Current price of fuel now?

[DmaxMaverick]

I don't know if it's a company or store policy/recommendation, or some regulation (CA has a couple). I could probably find out if I looked around, but I don't really care. There's always risk, but there has to be a balance that keeps customers, and doesn't cost the company (or insurance?) too much. $100 seems like a relatively large risk to you and me, but an occasional loss, even at that full amount, may not be worth much effort on a corporate level. When I filled yesterday, I started with about 1/4 tank. The pump shut off before the nozzle tripped, and I didn't yet hear the fuel rising in the filler hose. It put me over the full mark on the gage, but it wasn't as full as it could have been, maybe a gallon or two short. Not really an inconvenience, other than having to average the fuel mileage over more than one fill. The big deal was the price tag.

[cowboywildbill]

When I first started driving semi's in 1971 I remember stopping at a mom and pop place that only had one diesel pump and one gasoline pump.
Diesel was a whopping 17.9 or 19.9 cents a gallon. Other stations were about 4 cents higher, so I would get fuel at the mom and pops and eat lunch while the truck filled up.
Just one hose and nozzle so it was one tank at a time. No dual fill like modern truck stops are today.
Down here in Central Florida diesel is 4.99 per gallon most places and the highest I saw was $5.59 per gallon. GO Figure.
What really hurts is I have an LS 3 6.2 litre in our 1500 Sierra Denali truck, why it came with an LS 3 and not the standard LS 2 is anybody's guess.
But it probably wouldn't matter because the LS 2 is supposed to burn 93 octane also.
Our GM Tech say's he's run into that before on Canadian built trucks that are not built to ship to the US.
It was meant to be a Canadian vehicle and has a block heater also. Owners manual was in French and decals on the windows are also in French..
I have to burn 93 octane and that's running anywhere from $4.89 to $5.39 per gallon.
And the wife has a 2021 Camaro 2.0 T 4 cyl . It's supposed to run 93 octane also.
We had just between a 1/4 and 1/2 tank and I topped it off. $50.
It's not a very big tank. GO FiGURE !
Thanks Joe Biden, it ain't Putin doing it.
I think just the fumes that come off of an average fill up are around $5 LOL

[More Power]

Who knows... this fuel cost increase could revive the 6.2L diesel engine. One reason, as Casey pointed out, is that you can run bio/home-brew in them. Just gotta be careful. I would not put home brew in a current diesel... The cost of replacing the injectors or high pressure pump should be enough to discourage the curious...

Since getting our 17-mpg 2001 Duramax back on the road last summer (after the head gasket project), we've not driven our 2016 Malibu much at all. Those two vehicles have recently switched places in our driveway. The Malibu gets ~35-mpg, and regular unleaded (87 octane) is currently about 80 cents a gallon less than diesel.

[arveetek]

Since getting our 17-mpg 2001 Duramax back on the road last summer (after the head gasket project), we'd not driven our 2016 Malibu much at all. Those two vehicles have recently switched places in our driveway. The Malibu gets ~35-mpg, and regular unleaded (87 octane) is close 70-80 cents cheaper per gallon than diesel.

I sure wish diesel and gasoline were the same price. My wife's GMC Acadia with the 3.6L will get 20 mpg on a good day with a tail wind, but averages around 17 mpg with combined city/highway driving. That's what my 6.5L turbo diesel averages! I'd much rather drive the Tahoe than the Acadia, but if we have the option, we will probably drive her car more often, since gasoline is nearly a buck a gallon cheaper.

Casey

[More Power]

I wrote an editorial on diesel fuel back in 2008 that discussed, among other things, why diesel fuel was more expensive than gasoline... The reason is because once diesel fuel became ULSD in 2007, it could be exported to Europe. Our Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel became a commodity that had marketability beyond Canada and Mexico. Till then, diesel fuel for as long as I'd owned a diesel (mid 1980s) was always 20-100 cents cheaper than regular unleaded...

Trump got us to energy independence.... which was not what the gov or the oil industry wanted... "Independence" made it a lot harder to use the argument about world events controlling gas prices. "Independence" made it harder to use oil to manipulate foreign affairs. "Independence" made it harder to grease the wheels in congress...

[More Power]

Canada is a net exporter of petroleum products... You'd think Canadians citizens would get a price break...

[Yukon6.2]

Price bump yesterday at my pumps.
I got some fuel delivered on Thursday and some on Friday.Price per liter on ULSD went up $.10 in one day.
My pumps are at $1.789 for Regular and $1.959 for ULSD.
I may pull a motorcycle out of storage for the summer to cut down my expenses.I have a 1974 Honda CT90 with 700 miles on it that was my Dads. I should be able to use it for my commuting on 5 gallons for the year.I this keeps up i can see using the Fatbike again this winter.

[More Power]

Jumped another 20 cents over the weekend. As of 3/28/2022:


Less than 20 gallons cost me just over $100...

[arveetek]

I filled up for $4.29 per gallon for diesel last Friday. That's the lowest I've seen in my area for a couple of weeks now.

Casey

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I know a guy near here who bought 3500 gallons of #2 on-road diesel fuel in 2020 when the price was low and it looked like the Dems would get the White House. Regardless, he's still buying fuel at his local fuel station... even at $5+ because he thinks we haven't seen the worst of it.

[More Power]

I heard the other day that there are Republican voter registration drives back east that are run out of gas stations. A typical scenario... a driver drives into the station for a fill-up, gets sticker shock, then wants to vote Republican...

[DmaxMaverick]

Warm and fuzzy only goes so far.

[More Power]

Warm and fuzzy only goes so far.

RNC hasn't figured that out yet...

[JohnC]

One station nearby has fuel for $4.699. The one closer that I (used to) usually go to is at $5.159...
Highest around is $5.299.

[richp]

$5.09 yesterday here in the western suburbs of Chicago.

[ToddMeister]

Diesel in mid michigan now about $4.99

[richp]

Just traveled from Chicago to Pittsburgh today.

It was $5,30+/- the whole way across on the tollways.

[ToddMeister]

Small price drop, paid $4.66 last night.

[richp]

Still a pretty consistent $5.29 here in western Pennsylvania.

Hope there will have been a drop from that level on the toll roads heading back to Chicago tomorrow.

[a5150nut]

Small drop in Knoxville $4.79 to 5.59