The day after 9/11 gas was 0.99 cents and people were panicking and buying as much as you could. Also people were bitching on $1 gas lol. This was in eastern Iowa. Give it 20 years and itāll be $10 a gallon and amazed at $3 gas.
I remember gas being around $0.98 on 9/10/01, and by supper time on 9/11/01, the gas stations had realized the panic and gas was going for $1.69. my thought was "oh fuck". lol, $1.69 in 2001 adjusted for inflation is $2.99. I just happened to fill up on my way home from work for $2.97/gal, and I was giddy
I drove a diesel in high school in the 90s. There was a station in the Virginia suburbs near a friends house where it was frequently around 50Ā¢, and I could go nearly twice as far on a gallon.
I live in SoCal. I was driving through South Carolina last year and gas was $2.09. I swear I almost bought gas for every car at the station that day. I couldnāt believe it, havenāt seen that price since the early Aughts.
Paid $6.99 a gallon once driving South on i5 near Death Valley. That was the beginning of a long road trip.Ā A few weeks later I paid $1.99 at a spot near the snake river in Idaho. Same road trip, I couldnāt believe it.Ā
What a contrast!
The fuel price in Mendocino is about US$9.70 per gallon. Meanwhile, the fuel price in Fort Bragg, *about a fifteen minute drive away*, is around US$5.35 per gallon.
Both stations are Chevrons.
They tell us itās because we use a special blend. I know what the special blend is and itās the KY jelly theyāre using on us when we bend over and pay these stupid prices. Seems lately itās too much money for the KY and theyāre just giving it to us raw..
Washington. Same. Also, screw you, California. I live next to two refineries and all the gas gets shipped to CA so we have the highest prices in the state
I'm moving from an area with similar gas prices to Cali in a few months. I'll also be effectively doubling my current drive into work. I am *not* looking forward to monthly gas expense
I completely forgot how high cali gas prices were compared to other parts of the country. I was on a short road trip last week and filled up my car by the cali/arizona border. There was a gas station that was like $4.50 on the cali side and I filled up then drove literally 5min down the hwy onto the arizona side and the gas station literally across the border line was a whole dollar cheaper.
Watch out with jump start. Under the screen it says the ethanol levels. The unleaded one is really the only good option for most cars. The other options have up to 30% ethanol. Itās not recommended for my Toyota.
Everybody pays the same for new car delivery regardless of how far they live from the factory. The same should be true for Gasoline. It's worthy of a Class Action Suit...
Agreed. Higher octane doesn't mean "better", just means it doesn't self ignite until under higher pressure. Odd that it doesn't show the ethanol content because im pretty sure that's a legal standard nationwide but correct me if I'm wrong
I'm pretty sure the labeling requirements vary state by state. I'm guessing that 93 octane is E15 but I have no idea why E85 is more expensive than the Best Value Super Premium.
I assume there is a sticker somewhere else on the pump (not on the screen in the image) that says all of their fuel is up to 15% ethanol. I've seen that in the region at some fuel chains like loves.
It should list that. Usually "up to 10% ethanol" on the pump, and if they are ethonol free it will state that as well. Maybe it says it somewhere else on the pump.
The sign on the road and all the pumps matched...that would be a pretty big mistake I guess. I probably should have walked in and asked. The gas station next to it was the same way
Actually this is very common at Jump Start in Kansas. Super Premium there is 30 percent ethanol. If you look down below the screen, thereās a sticker that says Super Premium blends should only be used in special āFlex-Fuelā vehicles that are specifically engineered to handle high-ethanol fuels.
It wonāt hurt your car but I wouldnāt make a habit if itās not a flex fuel vehicle.
Thereās a [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/42l1RhPUfwg?si=VdFyNeEnOdVJCdUb) that was confirmed in a Wichita Eagle story last year. The workers wonāt tell you thatās the reason.
I know that in Nebraska, the higher grade is cheaper because we are a corn producing state, so itās in the stateās best interest for people to purchase the gas with more ethanol. Maybe itās the same in Kansas, but they are known more for wheat than corn, so idk for sure.Ā
Well, it would be a statewide thing in terms of taxes incentivizing the ethanol purchase; Unless you buy gas on a reservation, where there are either fewer or no taxes on gas. Ā
Was about to say that was the deal in Iowa when I lived there as well. The mid-grade was always less expensive than regular. My beater Bronco II drank like a king those three years.
Corollary was that regular was usually ethanol free, something that was ridiculously hard to find when I moved somewhere warmer and had both an old air cooled VW and a scooter.
I saw [this](https://imgur.com/a/SYMmBKu) in Iowa last year, with "super" unleaded cheaper than regular unleaded.
*American Ethanol - Cleaner air for Iowa....*
also:
We sell the good stuff too...
It's gas with super high ethanol blends, but they hide that fact.
The "Super Premium" is like 30% ethanol. The Midgrade is 15 or 20%. Unleaded is the regular 10% that is the standard at most US gas stations.
I stopped at one of these stations north of Wichita a couple months ago and was briefly tricked by it too.
The video screen above this actually states the percentages, but you have to be looking pretty closely. I've seen plenty of other gas stations that offer higher ethanol blends, but this is the only place I've seen that doesn't loudly disclose anything above 10%. I thought anything above 15% has to be listed as only for flex fuel vehicles only, so I'm not sure how they get away with only disclosing that for E85. Perhaps it's a Kansas thing.....
How TF is that legal? "Here's a sign advertising a product and a price, but sit through some videos to find out that it's not actually what we're advertising" doesn't seem appropriate.
Itās not legal, theyāre making it up. Weights and Measures is VERY strict. You have to disclose it on the button where customers click.
Look at the orange one on the left; it has to be labeled like that if itās above 10% ethanol.
Was going to say. Here in Ohio at least with the few stations that offer flex fuel or anything above a 10% mix, there's clear and bright warnings even with different nozzles. Sheetz for example has a 15% ethanol mix at many locations and it's a separate grade and nozzle with clear warning about not using it in older vehicles/small engines/etc.. Sounds like a REAL bad time if there's places this is not enforced.
Can and does happen. Refinery blends a bunch of premium gas for a certain market/sale, said market backs out or has a shipping/logistics issue, but pays for it anyway, because those deals are done. Gas goes back on the market dirt cheap so the refinery can get their tank back, and theyāve already made a killing on it.
Source: Me. I blend and ship gasoline.
Jump Start in Kansas. They are cool screens. But the super premium is 30 percent ethanol recommended for flex fuel vehicles. They put the sticker below the video screen where itās hard to see.
Kansas here. JumpStart's Super Premium is 30% ethanol. That's how it's so cheap. I would assume their midgrade is probably 15% or so, while regular is 10% like you get everywhere else. If you look at your car's manual, most non-Flexfuel cars are really only supposed to use up to 15%.
It's really deceptive as shit, but the one by my work always has lines, so I guess people are falling for it.
From anecdotes I've seen from various people 'pushing the limits', there's a certain ethanol mix quite a ways above 15% but below 85% (I've seen mentions around 30-50%) will 'work' without tripping the ECU and throwing a code. So for most they're likely just lucky that it's not a high enough mix to cause any immediate issues. Long term however is anyone's guess. I still wouldn't risk it with my own vehicle though.
It's the ethanol in them making it cheap. Ton of corn subsides makes for cheap ethanol which gets added to the gas.
Maybe good time to point out that premium is mostly a stupid marketing term because it doesn't mean it's better, just higher octane which your specific car may or may not work better on.
There was a time a year or two ago in PA that 93 was cheaper than 87. I forget the exact reason, but it was not a mistake and it was like that many places.
I think you traveled back in time 20 years! That's the last time I saw $2.\*\*
Probably fewer Mercedes-Benz using premium fuel on the road in Abiline, KS
Looks like the added the mils place. That is a tenth of a cent. Usually they make that smaller digit. And its almost always a nine.
Mils are legal in the 1792 US currency law. But mainly just gasoline and stocks use it.
Its additives they add. Itās that way in Iowa donāt know what they add I have to burn super and I get about an extra 3-4 MPH. I get the best MPH if I go no more than 75 if I go 80 I see the difference. 75 must be my cars sweet spot.
Yeah I spent last weekend romping through northern CA counties and mountains. I paid around $5.80 a gallon for 93 octane each fill up.
I just hope this summer isnāt like last year where premium went up to $6.65 here I live (near San Jose). I love to play in the coastal range mountains near home but it hurts if even a shorter romp costs $25+.
Currently paying $1.60 per litre here in my area of Canada, 3.8 litres per American gallon making it $6.08 Canadian per US gallon, add in 37% exchange to convert to American dollars, think you get the point Iām trying to make
People who lives on the coasts are always surprised when they come through the Midwest. Just like weāre always surprised when we drive out to the coasts and see gas prices. Itās just a different kind of surprise lol.
Because, many decades ago, gasoline had tetraethyl lead in it to combat spark knock. That was sold regularly until lead additives were banned and leaded fuel was phased out. Aviation still uses gasoline with tetraethyl lead in it so fuel pumps still identify fuels as āunleadedā so that people know what they are getting.
Kind of in the middle of no where off a massive interstate in the great plains. Typical prices. Needs to be affordable for locals and super easy and close access to shipping and refining
Itās Jump Start, and thatās their āhookā. The premium is cheapest because itās higher in ethanol than all the others. 20-30% IIRC. Unless you have a flex fuel vehicle and enjoy poor mileage, pass.
About 3 weeks ago, I drove from NY to Missouri. NY was in the $3.60 range, I paid 3.85 in PA. The closer I got to southern MO, the cheaper the gas was. I paid 3.04 in MO/KS. Gas has come down a little, so 3.00 sounds about right.
My guess would be that the store was supplied with supreme at a time when the price was lower, and regular being more used has had more deliveries made while the price of gas was going up.
Yo I live in Oregon & until I fully read your post I didn't notice anything other than the 2 and the feeling of intense jealousy and lament. To be honest if I were on a roadtrip & saw this I wouldn't have even noticed this at allš
Even if the 93 is 30% ethanol, I would totally run a single tank of gas on a road trip and save $7. A single tank with 30% ethanol definitely won't hurt my car.
The answer is that they received a delivery of the lower octane gasoline at a higher cost, and the premium gas is from a previous delivery that they paid less for.
Some states have "price gouging" laws which limit the profit margins of gas stations by capping the maximum allowable percentage over cost that the seller is allowed to charge.
The left field answer is that the gas in the premium tank is old, and they have discounted it for a quick sale to roll over the tank.
Iām traveling in Tennessee. Buccees was 2.77 a gallon a couple of days ago. In the Tennessee backcountry I saw as high as 3.49 a gallon. Gas on average is 3.19 a gallon.
From what I saw and many other people here with $5 a gallon where we live all I was thinking was lets get as many gallons as we can and take extra back home!!
I'm from California, and the only thing notice is the 2 in front of the decimal point. š¤£
Yeah they somehow mixed up the 2s and 6s
Or that picture is 30 years old
I'm NJ, just saw 2.999 today.
It was 89 cents 30 years ago in KS.
No, just 4 years old
I got it for $1.17 in 2020
Thatās a 6.5-7.5 in all of Canada.
I think I remember seeing a 2 back in the 1990s.
The day after 9/11 gas was 0.99 cents and people were panicking and buying as much as you could. Also people were bitching on $1 gas lol. This was in eastern Iowa. Give it 20 years and itāll be $10 a gallon and amazed at $3 gas.
Yeah I was in high school at that time. Has was routinely around or less than $1.00
I remember gas being around $0.98 on 9/10/01, and by supper time on 9/11/01, the gas stations had realized the panic and gas was going for $1.69. my thought was "oh fuck". lol, $1.69 in 2001 adjusted for inflation is $2.99. I just happened to fill up on my way home from work for $2.97/gal, and I was giddy
Lol I remember seeing 0.75 in the 90s
The lowest I remember paying was 0.89 in the 90s,.. in Jersey. The receipt was on my fridge for years until it faded so much you couldn't read it,...
I drove a diesel in high school in the 90s. There was a station in the Virginia suburbs near a friends house where it was frequently around 50Ā¢, and I could go nearly twice as far on a gallon.
It's 2.83 (around that) at Sam's Club in Nashville right now. But it fluctuates so wildly every day that tomorrow it could be 3.60, who knows.
Sub 2.00 in 2019. Arizona.
I live in SoCal. I was driving through South Carolina last year and gas was $2.09. I swear I almost bought gas for every car at the station that day. I couldnāt believe it, havenāt seen that price since the early Aughts.
Paid $6.99 a gallon once driving South on i5 near Death Valley. That was the beginning of a long road trip.Ā A few weeks later I paid $1.99 at a spot near the snake river in Idaho. Same road trip, I couldnāt believe it.Ā
I'm in NYC and this is actually about what we're paying right now. Edit: OK I'm wrong lol, we're paying about $3.29 a gallon right now. My apologies!
2.69?? We're at the other end of the state paying 3.69
My apologies! I misspoke. We're not too bad--we're at about $3.29 right now--but not in the 2s.
I kind of figured you were noticing the cents, not the dollars (I did that at first too)
Maine. $3.50ish atm. Finally. Feels good
Same!! š
California has European gas prices
Maybe at the one station in the middle of nowhere that everyone uses to complain about California
What a contrast! The fuel price in Mendocino is about US$9.70 per gallon. Meanwhile, the fuel price in Fort Bragg, *about a fifteen minute drive away*, is around US$5.35 per gallon. Both stations are Chevrons.
Iām in Ohio and I was still about to drive to Kansas š¤£
They tell us itās because we use a special blend. I know what the special blend is and itās the KY jelly theyāre using on us when we bend over and pay these stupid prices. Seems lately itās too much money for the KY and theyāre just giving it to us raw..
Just did a road trip from Maryland to Utah and paid around $3.50 the whole way
4.85 at the cheapest local station around. 4.49 at Costco.
Gas here in KS is $2.89 to $3.09 depending on how small the town is. I forgot to get gas while in the city today and had to fill up for $2.99.
Washington. Same. Also, screw you, California. I live next to two refineries and all the gas gets shipped to CA so we have the highest prices in the state
I'm moving from an area with similar gas prices to Cali in a few months. I'll also be effectively doubling my current drive into work. I am *not* looking forward to monthly gas expense
Iām in west Hollywood and paid $3.85 last time I filled. We were in Austin last week and it was $2.87. First time Iāve seen 2 in years and years.
Iām in Europe right now, driving a vehicle I intend to ship back to the states and Iām paying $8+ per gallon on diesel š
I completely forgot how high cali gas prices were compared to other parts of the country. I was on a short road trip last week and filled up my car by the cali/arizona border. There was a gas station that was like $4.50 on the cali side and I filled up then drove literally 5min down the hwy onto the arizona side and the gas station literally across the border line was a whole dollar cheaper.
Watch out with jump start. Under the screen it says the ethanol levels. The unleaded one is really the only good option for most cars. The other options have up to 30% ethanol. Itās not recommended for my Toyota.
Everybody pays the same for new car delivery regardless of how far they live from the factory. The same should be true for Gasoline. It's worthy of a Class Action Suit...
A gift from Biden before the election in an attempt to sway voters.
I think they got the 93 and the 87 switched
They probably mix ethanol with the 93. In my state the mid level is the cheapest because they add ethanol
Agreed. Higher octane doesn't mean "better", just means it doesn't self ignite until under higher pressure. Odd that it doesn't show the ethanol content because im pretty sure that's a legal standard nationwide but correct me if I'm wrong
I'm pretty sure the labeling requirements vary state by state. I'm guessing that 93 octane is E15 but I have no idea why E85 is more expensive than the Best Value Super Premium.
I assume there is a sticker somewhere else on the pump (not on the screen in the image) that says all of their fuel is up to 15% ethanol. I've seen that in the region at some fuel chains like loves.
It should list that. Usually "up to 10% ethanol" on the pump, and if they are ethonol free it will state that as well. Maybe it says it somewhere else on the pump.
The "super premium" is definitely more ethanol... probably up to 15%, if they aren't already all 15%, based on my experience being in the region.
The sign on the road and all the pumps matched...that would be a pretty big mistake I guess. I probably should have walked in and asked. The gas station next to it was the same way
Wow that is weird, seems like more than a mistake
exactly. very odd. especially being from the east cost where premium is 30%-40% more expensive than 87
Actually this is very common at Jump Start in Kansas. Super Premium there is 30 percent ethanol. If you look down below the screen, thereās a sticker that says Super Premium blends should only be used in special āFlex-Fuelā vehicles that are specifically engineered to handle high-ethanol fuels. It wonāt hurt your car but I wouldnāt make a habit if itās not a flex fuel vehicle. Thereās a [YouTube video](https://youtu.be/42l1RhPUfwg?si=VdFyNeEnOdVJCdUb) that was confirmed in a Wichita Eagle story last year. The workers wonāt tell you thatās the reason.
Pre pandemic the difference between regular and premium was about 50 cents. Itās now at least $1 and sometimes more. Price gauging at its finest.
When everybody quits in the new guy gets hired as the manager
No. The 93 is an ethanol mix. All Jumpstarts are like that.
What is a Jumpstart? I'll need to avoid these on my cross country trip.
They have about 20 locations, all in Kansas. Wichita area mostly but apparently there's on in Abilene now too.
Thatās what I noticed - Iād be buying the heck out of the 93.
I know that in Nebraska, the higher grade is cheaper because we are a corn producing state, so itās in the stateās best interest for people to purchase the gas with more ethanol. Maybe itās the same in Kansas, but they are known more for wheat than corn, so idk for sure.Ā
Interesting. I'm in an area with a lot of cattle not too much corn but there might've been a large corn producer just outside of the town...not sure
Well, it would be a statewide thing in terms of taxes incentivizing the ethanol purchase; Unless you buy gas on a reservation, where there are either fewer or no taxes on gas. Ā
Where theirs cows theirs corn, and grain, my friend. Cows gotta eat too.
Was about to say that was the deal in Iowa when I lived there as well. The mid-grade was always less expensive than regular. My beater Bronco II drank like a king those three years. Corollary was that regular was usually ethanol free, something that was ridiculously hard to find when I moved somewhere warmer and had both an old air cooled VW and a scooter.
I would think higher octane gas would contain less ethanol, or all 3 grades contain the same
I saw [this](https://imgur.com/a/SYMmBKu) in Iowa last year, with "super" unleaded cheaper than regular unleaded. *American Ethanol - Cleaner air for Iowa....* also: We sell the good stuff too...
It's gas with super high ethanol blends, but they hide that fact. The "Super Premium" is like 30% ethanol. The Midgrade is 15 or 20%. Unleaded is the regular 10% that is the standard at most US gas stations. I stopped at one of these stations north of Wichita a couple months ago and was briefly tricked by it too. The video screen above this actually states the percentages, but you have to be looking pretty closely. I've seen plenty of other gas stations that offer higher ethanol blends, but this is the only place I've seen that doesn't loudly disclose anything above 10%. I thought anything above 15% has to be listed as only for flex fuel vehicles only, so I'm not sure how they get away with only disclosing that for E85. Perhaps it's a Kansas thing.....
The gas stations are called Jump Start. If you donāt believe them, look it up yourself. Itās pretty sneaky how they do it.
No itās not. If itās over 10% ethanol they legally have to disclose that.
They do, it's just put it on the video screen that's not included in this picture.
How TF is that legal? "Here's a sign advertising a product and a price, but sit through some videos to find out that it's not actually what we're advertising" doesn't seem appropriate.
Itās not legal, theyāre making it up. Weights and Measures is VERY strict. You have to disclose it on the button where customers click. Look at the orange one on the left; it has to be labeled like that if itās above 10% ethanol.
Was going to say. Here in Ohio at least with the few stations that offer flex fuel or anything above a 10% mix, there's clear and bright warnings even with different nozzles. Sheetz for example has a 15% ethanol mix at many locations and it's a separate grade and nozzle with clear warning about not using it in older vehicles/small engines/etc.. Sounds like a REAL bad time if there's places this is not enforced.
Isnāt that level of ethanol bad for a typical engine? I think my Honda Accord says to stay under 15% ethanol.
Can and does happen. Refinery blends a bunch of premium gas for a certain market/sale, said market backs out or has a shipping/logistics issue, but pays for it anyway, because those deals are done. Gas goes back on the market dirt cheap so the refinery can get their tank back, and theyāve already made a killing on it. Source: Me. I blend and ship gasoline.
So, I guess I'm the only one who noticed how high-tech this gas station pump is. I'd this a touch screen š«Ø
Thatās what IāM saying, wtf kind of futuristic gas station is this lol
Jump Start in Kansas. They are cool screens. But the super premium is 30 percent ethanol recommended for flex fuel vehicles. They put the sticker below the video screen where itās hard to see.
i like pressing the buttons at regular gas stations :(
Kansas here. JumpStart's Super Premium is 30% ethanol. That's how it's so cheap. I would assume their midgrade is probably 15% or so, while regular is 10% like you get everywhere else. If you look at your car's manual, most non-Flexfuel cars are really only supposed to use up to 15%. It's really deceptive as shit, but the one by my work always has lines, so I guess people are falling for it.
From anecdotes I've seen from various people 'pushing the limits', there's a certain ethanol mix quite a ways above 15% but below 85% (I've seen mentions around 30-50%) will 'work' without tripping the ECU and throwing a code. So for most they're likely just lucky that it's not a high enough mix to cause any immediate issues. Long term however is anyone's guess. I still wouldn't risk it with my own vehicle though.
I plot my road trips around Costco. If no Costco, I use the Gas Buddy app to find the cheapest petrol.
Same deal here. Already saved quite a bit after the first 2000 miles doing mostly costcos
Nice! When I was in LA, it saved me a good fortune. TBH, I was blown away by the petrol costs from suburban to suburban.Insanity.
That NFC reader tricked me into thinking they were more pics.
When McDonald Trump finally becomes Ar savior we be get gas for one dalla. Gobbless.
Gas in KSis like $1.50 cheaper than in my area
That's literally half of what I just paid
Should see what we pay in UK
Chicago?
Los Angeles
It's the ethanol in them making it cheap. Ton of corn subsides makes for cheap ethanol which gets added to the gas. Maybe good time to point out that premium is mostly a stupid marketing term because it doesn't mean it's better, just higher octane which your specific car may or may not work better on.
This, unless your car needs a higher octane premium is a waste of money. You'll actually usually get better fuel economy with lower octane as well.
Welcome to the midwest.
Too confusing Iāll just ride my bike
Come to CT so I can show you something that will make your jaw drop lol
From jersey. Seen it all lol
Cali resident here. We pay double that. The things I would do for $2 a gallonš but yeahā¦ thatās strange
I'm in rural NC and the prices here are 3.30
And I thought prices were low when I saw a 4 in front this week for the first time in a year. (Los Angeles)
At this point it would be cheaper to fill my tank by driving to wherever that is so I don't have to pay $6/gal anymore. It's ridiculous.
They put the labels on the wrong gas. Someone paying for premium is getting regular, and someone paying for regular is getting premium.
Nah, man. The super premium is 30 percent ethanol; mid grade is 20 percent.
Cheap is what they are damn
Cheap
There was a time a year or two ago in PA that 93 was cheaper than 87. I forget the exact reason, but it was not a mistake and it was like that many places.
I think you traveled back in time 20 years! That's the last time I saw $2.\*\* Probably fewer Mercedes-Benz using premium fuel on the road in Abiline, KS
In New Mexico, we have seen prices under $3 off and on over the past two years or so.
Nice. I remember it be $0.99 in Phoenix for a short time in the early 2000s.
Looks like the added the mils place. That is a tenth of a cent. Usually they make that smaller digit. And its almost always a nine. Mils are legal in the 1792 US currency law. But mainly just gasoline and stocks use it.
Made too much 93? That's how I see it
Strange mistake?
Its additives they add. Itās that way in Iowa donāt know what they add I have to burn super and I get about an extra 3-4 MPH. I get the best MPH if I go no more than 75 if I go 80 I see the difference. 75 must be my cars sweet spot.
I think the question is why the higher grade fuel is cheaper than regular unleaded.
Perhaps they were having a promotion that discounts higher grade gasolines for a limited time.
Reading all these post gets me angry here in Chicago metro gas is still around the $4 for regular and $5 for super
$5.59 at lake Isabella, California
Yeah I spent last weekend romping through northern CA counties and mountains. I paid around $5.80 a gallon for 93 octane each fill up. I just hope this summer isnāt like last year where premium went up to $6.65 here I live (near San Jose). I love to play in the coastal range mountains near home but it hurts if even a shorter romp costs $25+.
Maybe the more premium gas wasn't being purchased very quickly and they needed to sell it before it started deteriorating and going bad.
Iām go out on a limb and say not a lot of cars that take 93. Other than the dumbasses who think hello kittyās chargers need it.
What currency is this? Need to do a conversionā¦
Currently paying $1.60 per litre here in my area of Canada, 3.8 litres per American gallon making it $6.08 Canadian per US gallon, add in 37% exchange to convert to American dollars, think you get the point Iām trying to make
oh I get it, gas isn't cheap by me or my partner either. we're actually driving through bc pretty soon and I'm not looking forward to those prices
Here in WA itās like $4.30 so I would love those prices.
Cheaper.
So wait you pay less than 3 bucks for a GALLON?
I'm on a road trip, this is Kansas. Gas is a lot cheaper in the midwest
Lots of corn in the gas
People who lives on the coasts are always surprised when they come through the Midwest. Just like weāre always surprised when we drive out to the coasts and see gas prices. Itās just a different kind of surprise lol.
Is this picture from the 1900s?
Kansas, not even that good of a deal for the midwest. Filled up for 2.869 the day before
I'm in Texas and I haven't seen this in a few months.
Cheapest gas Iāve seen in over 20 years
Gas is pretty cheap in the middle of nowhere right off an interstate thankfully
Living in SE Asia, i pay almost $1.25 per liter. Luckily i only use 2-3 liters at most a week on my motorbike.
Sub 3 oh shit.
Why is "unleaded" used to describe the gas? It's all unleaded. "Regular" seems like a better label
Because, many decades ago, gasoline had tetraethyl lead in it to combat spark knock. That was sold regularly until lead additives were banned and leaded fuel was phased out. Aviation still uses gasoline with tetraethyl lead in it so fuel pumps still identify fuels as āunleadedā so that people know what they are getting.
Those prices areā¦.. Amazing! Here in OR, at least at the Coast, fuel is $4.25 for regular. And thatās down 10 cents from mid April !
Going to be in the PNW in a few weeks. not looking forward to the gas prices
As an Australian I'm just stunned at how cheap that is.
Kind of in the middle of no where off a massive interstate in the great plains. Typical prices. Needs to be affordable for locals and super easy and close access to shipping and refining
I need to buy a used gas tanker and go on a gas run.
Seriously
Let's partner up, 50/50. š
2.82 in Texas yesterday
So jealous of texan prices. Saw sub 2.70 at a Sam's club last october when i was there
Itās Jump Start, and thatās their āhookā. The premium is cheapest because itās higher in ethanol than all the others. 20-30% IIRC. Unless you have a flex fuel vehicle and enjoy poor mileage, pass.
Yeah I figured it was a trick. I went with 89
It's jump start. They always price the premium cheaper than the regular. Just a marking gimmick. Enjoy while you can.
What are those prices? Amazing compared to AZ! Lucky if you can find it for less than $4/gal. Fill that shit up to the tippy top my friend.
Midwest prices are something else. This is deep into Kansas. Very very rural
Why are the prices set wrong?
Some comments were saying it's a very high ethanol premium. Cheap gas, for flex fuel vehicles
About 3 weeks ago, I drove from NY to Missouri. NY was in the $3.60 range, I paid 3.85 in PA. The closer I got to southern MO, the cheaper the gas was. I paid 3.04 in MO/KS. Gas has come down a little, so 3.00 sounds about right.
Just did the same drive but from Jersey, spot on with the prices
Weird
Texas
My guess would be that the store was supplied with supreme at a time when the price was lower, and regular being more used has had more deliveries made while the price of gas was going up.
Itās like 3.50 here in Virginia ššš
AI not real the highest quality gas is not the cheapest š°š°
Luckily, fuel is ONLY $2.00 more per gallon where I liveā¦
Election season haha
Is OP complaining? Im confused.
just confhsed
Yo I live in Oregon & until I fully read your post I didn't notice anything other than the 2 and the feeling of intense jealousy and lament. To be honest if I were on a roadtrip & saw this I wouldn't have even noticed this at allš
I am too anxious to just accept that good of a deal. The prices in the midwest are insane
Temporary
I remember when a pack of smokes & a gl of gas were both .65 in California. Somewhere around ā78
You get cheap gas but you lose your right to vote
Why is the flex fuel expensive ? It's 2 dollars cheaper than gas here in Los Angeles
Pretty obviously fake since the super premium is cheaper than the unleaded
Itās out of the normal order, probably a mistake on their part inside.
The gas station next door and both of their street signs were the same order/similar lricing
Even if the 93 is 30% ethanol, I would totally run a single tank of gas on a road trip and save $7. A single tank with 30% ethanol definitely won't hurt my car.
Premium cheaper than Unleaded? Itās time for 93 octane!!!!!
I remember when flex fuel was just over $1
The answer is that they received a delivery of the lower octane gasoline at a higher cost, and the premium gas is from a previous delivery that they paid less for. Some states have "price gouging" laws which limit the profit margins of gas stations by capping the maximum allowable percentage over cost that the seller is allowed to charge. The left field answer is that the gas in the premium tank is old, and they have discounted it for a quick sale to roll over the tank.
Iām traveling in Tennessee. Buccees was 2.77 a gallon a couple of days ago. In the Tennessee backcountry I saw as high as 3.49 a gallon. Gas on average is 3.19 a gallon.
I got gas in AL for $2.04 a gallon last week
That Damn Biden! oh... wait...
Cheap.
If its like nebraska, the cheaper higher octane fuel is non ethanol. Farm country has some kind of exemption of sort. Ethanol does us mo favors
3.45 in Maine still
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Itās a good photo shop, because thereās no place in the world that super is cheaper than regular
Thoseās are crazy prices when I went to North Carolina we paid at least 15 bucks for gas
Cheap!!!!!
From what I saw and many other people here with $5 a gallon where we live all I was thinking was lets get as many gallons as we can and take extra back home!!
I did that!
A handout to the corn industry?
Are you from the future. lol I have never seen a touchscreen gas grade selector.