Erich
the old Sage
$ 3.59 a gal for my 1-ton flat bed Chevy, it will be over 4.00 soon enough until they take out Quaddafi, Chavez and the whole lot ...........
How much is gas where you live?
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We're at an all time high at 1.70 euro per liter. 
Gassed the Jeep up today at $3.64 a gallon.
I think we will hit $4.00 a gallon within the week. AAFES prices change every Saturday.
I think we will hit $4.00 a gallon within the week. AAFES prices change every Saturday.
A gallon is 3.785 liter, right? We pay 1.69 euro/liter x 3.785 = 6.40 euro's per gallon. And you are in Germany!! Why do we have these outrageous prices while our neighboring countries pay about half the price? I can drive from here to Germany (150 km), fill her up and go back and still be cheaper then filling her up at the tankstation around the corner
A gallon is 3.785 liter, right? We pay 1.69 euro/liter x 3.785 = 6.40 euro's per gallon. And you are in Germany!! Why do we have these outrageous prices while our neighboring countries pay about half the price? I can drive from here to Germany (150 km), fill her up and go back and still be cheaper then filling her up at the tankstation around the corner
I don't pay the German prices. The German gas prices are about the same as in the Netherlands. The gas station down the street from my house has Super Plus at 1.58 Euros per Liter for instance.
Because I work for the US Govt., I fall under the SOFA and can buy gas from ESSO gas stations at an American price. It is an agreement between the German and American Governments. I have a special ESSO card and use that to pay for my gas. The only problem is that I can only gas up at the On base gas stations at any US Military installation or at ESSO gas stations on the German economy.
No price rise yet so it is still at £1.28 a litre. Getting on for £80/90 a tank 
T Bolt
Colonel
My wife said she saw the price go from $3.65/gal this morning up to $3.75/gal this afternoon. She was very upset until I showed her here on this thread what you guys in Europe are paying for it. That made her feel better. Sorry guys.
Crimea_River
Marshal
Price here is about 20 cents per liter less than it will be 2 weeks from now.
mikewint
Captain
T-Bolt, good grief, be cheaper to drive down to Joliet for .46 per gal more
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Thorlifter
Captain
Last week I was in line and gas was $3.05 per gallon with one car in front of me. While I was waiting, it went up to $3.09. Well, the station across the street had it for $3.09 with no cars so I drove over there. I looked back at the 1st station and it went up to $3.14. I couldn't believe it. I told the guy across from me about it and went I looked back at the 1st station again, it was up to $3.19.
All this in the matter of 2 or 3 minutes.
This week gas is up to $3.29
All this in the matter of 2 or 3 minutes.
This week gas is up to $3.29
T Bolt
Colonel
That was in Skokie Mike, in the City it's even more. There are these two stations on Irvine Park Rd just east of the Kennedy Expressway. One has prices that are 10 to 15 cents higher than all the other stations in the area, and the other one 30 to 40 cents higher than that one. I read some where that they were owned by brothers and my guess is that people drive buy and see the outrageously high price and then see the high price and buy there because they think its cheep. Must work because that place is always crowded even at 15 to 20 cents higher than the going rate.
Ah,, that explains it. I was worried there for a minute
Lucky you paying these low US pricesNo problem, T Bolt. As long as you Americans understand that it can always be worseMy wife said she saw the price go from $3.65/gal this morning up to $3.75/gal this afternoon. She was very upset until I showed her here on this thread what you guys in Europe are paying for it. That made her feel better. Sorry guys.
I'll trade your 3.75/gal anytime. We pay almost twice the price. In fact a comission is now investigating why the prices are so high while the dollar is still low and the oil-prices didn't go up as much as the fuel price. We suspect an artificial price.
mikewint
Captain
The oil importers have been blaming unrest in Libya for the recent spike in gas prices yet the US is the #3 oil producing country in the world we import about 52% of what we use. Libyan oil makes up 3% (4% to the UK) So do you think the spike might be a bit artificial?
My wife said she saw the price go from $3.65/gal this morning up to $3.75/gal this afternoon. She was very upset until I showed her here on this thread what you guys in Europe are paying for it. That made her feel better. Sorry guys.
Yeap tomorrow it is going up from $3.65 to $3.85 a gallon for us as well.
It was 1.56 euro/l already before the unrest started, that is 5.9 euro per gallon. Much more expensive then in the US. Artificial, yes.
mikewint
Captain
The US imports most of its oil from Canada (over 2 mill bbl/d) and Mexico (over 1 mill bbl/d) #3 #4 are the Saudis and Venezuela (about 1 mill bbl/d from each), all stable countries. Canadian and Mexican oil comes in via pipelines so transport is negligible. So 97% of US oil is stable. Libyan unrest! is B.S.
The UK actually produces 1.3 mill bbl/d but then turns around and exports 750,000 bbl/d, 124,000 which come to the US. Were the UK to keep its oil production prices would drop but then profits go down. The oil guys have us all by the short hairs
The UK actually produces 1.3 mill bbl/d but then turns around and exports 750,000 bbl/d, 124,000 which come to the US. Were the UK to keep its oil production prices would drop but then profits go down. The oil guys have us all by the short hairs
Doesn't your country put a lot of tax on the gas prices. That alone makes the price higher than the US price.
mikewint
Captain
In the US: Fed excise tax - 18.4 cents
Motor gas tax - 48.1
State Tax - 27.2 cents (average)
Fed Tax - 24.4
Sales Tax - 2 to 3 cents (Illinois)
So about $1.20 per gallon in taxes
Motor gas tax - 48.1
State Tax - 27.2 cents (average)
Fed Tax - 24.4
Sales Tax - 2 to 3 cents (Illinois)
So about $1.20 per gallon in taxes
So who is making the most profit and do not have invest one penny? Gas I just paid $3.64 gal for 91/octane and it's non-ethanol gas at that so I get about 10-15% better gas mileage and it was .15 cheaper than some of the stations around here.Go figure?remember ethanol was suppose to be cheaper?And Mike it's all oil speculators Sir doing this a bunch of POS's in my book.
