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Old 05-26-2022, 07:06 AM
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Originally Posted by shodown220
When I filled the bike the other day I think I paid 5.29 for premium. For some reason premium used to only be a 20 cent cost above regular and now its more like .75-.85 cents more than regular. People at work ask me why I don't ride the bike more to save on fuel since I have such a long commute but really the numbers don't work out in my favor. Fuel is more expensive, the MPG isn't that much better than my beater honda civic, and the tires/maintenance costs are way more, mile for mile. Plus I don't want to rack up too many miles on the bike, I drive about 2k miles a month for work.
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This for me as well.
 
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Old 05-26-2022, 11:46 AM
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Last two times I got premium in my area it was $5.70 and $5.77 a gallon. Wish I could get it for what you are paying.
Gas prices in Georgia have always been reasonable...I remember .79 cent gas at one point...
 
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Originally Posted by Bluesrider.df
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This for me as well.
I filled up today at AUD 2.30 / litre which is about USD 6.40 / gallon. On the bright side it was a perfect day for a ride. Note the paraglides in the pic.
 
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Old 05-27-2022, 11:52 AM
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Originally Posted by jaf92
I filled up today at AUD 2.30 / litre which is about USD 6.40 / gallon. On the bright side it was a perfect day for a ride. Note the paraglides in the pic.
LOVE that color, great picture!!
 
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Originally Posted by jaf92
I filled up today at AUD 2.30 / litre which is about USD 6.40 / gallon. On the bright side it was a perfect day for a ride. Note the paraglides in the pic.
Nice pic.
 
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Originally Posted by shodown220
When I filled the bike the other day I think I paid 5.29 for premium. For some reason premium used to only be a 20 cent cost above regular and now its more like .75-.85 cents more than regular. People at work ask me why I don't ride the bike more to save on fuel since I have such a long commute but really the numbers don't work out in my favor. Fuel is more expensive, the MPG isn't that much better than my beater honda civic, and the tires/maintenance costs are way more, mile for mile. Plus I don't want to rack up too many miles on the bike, I drive about 2k miles a month for work.
I noticed that too about the price of premium. Was at gas station today and saw 89 gas was $5.50 and 93 was 6.09. It was always a 20 cent spread between the two in the past.
 
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Old 06-05-2022, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by ucbruce
Gas prices in Georgia have always been reasonable...I remember .79 cent gas at one point...
Back in the 90s and early 2000s I drove down to GA to visit a friend and got gas for 99 cents a gallon.
 
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OK, prior to the oil embargo in 1973 gas was going for about $0.30/gallon. Then came the lines and quotas. It was never the same after that.

Before the embargo, we were driving from the Northeast to Florida. Somewhere around South Carolina we encountered a "gas war" and filled up for $0.199

My Uncle claims to have done the same thing a few years earlier and it was $0.099/gallon
 
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Originally Posted by John CC
OK, prior to the oil embargo in 1973 gas was going for about $0.30/gallon. Then came the lines and quotas. It was never the same after that.

Before the embargo, we were driving from the Northeast to Florida. Somewhere around South Carolina we encountered a "gas war" and filled up for $0.199

My Uncle claims to have done the same thing a few years earlier and it was $0.099/gallon
We will never see those kinds of prices ever again.
 
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Card reader wasn’t working on the pump today so I went in and asked for $15. Didn’t fill it up. Wife and I rode for 112 miles and was right back to the same “distance to empty” as when I got fuel. Not even cheap to take the bike out anymore!
 
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