3.15 here in Omaha. Nice to see a break in time for Christmas. What is the cause of the decline? High supply? Definitely not low demand...or is it?

Still too high.

I paid $2.51 yesterday morning. It hurts a little less, but still too high. It was still $3.39 when I had my round trip to MO and that put a dent in my budget.

I bet.

$2.62 here at home

$2.92 3o minutes away in Blue Springs.

:doh!:

My Tundra is a gas chewing machine. It’s December and I’m missing my motorcycle already.

A lot of decisions will be made the next few days.

OPEC is on a Monday and the EU on where they are going to cap Russian oil any day.

The futures market has been interesting.

I saw it under 3 in Missouri a week or so ago and now it's dropped a bit below in KS as well

2.63 at QT, Sam's is a dime cheaper in Tulsa.

4.40

National average now $3.35

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Go **** yourself Donger

I should probably re-edit the thread title

A $0.40/gallon drop in one month, and that's what I get?

It's all I know

I'll concur.

7 December, Columbia, MO

$2.56

$4.25 This morning in San Diego.

Shocked the piss out of me. Can't remember the last time i saw gas so cheap down here.

I’m thankful the folks in charge got us back under $3 for the holidays!!

You're welcome. Merry Christmas!

$2.69 at Costco in Indep yesterday afternoon.

1.50 from the mexican place down the street.
Bean burritos. really good deal

Which kind of gas are you talking about?

3.99 diesel.

I about fainted.

Crude contracts have TANKED the since Monday. Hopefully the trend continues.

The kind you breath but car can't run on ;)

If I remember correctly from Chemistry Class it is methane mostly.

I'm glad that my budget isn't affected so much by gas prices anymore. I drive about 5000 miles every month for work. Up until February of this year, I was a contractor, buying my own gas(and running the wheels off of my own car). But, now, I'm in a company truck with a company gas card that pays for the gas. It came at a good time too. Right when prices were skyrocketing.

Yeah, it was over $6 just two months ago... maybe ~$4.50 or 4.60 the other day for premium, IIRC.

Not yet anyway.

National average now $3.24/gallon, down $0.14/gallon in a week.

$2.58 at Costco in Indep.

$2.32 in JoMo.

I saw $2.39 in West Siloam Springs, OK yesterday.........at the same station that I had filled up at for $2.49 on my way through earlier in the day.

And here I was happy about ours going down to $3.69 yesterday. :rolleyes:

Paid $2.49 yesterday.

This has to be the widest margin between diesel and gas in history. Managed to get 3.99 diesel at Sams, but everywhere else is at least 4.50

2.99

I'll be happy if it makes it back under $2 here

... the economic slowdown has begun...

Paid $2.56 a couple of days ago.

National average now $3.14/gallon

I saw $2.33.9 yesterday in the Austin area.

$2.49 at Costco in Indep.

National average now $3.10/gallon, up a penny.

Now $3.15/gallon. Fun while it lasted...

Goddamnit Donger, it jumped to $2.99 here overnight!

$2.46 at Costco in Indep.

Damn Biden

2.68 at QT North KC

$4 gas could be here by Memorial Day, GasBuddy predicts

https://www.cnn.com/2021/12/28/busin...ion/index.html

National average now $3.26/gallon, up $0.13 in a week

Back up to 3.19 here.

up 20 cents since Xmas

https://charts.gasbuddy.com/ch.gasch...t=US%20%24%2FG

Get used to it. This is what you're expected to consider normal. **** the lower middle income worker doing the right thing by keeping a job to feed his family.

Saudi’s cutting production again. Crude jumped 6.3% yesterday.

Jumped 00.16c yesterday in my area of the world.

Jumped 10 cents here.

Friendly tip for Windows, not sure about mac:

press and hold the Alt key while typing the following numbers on your keyboard keypad.

Alt0162 = ¢

Not only gas but a couple months ago it cost me $40 to just fix a flat. I think 5 years ago it cost 10 to 15 bucks. Now I got another tire that keeps going low. I have a portable air machine fortunately but I'll have to pay the piper sooner or later.

Different flats have different fixes.

It's still around 20 bucks here, if you have more nails it cost a little more.

One screw. I've never paid more than twenty bucks before. I thought wtf.

JFC, they must have been hungover pissed off.

Just not much competition next tire shop 23 miles. It's ****ing bullshit though and I found the nail in it.

Go **** yourself Donger

You guys dont plug your tires yourself? Sheesh.

https://www.amazon.com/BETOOLL-Repai...47&sr=8-5&th=1

$15 to plug 15 nails. Who the hell would spend $40 for a 16 year old to do that?

Most places don't plug them, they patch them. Plugging tends to break belts. Now with that said I generally plug older tires myself, but a newer tire I usually have patched. Think it's normally $25 around these parts.

Free for me. Any time I'm buying tires its from a place that offers free repairs, rotations, and balance for the life of the tire until its beyond that .2 inch tread thresh hold or whatever it is. So the only time I'm patching them myself is when they are old, otherwise its on the shop and if they **** it up its a free tire for me baby.

Sam's Club, Discount Tire, and I think there's a smaller localized shop in my town that offers that deal.

EDIT: Just looked at Sam's Club and apparently you dont have to buy your tires or even have them installed by them, it's simply a perk of being a member.

wtf ..I used to pay 27 cents for 15

Well you are paying for the tools in that kit as well.

If you already have them and you just need plugs they are like 20 cents a piece.

I didn't know it was going be 40 ****ing bucks until after the fact they fixed it. He goes' 40 bucks my jaw dropped. Had I known this before I would have looked up other places to go even if it's thirty minutes away. I'm still pissed because the last time before I went there they charged 20 bucks a couple years ago.

Different topic.

I just bought a new car that "requires" premium (91 octane) but will run on 87. Is the cost difference in mpg vs cost /gallon generally worth using 91 vs 87?

I know there are a lot of variables, but I will spend more money on "better" gas if it gets me 2 mpg better in mileage. Thought is that it is a net zero between the two, but it is better for the engine in the long run.

I haven't done the math and the car is too new to be able to find a distinction...yet

A possible alternative issue is the with the same cost/mile and better for the engine, it might be a tad faster. Not that is needed to go sub 5.2 0-60.

It's not about mileage. Running octane lower than recommended can cause damage to engine and/or emissions system.

I wouldn't recommend Sam's Club AT ALL. I know of two instances where the one closest to us didn't tighten the lug nuts after changing a tire and the wheel fell off after leaving the lot.

I wouldn't recommend the one closest to you then. But Ive got tires on now from them because they were the cheapest price at the time because of a sale and I've had no problems with the Sam's Club in my area. Their policy is to even have you come back after 50 miles to have the lug nuts rechecked and tightened again.

If you buy them there, Discount Tires rotates and fixes flats for free for the life of the tire(s).

I wonder if that applies to tires from tire rack.com and installed there....

The same thing happens at Walmart. Yeah, they have great policies but they have shit employees that don't give one **** about how good of a job they do. They don't depend on you for repeat business like a local shop does and they're getting paid Walmart wages on top of that.

I've gotten tires at Walmart/Sam's Club twice. I know several other people that have done it, as well. Nobody ever has a good experience.

So I'd say your experience is the exception, not mine. ;)

And FTR, the local Walmart is 5 miles away. The "local" Sam's Club is 45 miles away. Different cities, different people, same result.

I have two friends here that got oil changes at Walmart and in both cases, the tech didn't put the damn plug back in after changing the oil. What do you suppose happened to their cars? ;)

I've had a set put on a grand caravan and my current vehicle there and no problems...?

You're lucky.

Not saying I've never had (or heard of) a good experience at Walmart or Sam's Club - they do happen.

It's just that the bad experiences are much more frequent, at least in my anecdotal experience.

Yep...YMMV. I had the set done on the caravan about 20 years ago so that doesn't really mean much today. And the ones for the Trailblazer are an oddball size and they have a good selection if you order them online. And I generally look that shit over before I leave because Walmart. Gotta CYA no matter where you go.