In the Chicago land area, diesel is over $4.00 a Gallon with regular gas sitting at 3.50. THis is ridiculous. Thank god i get good gas milage out of the ol' girl or i might have never driven her. Can you believe that though? over $4.00???
never in my life would i think of petrol being that much!

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1983 Euro 240D 277K
2016 Mazda 6
Coming Soon, 2013 Mercedes E350 Bluetec
Formers:
2012- Mazda 3
2007 Outlander- complete pile
1995 E300 Diesel 208K
2007 VW Passat 2.0T 63K SOLD
2003 Jaguar X-type 3.0 Sport Sold 04/11 w/88K
2009 Lexus RX350 9061 miles. Sold 04/09
2008 Mitsubishi Lancer GTS:Totaled Sept.,09 @ 24,000
2003 Infiniti I35 58K Sold
1984 300 turbo diesel 222K

Next year at this time you can just re-use this post but change the numbers to about $5 or $6

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I'm in the finance industry, and I just heard that demand on diesel is higher than ever, mainly because of demand in Asia. So, it was just a matter of time before the cheap stuff we buy from China reaches around and bites us on the rear.

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1998 E300D, 287k, barely broken in.

ain't it the truth! and now, since we have such little money in our collective pockets from filling up, we have to buy more "cheap chinese stuff" feeding the cycle.

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"as I ride with my a/c on... I have fond memories of sweaty oily saturdays and spewing R12 into the air. THANKS for all you do!

My drivers:
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5Turbo
1987 190D 2.5-5SPEED!!!

1987 300TD
1987 300TD
1994GMC 2500 6.5Turbo truck... I had to put the ladder somewhere!

I'm afraid to see what it is by the time I fill up again. I just heard that crude oil was over $107 a barrel.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Watch a your groceries climb as a result....

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Do I miss being a service advisor ???

Sounds like it's time to go Biodiesel! At least the money stays here and your money pays to expand the program. I have no regrets during the past two years! Phoenix Biodiesel from my BQ9000 retailer.....$3.59 per gallon!

Yeah, here in San Francisco, I was paying $4.14 yesterday.

Problem is, around here biodiesel costs even MORE than normal diesel!

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

Youch!!! How much more? If there were a bigger demand for Biodiesel than Dino, then this would change and the market would be more stable for a homegrown fuel!

Right now Biodiesel here in the valley is about .20 less than dino!

The BD guys need the price of petro diesel to get high enough that selling BD is worthwhile. Once the price of petro diesel reaches some "magic number" (maybe $5), we will start to see more commercial BD.

that wont last- think of how much petroleum is used to grow the soybeans and corn. from the nitrogen fertilizer to fueling the combines and tractors,trucks, barges', and processing plants, its all petroleum.

of course so is all that cheep chinese plastic crap being shoved down our throats at the local big box............

uh-oh-might be time to move to OD..................

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1984 123.193 372,xxx miles, room for Seven.

1999 Dodge Durango Cummins 4BTAA 47RE 5k lb 4x4 getting 25+mpgs, room for Seven.

China using a lot of diesel should not affect our diesel supply, we refine it here ourselves. The problem lies with the refineries and oil companies choosing to not produce enough diesel to keep supply limited. If they would refine more of the crude coming into the US into diesel....prices would go down slightly.

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-diesel is not just a fuel, its a way of life-
'15 GLK250 Bluetec 118k - mine - (OC-123,800)
'17 Metris(VITO!) - 37k - wifes (OC-41k)
'09 Sprinter 3500 Winnebago View - 62k (OC - 67k)
'13 ML350 Bluetec - 95k - dad's (OC-98k)
'01 SL500 - 103k(km) - dad's (OC-110,000km)
'16 E400 4matic Sedan - 148k - Brothers (OC-155k)

I think that the price of oil being at $109.58 has something to do with it, along with the growing demand in the US from all these cummins and duramax guys running around getting 15mpg, and the ULSD that is more difficult to refine. Its just that simple. China has nothing to do with our diesel, except that it cost more becuase the price of crude is higher. We get oil, we make diesel. We dont "import" our diesel across the ocean. Thats just retarded

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1981 300SD 512k OM603

FYI, here is a link of the U.S. import data:

http://tonto.eia.doe.gov/dnav/pet/pet_move_neti_a_ep00_IMN_mbblpd_m.htm