How Much Is It Costing You to Refuel Your Speedster

Not to be rude, but why even worry about this?

If you can afford to own, insure and run an "extra" car, you are hardly in a position for this to matter. You'll put less fuel in it than your daily driver due to less time/miles.

Inflation and gas prices are currently up.

It's $5.79 a U.S. gallon in London currently for regular gas.

If you put in 6-7 gallons, you paid about half that per gallon.

You are right but I am curious as to the experiences of others.

Here in CA, even on our best days I've never been able to fill up for $22. A year ago would have been about $32. Currently would cost over $50. If that makes you feel better.

Absolutely! Heard that some areas in CA had prices of over $7 a gallon!

today in moorpark ca...6 gallons 76 premium = $35.00.... @DannyP is correct once again....not completely destitute for sure....but according to homer simpson  "DOH!"....i'd rather spend the $$$ on chicks....but they really never figured into inflation....they were never a inexpensive proposition

Lucky for me I'm retired from trucking, at today's diesel prices it would cost me $384.00 daily for the 486 mile loop I ran four days a week a measly $1,436.00 a week.

Yeah the last tanker we bought : Our off road diesel has gone up 90% and our on road diesel has gone up 67% from the same time last year. It’s Horrible!!

@Impala posted:

Yesterday I took a drive in the car and decided to fill up the tank before storing it. The needle was oscillating between 1/4 tank and 1/2 tank (God knows how much it really had with the inaccuracy of these gauges) but I put in Shell Premium 93 octane and ended up paying around $22.00. I don't recall paying that amount to fill up the tank ever. Is this ridiculous or what? What are your experiences on this?

I would love to fill up my speedster for $22.00.  You have no need to complain at that price.  Everything is pricey these days, and gas in the U.S. is probably still cheaper than all almost other countries.

Danny is right on in terms of this issue.

I believe he said it was $22 for the amount of gas he put in his Speedster, not the whole tank. At the prices here in the Central Valley, CA a full tank in the Speedster is currently $52.00. A far cry from the $27 it used to cost just a few years ago.

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Here in sunny California, an hour's Speedster drive on rural, two-lane roads through the wine country costs about $15 in gas.

Have you compared that to the cost of an hour with a therapist?

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Regular is low $3s in Maryland. Premium is about $4.

Perspective:

It's pricey here, too.  Although we are forced to using metric measurements (which I abhor - Whitworth would be my preference @edsnova ), and buy gasoline by the litre.  For hitest, we are paying anywhere around $1.50-60.   As there are approximately 3.8 litres in an U.S. gallon, that would mean your gallon price for gas is somewhere around $5.90.  (using $1.55 per litre as the conversion).

Life is tough everywhere...

It's ALL political!

If you don't remember 1974 you're in for a shock. 1973 gas was 29.8 cents per gallon.

Inflation was over 20 percent. Brought to you by the same folks who are creating in now.

I was always shocked when I had to fill up a rental car in Ireland or Europe as it was always way more then we paid in Massachusetts, so I just checked Euro Gas prices and this is as of today:

And here at home in Massachusetts this week:

Gas prices are almost at a record high here and as high as the gas shortage days of Katrina. When COVID first started and no one was driving, gas prices slowly lowered to the point of near sanity but they rebounded much more quickly of course.

I can easily pump $100+ dollars in my wife's BMW X3 and it doesn't go any further than it did on less expensive gas

Did the price of gas go up? I never even look at the gas gauge. 100 miles City and 150 miles Hwy. Then I stop usually at Costco and I never even look at the pump other than to make sure I am using Premium. I have Dodge Ram 5,7 liter. In a similar manner I usually earn a $1. per gallon discount, max 25 Gallons, after spending $1000 at my local Safeway. When I have my discount the truck is nearing empty. So I fill it once a month. My BMW X5 diesel get 28 mpg at 95mph so who cares. Just did round trip to Seattle and bought fuel once each way. During the 1981 recession my business was doing terrible. I sold my 911 and bought a VW Diesel. Biggest mistake ever. The VW in could not be driven in 5th gear in a stong head win. The other side of this story is my son bought a Tesla Model S. I says he saves $500 per month on gas.

If Google is correct, 3.74 a US gallon is .99/litre....we're currently paying ~$1.40 so ~$4.70/US gallon?

The Europeans pay taxes and get services in return. In the case of fuel taxes, one benefit is viable mass transit. Crazy system they got over there, I know!

What a strange concept, Ed!  I thought tax money was supposed to fund graft and corruption.