What are your gas prices?
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We had a big jump this morning. It is now $1.329 per litre - making it about $5.03 U.S. a gallon. I have no idea what is going on, but this is bloody insane.
But I wish the premium ones were proper petrol. The thing with ethanol is that if you leave it alone for too long, it will separate. Sure, it will take a couple of weeks to do that, but think about how long you might be out of the country for sometimes? Plus, it's hygroscopic.
All gasoline deteriorates, not just ethanol. Pure gasoline just takes a little longer.
Over here, they sell a product called STA-BIL in auto parts stores. This is an additive that will stabilize the fuel in your car and prevent deterioration of the fuel for quite a long period of time. This product is mostly marketed to the collector car crowd as they will leave their vehicles parked for anywhere between 6 and 9 months at times.
I can definitely see the potential value of that.
The trouble with ethanol blends is that, as you say, the deterioration occurs much faster than with pure petrol. Outside of vintage car owners, no-one will ever need to worry about pure petrol causing problems. But ethanol blends can start to separate and acidify after just 2 weeks, so if you take a typical summer holiday, there's an outside chance of it happening. Up that to 3 or so weeks (which I do some winters), and it becomes likely rather than just an outside chance. That's worrying.
I remember coming back from a long break a couple of years ago (I think within the period of ethanol being added) and within a couple of miles of driving for the first time in abouta month, a sparkplug gave out. Sure, probably nothing to do with the petrol; odds are it was just its time to die. But in hindsight, I wonder...
The petrol price just went up to a national record over here. 15.13 SEK / liter.
That makes it $8.28 USD / US gallon.
Diesel also joined petrol over the 15 SEK barrier and is now 15.08 SEK. $8.25USD / US gallon.
On a sidenote, this is the first time in nearly two years that diesel is cheaper than petrol.
That makes it $8.28 USD / US gallon.
Diesel also joined petrol over the 15 SEK barrier and is now 15.08 SEK. $8.25USD / US gallon.
On a sidenote, this is the first time in nearly two years that diesel is cheaper than petrol.
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To follow up on my random tangent of comparing premium unleadeds, since running on Tesco Momentum, I've noticed that power delivery is slightly smoothly through the revs, but I think I've lost a little grunt at the top of the range. It's probably a better balance in terms of day-to-day driving, but Shell V-Power offers the crisper throttle response and a little more power at the top. Small differences only, but I wonder if it's the relatively larger ethanol component in Momentum that's accounting for that given that they both are 99 octane, by RON. Of course, I'd need to dyno test it to really know what's going on, but in a way, gut instinct feel is more relevant than science even if it's more biased/inaccurate.
To follow up on my random tangent of comparing premium unleadeds, since running on Tesco Momentum, I've noticed that power delivery is slightly smoothly through the revs, but I think I've lost a little grunt at the top of the range. It's probably a better balance in terms of day-to-day driving, but Shell V-Power offers the crisper throttle response and a little more power at the top. Small differences only, but I wonder if it's the relatively larger ethanol component in Momentum that's accounting for that given that they both are 99 octane, by RON. Of course, I'd need to dyno test it to really know what's going on, but in a way, gut instinct feel is more relevant than science even if it's more biased/inaccurate.
Ian Keldon
Fleet Captain
$3.50/gallon (US Midwest)
And there's no excuse for it.
We're a net exporter of gasoline. Just require the refiners to lower prices so that people can afford to buy more.
And get the speculators out of the oil/gas market.
And there's no excuse for it.
We're a net exporter of gasoline. Just require the refiners to lower prices so that people can afford to buy more.
And get the speculators out of the oil/gas market.
You know, lads, I'm having trouble understanding how you lot can complain when some of us pay twice that.
You can bet your arse those bloody tanks you call cars will vanish faster than a fart in a fan factory if the yanks raise the petrol prices to european levels.
You can bet your arse those bloody tanks you call cars will vanish faster than a fart in a fan factory if the yanks raise the petrol prices to european levels.
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It's not a competition. We complain because we remember a time when gas prices were a lot lower than they are now. I've been driving for less than a decade, and I remember when gas was less than $1 per gallon. You just can't do a fair comparison of gas prices in the US vs other countries. The economy is different. The driving culture is different. These prices are all relative.
Just went up to $3.82 for regular unleaded.
Anywhere from $3.67 to $3.75.
Holy shit dude,have you thought about downgrading from something other than a tank? My twin turbo Subaru Legacy does 21 MPG, and needless to say that's already a thirsty car!
My merc does 17 mpg (16.80) also. And the previous verion of this car did even less. I dunno what NCC drives, but my 372 ponies are very, very hungry.
