Lot of good that does me, now that tourist season is over I'm the only one left posting diesel prices on GasBuddy!http://thinkblue.vw.com/diesel-tracker/ These prices are pulled directly from GasBuddy, check the bottem left side of the webpage!
Punched in my local zip code, and the prices that poped up were the ones I posted in GasBuddy.
3.90 to 4.10'ish in SoCal.
Fakes are pretty easy to spot though and repeat offenders I usually rememberLot of good that does me, now that tourist season is over I'm the only one left posting diesel prices on GasBuddy!
Of course, when it WAS tourist season, they were all posting fake and wrong prices for D2, so… at least now it's more accurate.
Some stations want to sell a lot of diesel, while others are obligated to have diesel pumps per the conditions of their leases, but the leases do not require that they offer that fuel at attractive prices.In the San Francisco Bay Area I see diesel prices between $3.89 to $4.59 right now. 70 cents difference within a few miles, what the heck??
I must concede to your point. The weak dollar, while a contributor, isn't necessarily the primary reason for high fuel prices as I stated earlier.I just glanced at costs around Thanksgiving of 2009, when we bought the CR-V. Not intending to say this was a trend or average price for the year. Just implying that the increase of $1.60 from one single point of reference to another single point of reference is due primarily to other circumstances than to a weak dollar.
I know prices are up on most consumer goods across the board, but I also know that I am not paying double for milk compared to what I was paying two years ago. The largest effect on the consumer goods pricing is the increase in fuel prices to get the stuff to your local store, not the weaker dollar. Look at electronics. If the weak dollar was driving all of the fuel and consumer goods increases, then the price of flat screen TVs should also be substantially higher than they were two years ago. Instead, those prices are much lower. Even though the primary raw materials to make the screens and housing have more than doubled in that same time frame.
*cough*Some stations want to sell a lot of diesel, while others are obligated to have diesel pumps per the conditions of their leases, but the leases do not require that they offer that fuel at attractive prices.
There might be others, but Shell is the one I had in mind. It is getting rid of its retail stations, however, so it will be up to the new owners if they sell diesel and at what prices.*cough*
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There might be others, but Shell is the one I had in mind. It is getting rid of its retail stations, however, so it will be up to the new owners if they sell diesel and at what prices.
There might be others, but Shell is the one I had in mind. It is getting rid of its retail stations, however, so it will be up to the new owners if they sell diesel and at what prices.
Dang, that's a pretty big difference. At some stations here D2 is at or near midgrade again. It just sorta… happened. The only place there's a 60¢ spread is at one of the Shell stations over in Mobile, where regular is below $3.199 now.Spread at some stations around here is almost $0.60/gal between D2 and regular. Finding a station that has reasonable prices and good fuel is getting to be a challenge, and GasBuddy is not that big of a help for D2 around here.
In my area Shell stations are amongst the most competitive with diesel.There might be others, but Shell is the one I had in mind. It is getting rid of its retail stations, however, so it will be up to the new owners if they sell diesel and at what prices.
It just depends on whether they want to sell diesel or not. Many of them do not.In my area Shell stations are amongst the most competitive with diesel.
Diesel is diesel dude. It all comes from the same local terminal.Andy wrote: "The previous fillup was on 9/23/11 at Pilot..."
Andy, do you use fuel additives to increase the cetane when you buy from Pilot? I've heard their diesel is only 40 cetane. I'm trying to figure out what the best combination of fuel and additives is, to obtain the best performance and mileage possible for a reasonable price.
Thanks!
Moose
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05 Passat TDI Wagon, 88k miles
Andy since you're up in KY I wanna share a stupid story: it was price searching that actually got me to discovered a soft drink that I'd never had before. After a day trip with a friend to Nashville, I sauntered up past the state line to a town called Franklin, right off I-65 because he wanted to hit "just one more" Walmart Supercenter for his toy fix. Turns out the diesel (at the time) was a lot cheaper than in TN so I topped up. But while in the store I discovered they sold Cherry RC Cola, and that was it. I was hooked! Every trip to Nashville always ended with a detour the extra 30 or so miles to load up on Cherry RC from Walmart and fill up at the Flying J. I think the savings difference on an empty tank paid for the extra miles up there and back.
Nope, I actually never saw that in KY, only in specialty stores down here. There's a place in Pensacola called the Apple Market that stocks it, I might give it a go soon.Yep, it has been a while since I last drank an Cherry RC Cola. Have you ever drank an Ale 8 1 (Ale Eight one) in a green bottle? That is a soft drink similar to Canada Dry Ginger Ale. It is made in Winchester, Kentucky and they use real sugar, no corn syrup.