Re: More on Gas Prices

The Wogster wrote:
> AustinMN wrote:
> > The Wogster cried out in distress:
> >
<snip>
> >
> > That's not the whole story. You are (or likely will be) buying a
> > cheaper grade of gasoline than the numbers on the pump imply, so your
> > mileage will drop. Higher price, and you need to buy more (assuming no
> > adjustment in driving). The mileage on my wife's vehicle recently
> > dropped by a whopping 7%, while mine dropped about 4%.
> >
>
> That's the cheapest stuff they sell, I haven't put a premium or
> mid-grade in the car since it cost more then $15 to fill the tank, and
> that's about 3 cars ago. Price dropped back to $1.049 at some stations,
> but with Labour day coming, and long weekends usually meaning higher
> prices, I bet gas will be $1.09 or so for the weekend, dropping back to
> $1.05 or so for the Wednesday/Thursday next week time period.

If you are buying regular, (at least in the US), it is supposed to have
an octane rating of at least 87. Either the octane is normally higher,
or it's dropped below 87.

<snip>
> > I am paying less (yes, less) for gasoline than I have in many, many
> > years. I recently started a new job which is one mile from my wife's
> > job, and so one small vehicle is doing the driving instead of one small
> > and one too big vehicle. This morning, my daughter started riding with
> > us, but I never used to pay for her gas. She's never payed less,
> > either.
>
> Thats a good thing, move to within a mile of either, and you can save
> even more....

The new job is almost in bicycle range for me (but not DW). Old job
was 25 minutes further away, so even if we weren't carpooling, I'd be
using less gasoline.

Austin

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