Gas

[McLaren]

Paying somewhere between $3.40 & $3.60 for premium here.

 

[MoLiEG]

It is actually 3.60 per gallon for magna (normal) fuel, 3.79 for premium fuel and 3.72 for Diesel, pretty even, I must say

Oh god I remember when the Premium fuel costed around 9 pesos per liter, around 2.60 dollars per gallon and I'm talking about 2004-2007

Back then Magna was about... 7 pesos and some cents??? Fuel was SUPER CHEAP!!!

 

[Gotbeefboy564]

Last time I saw it was $3.79 usd at a Marathon gas station.

 

[Barra333]

I think the Americans have it OK - I dont have a car, so dont see prices often, but I think regular is around €1.60/L here, which is about US$2.20. If I use a rough 3.8L= 1 gallon --> US$8.36/gallon

 

[Joel]

About $1.40/L. Last time I was driving regularly was in the summer in a different part of the country when it was about $1.25-1.30

 

[Pupik]

$3.56-something here. It's actually cheaper in New Jersey by about... 5-8 cents, depending on location.

I'm surprised how comparatively inexpensive gas is in New Jersey, even in a big city like Newark, or along the Turnpike rest stops. Considering you must have an attendant who must pump your gas, and that's someone getting a piece of the pie, it's not really a bad deal. It is annoying, however...unless the weather sucks.

 

[turbolefty78]

I feel sorry for the younger crowd today; you can't just go for a long drive for the hell of it anymore, unless you've got $40-50 lying around. I could fill my Accord's tank for under $10, and have enough for a snack and soda...(okay, I'll stop acting like Grandpa Simpson)

My dad introduced me to gasoline buying at a very young age. I think I was around 7 or 8 yrs. old, he would give me 2 quarters (50 cents, for those not in USA), and the 1 gallon gas can and send me to the gas station for gas for our lawnmower(we lived a couple blocks away). That 1 gallon cost an even 25 cents, the other 25 was for me to get as much candy as I wanted, and back then it was a lot, with much of it being a penny or nickel. All this was around 1970 or so. Have I dated myself enough yet Mr. Pupik?

 

[kolio]

Holy thread revival!
$3.30 - $3.80 per 90% of a gallon!

 

[AudiMan2011]

Cheapest diesel in my area is 134.7p per liter.

 

[zedextreme8177]

Here petrol costs Rf. 16.37 per liter (US$1.064)

Diesel costs almost the same, Rf. 16.08 per liter (US$1.046)

 

[Pupik]

That 1 gallon cost an even 25 cents, the other 25 was for me to get as much candy as I wanted, and back then it was a lot, with much of it being a penny or nickel. All this was around 1970 or so. Have I dated myself enough yet Mr. Pupik?

You win! I'm told it was 50-55 cents forty years ago, so that makes you...uh, 29, right?

 

[nizmo_bro]

I think I paid about 3.70 per gallon for premium last week.

 

[Bluntified]

I think the Americans have it OK - ......snip

They had a segment on the news the other day (Tuesday or Wednesday) and they said the average cost of gas was $0.95/L in the States whereas it's hovering mid $1.30/L in Canada. Americans have it much better than us .

I remember the good ol' days when it was $0.40/L here in Canada - early 2000 when I had my first car. I miss those days, $5 went a looong way.

 

[AlvaroF]

I think the Americans have it OK - I dont have a car, so dont see prices often, but I think regular is around €1.60/L here, which is about US$2.20. If I use a rough 3.8L= 1 gallon --> US$8.36/gallon

That's what we get in Portugal, yet I've seen prices reach 1,80€/liter so make it US$2.50 and that makes US$9,5/gallon

 

[Anathema]

I'm surprised how comparatively inexpensive gas is in New Jersey, even in a big city like Newark, or along the Turnpike rest stops. Considering you must have an attendant who must pump your gas, and that's someone getting a piece of the pie, it's not really a bad deal. It is annoying, however...unless the weather sucks.

I never understood this myself, and a bit of research hasn't gotten me anywhere. At some point I'll figure it out - the only thing that I came up with that remotely makes any bit of sense is that they (NJ) collect the equivalent money that they'd get from higher gas prices through the tolls. In the section of Eastern PA I'm in (literally the NJ-PA state border, and leading on westbound for quite a while), we don't have any toll roads - on the interstates, or otherwise.

That doesn't explain why the price of gas would vary from station to station (looking at Hess stations in particular, more expensive than just about anything else) if the price of gas was fully state-regulated then it'd make sense (the whole 'toll road' thing I cooked up.)

Cheapest I know of in my immediate area, though, is BJ's (the wholesale club chain that requires a membership for the major discounts.) Something in the way of .30-.50 cents cheaper than anything else (but membership is required...)

 

[TheBook]

$3.57 for regular (87 (R+M)/2 or 92 RON) at the BP station next door. Comes to €0.68 a litre, or £0.47 a litre in the UK.