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JLSuperfly · 07-15-2015, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by krisprz2010camaross

I always see a huge line of people waiting to get gas from Costco when I drive by. That's insane people would wait that long to fill up!

There is also a long line for same sex couples getting married.

krisprz2010camaross · 07-15-2015, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JLSuperfly

There is also a long line for same sex couples getting married.

I bet! haha

AKWA BLU · 07-15-2015, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by daqseabee

Welcome to California. That jump is your friendly refinery company passing along one of California's new tax/pollution initiative. Check the news. State legislature pass a new hit on refinery's. Each year refinery's have to bid on pollution chits... lamen version is the right to pollute the air. That extra cost is now ours to bear at the pump. This new initiative went active Jan 1st 2015. California leaders are attempting to force Gas production companies to produce cleaner fuels by hitting them with higher costs to pollute. It's hoped that consumers will pressure these companies to produce those fuels "in the hopes of reducing California's fuel cost. Problem is, even if the refinery's do produce these cleaner burning fuels, state leaders have no plan in place to make provide relief at the pump. Now I'm all about protecting the environment and belive it's time for us to break free of fossil fuels ot better produce cleaner fuels. However to hit California with an avarge 30 to 50 cent hit at the pump over night and call it an environmental initiative all the while have no plan to relive the consumer if gas companies improve is crap.

What you're referring to is the Cap and Trade bill signed in by Schwarzenegger back when he was Governor and became effective this last January. Im sure if he knew the state of fuel in CA he wouldn't have signed the bill.

The problem were having right now (as per the talking heads) is all refinery related. Martinez refinery is shut down due to a strike. A refinery in Long Beach is still down due to a fire. Tesoro has a refinery down due to maintenance. We get very little to no fuel from out of state due to the high refinement costs due to the blends we use.

All part of the price we pay to live in CA!

pickwithaustin · 07-15-2015, 08:05 PM

$2.37 here in Texas.

Try to hang tight, prices are supposed to dip down below $2 here very shortly with all that new Iran stuff.

Bizaro · 07-15-2015, 08:06 PM

Instead of being so concerned on gas why don't they do something productive about the water shortage?

dozSS · 07-19-2015, 09:03 PM

I drove to Anaheim this weekend to catch an Angels game from Vegas... HOLY! I stopped in Barstow to fill up and decided Id pass @ 4.79 for 91 and hit a local station. Needless to say, the cheapest I found for 91 was 4.59 :( RIDICULOUS!!

nighttowl · 07-19-2015, 09:08 PM

A long time ago when gas was less than 2 bucks Al gore said he wanted to artificially raise the price of gas to 5 dollars a gallon. Currently oil prices are the under 60 dollars a barrel.

Guess what - Its happening.

pickwithaustin · 07-19-2015, 09:14 PM

The grocery store we shop at gives "points" for their gas based on your grocery bills. We generally get about 30 cents off per gallon when we fill up as a result. Premium when it is $2.50 here becomes $2.20/gal. Since it's the store we do all our grocery shopping at anyways, it's a win/win.

TommyTheCat · 07-20-2015, 12:16 AM

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Originally Posted by pickwithaustin

The grocery store we shop at gives "points" for their gas based on your grocery bills. We generally get about 30 cents off per gallon when we fill up as a result. Premium when it is $2.50 here becomes $2.20/gal. Since it's the store we do all our grocery shopping at anyways, it's a win/win.

I had that deal with Vons but the only local one closed a few years ago.

Saw gas today for $5.09 for premium

pickwithaustin · 07-20-2015, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by TommyTheCat

I had that deal with Vons but the only local one closed a few years ago.

Saw gas today for $5.09 for premium

Wow, I used to love Vons back when I lived in California many years ago. In Texas, we have Randall's, which is owned by Safeway (which I think you still have in California). I think they operate pretty separately though.

TripleB · 07-20-2015, 10:03 PM

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Originally Posted by pickwithaustin

Wow, I used to love Vons back when I lived in California many years ago. In Texas, we have Randall's, which is owned by Safeway (which I think you still have in California). I think they operate pretty separately though.

Von's is owned by Safeway too

Todd in Vancouver · 07-20-2015, 11:31 PM

It's $1.48 per litre here in Vancouver and there are 3.8L per US gallon which is $5.63/gallon and the kicker is I can drive across the boarder (20 minutes from my house) and save $30+ per tank and its our own Freaking Canadian fuel. Half of what we pay for fuel here in British Columbia is taxes.

Now, let the bitching continue

moonsinger71 · 07-21-2015, 03:59 AM

And our "great" government here wants to cut the amount of gas used in the state by 50% by 2022. I guess they will do what ever it takes to get the bullet train built

WCFB-Russ · 07-22-2015, 04:56 AM

ITT: So much ignorance.

(Source: Native Southern Californian of 38 years who has lived in Los Angeles his whole life.)

EDIT: FYI - the "Prius" and all those cars that you thank for not using gas, are the reason that California and the Fed want to raise the gas tax (because they realizing that they aren't making as much money because those cars don't use as much fuel and are a current trend). The real kicker will be when they charge you per mile, this is coming (California first).

07-15-2015, 08:05 PM	#18
pickwithaustin Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible and: Join Date: May 2014 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,863	$2.37 here in Texas. Try to hang tight, prices are supposed to dip down below $2 here very shortly with all that new Iran stuff. __________________ --------------------------- Currently in my Garage: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible \| 1980 Corvette Stingray \| 1981 Firebird \| 1968 El Camino \| 2007 Crown Vic Police Interceptor \| 2001 Silverado \| 2001 Blazer \| 1965 Chevy C-10 \| 2007 Harley Softail Custom \| 2013 MX-5 in Copper Red Mica \| 2000 Corvette Convertible \| 2010 Corvette Grand Sport \| 2006 Audi A3 Turbo \| 2008 BMW 328i

07-19-2015, 09:08 PM	#21
nighttowl Sarcasm loading -------- Drives: 2018 ZL1 1LE Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: TX Posts: 1,808 View My Garage	A long time ago when gas was less than 2 bucks Al gore said he wanted to artificially raise the price of gas to 5 dollars a gallon. Currently oil prices are the under 60 dollars a barrel. Guess what - Its happening. __________________ "The salesman actually told me to stop getting it sideways during the test drive" 2018 MBM ZL1 1LE - Stock 2014 CRT ZL1 574 rwhp, 537 rwtq - SOLD 2010 IBM SS Camaro VVT L99 w/ TR6060 swap, 489 rwhp, 444 rwtq - SOLD

07-19-2015, 09:14 PM	#22
pickwithaustin Drives: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible and: Join Date: May 2014 Location: Central Texas Posts: 1,863	The grocery store we shop at gives "points" for their gas based on your grocery bills. We generally get about 30 cents off per gallon when we fill up as a result. Premium when it is $2.50 here becomes $2.20/gal. Since it's the store we do all our grocery shopping at anyways, it's a win/win. __________________ --------------------------- Currently in my Garage: 2011 Camaro 2SS/RS Convertible \| 1980 Corvette Stingray \| 1981 Firebird \| 1968 El Camino \| 2007 Crown Vic Police Interceptor \| 2001 Silverado \| 2001 Blazer \| 1965 Chevy C-10 \| 2007 Harley Softail Custom \| 2013 MX-5 in Copper Red Mica \| 2000 Corvette Convertible \| 2010 Corvette Grand Sport \| 2006 Audi A3 Turbo \| 2008 BMW 328i

07-20-2015, 11:31 PM	#26
Todd in Vancouver Drives: 2014 ZL1 Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 1,538 View My Garage	It's $1.48 per litre here in Vancouver and there are 3.8L per US gallon which is $5.63/gallon and the kicker is I can drive across the boarder (20 minutes from my house) and save $30+ per tank and its our own Freaking Canadian fuel. Half of what we pay for fuel here in British Columbia is taxes. Now, let the bitching continue __________________ Todd in Vancouver '14 ZL1 Camaro '67 Camaro SS Pro-tour in process How hard can it be... Check out my other build http://www.pro-touring.com/threads/9...ject-Obsession

07-22-2015, 04:56 AM	#28
WCFB-Russ Drives: ????? Join Date: May 2007 Location: Wandering the Earth Posts: 267	ITT: So much ignorance. (Source: Native Southern Californian of 38 years who has lived in Los Angeles his whole life.) EDIT: FYI - the "Prius" and all those cars that you thank for not using gas, are the reason that California and the Fed want to raise the gas tax (because they realizing that they aren't making as much money because those cars don't use as much fuel and are a current trend). The real kicker will be when they charge you per mile, this is coming (California first). __________________

07-15-2015, 08:06 PM	#19
Bizaro Account Suspended Drives: 2015 Redhot 1LE Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Westchester NY Posts: 1,409	Instead of being so concerned on gas why don't they do something productive about the water shortage?

07-19-2015, 09:03 PM	#20
dozSS Drives: 2015 Camaro 2SS/RS/1LE Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 49 View My Garage	I drove to Anaheim this weekend to catch an Angels game from Vegas... HOLY! I stopped in Barstow to fill up and decided Id pass @ 4.79 for 91 and hit a local station. Needless to say, the cheapest I found for 91 was 4.59 :( RIDICULOUS!!

07-21-2015, 03:59 AM	#27
moonsinger71 Drives: 2014 Camero 2SS/RS Vert Join Date: Sep 2014 Location: CA Posts: 53	And our "great" government here wants to cut the amount of gas used in the state by 50% by 2022. I guess they will do what ever it takes to get the bullet train built