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Old 09-14-2006, 03:54 PM   #1
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$2.29 a Gallon!!

I have been traveling all week in MNBoxster's great state! The other day, I bought regular unleaded (for the company cruiser!) for $2.29/gallon!! Pretty shocking. Maybe we will see <$2.00/gallon gas again soon.

Northern Wisconsin already has some nice Fall colors! Wish I were in the Boxster to take more of it in.
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It's headed that way. Saw $211.9 at a Shell station in Houston today. Yipee!
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Don't you love Supply and Demand when Demand drops a tad and supply increases?
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$2.10/gal here in OH today...

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Old 09-14-2006, 05:13 PM   #5
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You guys are lucky!

We pay AUS$1.30 per litre = US$1.73 per litre (.75c exchange rate)

Therefore: (x 3.785 to get Gallons)

= US$6.56 PER GALLON!!!!!!
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Old 09-17-2006, 12:29 PM   #6
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You guys are lucky!

We pay AUS$1.30 per litre = US$1.73 per litre (.75c exchange rate)

Therefore: (x 3.785 to get Gallons)

= US$6.56 PER GALLON!!!!!!
You got the exchange rate backwards.

AU$1=$0.75US or US$1=AU$1.33 , so

AU$1.30 = US$0.975 per liter

3.785 liters * US$0.975 = US$3.69 per gallon

(a little more than California, but in the same ballpark)
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It's headed that way. Saw $211.9 at a Shell station in Houston today. Yipee!

$211.9 per gal?
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I'm sure you must know that I meant two dollars eleven and nine tenth cents.
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We're still hanging around 3.25 a gallon here in hawaii.... and its only 92 octane.
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How about $7.15 in the UK? Sucks, especially as most of it is Tax

I lived in the US for a while and recall the days of $10 fillups
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I have been traveling all week in MNBoxster's great state! The other day, I bought regular unleaded (for the company cruiser!) for $2.29/gallon!! Pretty shocking. Maybe we will see <$2.00/gallon gas again soon.

Northern Wisconsin already has some nice Fall colors! Wish I were in the Boxster to take more of it in.
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Bringing back to life an old post on gas prices, thought it was funny how $2.29 a gallon was a shock back then





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I have been traveling all week in MNBoxster's great state! The other day, I bought regular unleaded (for the company cruiser!) for $2.29/gallon!! Pretty shocking. Maybe we will see <$2.00/gallon gas again soon.

Northern Wisconsin already has some nice Fall colors! Wish I were in the Boxster to take more of it in.
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