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OT. Gas Pricing
"Scott Lurndal" wrote in message
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On Fri, 14 May 2021 10:06:09 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:
On 5/14/2021 12:50 AM, Clare Snyder wrote:
Do you find any real value to using it? In my area, any station in 20
miles is within 5 cents. On a trip, if you get off the highway and
are
willing to travel a few miles you can save 10 cents away from the
interstate.
A typical fill for me is about 15 gallons. How far is it worth
traveling to save 75 cents? I burn 11 cents a mile at current prices.
I can save as much as 8 cents a LITER by filling up at a station on
one side of town vs a station 5 miles away on the other side of town.
When a fillup is 78 liters - so $6.25 savings for 10 mile round trip -
a no-brainer if I can plan the fillup around a trip to that general
end of town - like to pick somethingup at Costco and fill with gas at
the same time.
That is more variation that I ever see. Most is 5 cents but when I go
to my daughter's place today it is in a tourist area and it may be 10
cents.
State taxes vary. When I lived in CT I would buy gas when I went to MA
and save 20 cents, but I crossed the border every day for work, etc.
Again, the state varies but station to station was minimal and I passed
on the the cheapest on my way to work.
OK. so I went to the Gas Buddy web site. It did find me gas that was 20
cents cheaper and it is about 100 miles away. I'd bur 4 gallons to save
$3.
Glad it works for you, but does not for me.
Down here the price seems to gain a nickel every 6-10 miles or so from
Ft Myers where it is cheapest to Naples where it is most expensive.
There are also a few independent "shop and rob" places that are
consistently a dime or more higher than anyone around them. I am not
sure how they sell any gas.
Because a buck fifty isn't worth the time and inconvienence of
checking a dozen stations for the cheapest.
You don’t have to check multiple stations anymore, just use
an app to tell you the prices at the ones close enough.
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