$5 Gas around the corner...

[paperfist]

They same this same shit every year and it never happens. Gas prices aren't expected to climb significantly in the next coming weeks.

It's already near $4 ($3.88 here) and historically gas always goes up toward summer. I call it a no brainier.

Now the question is WTF to buy that will get 100MPG?

 

[dmcowen674]

It's already near $4 ($3.88 here) and historically gas always goes up toward summer. I call it a no brainier.

Same here is Chicago

It will be closer to ~$6 here.

 

[dmcowen674]

Dave totally called this 8 years ago.

It hit ~$5 in some places 3 years ago and was even around $5 here in Chicago last year.

The new prediction last year was for $6

I am just about always right especially with the thug oil/gas industry.

 

[Born2bwire]

It hit ~$5 in some places 3 years ago and was even around $5 here in Chicago last year.

The new prediction last year was for $6

I am just about always right especially with the thug oil/gas industry.

Another post by Dave, another link to gas price charts for refutation.

http://www.ChicagoGasPrices.com/ret...Chicago&city2=&city3=&crude=n&tme=72&units=us

 

[LTC8K6]

Another post by Dave, another link to gas price charts for refutation.

http://www.ChicagoGasPrices.com/ret...Chicago&city2=&city3=&crude=n&tme=72&units=us

Well, if the average hit $4.50...

 

[Born2bwire]

Well, if the average hit $4.50...

Then in Dave's math that's $5. He rounds up from 50 cents for his verification purposes.

 

[dmcowen674]

Another post by Dave, another link to gas price charts for refutation.

http://www.ChicagoGasPrices.com/ret...Chicago&city2=&city3=&crude=n&tme=72&units=us

You can pist that website all you want, it does not change the fact that some gas stations downtown Chicago not only hit $5 they went beyond $5.

You can call any of the local TV stations to verify.

They covered the news story.

So every time you and your buds post that website and say you are refuting you are in fact lying.

 

[dmcowen674]

Then in Dave's math that's $5. He rounds up from 50 cents for his verification purposes.

Oh and you are supposed in Illinois so it should be a local call for you to the Chicago TV stations.

 

[Fausto]

As much as I hate paying that much for gas, I love the decreased traffic that goes along with it.

 

[bignateyk]

Oh and you are supposed in Illinois so it should be a local call for you to the Chicago TV stations.

I just called some guy named Scruff Mcgruff. He said he's never seen gas prices hit $5 a gallon.

 

[LTC8K6]

Then in Dave's math that's $5. He rounds up from 50 cents for his verification purposes.

If the average was $4.50, it's entirely possible and believable that it was $5.00 in a few places.

We know it pretty much has exceeded $5 in places in the U.S., because it's relatively easy to find pics of the signs.

http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view...continue-to-rise-in-Washington/#ixzz1K4Cj12oF

 

[Born2bwire]

I just called some guy named Scruff Mcgruff. He said he's never seen gas prices hit $5 a gallon.

Ha, that's a blast from the past.

Scruff McGruff
Chicago, IL 60652

 

[LTC8K6]

It's gone from about $3.15 to now $3.72 here in a very short time...

 

[kalrith]

I better buy that scooter before the prices shoot up because of $5 gas.

 

[Born2bwire]

If the average was $4.50, it's entirely possible and believable that it was $5.00 in a few places.

We know it pretty much has exceeded $5 in places in the U.S., because it's relatively easy to find pics of the signs.

http://www.upi.com/News_Photos/view...continue-to-rise-in-Washington/#ixzz1K4Cj12oF

And I can find stations in the US that are over $6 a gallon. What we want to look at is the gas prices being seen by a reasonable number of people. We can look at US average, state average, or regional average. But it's getting facetious to start picking out single stations and say, "Look, at State and Jackson I pay $5.05 which means that everyone in Chicago is getting shafted despite the fact that at State and Ohio I could pay $4.89." At that point, the difference in price isn't because of difference in the price of oil, transportation, taxes, wages, or cost of living. It's just purely the premium that can be charged that people will still go there and pay out of personal convenience. The whole point is how far do we allow things to get bent before we dismiss them.

I don't think that saying when gas is $4.51 that it's $5 gas. That's around $6-$7 difference at fill-up. And I don't think we can just sit here and cherry pick to find the prices that we want. Why can't I say that since there is a station that's $4.35 at its highest and thus we can still find gas under $5 that we never hit $5 even if it was the only station in town to be under $5?

 

[JimmiG]

I would love to be able to buy gas for $5 a US Gallon. Here it's the equivalent of $8.20/gallon at the moment and has been for the last year or so.

 

[rudder]

Am I the only one who hates the phrase "pain at the pump"?
It is so overused, and it is only used because it is an alliteration. If milk prices went up you wouldn't say you were feeling the pain at the refrigerated dairy section of a grocery store.

I would if I was buying 20 gallons of milk at one time.

 

[Gothgar]

I've seen 5 in Southern Cal...

 

[lxskllr]

I don't think that saying when gas is $4.51 that it's $5 gas. That's around $6-$7 difference at fill-up. And I don't think we can just sit here and cherry pick to find the prices that we want. Why can't I say that since there is a station that's $4.35 at its highest and thus we can still find gas under $5 that we never hit $5 even if it was the only station in town to be under $5?

I don't think that's unreasonable. If gas is $4.80 a gallon, that's close enough to $5. Only pedants make a big deal over that 20¢. You couldn't buy a gallon of gas with the rounded change left over.

 

[AstroManLuca]

Should have elected Michele Bachmann. She promised $2/gallon gas.

 

[lothar]

As much as I hate paying that much for gas, I love the increases to my stock portfolio that goes along with it.

Fixed.

 

[dmcowen674]

And I can find stations in the US that are over $6 a gallon.

What we want to look at is the gas prices being seen by a reasonable number of people.

We can look at US average, state average, or regional average. But it's getting facetious to start picking out single stations and say, "Look, at State and Jackson I pay $5.05 which means that everyone in Chicago is getting shafted despite the fact that at State and Ohio I could pay $4.89." At that point, the difference in price isn't because of difference in the price of oil, transportation, taxes, wages, or cost of living. It's just purely the premium that can be charged that people will still go there and pay out of personal convenience. The whole point is how far do we allow things to get bent before we dismiss them.

I don't think that saying when gas is $4.51 that it's $5 gas. That's around $6-$7 difference at fill-up. And I don't think we can just sit here and cherry pick to find the prices that we want. Why can't I say that since there is a station that's $4.35 at its highest and thus we can still find gas under $5 that we never hit $5 even if it was the only station in town to be under $5?

So if you wound up at one of the stations you say is over $6 a gallon now and you pay that, do you say you paid $4.89 a gallon?

 

[Fausto]

Should have elected Michele Bachmann. She promised $2/gallon gas.

Knowing her, this was probably a math error.

 

[lothar]

Knowing her, this was probably a math error.

Knowing her, I doubt that.

 

[ImpulsE69]

Should have elected Michele Bachmann. She promised $2/gallon gas.

Until she decided the combustible engine was the work of the devil.

Gas prices went up 30 cents/gallon in a week. I do see this happening. Like it or not...they can raise gas prices as high as they want, and we'll buy it. A majority of the country do not have the choice of not driving and/or taking public transportation. There will be no 100mpg cars unless the government makes it a requirement.

Fortunately I can work from home instead of driving the hour each way to work.