Now the prices at my favorite diesel station - brand name is "Crown"

High-Energy Content Diesel - $1.239

Low-Energy Content Petrol - $1.329

My '87 300D gets 29.5 mpg on diesel. What does a 300E get? Does the 300E have to use premium fuel?



Ken300D

sw ct - citgo diesel still at 1.339/gal

regular gas 87 octane 1.399 and heading north...

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

It was $1.49/gal at the Crystal Flash I usually fill. Then later, I saw a Citgo station for $1.30/gal and I filled up there. Also saw a Shell station selling for $1.39/gal.

Thi sis in Western Michigan.

sw CT - diesel now at 1.389/gal - and that's about the cheapest
locally -


on the other hand 87 octane gas at the same station 1.459 !

how about some NJ guys chiming in what's diesel going for around your state?

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

On my way up from Dallas to Michigan last weekend, I bought for:

$1.21 just east of Dallas, TX
$1.21 in West Memphis, AR
$1.17 in Indianapolis, IN

Here in Michigan, the cheapest is $1.31-$1.33

For a thousand miles and six states, fuel can be found for the high teens to the low 20's. Then when I get to Michigan, it's 15 cents higher. What gives?!!!

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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)

I paid 1.259 lastnight. Pushed it to 9.50 even and had a 50 cent off coupon. Made me happy.

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2001 Jeep Cherokee Sport 70K
2004 Lexus RX-330 ??K
2005 Chrylser Crossfire LTD 6K

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For the last few weeks we seem to have been holding at $1.63 for unleaded 87 Octane and $1.51 for diesel at my local Texaco here in north San Diego county. This is a much larger gap than normal, and I love it. Big Mac

I got the urge to take a picture of some gas stations recently. This place has sold me several tankfuls of diesel. This station is along Rt 22 in Phillipsburg NJ. In PA diesel is about $1.40, with unleaded 87 $1.30, 91 about $1.38, and 93 octane about $1.45. In other words, diesel is a good 12 cents more than NJ, with gas prices pretty similar. I've seen $1.239 diesel in the same NJ town, but the pic was even fuzzier...

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

I paid $1.209 today in northern Nebraska, on an Indian Reservation. Gas was the same price.

I do believe they somehow get all or part of the federal tax taken off, then can undercut other stations.

I saw one tonight that was $1.279 for diesel, otherwise at least $1.309 or more.

Gas here in the midwest is pretty much all over $1.40 now.

Just saw $1.179 and $1.199 a couple truck stops in northern VA. The $1.179 was off exit 126 (easily remembered exit number, at a place called Massaponax just south of Fredericksburg) on I-95. There are also several stations selling Amoco PowerBlend, which is marked 47 cetane. Of course, the truck stop that was $1.179 was something like 0.879 a few years back, if I recall. Definitely under a buck a gallon.

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Bob Roe
Lehigh Valley PA USA
1973 Olds 88, 1972 MB 280SE, 1978 Datsun 280Z, 1971 Ford T-Bird, 1972 Olds 88, 1983 Nissan Sentra, 1985 Sentra, 1973 230.6, 1990 Acura Integra, 1991 Volvo 940GLE wagon, 1983 300SD, 1984 300SD, 1995 Subaru Legacy L wagon, 2002 Mountaineer, 1991 300TE wagon, 2008 Murano, 2007 R320CDI 4Matic 52K, some Hyundai, 2008 BMW 535xi wagon, all gone... currently
2007 Honda Odyssey Touring, 2014 E350 4matic

I found that the Hess on RT.31 in Whitehouse Station has the cheapest diesel I see, always about 5 cents cheaper than anywhere.

Its $1.259 here average.

Philadelphia, my last fill up was $1.35/gal at the cheap station two hours drive north, up state. They are always higher in town by about 10 to 15 cents. It is $1.49/gal at Coastal in town. I've noticed that it is usually close to the price of super unleaded around here.

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T.W.
1987 300D 170,000 Mi.
1990 350SDL 105,000 Mi.
1979 450SL 147,000 Mi.
1976 U 1300 Unimog 4400 H
1963 Piper Cherokee 160 1800 H

That's funny. Here, it is cheaper in town. I saw 3 stations on 8-mile rd that advertized $1.26. Heading out of town is were it gets expensive. I've seen up to $1.49.

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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)

Diesel fuel prices have been rock steady now for some time. I'm still paying $1.239 at my favorite place. Nobody is ever at the diesel pump - so it seems to be my private spot!

Gasolene seems to have come down a bit, to the area of $1.249 - rather amazing.

Now I hear that "crude oil is rising and supplies are dwindling" so I know that's the oil industry's rallying cry to raise prices for the Memorial Day weekend.

Expecting a ten cent increase in gasolene by then.

Ken300D

sw ct now at 1.399 up from 1.379
still cheaper than regular gas though- by about .05/gal!

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP