I kick myself for not filling up my 300SD last night for $4.41 a gallon. The price went up .10 cents overnight to $4.51! Which is by far the cheapest diesel around. Some want as high as $4.89!
Sorry for posting another ranting thread about high diesel prices!(LOL)

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1985 Mercedes Benz 300SD, TMU
2015 Chrysler 200S

Just wait till a year or two from now when diesel is averaging $6.59 or something.....

Around here its between 4.49 and 4.69, with most stations at 4.59

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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)

Our local WalMart (Murphy station) finally got diesel at the pumps and was $4.19 yesterday. It's $4.16 if you use a shopping card -- that's $.13 cheaper than the next cheapest place in town. Hate to shop at WalMart, but that's hard to beat.

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

You are right in line with us out here on the left coast. a few days ago it was $4.49 / $4.79 / $4.89. we`ll see later on the day when we venture down off the mountain into civilation.

I heard of rumers of $7.00 fuel prices and more . we`ll see as summer travel comes into full swing.

This topic comes up quite often since it digs so deeply into the cashflow. I think as the fuel cost goes up, and miles driven ea month go down, it will put less wear and tare on our cars. so then there will be less discussion on how to repair such & such, and the only thing left to talk about is fuel pricing.

I`ll sit on my front porch in my rocker drinking coffee, dunking my granola bars in it, and watching my fleet slooooly rust away. It will be the only enjoyment left in life, since it will be toooo expensive to do anything else.

charlie

Charlie

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there were three HP ratings on the OM616...

1) Not much power
2) Even less power
3) Not nearly enough power!! 240D w/auto

Anyone that thinks a 240D is slow drives too fast.

80 240D Naturally Exasperated, 4-Spd 388k DD 150mph spedo 3:58 Diff

We are advised to NOT judge ALL Muslims by the actions of a few lunatics, but we are encouraged to judge ALL gun owners by the actions of a few lunatics. Funny how that works

$4.60 now, its going to take a C note to fill the SDL.

If I didn't care about my credit I would just fill out one of those credit card offers that they keep sending me, get a card with like a $5k limit and rack it up to the max with fuel while paying the minimum payment. Than throwing it away.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

I believe we are approaching the tipping point for diesel cars and wvo. If the cost of fuel continues to rise, more and more older diesel mercedes are going to be converted to run on wvo. I don't think I'm ever going to find a decent wagon at an affordable, sane price.

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Kevin

1978 300D
1979 240D

I saw on the lunchtime news where oil dropped 2 or 3 bucks... still high, but not AS high. If we're lucky, it may have peaked (for now). Doubtful, but possible.

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1992 300D 2.5T
1980 Euro 300D (sadly, sold)
1998 Jetta TDI, 132K "Rudy"
1974 Triumph TR6
1999 Saab 9-5 wagon (wife's)

ANOTHER FUEL PRICE THREAD!

Not too much longer now until it hits $5/gallon.

The high oil prices are temporary. Yes, they will be permanently highER than they were in the past, however the rising price of oil is/will be driving new drilling and more refineries as places that were unprofitable to drill at $30/barrel are VERY profitable to drill at $100/barrel. So there are two bits of good news about ridiculously high oil prices:
1) They drive more supply, meaning they'll go lower again.
2) They drive new technology. You'll continue to see fuel efficiency in cars and trucks get better and better, and not because of Al Gore's global warming horses**t, but because of market demand.

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'79 300SD
'82 Chevy Chevette diesel

Well spare a thought for us across the pond - we are at $2.40 a litre!

Theres 5.5 litres to a European gallon but I think its closer 6 for a US gallon which makes it -

$14.40 a gallon

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David


1996 Mercedes S124 E300TD - 129k - rolling restoration project -

1998 Mercedes W210 300TD - 118k (assimilated into above vehicle)

In southern California - last night saw two stations for... get ready for it.......


$5.05/gallon!!!!!!

There are 3.74 litres in 1 us gallon. Thats $8.976

-Joey

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1988 Toyota Camry Wagon......CRUSHED
1988 Porsche 944.......SOLD
1984 300SD.....SOLD
1995 Honda Civic DX... Totaled 11/13/08
1991 Madza Miata 193K and counting.....Mercedes t3 Turbocharger in the works 10 pounds per RWHP FTW

I feel sorry for the millions of people that heat their homes with oil. They face a potentially horribly expensive next winter.

I think there is now occurring a long term monetary disconnect between transportation type fuels and other energy sources.

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Toblin

'79 300D, "Liesel von Diesel", 235K

I kid proofed the house....but they still get in

The "cheap" place in town just went up to $4.499, was $4.209 yesterday. Looks like I picked the right time to add a gas burner to the fleet.

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Whoever said there's nothing more expensive than a cheap Mercedes never had a cheap Jaguar.

83 300D Turbo with manual conversion, early W126 vented front rotors and H4 headlights 400,xxx miles
08 Suzuki GSX-R600 M4 Slip-on 22,xxx miles
88 Jaguar XJS V12 94,xxx miles. Work in progress.

I filled at Base MCRD San Diego tonight it's $4.39 a gallon outside it's $4.90!


83 300D Turbo Dsl
97 C230
94 C280