Gas Prices Going Down January 05, 2019, 12:23:13 pm We are actually seeing prices below $3/gallon for regular in the Tehachapi area. What are prices in your neck of the woods?Best Gas Prices & Local Gas Stations in Tehachapi CA
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #1 – January 05, 2019, 12:47:29 pm Having very recently driven down to and returned from Anza Borrego, I did notice that prices for 87 octane at many SoCal Chevron stations (where I could see the price signs or stopped to fill) on two different "going down and coming back" routes were significantly cheaper than local-to-me Bay Area Chevrons, often by 30-50 cents per gallon. The lowest price I paid at a Chevron was $3.39 per gallon in Beaumont. That said, although I'm certainly happy to pay less, gas costs what it costs when and where one needs it and at a location that's convenient to access. 1 Likes
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #2 – January 05, 2019, 01:59:52 pm Quote from: HiLola - January 05, 2019, 12:23:13 pmWe are actually seeing prices below $3/gallon for regular in the Tehachapi area. What are prices in your neck of the woods?We returned from RV camping on Thursday and paid $1.71 a gallon at Costco. Without a doubt, that's a decent price.
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #3 – January 05, 2019, 02:13:14 pm In the past year or so, my Shell Card has suffered from usage neglect. This has been a primary result of Costco gasoline prices. Currently Costco prices for regular have been stabilized in my area at $2.89 a gallon. Utilizing a quick map search on the iPhone for Costco Gasoline reveals many available locations. The annual fee for the membership makes financial sense for filling the rig. At a minimum savings of $0.50 a gallon, filling a full tank can save nearly $30. I equate a stop at Costco Gas stations like the line at a popular coffee shop. Yes the line can be long but the wait is generally less than ten minutes and I can check my email at the same time...or plot the route to the next station.Kent
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #4 – January 05, 2019, 03:12:29 pm Quote from: Kent Heckethorn - January 05, 2019, 02:13:14 pmI equate a stop at Costco Gas stations like the line at a popular coffee shop. Yes the line can be long but the wait is generally less than ten minutes and I can check my email at the same time...or plot the route to the next station.Yes, but there's coffee at the end of the line at the coffee shop!
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #6 – January 05, 2019, 06:31:14 pm $1.88 in north Missouri; ranged from $1.63 at Costco a bit south of downtown KC to $1.74 in Liberty at the north end of the metro.
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #7 – January 05, 2019, 06:47:48 pm While here in the S.F. Bay Area you'll be lucky to find it under $3.50!
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #8 – January 05, 2019, 07:20:48 pm Quote from: Lazy Bones - January 05, 2019, 06:47:48 pmWhile here in the S.F. Bay Area you'll be lucky to find it under $3.50! $2.95 today at Costco plus 4% back, with the Costco Citi card.It's less the $3.00 but still doesn't seem cheap.Larry
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #9 – January 05, 2019, 09:40:23 pm "$2.95 today at Costco..."All the while my kinfolk in S. Texas are paying $1.87??? Why are we Californians paying through the nose, we've got refineries too. Yeah, I've heard all the BS about summer/winter blends, yada, yada, yada!
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #10 – January 05, 2019, 10:24:19 pm Steve,I’m not sure what the per gallon tax is out of state but I think we here in California pay nearly a buck a gallon in “fees/taxes”. I’ll have to check it out on my next trip to Costco.I suppose it’s a small price to pay for living in the “golden” state. 💰
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #11 – January 06, 2019, 12:31:31 am Missouri prides itself on one of the lowest gas taxes in the country--$.17 puts us at 4th lowest--while having the 6th highest miles of roads in the country, & we have the crummy roads/deficient bridges to prove it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gas_and_Diesel_taxes.pdf Road Miles by State--A chart of states and number of road miles | Cubit's BlogI-70 between KC & St. Louis is dreadful, there are regular articles in the Kansas City paper about bridge inspections/ deficiencies, & I wonder when we might have a sequel to the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis in '07 (my dad lost several head of cattle when a country bridge collapsed under the truck delivering from a nearby sale barn in the '80s). Missouri must have a state-wide vote on any tax increase & the Republican legislature finally put a gas tax increase on the ballot last November (a puny $.10 over four years), but neither legislators nor the Republican who slid in as Governor after Greitens resigned really did much to educate voters about the need, & it went down in flames.I certainly don't know where the sweet spot is--guess I'd make a fortune somewhere if I did--but $.17 seems to put us pretty firmly in the want somethin' for nothin' crowd. Lynne
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #12 – January 06, 2019, 07:24:59 am A map of gas prices for the US and Canada has been around for yearsUSA and Local National Gas Station Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com - GasBuddy.com
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #13 – January 06, 2019, 10:03:41 am Quote from: Kent Heckethorn - January 05, 2019, 10:24:19 pmI’m not sure what the per gallon tax is out of state but I think we here in California pay nearly a buck a gallon in “fees/taxes”. I’ll have to check it out on my next trip to Costco.I suppose it’s a small price to pay for living in the “golden” state. 💰Expect another little surprise on July 1, Kent. This article is a bit dated but you get the idea:California's Soaring Gas Taxes Aren't Even Going to the Roads - Foundation...Quote from: Don Malpas - January 06, 2019, 07:24:59 amA map of gas prices for the US and Canada has been around for yearsUSA and Local National Gas Station Price Heat Map - GasBuddy.com - GasBuddy.comThat's a handy little map, Don. It really shows one quickly where the affordable gas prices are. On our recent trip to Saskatchewan, it seemed gas prices were overall higher there. I wonder if there is a similar map for Canada?
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #14 – January 06, 2019, 12:20:34 pm That's a handy little map, Don. It really shows one quickly where the affordable gas prices are. On our recent trip to Saskatchewan, it seemed gas prices were overall higher there. I wonder if there is a similar map for Canada?[/quote]Not Don, but there's a Canada map on the same page. Over US map, says change country. 1 Likes
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #15 – January 06, 2019, 04:16:21 pm Costco this am, $2.75.9 - the website posted 2.75. Almost everyone overlooks that extra $.009, just as planned.The Road Repair Accountability Act (RRAA) of 2017 AKA SB 1 mandated the increases and put the proceeds into a lockbox that can only be used for transportation purposes. Unfortunately, it only put the new taxes in the lockbox and left the prior taxes remain subject to executive and legislative pet projects.If you have $5,000,000 to spend on signature gathering, you can qualify a Constitutional Initiative Amendment to be placed on the ballot for darned near anything. That is how Proposition 6, an initiative to repeal got on the ballot with more ugly details found here. I was a bit surprised that it failed 57/43.
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #16 – January 06, 2019, 05:25:49 pm The price of gas in California is a lot more complicated than just taxes. Here’s an article from the LA Times from 2015. The fundamentals it discusses have not changed since. The article notes that California’s taxes were 16 cents higher than the national average per gallon, so that’s certainly significant. However, we are an island in petroleum terms. Very limited pipelines from outside the state; essentially a duopoly of manufacturers; limited refinery capacity (that always seems to be going down for “maintenance” whenever gas prices start to drop elsewhere); anti-pollution special summer blends that cost a bit more (anyone want to revisit Los Angeles in the “good old days”?) , and other factors. There’s no single scapegoat, but I’d be inclined to finger the lack of effective supplier competition as the lead culprit. — JonWhy gas prices in California are so much higher than elsewhere in U.S. - Los... 2 Likes
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #17 – January 06, 2019, 06:32:38 pm “anyone want to revisit Los Angeles in the "good old days"?”Looks ok to me. 😵 https://youtu.be/7LpPKAhW9-sAt least the price of gas was cheap. https://youtu.be/j_kk-2jBtPAKent 1 Likes
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #19 – January 07, 2019, 09:58:57 am Quote from: Kent Heckethorn - January 06, 2019, 06:32:38 pm“anyone want to revisit Los Angeles in the "good old days"?”Looks ok to me. 😵 https://youtu.be/7LpPKAhW9-sAt least the price of gas was cheap. https://youtu.be/j_kk-2jBtPAKent, the lowest prices I can recall was living in Kansas City, MO during the "gas wars." My dad was in the Air Force and stationed at Richards-Gebaur AFB (or Dickey-Goober, as he called it). I think it was 1970 but I could be a bit off. I remember the price being 19.9/gallon and filling up our car's 20 gallon tank for 4 bucks!
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #20 – January 07, 2019, 10:16:11 am Ok ok I'll admit it was Oregon's great idea to tax gas in the frist place. I do remember the days of gas wars early 60's. My teenaged weekly allowance allowed me to take my gf to the drivein, buy two large soft drinks and fill my 1956 pink Plymouth.
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #21 – January 07, 2019, 11:35:03 am Looking at the “gas war” video of ‘57, I reflect on gas prices in Long Beach in ‘71 when I started driving. Prices were very much the same after nearly 15 years. Shortly after that they started to climb fairly quickly. By ‘76 prices were at 35 cents then, in a flash, they were $5.25 when my daughter and I pulled into Fresno for a quick fill up before heading into Yosemite. Those prices pretty much crushed my dreams of owning a motor home of any sort. I believe gas prices were up to $12 a gallon in Japan. The world started to look very expensive with no end to the rising gas prices in sight.Then prices began to fall, even in California. People had started to fight back. I recall my Sunday drives to work on the 405 were like passing through a ghost town. As prices fell even further, it seemed, the crowds once again made their way to the highways and life had resumed with a vengeance. Now I enjoy the $3.00 gallons of gas, our Lazy Daze and life among the trees. After all, what’s a penny here or there anyway?Kent
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #22 – January 07, 2019, 01:15:25 pm Quote from: Jon & Loni - January 06, 2019, 11:01:30 pmI had this more in mind:Growing up in the San Fernando Vally, back in the fifties, that was the frequent view.Our school playground was only mile from the hills, yet many days we couldn't see them, how could we with our eyes watering so badly from the terrible pollution, how times have changed for the better.On the plus side the freeways were fast and I remember filling my VW with .26 cents a gallon gas, during a gas war.Remember gas wars? And Green and Blue Chips stamps, all the free stuff the service stations gave away and how they used to pump the gas for you? We need to visit Oregon where an attendent still pumps the gas, to relive my past. Doubt if the gas will be .26 cents a gallon.Larry
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #23 – January 07, 2019, 04:34:10 pm Remember when there was a reason they were called 'service' stations back in the last millennium?And the jingle "even if you stop in for water or air, to powder your nose or comb your hair"?
Re: Gas Prices Going Down Reply #24 – January 07, 2019, 05:25:07 pm “Back-In-The-Day” simply collecting a few empty pop bottles and returning them to the liquor store got you enough cash for gas to dash to the beach and back.Somethings just don’t last forever but the memory lingers on.Kent
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