this is why the prices are higher here.By selling overseas for larger profit than they get here,they create a false demand in the states.This in turn keeps the prices elevated.because afterall they just "cant meet the increased demand for diesel" here in the us!yeah,right!

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1984 300D turbo 155k

www.interactivepainmanagement.com

$1.77 here in Tulsa ..... Reg is 1.59 Diesel just dropped again couple of days ago...

Willie
91 350 sdl

$1.85 in Suffolk VA. Been there for a week or two.

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Muleears
'07 E320 Bluetec 133K my DD
'04 Jaguar XJ8 VDP, 34K
'10 Hyundai Accent 60K Grocery Getter
'02 VW Golf soon to be on the road again
'97 E300 Diesel Son's DD
'61 VERY tolerant wife

Hampton Roads, VA USA

Gone but not forgotten:
'67 250S 95K
'86 300SDL
'87 300D Turbo, 364K! R.I.P.
'98 E300 Turbodiesel, 213K
'02 S420, 164K
'01 Prius 138K

1.75 in Clover S.C. 1.79 for R... whoo hooo! diesel is again cheaper than R!!!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"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!

About a week ago my favorite station in St. L had diesel for 1.99/gallon and regular for 1.96/gallon. The gap is closing

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1980 240d
1999 SL500

We can still blame things on Big Oil?! Awesome ... I was starting to resort to silly things like reflecting on myself, the human race and plain old economics. Whew. I can't believe Big Oil didn't change the brake pads on my 240D earlier so I wouldn't have to replace the calipers. And this weather ... ugh ... why can't Big Oil just think of others and make it a delightful 70 degrees out for me? And the last guy that turned me down, here I thought it was me, but it was really just Big Oil conspiring against the little people, little people like me. Now I'm at peace. Damn you, Big Oil.

Seriously, diesel is $2.09 here ... I'm pretty thrilled. Although it is a discouraging sign at the core ... oil use is down because the country is down. Kind of sad. But not any conspiracy.

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1987 300D, arctic white/palomino--314,000 miles
1978 240D 4-speed, Euro Delivery, light ivory/bamboo--370,000 miles
2005 Jeep Liberty CRD Limited, light khaki/slate--140,000 miles
2018 Chevy Cruze diesel, 6-speed manual, satin steel metallic/kalahari--19,000 miles
1982 Peugeot 505 diesel, 4-speed manual, blue/blue, 130,000 miles
1995 S320, black/parchment--34,000 miles (Dad's car)

bhodi, a gearhead AND a sports fan... and ANY guy would turn you down? inconceivable!

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John HAUL AWAY, OR CRUSHED CARS!!! HELP ME keep the cars out of the crusher! A/C Thread
"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!

What nobody has said so far is that the prices quoted by the markets do NOT include taxes. add the tax to the market price and it comes close to what we are paying at the pump. The difference is the profit the companies make...

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"I have no convictions ... I blow with the wind, and the prevailing wind happens to be from Vichy"

Current
Monika '74 450 SL
BrownHilda '79 280SL
FoxyCleopatra '99 Chevy Suburban
Scarlett 2014 Jeep Cherokee
Krystal 2004 Volvo S60
Gone
'74 Jeep CJ5
'97 Jeep ZJ Laredo
Rudolf ‘86 300SDL
Bruno '81 300SD
Fritzi '84 BMW
'92 Subaru
'96 Impala SS
'71 Buick GS conv
'67 GTO conv
'63 Corvair conv
'57 Nomad

Jeez, at least we're not paying $4.50 a gallon for fuel anymore!

Although it still ticks me off that they didn't bother to start reducing the cost more gradually last year rather than letting the band play on up to that point and then say "oops, we didn't know"...or did they?

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1974 240D 3.0L 4(M) - 250K -OM617.910 + 300D FW + Rajay turbo power!
1977 6.9 3(A) - 84k

My father is getting his bio-diesel project up and running but I won't be converting my car to run on it, he can play with his VW TDI on that one.

However I think I might be tempted to add a few gallons of the stuff into my tank once it hits 3/4

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I live in the oil drilling belt of California. When the price of crude goes below $45, all the pumps stop working. They cannot make any money at that price and layoff or idle the field workers.

With that said, the lowest priced diesel here is $2.07 a full 5 cents cheaper then regular gas. I never thought I would see ever see the day diesel is cheaper then gas.

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1983 123.133 California
- GreaseCar Veg System

.....Again

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1982 300GD Carmine Red (DB3535) Cabriolet Parting Out
1990 300SEL Smoke Silver (Parting out)
1991 350SDL Blackberry Metallic (481)

"The thing is Bob, its not that I'm lazy...its that I just don't care."

I was waiting and waiting for Diesel to get below RUG, and it wasn't until I decided to buy this GAS Mercedes, did it actually do so....ugh

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RIP: 80 300SD
RIP: 79 450SEL
2002 E430 4matic (212,000km)
2002 ML500 'sport'

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FACEBOOK: PANZER450

I saw $1.99 today!

Only a dime more than RUG.

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Michael LaFleur

'05 E320 CDI - 86,000 miles
'86 300SDL - 360,000 miles
'85 300SD - 150,000 miles (sold)
'89 190D - 120,000 miles (sold)
'85 300SD - 317,000 miles (sold)
'98 ML320 - 270,000 miles (sold)
'75 300D - 170,000 miles (sold)
'83 Harley Davidson FLTC (Broken again) :-(
'61 Plymouth Valiant - 60k mikes
2004 Papillon (Oliver)
2005 Tzitzu (Griffon)
2009 Welsh Corgi (Buba)

Some of you guys in NC ship some of that cheap diesel out here to the coast! On Hatteras Island, diesel is $2.48, RUG $2.07.

If you drive 45 minutes north to Nags Head diesel is $2.13 or less. One place in Columbia, NC, has diesel for $2.09 last time I was through there a couple of weeks ago.

I'm not sure if it's transportation costs or greed that boosts the price of fuel (gas or diesel) some $0.20 + cents out here to the island......