How much are you paying for petrol

[Sifaga]

1 gallon [UK] = 1.2009499 gallon [US, liquid]

[ChrisX]

Remember that US and UK gallons are different.

Yes, I can remember checking that before as different volume each.

UK gallon is 1.20 U.S. gallons or 4.55 litres.

US gallon is .83 UK of a gallon or 3.79 litres.

US and UK do also differ on other measurements too.

[tmaxwell2435]

$1.86/Gallon here in Texas.

[yoda313]

Hello,

We're averaging $2.08/gallon here in southeast Michigan.... It goes up and down $.10 a gallon ever week or so it seems....

Kevin

[rallynavvie]

It's still under $2 USD per US gallon for 87 octane here.

Keep in mind one of the reasons we get cheaper fuel is because it isn't good as European or Aussie fuels where pumps usually carry between 93 and 98 octane fuel as opposed to our 87-93. There are also slight variances in the way our octane values are decided, but not enough to make the numbers off I don't think. I'd love to be filling up with 98 octane fuel. I've only got maps for 92/93 pump gas and then one for 104 octane race fuel.

Another thing to keep in mind for the Brits: y'all don't have as far to drive and don't drive fuel-guzzling SUVs like our arrogant asses over here

[Tool Man]

One of two things:
our cars are better?
or our break too fast and we don't know any better?

Sooo.... how long do your cars last?
Many 10-year-old cars are still on the road here (and many much older)

Our cars last about the same. Although I'm driving one of 'your' cars and it's 10 years old and still going strong ('94 Probe GT). (Although I'm one of very few US car drivers over here).

[shoozleboy]

Harrisburg, PA area:

87 octane - $2.09 a US gallon (an arm)
89 octane - $2.19 " " " (a leg)
92 octane - $2.35 " " " (first born)

I heat my home on LP and can't imagine what that's going to cost this winter..... currently at $1.40 a US gallon - and that was from 2 months ago when I was last topped off..... someplaces are charging $1.80 a gallon over the summer!!!!!!!!

When I hooked up to LP 6 years ago, it was around 30 cents a gallon....

[Doramius]

It's around $2.28/gal for 87.Octane in Vegas. I noticed in Baker, California it was $2.83/gal. The highest I've seen it in Baker was earlier this summer for $3.48/gal. I only saw a handful of large SUVs and Trucks at the pumps in the whole town. We usually stop for a quick bite to eat and potty stop on the way to and from CA. NEVER GET GAS THERE. They'll rape you 10 ways in the a** and then charge you for it.

[rhegedus]

81.9p a litre for Shell unleaded - might go for Optimax at about 88p a litre.

Getting about 25mpg (UK) at the moment out of my 325Ci.

[Tool Man]

81.9p a litre for Shell unleaded - might go for Optimax at about 88p a litre.

Getting about 25mpg (UK) at the moment out of my 325Ci.

You drive a 5.3 Litre in the UK?????? Are you insane??

[rhegedus]

What???

[Tommyknocker]

I pay $52.00 for 100 liters. Since I was ordered here the Air Force pays some of the cost, or this Euro Petrol would eat my finances alive!

[Tool Man]

What???

Sorry, it's the way you worded it. American engines are labeled by 'cubic inch' or CI. So a 325 Ci would be 5.3Litre. When you said you get 25MPG from your 325CI it sounded like you meant the motor.

I take it you mean a BMW 325Ci?

[Craig Tucker]

You guys run off very low-octane petrol. How do you get away with it?

Regular UL is 87 octane.

One of two things:
our cars are better?
or our break too fast and we don't know any better?

Sooo.... how long do your cars last?
Many 10-year-old cars are still on the road here (and many much older)

I never shop around for gas. Most I would really save is maybe $1.

I would not consider a 10 year old car particularly old. I drive an '89 Renault 19, and the wife drives an '88 Volkswagen polo. I see no reason why they should not last another 10 years, both going strong and in very good nick.

[rhegedus]

What???

Sorry, it's the way you worded it. American engines are labeled by 'cubic inch' or CI. So a 325 Ci would be 5.3Litre. When you said you get 25MPG from your 325CI it sounded like you meant the motor.

I take it you mean a BMW 325Ci?

Yes........

[tgpo]

$1.91 for 87 octane gas here in SC, USA

[Tool Man]

What???

Sorry, it's the way you worded it. American engines are labeled by 'cubic inch' or CI. So a 325 Ci would be 5.3Litre. When you said you get 25MPG from your 325CI it sounded like you meant the motor.

I take it you mean a BMW 325Ci?

Yes........

K

[rhegedus]

Here it is.

[BJ_M]

i really don't know why anybody in the usa could complain about the price they pay - as except in the middle east, it is the cheapest in the world pretty well ..

in canada - depends a LOT where you live ..

from 70-95 cents a liter (or more in Qu and far north)....

avg maybe 88 cents...

thats about $2.75 a gallon in US Money ..

i just cant remember if that is US gallons or British gallons ..

canada has the worlds 4th largest oil reserves --but prices here go up and down 50 - 60 cents a gallon a day sometimes ...

[BJ_M]

i 'd like to know how it got to be different sizes for gallons ...

i mean 2 cups to a pint , 2 pints to a quart , 4 quarts to a gallon ... a pint a pound, 8 pounds the world around (apx weight of a gallon memory aid)

hope i got that right or i will look pretty silly ..

[VideoTechMan]

Well prices here in Western Michigan are about the same...last ive seen was like $2.00 per gallon for regular, but i've always used plus in my car. I dont get out very much, if hardly so fuel prices dont bother me too much.

BTW, my car is an 1984 Olds Cutlass Cierra, 20 years old and still runs great, not to mention I still get good fuel mileage. I get about 350 miles per full tank of gas (being a 4-cylinder also). I still make long-distance road trips in it from time to time too.

My mom bought it new in 84 and gave it to me once I was able to drive and I kept up with it since.

I think the biggest complainers are the people who have those large SUV's and 8-10 cylinder engines and always whining on why they have to pay 50-60 bucks to feed their greedy gas tanks.

VTM

[jimmalenko]

Ballarat Oz - $1.09 AUD for unleaded, $1.13 AUD for premium unleaded.

[ZAPPER]

$1.89-$1.99 US/GAL for the cheap stuff (83 OCT) depending how far off the interstate you look. I never have noticed any improvement using 97 OCT in anything I have ever owned. I hear stories both ways and I tend to think that if you engine doesn't run well enough on the cheap stuff something is wrong. When I was a kid back home there was a place near a drag strip that sold 109 (I think, but maybe only only 104) But anyhow if you wanted to put it straight into your car you had to first put like 5 gal of regular gas in the tank before they would let you put 5 gal of 109 in, but if you had a separate gas can you could buy as much 109 as you wanted. I put half a tank in an old pick-up truck only one time. It made my tail pipes back fire so much that it sounded like I had four engines in that truck. I belive that it would have blown apart a store bought exaust system. I couldn't wait for that damb gas to get used up and I ain't liked loud pipes ever since!

[Cobra]

I regularly fill the car I drive up on 104 octane fuel (Shell Optimax). No problems whatsoever.

[lordsmurf]

$(83 OCT) ..using 97 OCT

You sure about those numbers?
Here regular is 87, mid grade is 90, and super is 93.
Always has been as long as I can remember.

[hech54]

One of two things:
our cars are better?
or our break too fast and we don't know any better?

Sooo.... how long do your cars last?
Many 10-year-old cars are still on the road here (and many much older)

Our cars last about the same. Although I'm driving one of 'your' cars and it's 10 years old and still going strong ('94 Probe GT). (Although I'm one of very few US car drivers over here).

The Ford Probe is actually a Mazda 626...GREAT car that Probe GT. A friend of mine had the older US version Probe LX V6....this version had a 3.0 litre V6 instead of the 2.8 which came later....AWESOME car.

[Tool Man]

I assume you mean the MK1 Probe, pre '92? We didn't get that one over here. But your right, the GT is great, although it was badged as 24V here, but I changed that

Here is my baby.....

[ZAPPER]

$(83 OCT) ..using 97 OCT

You sure about those numbers?
Here regular is 87, mid grade is 90, and super is 93.
Always has been as long as I can remember.

Oops you might be right! I only stare at them three times a week But I do think that they vary from station to station sometimes by one point in either direction. Maybe I shouldn't breath so deeply while filling up I live just south of Atlanta, I know that there are differnt formulas and additives for differnt regions and seasons.

[rhegedus]

I regularly fill the car I drive up on 104 octane fuel (Shell Optimax). No problems whatsoever.

Have you noticed any difference over regular unleaded?

[Capmaster]

Regular UL is 87 octane.
One of two things:
our cars are better?

Our octanes are lower because of pollution regulations and lower compression ratios. The higher the compression ratio, the higher the octane you need to prevent pinging.

We used to have the muscle cars of the '60s that were running 13 or 13.5:1 compression ratios. Those guys had to buy Sunoco 260 or semi-racing gas to run right. Some even had to have two batteries to start up in the winter in cold states because of the resistance the starter motor would see. Now they're down around 8.5 - 9.5:1. Much lower pollution as a result, and less of a requirement octane-wise.

My car requires 89 minumum. Since Chevron's three grades here are 86, 88 and 91, I go with the 91. It's a 3600 pound car and I'm averaging 23.5 MPG mixed highway and city, partly because fuel mileage is better with a premium fuel