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XK4 · 03-21-2017, 08:02 AM

What premium over regular are you paying for premium fuel? In my little town the premium ranges from $0.46 to $0.60. This seems a bit much.

why? · 03-21-2017, 08:47 AM

unfortunately that's normal now. Stations are doing everything they can to get regular fuel as cheap as possible, while refineries are doing the same, so everything else costs more.

Tcoat · 03-21-2017, 09:34 AM

Regular $3.73 - $4.00
Premium $4.00 to $5.00

When I bought the car premium was $6.00 or more.

Stop whining.

jasonojordan · 03-21-2017, 10:00 AM

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Originally Posted by XK4

What premium over regular are you paying for premium fuel? In my little town the premium ranges from $0.46 to $0.60. This seems a bit much.

If you think thats bad. There have been stations I have stopped at here in northern Minnesota that are not even 93 but 91 and they were charging over $1 a gallon more for premium then regular.

Gotta pay to play my friend. The other option is buy the required hardware to run e85. Don't know how much you drive a year but my guess is the difference in savings in gas would take several years to break even.

Somerandom18 · 03-21-2017, 10:02 AM

Think my shell is 80 over. Don't pay attention much tbh.

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Silver Cervy · 03-21-2017, 10:14 AM

If you're talking about 93 octane then it costs $2.70/gallon average around here in NC.

XK4 · 03-21-2017, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by jasonojordan

If you think thats bad. There have been stations I have stopped at here in northern Minnesota that are not even 93 but 91 and they were charging over $1 a gallon more for premium then regular.

Gotta pay to play my friend. The other option is buy the required hardware to run e85. Don't know how much you drive a year but my guess is the difference in savings in gas would take several years to break even.

Sadly, I don't have the option of E85. Not one station in town carries it.

Cole · 03-21-2017, 04:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Tcoat

Regular $3.73 - $4.00
Premium $4.00 to $5.00

When I bought the car premium was $6.00 or more.

Stop whining.

Was going to say this. I paid $4.70/gallon last time I filled up

carbonBLUE · 03-22-2017, 12:38 AM

man thats crazy, here in texas its 2.50 a gallon for premium

SCQTT · 03-22-2017, 01:16 AM

Ohio, Shell, today 209.9 (87) 279.9 (93)

spike021 · 03-22-2017, 01:17 AM

Usually around here it's 20-40 cents more from what I've seen.

Kaotic Lazagna · 03-22-2017, 01:38 AM

On our cars, it's about 2 to 4 bucks more a tank than regular. Is that really too much? Think about it, most people here will spend 2 bucks more on a cup of Starbucks than say, McD's coffee everyday.

At least you guys probably get 93 octane up there. We're stuck with 91 here in Cali, and 87 out here is around $2.899 already.

serialk11r · 03-22-2017, 03:40 AM

Wait 40 cents? I feel like it's usually 10 cents more for 89, then another 10 cents more for 91. If the difference is bigger than that, I refuse to use that gas station.

Recently here in the SF Bay it's been around 2.8/gal for 87 at a cheaper station, and 3 for 91. As long as it's under 4, it's cheap in my book, but I still hunt for cheap gas to not reward the stations that try to gouge you.

soulreapersteve · 03-22-2017, 07:58 AM

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Originally Posted by serialk11r

Wait 40 cents? I feel like it's usually 10 cents more for 89, then another 10 cents more for 91. If the difference is bigger than that, I refuse to use that gas station.

Recently here in the SF Bay it's been around 2.8/gal for 87 at a cheaper station, and 3 for 91. As long as it's under 4, it's cheap in my book, but I still hunt for cheap gas to not reward the stations that try to gouge you.

This is what I do.

Less than 2 miles from my house is a station that charges 3.50. I've seen others charge almost 4 (not very common but I've seen a handful).

Travel 7 more miles to neighboring city and its 2.89! :o

03-21-2017, 08:02 AM	#1
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03-21-2017, 08:47 AM	#2
why? Only happy when it rains. Join Date: Feb 2013 Drives: series.blue Location: Harnett county NC Posts: 1,995 Thanks: 5,698 Thanked 1,263 Times in 749 Posts Mentioned: 25 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	unfortunately that's normal now. Stations are doing everything they can to get regular fuel as cheap as possible, while refineries are doing the same, so everything else costs more.

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