Ouch That Hurts
 

We left on a trip to Illinois on November 21. Filled up gas tank at $3.03 per gallon. We returned on November 26 and filled up the tank at $3.42 per gallon. On TV we saw a oil company representive being interview about the huge $0.39 increase in only one week. He stated; It's the driving season"....etc.
I believe this is translated to; " this is the biggest traveling season of the year and we (the oil companies) plan to stick it to them"..And to thank them, we subsidize the oil companies with billions. AND IT DOES HURT A LOT OF DRIVERS.:boxing2::boxing2:

I've heard it said that it was Gary Morse's fault.;)

:agree: The oil companies have been sticking it to us for years. IMHO

My hometown in CT, has prices from $3.52 to $4.01. Ouch, that would really hurt to pay $4/gallon.

I still love it here, rather than putting up with the snow but I digress. :smiley:

Just another Black Friday sale.

On our summer trip to Michigan for a wedding, then Atlantic City for relaxation, and home, we got 54.9 mpg. Takes the sting out of gas pricing. :)
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Did I see you in SS the other day, standing outside of a store talking to another guy? The day of the sidewalk sale.

Yes

btk

The oil companies get little more than legitimate tax deductions. They are on the bottem of the political food chain. I recall that the lame stream media was pushing TV time on the war in Syria. Perhaps that caused the spike in oil.

People who chose not to be victims can buy unleaded gasoline futures at any time to lock in what they think is a "good" price. Of course if the price goes down it wasn't the best price. Or you can just be a victim, it's easier.

Buy oil Stock
 

If you can't beat them---join them by buying some big oil stock. Another perspective regarding oil companies is that they have huge investment to make a nickel on a gallon of gas and there are local, State and Federal taxes on every gallon. You think gas is high here try the prices in Europe!

We have a Prius and get that kind of mileage driving locally. How do you get that driving on the interstates? We only get maybe 48 - 50.

I was at a sidealk sale last week but not on Black Friday. Is that the day you are refering to? You should have said Hello!!!!!

Inquiring minds want to know.

We paid in Europe 1.73 Euro for a [B]liter[B], which is equal 1.91 US Dollar (3,68 liters are one gallon). So, there is still a little span in the pricing of gasoline. But we are right now in St. Louis and we have to pay 2.93/gallon (well, yesterday, Black Friday), and the prices are dropping right now.

[QUOTE=ydnar9;789130]We have a Prius and get that kind of mileage driving locally. How do you get that driving on the interstates? We only get maybe 48 - 50.[/QUOTE

You should get better mileage on the interstate than driving locally.

KayakerNC,
We have a Pruis also!! Wish the golf carts got that kind of gas mileage! Our Pruis has 160K+ miles on it and runs like a dream. Best car we ever had! No matter what the price of gas is, our Prius makes the gas pump a painless trip! ;-)