diesel per gallon price..... - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

janko · #1 04-01-2007, 01:24 PM

similiar thread presently on line. too long. so. my comment. yesterday, i filled. $252.9/gal. 22401 zip. truck stop 'south of town'. other diesel stops between $2.759 and $2.999. pays to shop and compare. if any smuck wants to determine local. do a seach on zip + 22401. eom.

muleears · #2 04-01-2007, 01:45 PM

$2.69/gal.

Alastair · #3 04-01-2007, 03:56 PM

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Originally Posted by muleears

$2.69/gal.

IF ONLY!-

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$6.79 Dollars per US gallon,

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based on 0.91 GBP Per Litre (cheapest supermarket price, as of Today) here in Swansea South Wales U.K

Why on earth are You guys griping--Fill 'er up and smile, while you think of us poor sods!!

JackG · #4 04-01-2007, 04:07 PM

just paid $2.75 gal. so I could take a perspective buyer for a ride......good thing the daily is full

pawoSD · #5 04-01-2007, 04:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Alastair

IF ONLY!-

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$6.79 Dollars per US gallon,

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based on 0.91 GBP Per Litre (cheapest supermarket price, as of Today) here in Swansea South Wales U.K

Why on earth are You guys griping--Fill 'er up and smile, while you think of us poor sods!!

Yeah but your money is worth more, you get paid higher wages, and you have the Top Gear TV show on television, thus losing your right to complain.

Anyways, if I had to fill up (16US gallons) at $6.79 that'd be just about 50% of my weekly income as a student. What percent of yours is it to fill your car? I have options, if diesel goes over $3.05 a gallon I will be buying soybean oil from the store. 4.6 gallons at a time. Works out to about $3.01 a gallon.

Alastair · #6 04-05-2007, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by pawoSD

Yeah but your money is worth more, you get paid higher wages, and you have the Top Gear TV show on television, thus losing your right to complain.

Anyways, if I had to fill up (16US gallons) at $6.79 that'd be just about 50% of my weekly income as a student. What percent of yours is it to fill your car? I have options, if diesel goes over $3.05 a gallon I will be buying soybean oil from the store. 4.6 gallons at a time. Works out to about $3.01 a gallon.

Agh....

I didnt take That into consideration! --Doh

Average take-home wages and the cost of living differences between us didnt occur to me initially. BUT around 50% of the cost at the pump is Tax here in the U.K.

I noticed prices creeping up slightly again like it does every year at this time.....

First, you have 48.85 Pence (around $1.00) per Litre Road-Fuel-Duty, then on top of that, you have VAT, Value-Added-Tax on both the fuel cost And the Duty combined.....

Yup, We pay Tax On the Duty as well!--BIG con or what!

--Tax on Tax!-Typical British Beurocracy

Out of curiosity, What % of the pump price in the U.S. of A. is Tax, Not just the 'purchase-tax' which I guess is like our VAT, but any 'Duty' or Govt levy on the fuel there??

Guess we Must pay for Jeremy Clarkson's embarressment to the U.K is some way or other...!

Personally, Im currently working as the Technical Manager at a local Cooperative, where I make BioDiesel fuel from recovered/waste cooking-oils, and as part of my weekly pay, I can have up to 75 litres of 'free' fuel

If however I was to fill up completely the 280E from empty it would cost me around a third of my weekly wage currently....

BUT I can't run the 'Flying Bannana' on BioDiesel...YET!--Looking at maybe modding it for E85 'BioEthanol' if I ever get the time, after getting its rear chassis welded and road-worthy!

--Brill today taking the 280E for a 'road-worthy' test (MOT) I took the long-way round to a test-station some 30 miles away, I didnt expect it to pass, but had great fun driving there and back all the same, and was very impressed just how well a 32 year old M.B. can go

pawoSD · #7 04-06-2007, 12:46 AM

Oh no I meant that I enjoy Top Gear, Jeremy Clarkson is awesome!

I have probably watched like 25 hours of that show on YouTube so far.

Shawn D. · #8 04-06-2007, 08:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Alastair

Out of curiosity, What % of the pump price in the U.S. of A. is Tax, Not just the 'purchase-tax' which I guess is like our VAT, but any 'Duty' or Govt levy on the fuel there??

The Federal tax on fuel is a straight 18.4 cents/gallon, so the percent will vary based on the price of a gallon. The taxes levied by the states varies -- see this table (lists both gasoline and diesel by state, with additional explanations of the "whys" and "wherefores"). All of the states have a straight cents/gallon tax, and some tack on an additional percentage. The state I live in, Georgia, has one of the lower tax rates on fuel, and all of the state taxes go directly into a transportation fund; for some other states (many of which have the highest tax rates), the taxes go into the state's "general fund" and thus don't necessarily to back into supporting transportation. Besides the climate effects, this is one of the reasons that Georgia has some of the highest-quality roads in the country.

POS · #9 04-01-2007, 04:50 PM

$2.59 in Texas - at 32-33 mpg highway, who cares?

mespe · #10 04-01-2007, 06:39 PM

I seen 2.99 9/10ths here in Cleveland Ohio

Here comes the WVO

dukegrad98 · #11 04-01-2007, 10:17 PM

Bought a tank of B99 here in Houston this weekend for $2.40/gallon.

Cheers, John

benzforlife · #12 04-01-2007, 10:59 PM

just went up to $2.79 her in trappe, md.
If it goes past $3 im running on grease!

sokoloff · #13 04-03-2007, 11:35 PM

28469 - WIlmington, NC area

Filled up today - $2.65 at Wal-Mart, $2.78 at the place that typically is within a penny or two of Wal-Mart and up to $2.99 at other places.

TheDon · #14 04-03-2007, 11:38 PM

mine just went up 4 cents ... was 2.75 three days ago now its 2.79.. up almost 15 cents in a week.. what a load of crock

300SD81 · #15 04-03-2007, 11:42 PM

Averaging $2.70/gal around here... Still running $.90 bio