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Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 2:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
$1.87 everywhere in Brownsville yesterday. $2.05 in Port Isabel, TX, today, down from $2.15 the day before.

Urgrace
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08-19-2000

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 4:04 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Urgrace a private message Print Post    
Was hoping the price would dip just a few more cents by today, but filled the car with $2.029 regular unleaded. That's still 32ยข less per gallon than last time.

Askme_who_ur
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08-19-2006

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 4:53 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Askme_who_ur a private message Print Post    
$1.89 in Houston.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 6:32 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
$2.29 here

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 10:15 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Goin' down - got it for $2.16 today!!

DH had a loaner car, a Suburu Forester. I LOVED it, we need all wheel drive or 4WD as well as extra clearance for our road, and I'm wondering if anyone owns one of these and can tell me how they do w/gas mileage. Almost anything will be better than my Jeep Grand Cherokee, but we're hoping to replace it in a couple years with something that gets 25-30 MPG.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 9:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
I think Tess might have one of those, Teach.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 11:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
$2.55 yesterday.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 12:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Wow, I was surprised to see all the categories of gas and diesel were under $3!

Shashakaye
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05-19-2003

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 2:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Shashakaye a private message Print Post    
It was rumored here that gas was going up after the election. Sure enough, up .06 today. Still only $2.05.

Tess
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04-13-2001

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 3:58 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
Yes, Juju is correct, Teach. Until last week we had two Subaru Foresters. Now we have one as I haven't been able to drive since last March. We LOVE them.

Yesterday when we were going from voting to shopping to lunch to the DMV and finally to get my hair cut we saw prices of $2.06, $2.09, $2.19 and $2.07. These were all at BP stations and it's not that the price rose and they day progressed, there just didn't seem to be any pattern at all.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 8:40 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
How's the gas mileage on a Forester, Tess?

Tess
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04-13-2001

Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 11:01 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tess a private message Print Post    
It depends upon what type of driving you do. On the highway, we got approx. 25 mpg on our vacation this past summer. We didn't drive on the highway 100% of the time but we did more often than not. I didn't do any driving at all so that means we were going closer to the speed limit than when I used to drive on our long trips.

I normally drove very short trips in town only and my mileage was about 20 - 22 mpg.

I'd say that it's good for the car you get. The Forester also has a fantastic safety rating for its category, or it did when we bought our two. It was great in the snow and much easier for me to control on icy roads than what I had before.

My car was a 2002 model and DH's is a 2003 so a newer model might get better mileage than ours did. I honestly don't remember what the mileage was when they were new. When we sold mine last week it had 45,000 miles on it. DH has more on his.

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 6:37 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
1.79 in Lake Wylie, SC

Couchtomato
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09-09-2008

Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 6:45 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Couchtomato a private message Print Post    
Wow Beach, that's great. $2.39 out on the highway, #2.49 at my rural station. It always takes to locals a little longer to drop their prices.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 7:19 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Thanks, Tess. I do a lot of short driving (less than 2 miles to work), but all our shopping, lessons for DS, etc. are highway. We usually drive 60-65, so if we can get 25-30 that would be great! Who knows, maybe they'll be hitting 30-35 by the time I can afford to get one. :-)

Babyruth
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07-19-2001

Thursday, November 06, 2008 - 10:54 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Babyruth a private message Print Post    
$1.95 here in SE Mich today

Beachcomber
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08-26-2003

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 8:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Beachcomber a private message Print Post    
Couch, I think it is major gas wars going on around here that has the prices so abnormally low in spots. It was 1.91 near our house and I was heading to my parents and saw that price in Lake Wylie and did a triple take to make sure I saw it correctly! It was a good thing nobody was tailgating me or it would have been crunchville LOL!

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 8:21 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
$2.19

Hukdonreality
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09-29-2003

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 8:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Hukdonreality a private message Print Post    
$2.89 is the lowest here as of yesterday (Western NY)

Happymom
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01-20-2003

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 10:57 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Happymom a private message Print Post    
$2.35 yesterday in North San Francisco Bay Area (Sonoma Co.) at Costco

Kitt
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09-06-2000

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 11:26 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kitt a private message Print Post    
$2.55 South Bay, where my dh filled up (not the one on the corner, haven't noticed that for a while). We're lower than NY, I can hardly believe it!

Jagger
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08-07-2002

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 11:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Jagger a private message Print Post    
Down to $1.95 or lower in Twin Cities, Minnesota

Merrysea
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08-13-2004

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 1:35 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Merrysea a private message Print Post    
$2.27 today at Costco in Vallejo (North SF Bay Area). The Shell station is at $2.62.

Dfennessey
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07-25-2004

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 1:39 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dfennessey a private message Print Post    
$2.19 in the Boston area.

Juju2bigdog
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10-27-2000

Friday, November 07, 2008 - 2:34 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Juju2bigdog a private message Print Post    
Saw $1.99 on the island today. Who knows how low it will be when we go to Brownsville again tomorrow?