Fuel Prices

"Klaus Schmoll" (klausschmoll)
12/18/2013 at 15:16 • Filed to: None

I just filled the car up for € 1.41/Liter ($ 7.38/Gallon) and feel like I fucking stole it. Last time it was this cheap must have been over 1 or 2 years ago.

DISCUSSION (18)

Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 15:18

Hahaha, we just dipped below $3.00 a gallon. It still feels like too much. But at the end of the day I can afford to run my car, so I don't complain.

thebigbossyboss > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 15:18

Suddenly $5/gal doesnt seem so bad.

For Sweden > thebigbossyboss
12/18/2013 at 15:19

It does when you realize Klaus has Unrestricted Autobahns and you don't.

ddavidn > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 15:20

If I had to pay that, I guess I'd be finding a new primary job...

Walfisch > Yowen - not necessarily not spaghetti and meatballs
12/18/2013 at 15:21

Haven't dipped to that level from where I am at ($3.29 for regular blend), but I'm stoked that it's cheaper nowadays. So yeah, no complaints here.

thebigbossyboss > For Sweden
12/18/2013 at 15:22

True, although you don't need unlimited speed limits on roads like Duffy Lake. Can have plenty of fun at posted speed! http://goo.gl/maps/tkp3U

duurtlang > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 15:32

That's a bargain! At the cheapest gas stations here it's about €1.60 a liter, at expensive highway ones it's above €1.75 a liter. Luckily I fill up on €0.65 a liter LPG, but that's besides the point I guess.

cazzyodo > Walfisch
12/18/2013 at 15:34

$3.43 in my town. I mentally freaked out when I was in Houston last month and saw $2.92 in bright red letters.

Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 15:35

Here in Bulgaria it is 1.30 Euro/Liter($ 6.80/Gallon) and for me this is daylight robbery. It hasn't changed for over 6 months though and before that was around you around 1.36 Euro/Liter and I wanted to kill myself.

When I look at invoices for fuel from the 2000 in the firm I work at, I see totally mindblowing prices like 0.60 Euro cents/Liter for benzin(yeah I am using that word) and 0.50 Euro cents for diesel. Here we have a saying: The only thing we want is the benzin and the beer with the prices of the past.

Walfisch > cazzyodo
12/18/2013 at 15:41

This actually reminded me, a buddy of mine moved to Las Vegas at the tail end of summer. The first thing he posted in his FB? A picture of the gas prices there (it was $2.87 if I'm not mistaken). I was jelly.

cazzyodo > Walfisch
12/18/2013 at 15:43

I knew that it would be lower than home, too (work in fuel industry and Houston is an origin for pipelines) but it still just blew my mind.

Klaus Schmoll > duurtlang
12/18/2013 at 16:02

Yeah, I know! Had to wait in line. So I wasn't the only one using this opportunity. Fuel prices have been in decline recently, but with the holidays around the corner, I doubt it'll get cheaper than that.

At least stations are now required to post their current prices online in real-time (a law that says so came into effect 2 months ago), so there are more and more sites and apps that let you comparison shop without physically driving around.

Klaus Schmoll > Shady Balkan Subject, Drives an Alfa
12/18/2013 at 16:05

When I got my license in the mid-90s, fuel was around DM 1,50 = € 0,75. I always said that I would be willing to pay DM 2 per liter if that meant significantly cheaper public transport. I was young and stupid.

Klaus Schmoll > duurtlang
12/18/2013 at 16:09

BTW, does the Peugeot use more or lose power when running on LPG?

duurtlang > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 16:18

It's said the LPG system I've got doesn't impact performance in any way. I rarely drive it on gasoline for obvious reasons, but I haven't noticed a difference in performance. It does consume more LPG per km than it would gasoline though, that's inherent to the fuel. I believe about 15-20% more.

rotarykid > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 16:20

Please clarify what standard of measuring your using on your post. An America gallon does not equal a European gallon I believe.

If im wrong I apologize.

Klaus Schmoll > rotarykid
12/18/2013 at 16:21

I was using the US gallon, not the imperial (UK) gallon, and today's exchange rates.

TheD0k_2many toys 2little time > Klaus Schmoll
12/18/2013 at 16:57

Fuck that shit!!!!

Its $2.99 today in Kalamazoo Michigan