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Offline luvrbus

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Fuel Prices
« on: July 11, 2013, 12:24:13 PM »
Better go fill up guys fuel is headed up to the 4 plus dollar range who would ever thought it during vacation time for 1000's of people
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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2013, 12:34:15 PM »
oh you guys are spoiled to day diesel is $ 1.26 a litre   x 3.8 litre in a us gal.  =        $ 4.78 a us gal. in huntsville ontario canada . Its a good thing my tank is 197 us gal. so I try to fill up as much as I can south of the border .             dave
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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2013, 12:52:05 PM »
oh you guys are spoiled to day diesel is $ 1.26 a litre   x 3.8 litre in a us gal.  =        $ 4.78 a us gal. in huntsville ontario canada . Its a good thing my tank is 197 us gal. so I try to fill up as much as I can south of the boarder .             dave

How much of that is tax compared to the fuel taxes here in the USA?
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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2013, 12:58:53 PM »
  Better go fill up guys fuel is headed up to the 4 plus dollar range who would ever thought it during vacation time for 1000's of people 

    Paid $3.41 at VA/NC border yesterday; it was about 10 cents more central VA (northern VA is crazy - 40-50 cents more).   But I don't buy fuel in No Virginia.
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Offline luvrbus

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2013, 01:12:08 PM »
Where I live on the AZ side of the river from CA it's over buck difference in the prices of fuel and gasoline, you drive 1 mile and save a buck a gallon stupid huh
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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #5 on: July 11, 2013, 01:31:28 PM »
The last time I was at the Flyin’ Hooker, I filled up with a 1/2 tank and it came to well over $350.00.  While I was refueling this guy in a sticks n staples motorhome says to me, “Nice bus.  What year is it?” and I told him the make/age/and particulars. 

Then he says, “What are you doing?” (because I am on the drivers side and the bus is fueling on the opposite side)  And I say, “Well, I am toppin’ it off.”

So then he says, “How come you are on this side, shouldn’t you be on the other side?”

I just smiled and replied, “Who the @##@#@#*! wants to look at that?”

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Offline Slow Rider

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #6 on: July 11, 2013, 02:43:06 PM »
It is interesting, I read an article yesterday about how China has dropped their oil importation by at noticeable percentage and how they think it will cause a glut on the market.  Today I read about how much gas is going up because of demand for oil.  Someone is lying!

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Offline sledhead

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #7 on: July 11, 2013, 03:35:53 PM »
At $1.26 per litre as far as I can tell the tax is 32.8 cents in Ontario Canada        dave 
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Offline belfert

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #8 on: July 11, 2013, 03:43:45 PM »
It is interesting, I read an article yesterday about how China has dropped their oil importation by at noticeable percentage and how they think it will cause a glut on the market.  Today I read about how much gas is going up because of demand for oil.  Someone is lying!

Regardless of any glut from lack of Chinese demand, oil prices have gone up in recent days due to the Egypt situation and are causing gas prices to go up.  We were paying around $3.25 earlier in the week and I saw as high as $3.59 today.  I paid $3.36 at Sam's Club today.

Gasoline and oil demand have been going down in the USA due to the economy and people buying vehicles with better MPG.  I have a 2012 Grand Caravan that gets at minimum 5 MPG better than the 2000 version of the Grand Caravan and I have a slightly bigger engine to boot.
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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #9 on: July 11, 2013, 04:42:29 PM »
Within the next year all the "*%holes speculators that have been duped by big oil into driving oil prices into the biggest bubble since housing are gonna get caught when oil corrects itself and drops to $30-$50 then guess who will come running to the American taxpayer for help? All the big Wall street firms that created the bubble in their sociopathic greed. Remember these words.... "TOO BIG TO FAIL".    

Sound familiar???

P.S.  It wouldn't bother me a bit if all the folks that live outside of the states would quit telling us all how "easy" we have it. We buy more oil in an afternoon then most countries buy in a month and some of us think socialism and government taxing the hell out of us is not the answer. I've yet to hear a person on the board from the states compare the US to Canada or England. Too apples to oranges for me.


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Offline eagle19952

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #10 on: July 11, 2013, 05:23:56 PM »
oh you guys are spoiled to day diesel is $ 1.26 a litre   x 3.8 litre in a us gal.  =        $ 4.78 a us gal. in huntsville ontario canada . Its a good thing my tank is 197 us gal. so I try to fill up as much as I can south of the border .             dave

we're not spoiled...we're just trying to make sure you have a place to average out or beat the price of fuel at your home... ;D
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Offline muldoonman

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #11 on: July 11, 2013, 06:17:25 PM »
It is interesting, I read an article yesterday about how China has dropped their oil importation by at noticeable percentage and how they think it will cause a glut on the market.  Today I read about how much gas is going up because of demand for oil.  Someone is lying!

Frank
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Offline luvrbus

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #12 on: July 11, 2013, 07:55:23 PM »
 I am not a oil speculator but I sure wish I had 2 units of fuel instead of cash in 2 restaurants lol   
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Offline Iceni John

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #13 on: July 11, 2013, 08:36:01 PM »
Whenever diesel drops to $4 here (which is not very often) I say three Hail Mary's and top up the bus.   It's too bad I'm not closer to Tijuana, otherwise Pemex would be getting more of my money.

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Re: Fuel Prices
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2013, 04:55:03 AM »
I feel bad for the Canadians,  they come south and buy THEIR oil for less than they can buy it at home for!
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