Filled up the car for $2.87 a gallon.

Same gas station the afternoon before was $3.88, this afternoon it's $3.87.

Has this happened to anyone else? I guess they just punched in 2 instead of 3 when they adjusted the price?

I was happy

It is $4.21 here for regular but of course our cars take premium so we are paying $4.41:thumbdown:

Ozzidoc Apr 30th 2011 3:30 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9334148)
$4.23 a gal for the cheap crap in San Diego.......:sneaky:

It's about 20c less at Costco Morena Bvd.

Bob Apr 30th 2011 4:24 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Havnfun (Post 9334232)
It is $4.21 here for regular but of course our cars take premium so we are paying $4.41:thumbdown:

what's the car? chances are, could still run on regular...might lose a bit of extra punch and possibly get marginally less mileage on the motorway, but most cars wouldn't notice the difference.

Englishman43 Apr 30th 2011 2:42 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Ozzidoc (Post 9334256)
It's about 20c less at Costco Morena Bvd.

Do you have to be a member to buy gas ?

S Folinsky Apr 30th 2011 2:59 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9334786)
Do you have to be a member to buy gas ?

You have to be a member. Also, they do not take cash -- you must use an AmEx or a bank debit card. They do NOT take Visa or MasterCard credit card.

Bluegrass Lass May 1st 2011 4:08 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 
There was a gas station somewhere here in Louisville that decided to do some kind of giveaway - and sold gas for $.88/gal..wish I would have known that. I would have went and bought a 55 gallon drum to fill up.

Poppy girl May 1st 2011 4:16 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Mummy in the foothills (Post 9334212)
You lucky sod.
It's $4.20 here

I Paid $4.63 in El Dorado Hills Friday :eek:

Havnfun May 2nd 2011 3:23 am

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Bob (Post 9334285)
what's the car? chances are, could still run on regular...might lose a bit of extra punch and possibly get marginally less mileage on the motorway, but most cars wouldn't notice the difference.

Mine is a Mercedes and the other half has a supercharged Jaguar. I'm just glad we aren't still in Calgary where gas is over $5/gallon for regular and hubby always used 94 octane, I don't want to even think of what that would cost these days!

Poppy girl May 2nd 2011 2:37 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Havnfun (Post 9337241)
Mine is a Mercedes and the other half has a supercharged Jaguar. I'm just glad we aren't still in Calgary where gas is over $5/gallon for regular and hubby always used 94 octane, I don't want to even think of what that would cost these days!

Me too thanks god I sold the SUV gas guzzler back in September!!

Ozzidoc May 2nd 2011 5:07 pm

Re: $2.87 a gallon....or at least for a little while
 

Originally Posted by Englishman43 (Post 9334786)
Do you have to be a member to buy gas ?

Yes. We get 3% of our spending back from Costco. We also pay by Amex and get 3% back from them.

ie 6% back in total.

In summary, Costco's gas price is the cheapest in our area (Bay Ho/LJ/UTC/Clairemont), and then we get 6% back of our spend.


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