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    It sounds like you have your own tanks. Is that for off road or include taxes?
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    Quote Originally Posted by a5150nut View Post
    Yukon6.2

    It sounds like you have your own tanks. Is that for off road or include taxes?
    Yes i am an independent station.I own the tanks pumps and electronic infrastructure.
    The fuel prices include all tax's.I issue my own cards for customers.If the account is paid off each month i give and additional .02c a liter discount.
    The last heating fuel i delivered,that's my job today as well is being billed out at $1.525 plus $.1073 carbon tax a liter,plus a 5% on top of those for our goods and services tax.
    I burn wood.
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    Prices have dropped this week regular ranges $3.99 - 4.39 and diesel $4.92 to 5.39
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    Caught a few minutes of Smokey and the Bandit on TV over the weekend. Diesel was posted at 47.9 cents...
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    Quote Originally Posted by More Power View Post


    This is a photo I took in 2008... Deja Vu... Those prices are within 10 cents of where we are right now.
    Last time fuel prices were that high, my dad and I started making our own biodiesel. We ran it for several years. However, after long-term use, we both ended up having fuel line issues; my dad's 95 Ford Powerstroke is getting a new fuel tank sending unit as we speak - it was all gummed up from the bio byproducts. My original 1995 DS4 injection pump also took a dump as a result. Neither of us feel like going through the hassle and mess the biodiesel caused. It was cheap, but what a hassle. I especially don't care to run anything like that through my brand-new injectors and rebuilt engine.

    Diesel fuel spiked to $5.06 here in SW MO, but has stabilized to around $4.69 on average. I paid $3.66 just two weeks ago.

    I paid $3.64 for gasoline last night for my wife's car.

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    Not as bad as I feared, but bad enough. Pump stopped at $100 (credit). It was close enough to full so I didn't reset and go again. Enough mayhem for today. Reg. gas was $5.69.


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    Quote Originally Posted by DmaxMaverick View Post
    Reg. gas was $5.69.
    But you get to hang out with all the beautiful people...
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    Quote Originally Posted by JohnC View Post
    But you get to hang out with all the beautiful people...
    I do hang out with some beautiful people. However, I don't live in the California you see on post cards, TV, or movies, so the picture in your head may vary a bit from the reality. The fuel prices where those other beautiful people are sucks worse.
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    Quote Originally Posted by DmaxMaverick View Post
    Pump stopped at $100 (credit). It was close enough to full so I didn't reset and go again.
    I hate those auto shut-off pumps! Around here, they sometimes shut off at $75, and that don't cut it at all these days!

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    The problem has to do with the way the pre-authorization works. If they pre-authorize for $50 then they could loose $50 if they let the pump run to $100. On the other hand, if they authorize for $100 and you only use $30, the other $70 of your credit limit is tied up for about 24 hours. For some, it doesn't matter, but for others it could mean no cigarettes till tomorrow...
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    What I see, where I've been in CA anyway, is a pre-authorization for $1.00 (swipe at the pump), which only verifies the credit account is in good standing. I've never seen it more than $1.00. The pump is then allowed to continue. The limit is set by the individual store, a local choice, and it varies from location to location (same brand). This limits fraud, theft, and overcharge amounts, while not imposing too much burden on the customer. It can be inconvenient, but understandable. A customer can either make multiple swipes/purchases, or simply make the purchase inside the store, which will authorize any amount you specify. I recall a few years ago (the previous oil panic), limits to $75 at most places, some less, when that fiasco began.
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    You may be right, or some have changed based on the amounts involved. If they only authorize $1 then shutting off at $100 is already a big risk.
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    I don't know if it's a company or store policy/recommendation, or some regulation (CA has a couple). I could probably find out if I looked around, but I don't really care. There's always risk, but there has to be a balance that keeps customers, and doesn't cost the company (or insurance?) too much. $100 seems like a relatively large risk to you and me, but an occasional loss, even at that full amount, may not be worth much effort on a corporate level. When I filled yesterday, I started with about 1/4 tank. The pump shut off before the nozzle tripped, and I didn't yet hear the fuel rising in the filler hose. It put me over the full mark on the gage, but it wasn't as full as it could have been, maybe a gallon or two short. Not really an inconvenience, other than having to average the fuel mileage over more than one fill. The big deal was the price tag.
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    When I first started driving semi's in 1971 I remember stopping at a mom and pop place that only had one diesel pump and one gasoline pump.
    Diesel was a whopping 17.9 or 19.9 cents a gallon. Other stations were about 4 cents higher, so I would get fuel at the mom and pops and eat lunch while the truck filled up.
    Just one hose and nozzle so it was one tank at a time. No dual fill like modern truck stops are today.
    Down here in Central Florida diesel is 4.99 per gallon most places and the highest I saw was $5.59 per gallon. GO Figure.
    What really hurts is I have an LS 3 6.2 litre in our 1500 Sierra Denali truck, why it came with an LS 3 and not the standard LS 2 is anybody's guess.
    But it probably wouldn't matter because the LS 2 is supposed to burn 93 octane also.
    Our GM Tech say's he's run into that before on Canadian built trucks that are not built to ship to the US.
    It was meant to be a Canadian vehicle and has a block heater also. Owners manual was in French and decals on the windows are also in French..
    I have to burn 93 octane and that's running anywhere from $4.89 to $5.39 per gallon.
    And the wife has a 2021 Camaro 2.0 T 4 cyl . It's supposed to run 93 octane also.
    We had just between a 1/4 and 1/2 tank and I topped it off. $50.
    It's not a very big tank. GO FiGURE !
    Thanks Joe Biden, it ain't Putin doing it.
    I think just the fumes that come off of an average fill up are around $5 LOL
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    Who knows... this fuel cost increase could revive the 6.2L diesel engine. One reason, as Casey pointed out, is that you can run bio/home-brew in them. Just gotta be careful. I would not put home brew in a current diesel... The cost of replacing the injectors or high pressure pump should be enough to discourage the curious...

    Since getting our 17-mpg 2001 Duramax back on the road last summer (after the head gasket project), we've not driven our 2016 Malibu much at all. Those two vehicles have recently switched places in our driveway. The Malibu gets ~35-mpg, and regular unleaded (87 octane) is currently about 80 cents a gallon less than diesel.
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    Quote Originally Posted by More Power View Post
    Since getting our 17-mpg 2001 Duramax back on the road last summer (after the head gasket project), we'd not driven our 2016 Malibu much at all. Those two vehicles have recently switched places in our driveway. The Malibu gets ~35-mpg, and regular unleaded (87 octane) is close 70-80 cents cheaper per gallon than diesel.

    I sure wish diesel and gasoline were the same price. My wife's GMC Acadia with the 3.6L will get 20 mpg on a good day with a tail wind, but averages around 17 mpg with combined city/highway driving. That's what my 6.5L turbo diesel averages! I'd much rather drive the Tahoe than the Acadia, but if we have the option, we will probably drive her car more often, since gasoline is nearly a buck a gallon cheaper.

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    I wrote an editorial on diesel fuel back in 2008 that discussed, among other things, why diesel fuel was more expensive than gasoline... The reason is because once diesel fuel became ULSD in 2007, it could be exported to Europe. Our Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel fuel became a commodity that had marketability beyond Canada and Mexico. Till then, diesel fuel for as long as I'd owned a diesel (mid 1980s) was always 20-100 cents cheaper than regular unleaded...

    Trump got us to energy independence.... which was not what the gov or the oil industry wanted... "Independence" made it a lot harder to use the argument about world events controlling gas prices. "Independence" made it harder to use oil to manipulate foreign affairs. "Independence" made it harder to grease the wheels in congress...

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    I had to lower the amount the pumps pumped a few years ago due to fraud.
    Insurance company's may have a hand in it as well.
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