Pulaski

I paid $1.929 at a BP on Sunday, but by yesterday (Tuesday) the price had dropped to $1.909.

tom169

Paid $1.83 yesterday at a Murphy

Pulaski

When I am only pay 41p/litre I don't see any point in not buying a premium brand gas. Even when the price was over $4/USgal I always took the premium brand because the price differential between BP or Exxon and cheaper gas was only 1¢-2¢/gal.

After 220,000 miles, almost entirely on Exxon or BP gas, there was nothing in the fuel injector unit to be cleaned when my Honda dealer finally cajoled me into coughing up for a "fuel injector service". The service rep conceded afterwards that if you only use a premium brand of gas you don't get the gunk build-up.

tom169

Right now the focus is on short term penny pinching.

That's a crazy mileage record though

Pulaski

We replaced the motor at 296,000 miles. The clutch is still original (the mechanic said it looked fine when he took the motor out) and is now pushing 320,000 miles.

The exhaust system (except for the cat), the starter motor, and suspension are all original, the brake pads were replaced 240,000 miles ago, though why the original set only lasted 80,000 miles is a mystery.

scrubbedexpat091

Up 0.34 cents US gallon in the last hour, saw the signs changing, but was able to get to a station before they raised their price.

$4.18 CAD$ per US gallon now.

tom169

Ouch. Is BC an expensive place for gas or would you assume that to be the going Canadian rate?

scrubbedexpat091

BC is high for gas in general, and if in Metro Vancouver even higher (usually 20 cents or so higher per liter) due to the extra taxes added for transit.

Looking at gas buddy, seems Edmonton next door in Alberta is in the 80 to 90 cent per liter range. Ontario seems close to the same in Toronto.

It always higher in BC for the most part, but then we have more taxes added.

Pulaski

It's still $1.909 here, but I got 20 gallons on Saturday at $1.619 with my BP loyalty discount.

scrubbedexpat091

Just around 2.40 US$ on the US side of the invisible line at the generic places, Chevron is $2.64 but the only name brand station in the town.

Bob

Slowly starting to climb again. The cheapest places are now back up to $2.07G

Pulaski

It's up to$1.959 here, or at least the cheapest BP that I know of is.

Olly_

The gas tax hike that came in last month means I've probably seen the last of sub $2/gal

My local Costco is $2.099 which is the cheapest in the entire state according to Gasbuddy.

I did manage to fill up for the equivalent of $2.02/gal last week at a Mobil because of an Amex offer ($5 back on a $30 pay at pump transaction) but their prices are so inflated to start with it really only offers a small discount over Costco or some of the more competitive BP's.

Rete

On highway 49 it is going for $1.81 a gallon. On highway 58 it is going for $1.97. Guess where I will shop in January for gas.

tom169

I didn't know you were an NC resident.

The prices I've been seeing more recently have been just over $2.