Pondering Pump Price's

[cannon_fodder]

quote:Originally posted by sauerkraut

Oil Insiders say gasoline will hit $4.00 a gallon before this year is out. The oil companies are driving up the prices, they found a gold mine.

I hate to be THAT GUY, but the insiders arent saying that yet.  There are talking heads speculating what it will hit $4, but the actual insiders are the ones buying fuel for trucking companies and airlines months in advance.  

Futures are not trading in that range yet - so I'd have to say no one is willing to put their money where their mouth is if actual insiders are saying that.  If they believed $4 gas was coming in the next 3 months, futures would be trading at a three month discount to $4/gal or $3.95 or so.  (of course gasoline futures markets are less developed than crude, aviation or heavy petroleum (ship fuel) markets... but still a decent indication).

Either way, I've taken a 'roll with the punches' approach.  I can drive less, but I cannot effect the aggregate price increase caused by every middle class mom with an only child driving a suburban 4 blocks to soccer and you Earth haters driving in from BA everyday in your Lincoln Continentals.  []

[runderwo]

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by runderwo
Cops can tell when you are coasting in neutral just by the angle at which your car sits with respect to the road.

I call BS.  There is no way a cop can tell what gear I am in unless he surmises it by by accel or deceleration.

Maybe BS, but fact is they write tickets for it.  I haven't gotten one around here yet though.  I'm not talking about the nose pointing up or down, but the way wind affects the car.  If the motor is not pulling, wind has its way with the car and it doesn't sit level on the road.

[mr.jaynes]

quote:Originally posted by runderwo

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by runderwo
Cops can tell when you are coasting in neutral just by the angle at which your car sits with respect to the road.

I call BS.  There is no way a cop can tell what gear I am in unless he surmises it by by accel or deceleration.

Maybe BS, but fact is they write tickets for it.  I haven't gotten one around here yet though.  I'm not talking about the nose pointing up or down, but the way wind affects the car.  If the motor is not pulling, wind has its way with the car and it doesn't sit level on the road.

Some say that Broken Arrow is a speed trap, but I'd never got a ticket from BAPD.

[cannon_fodder]

No disrespect was meant Runder.  If you ever get or hear of someone getting a ticket for that I wold like to know how.  I'd fight it for sure!

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by mr.jaynes

Some say that Broken Arrow is a speed trap, but I'd never got a ticket from BAPD.

The speed trap thread is here:
http://www.tulsanow.org/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=6638

[Conan71]

$3.19 this morning.  I saw $3.29 at the Shell on 33rd W. Ave. at I-244 last night.  

I think I saw some vaseline jars sitting on top of the pumps.

[patric]

quote:Originally posted by Conan71

$3.19 this morning.  I saw $3.29 at the Shell on 33rd W. Ave. at I-244 last night.

Got you beat --

$3.36 for reg unleaded at 21st & Lewis.

[inteller]

quote:Originally posted by runderwo

quote:Originally posted by cannon_fodder

quote:Originally posted by runderwo
Cops can tell when you are coasting in neutral just by the angle at which your car sits with respect to the road.

I call BS.  There is no way a cop can tell what gear I am in unless he surmises it by by accel or deceleration.

Maybe BS, but fact is they write tickets for it.  I haven't gotten one around here yet though.  I'm not talking about the nose pointing up or down, but the way wind affects the car.  If the motor is not pulling, wind has its way with the car and it doesn't sit level on the road.

again, if your car does that with just wind then your suspension is **** and it shouldnt be on the road....body roll from wind?  give me a break.  not to mention the fact it isn't windy all the time.

[patric]

quote:$3.36 for reg unleaded at 21st & Lewis.

AAA is reporting today the average price to be $3.18 in Tulsa, when the cheapest ive found is $3.19.  ($3.29 was my unofficial, non-scientific drive-to-work observation average).
This is not the first time AAA has under-reported high gas prices locally (unless they actually found someone selling for less than $3).

[cannon_fodder]

$3.15 at  Kwick Stop 77 Tulsa - South     Mon
7:18 PM 1115 e 61 street (61 south Peoria)

As of this AM: - $3.18
Flying J, 121 N129th E Ave

www.gasbuddy.com
http://www.tulsagasprices.com/index.aspx?&area=Tulsa%20-%20Central&area=Tulsa%20-%20East&area=Tulsa%20-%20NE&area=Tulsa%20-%20North&area=Tulsa%20-%20NW&area=Tulsa%20-%20SE&area=Tulsa%20-%20South&area=Tulsa%20-%20SW&area=Tulsa%20-%20West

[jne]

quote:Originally posted by MichaelC

quote:Originally posted by jdb

Taking a trip, eh?
Do tell, details, destination, one way?
Inquiry mind(s), jdb

He, no way.  I like pickin and grinnin, don't know that I could do that forever though.  Eureka Springs and countrified points north.  Going laking, shopping, showboatin, and barefootin with the locals.  Giggin optional, billy-bob teeth mandatory, so I'm told.

Eureka:
Be sure to grab lunch at the tiny restaurant next to the cat store (Oasis? maybe)