Marty Roth Posted February 6, 2015 Author Share Posted February 6, 2015 Price was up a dime higher here today - just in time for me to drive the 7.3 turbo-diesel Excursion round-trip to Philly for the AACA Annual Meeting. Diesel is still ridiculously higher than 87-no-lead-ethanol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wmsue Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Saw prices that varied from $1.87 to $2.29 today. The stations that jumped to 2.29 were 1.99 earlier this week.What about OPEC and other countries that want to put it to Russia? Keeping the barrel price below $100 puts the screws on Russia. Politics at its best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Gasoline 2 weeks ago tonight in Port Huron Michigan wa $1.74. This evening it is $2.39. It's gone up 65 cents a gallon in 14 days. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 20-25 Cent jumps are normal up here in Michigan... thanks to the corporate owned Speedway stations spread all over the state. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 "Let's say they just had a little vacation. "Helfen, you must be retired, as I am. If I were working in the field and lost my job due to manipulated oil prices, it'd be hard to call it "just a little vacation"......Prices will eventually get back up and should stabilize where they should be, around $100 a barrel. That's $3.50- $4.00 a gallon gas, still cheaper than in most of the world outside the US.....I can't imagine high or low gas prices influencing how much you drive your antique car. It might influence whether you want to trailer a car to a show 1000 miles away, though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 Yeah over the past few months, it's gone from $1.80ish to 2.25ish a few different times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenie Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 I guess the concept of American (and Canadian) energy is lost on our President and his party. We need to get the pipeline built and continue to expand our natural gas infastructure so our great Country is never beholden to any foreign goverment for energy. Job creation that comes along with these efforts is just the icing on the cake. I heat my house with natural gas and there is no rational reason why I cannot drive a CNG car. Let's push these iniatives before we reach another trumped up crisis. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 6, 2015 Share Posted February 6, 2015 "Let's say they just had a little vacation. "Helfen, you must be retired, as I am. If I were working in the field and lost my job due to manipulated oil prices, it'd be hard to call it "just a little vacation"......Prices will eventually get back up and should stabilize where they should be, around $100 a barrel. That's $3.50- $4.00 a gallon gas, still cheaper than in most of the world outside the US.....I can't imagine high or low gas prices influencing how much you drive your antique car. It might influence whether you want to trailer a car to a show 1000 miles away, though.... The only way you are going to get around that labor problem which happens in a free open market, be it the automotive, aerospace, dairy etc. would be to nationalize industry. Life, naturally is full of ups and downs, even squirrels gather nuts for the winter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Well, I'd agree with you "in a free open market", but this situation is being manipulated by OPEC, clear as day. They are targeting American production and new technologies, one or both of which rely on fair oil prices to be sustained. Russia may be just crazy enough as a country to retaliate if prices stay down.Meanwhile, now we can all drive our old cars more! I know a couple of mine get pretty bad mileage, but never worried about it too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2reattas Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The price was 1.44 a gallon the night of the state of the union adress, the next morning it was 1.69, now it's 1.95, this is in tomball, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Skyking Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 $1.44, it got that low???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2reattas Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 The price was 1.44 a gallon the night of the state of the union adress, the next morning it was 1.69, now it's 1.95, this is in tomball, TXThey had to have something positive to tout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Harwood Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trimacar Posted February 8, 2015 Share Posted February 8, 2015 What? The President doesn't have an on/off switch for everything?? I, for one, am shocked.....So, has anyone ever NOT bought an antique car because of bad gas mileage for that particular car?I do enjoy driving my 3/4 ton, big engine, Suburban a little more when I can fill the tank for $60 or so instead of getting into 3 digits.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest AlCapone Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 We are $2.48 today in Michigan. Wayne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest prs519 Posted February 9, 2015 Share Posted February 9, 2015 I believe you are correct about finished product bulk oil, which is to my knowledge almost always in 55 Gallon drums. The big boys with ship-loads call 42 gallons a barrel, however. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Gas prices today went up 20 to 30 cents in one day in my area. I've read that oil prices actually went down. The reason gas prices are up is that steelworkers have gone on strike at around 12 refineries around the country. According to that we should expect prices to rise sharply over the next 3 or more weeks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE POLLARD Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Gas here in the Hudson Valley Region of New York is now pushing $2.50..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 We're nearing $3.00 with many stations at $2.89 here near Portland, OR. I bet it'll pass $3.00 this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hddennis Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 So, has anyone ever NOT bought an antique car because of bad gas mileage for that particular car?NO, but I did give away a clean 1966 Dodge Hemi Coronet 500 with a spun rod for $360.00 during that last phony gas shortage in the late 70's. NOBODY wanted that car then.Howard Dennis Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
39BuickEight Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 back down to $2.06 here today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 So, has anyone ever NOT bought an antique car because of bad gas mileage for that particular car?NO, but I did give away a clean 1966 Dodge Hemi Coronet 500 with a spun rod for $360.00 during that last phony gas shortage in the late 70's. NOBODY wanted that car then.Howard DennisNope. I never took mileage into consideration for a car I wanted to have.I would have taken your Coronet in 73. There were a lot of good deals then but my folks didn't think so, so I lost out big time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larry W Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ouch! This reminiscing about past gas shortages reminds me that I sold my near mint '70 Roadrunner for $750 back in '74. Weeooo, weeooo, weeooo! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caddyshack Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Was around $2.15 a week ago, today the same station had reg. for $2.49. Seems like a strike, a fire, a refinery shutdown, always spikes the price. Here we go again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleach Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Last week one station was at 2.49 and this morning it was 2.99. I bet it'll be over 3.00 on my way home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScarredKnightfan Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 It's been frustrating watching the prices go back up after falling to prices we hadn't seen in quite some time.Cort www.oldcarsstronghearts.com1979 & 1989 Caprice Classics | pigValve, paceMaker, cowValve"Something's wrong in the world today" __ Aerosmith __ 'Living On The Edge' Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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