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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:01 PM
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2.99 for premium here in Atlanta
I drive a Volvo station wagon, 10 years old and designed to run on 91 octane (NOTE: You don't need premium if your engine wasn't designed to run on it, look at your owner's manual for further guidance). Yikes.
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RebelOne Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:03 PM
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1. It is a little cheaper than that up in Cherokee and Cobb counties.
Regular this morning was averaging $2.48 and premium about $2.75.
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:28 PM
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15. We live in Smyrna, just a stone's throw from the perimeter...
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phantom power Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:03 PM
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2. Is that the normal, non-tourist-trap price?
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:07 PM
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4. Not at all. It was .65 when I moved here ten years ago...
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 12:08 PM by Modem Butterfly
...and before the war it was about $1.75.
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dweller Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:07 PM
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3. did you notice the price for Diesel?
passed a station around here yesterday, with $2.45/regular, $2.95/Diesel

when the truckers stop, we are all going to feel it.


dp
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Dukkha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:16 PM
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10. It's already happened here
Edited on Mon Aug-15-05 12:32 PM by Neo
A local truck co in Ohio just went out of business because their fuel costs increased by $10,000.00 a month.

Sooner or later someone's gonna snap over this and someone will end up dead, whether it be a politician, Oil Co. executive, or a gas station owner, people haven't been this outraged since the energy crisis of the 70's and it's gonna get ugly.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:09 PM
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5. Don't use higher octane then is required, your car
is tuned to run on that, and higher octane won't do anything.
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:12 PM
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8. Yeah, that's sort of my problem
I'm stuck with it. And in any event, the difference is .20 or so per gallon, and not really much of a help.
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Snotcicles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:16 PM
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11. Gotcha, I have been meaning to tell ya
how I sympathize with you living in that Right wing hornets nest.
My in-laws are down there.
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in_cog_ni_to Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:10 PM
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6. 2.80 here for premium. 60 miles south of Chicago. n/t
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TechBear_Seattle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:11 PM
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7. Quit complaining
It's $3.10 for premium here in Seattle. Local news is claiming we are third highest in the country.
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:29 PM
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16. A dime's difference.
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Imagevision Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:13 PM
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9. Have you figured how much more in gas costs to reach work?
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:28 PM
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14. I live close to work, so the cost difference isn't so bad
The average commute in Atlanta is very long, so both my partner and I are doing okay. I live six miles from work, he lives seven. But damn, it sure seemed strange to see that price today.
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purple in the south Donating Member (14 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:21 PM
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12. an arm and a leg
the price of oil is too high
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Aug-15-05 12:25 PM
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13. 2.49 for regular in N. Decatur.
Lowest I've seen inside the Perimeter.
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