It's official: $100 fill up!

[GetMeMyStogie]

Well, I knew it was coming, and it happened today. It cost me $100 to fill up the MM. It would have actually cost a bit more, as the needle was below 'E', but the credit card pre-auth maxed out.

[MOTOWN]

i cant remember the last time i filled my car up! and at these prices it wont be anytime soon!

[MercNasty]

I dont even know what a fill up is. the most i will put in my car is 50. the average is 25 tho

[Mr. Man]

Well, I knew it was coming, and it happened today. It cost me $100 to fill up the MM. It would have actually cost a bit more, as the needle was below 'E', but the credit card pre-auth maxed out.
That's 100 clams Canadian right? What's that in USA dollars 5.00 bucks:P;):D

Seriously must be about 80-85 bucks right:)

[knine]

:eek: That works out to about 6.25 a gallon.
63 litres is about 16 gallons / 100.00

[a_d_a_m]

I'll make sure to fill up Stateside during my STAP trip this summer...jeez.

[kernie]

That's 100 clams Canadian right? What's that in USA dollars 5.00 bucks:P;):D

Seriously must be about 80-85 bucks right:)

Are you serious? That's about $105 in USA dollars, things are a changing my friend.

[Mr. Man]

16 gal @ 3.95 gal in NJ = 63.20. How far is to the States from Toronto? Cheaper to fill up here.

[Bluerauder]

:eek: That works out to about 6.25 a gallon.
63 litres is about 16 gallons / 100.00

63.898 liters = 16.88 US gallons
$100.00 CDN = $105.14 USD

$105.14/16.88 = $6.23 per gallon vs. about $4.23 at the US pump for 93 Octane.

Since their costs are the same as ours, that extra $2.00 goes to taxes. I suspect that we'll soon see the same thing under Obamacare. :P

[tbone]

I paid $72 today and I was below E.

[LANDY]

I filled up with $76 last week.

[Bluerauder]

I filled up with $76 last week.

I filled up for $45.00 today using my Giant Food/Shell points. :P This is a really good deal since we do all our food shopping at Giant.

[DEFYANT]

I just keep it as full as possible. I that way I keep the hit to the wallet down also.

[Peter]

16 gal @ 3.95 gal in NJ = 63.20. How far is to the States from Toronto? Cheaper to fill up here.
2 hours away. About 130 miles away.

[SC Cheesehead]

I just keep it as full as possible. I that way I keep the hit to the wallet down also.

+1, I try to fill up before it hits half full, for the same reason... :(

[Mr. Man]

2 hours away. About 130 miles away.
To far away to make it worth the trip unless you fill the trunk with Jerry cans. I suppose Customs would then ship you to Nunavut as a terrorist.;)

[Bradley G]

I did 5 gallons of of 110 and 13.5 gallons of 93 for a mere $91.oo
so yummy :P

[Canadasvt]

Well, I knew it was coming, and it happened today. It cost me $100 to fill up the MM. It would have actually cost a bit more, as the needle was below 'E', but the credit card pre-auth maxed out.

Was that 94 octane? I 'only' put 91 in mine.

[SC Cheesehead]

Was that 94 octane? I 'only' put 91 in mine.

Can you get anything higher than 91 octane in CA?

[DOOM]

Screw gas prices!

Foot to the floor W-O-T!!! :burn:


:rock:

[Canadasvt]

Can you get anything higher than 91 octane in CA?

Yes. We have 94

[SC Cheesehead]

Screw gas prices!

Foot to the floor W-O-T!!! :burn:


:rock:

wwwwwhhhhhiiiiiiiinnnnnnneeeee ee!

[DOOM]

Just filled up the Vic.

$65.00 for 16.502 gal. of gas.

Sunoco
87 - $3.93
91 - $4.06
93 - $4.23

[tdotcv]

When I bought my Marauder 2 weeks ago in the US I filled it up 3 times. I paid $55-$65 each time to fill up. I filled up last week for the first time in Canada and paid $95. What a difference. Do we have to use octane 91 or can we just use regluar gas to save money.

[MOTOWN]

i get the feeling were going to see $6 a gallon before the sodomizing ends!

[tbone]

When I bought my Marauder 2 weeks ago in the US I filled it up 3 times. I paid $55-$65 each time to fill up. I filled up last week for the first time in Canada and paid $95. What a difference. Do we have to use octane 91 or can we just use regluar gas to save money.

Don't ask. I got destroyed for asking this question.:flamer:

[tdotcv]

Why did you get destroyed? Is the difference like synthetic oil vs a synthetic blend?

[tbone]

No, I wanted to save money by buying regular vs premium and you would think I wanted to put water in my crankcase......

[fastblackmerc]

Why did you get destroyed? Is the difference like synthetic oil vs a synthetic blend?

:shake::shake::shake::shake:

No it's like keeping your engine intact or letting it go KABOOM!

Unless you have a tune for a different octane gas you need to run a minimum of 91 octane or your motor will go bye-bye.

[Bradley G]

Better advice! Sure! Go ahead! Give it a try, See how it works out for you.

No, I wanted to save money by buying regular vs premium and you would think I wanted to put water in my crankcase......

[CBT]

When I bought my Marauder 2 weeks ago in the US I filled it up 3 times. I paid $55-$65 each time to fill up. I filled up last week for the first time in Canada and paid $95. What a difference. Do we have to use octane 91 or can we just use regluar gas to save money.

Dibs on your floormats.

[Bluerauder]

When I bought my Marauder 2 weeks ago in the US I filled it up 3 times. I paid $55-$65 each time to fill up. I filled up last week for the first time in Canada and paid $95. What a difference. Do we have to use octane 91 or can we just use regluar gas to save money.

At 25 to 30 cents per gallon difference between 91 and 87 Octane, you will NEVER drive far enough or save enough money to pay for the engine replacement WHEN it goes boom. Dirty Harry says "Do ya feel lucky?"

[Rockettman]

I filled up before I put it away for the winter.
Comes out today.
I will be baby-ing this tank for as long as I can.
$1.50/liter...robbery!

[TAKEDOWN]

These prices are definitely taking the fun out of driving it's 55mph for me and a lot coastin' instead of touching the GO pedal! :shake:

[Rockettman]

It's a tough call on this though.
There are cars out there (like Civic; Fit; Fiesta; etc.) that get GREAT mileage...but we choose to drive these beautiful - meanlooking - fast - gas guzzling houses on wheels.
As it's been put before: "you've got to pay to play".
All that said; my Marauder will not show up in Autotrader anytiime soon.

[TAKEDOWN]

It's a tough call on this though.
There are cars out there (like Civic; Fit; Fiesta; etc.) that get GREAT mileage...but we choose to drive these beautiful - meanlooking - fast - gas guzzling houses on wheels.
As it's been put before: "you've got to pay to play".
All that said; my Marauder will not show up in Autotrader anytiime soon.

Same thing here, but just easin' up on the :burnout: pedal a bit, LOL!

[tbone]

Better advice! Sure! Go ahead! Give it a try, See how it works out for you.

If I didn't know and love you brotha.......:puke:

Is your party on the 7th still?

[dbc1965]

78.00 dollars to fill in Chicago

[Dr Caleb]

Well, I knew it was coming, and it happened today. It cost me $100 to fill up the MM. It would have actually cost a bit more, as the needle was below 'E', but the credit card pre-auth maxed out.

I was filling up last couple year at the $100 mark, when oil was over $140 a barrel.

The F-150 is pushing $130 now, almost every fill. And gas jumped another nickle yesterday! Those greedy bastards!

[kernie]

I was filling up last couple year at the $100 mark, when oil was over $140 a barrel.

The F-150 is pushing $130 now, almost every fill. And gas jumped another nickle yesterday! Those greedy bastards!

You guys in Alberta catch a tax break, again, no complaining allowed!

http://www.londongasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx?c=can

:beer:

[SC Cheesehead]

I was filling up last couple year at the $100 mark, when oil was over $140 a barrel.

The F-150 is pushing $130 now, almost every fill. And gas jumped another nickle yesterday! Those greedy bastards!

Who's the greedy ones?

[CBT]

Highjacked from Huff-Post:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) demanded on Thursday that regulators impose limits on oil speculation to help lower the price of gas in a letter sent to President Obama.
“There is mounting evidence that the skyrocketing price of gas and oil has nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand, and has everything to do with Wall Street firms that are artificially jacking up the price of oil in the energy futures markets,” Sanders wrote. “In other words, the same Wall Street speculators that caused the worst financial crisis since the 1930s through their greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior are ripping off the American people again by gambling that the price of oil and gas will continue to go up.”
Last year’s financial reform bill required the Commodities Futures Trading Commission to crack down on commodities speculation by imposing “position limits” -- a cap on the size of the bets that Wall Street traders can place. The agency was required to apply the new rules by January 22, but the CFTC has delayed the rules in order to collect data.
“What is particularly offensive is that this could and should have been prevented under current law,” Sanders wrote.
While at least part of the recent spike in oil prices is likely the result of unrest in the Middle East, the heavy volume of Wall Street speculation may be exaggerating the rise, if not driving it outright. The number of speculative bets on food and energy today is even higher than in 2008 (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/02/15/gambling-on-hunger-food-crisis-regulators_n_823725.html), when oil reached its highest price ever, sparking food riots across the globe. CFTC Commissioner Bart Chilton has been pushing to implement position limits soon, citing heated speculation and a March 21 research note from Goldman Sachs analyst David Greely (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/22/obamas-oil-market-fraud-s_n_852747.html) that claimed Wall Street gambling in the futures markets is in fact driving up oil prices.
Obama announced a new inter-agency working group to combat fraud (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/22/obamas-oil-market-fraud-s_n_852747.html) in the oil markets on April 21, but some economists and experts believe the effort will have a very limited impact on gas prices. Commodities speculation is perfectly legal, and traders do not have to break the law in order to drive up prices.

The full text of Sanders' letter is below:


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April 28, 2011

The Honorable Barack Obama
President of the United States
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20500
Dear Mr. President:
As you know, the skyrocketing cost of gasoline is causing severe economic pain to millions of Americans who have already suffered through the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.
In Vermont, where it is not uncommon for people to commute 100 miles to work and back five days a week, the increased price of gas is taking a serious bite out of the paychecks of middle class families, many of whom are already working longer hours for lower wages. We have a responsibility to do everything we can to lower gas prices so that they reflect the fundamentals of supply and demand and bring needed relief to the American people at the gas pump.
Let's be clear. There is mounting evidence that the skyrocketing price of gas and oil has nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand, and has everything to do with Wall Street firms that are artificially jacking up the price of oil in the energy futures markets.
In other words, the same Wall Street speculators that caused the worst financial crisis since the 1930s through their greed, recklessness, and illegal behavior are ripping off the American people again by gambling that the price of oil and gas will continue to go up.
According to the Energy Information Administration, the supply of crude oil is higher today than it was last year when gas prices averaged $2.81 a gallon, while the demand for gasoline is lower today than it was last year. Based on supply and demand fundamentals, prices should be going down, not up. Instead, gas prices have gone up by over a dollar a gallon since last year.
According to Goldman Sachs, 20 percent of the price of crude oil is due to excessive speculation. Other experts believe that excessive speculation is driving up crude oil prices by 50 percent. This means that Americans are paying a Wall Street premium of between 70 cents and $1.63 a gallon every time they fill up their gas tanks.
This is simply unacceptable. What is particularly offensive is that this could and should have been prevented under current law.
The Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that you signed into law last summer required the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to impose strict position limits on the amount of oil that Wall Street speculators could trade in the energy futures market no later than January 22, 2011.
It is now April 28, 2011, and the CFTC has still not imposed speculation limits on oil trading in direct violation of both the letter and the spirit of the Wall Street reform law.
Since January 22, 2011, when these speculation limits were supposed to go into effect, until today the national average for a gallon of gas has gone up by more than 80 cents a gallon.
Instead of putting strong speculation limits in place in January of 2011 as required by law, the CFTC proposed a rule on position limits that wouldn't go into effect until late January of next year. Adding insult to injury, these position limits are so ineffective that they would allow just one Wall Street firm to control 25% of the entire U.S. crude oil spot market or four firms to control 100% of this market without violating the regulations.
Three out of the five commissioners at the CFTC must vote to approve strong oil speculation limits before they can take effect. It is clear right now that there are only two commissioners who are willing and able to do what the law requires to significantly limit oil speculation and bring down gas prices at the pump.
I urge you to make it clear to the CFTC that they must obey the law and establish strong oil speculation limits as soon as possible. I would also urge you to ask for the immediate resignation of any CFTC commissioner who refuses to obey the law and nominate someone else who will.
We cannot allow Wall Street speculators to rip off the American people at the gas pump for one more day and the American people cannot wait another eight months to go by before any limits on Wall Street oil speculators go into effect.
Thank you for your attention to this important matter. I look forward to working with you on this issue.

Sincerely,

Bernard Sanders
United States Senator

[MrBluGruv]

Highjacked from Huff-Post:

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.)
“There is mounting evidence that the skyrocketing price of gas and oil has nothing to do with the fundamentals of supply and demand, and has everything to do with Wall Street firms that are artificially jacking up the price of oil in the energy futures markets,”

I still don't understand how this is news to people. This has been the common practice for YEARS AND YEARS AND YEARS.

There is virtually no risk in buying oil futures, and there is constant demand because it is a necessary commodity. The system is designed to gouge. HOW IS THIS STILL HAPPENING?

[Dr Caleb]

You guys in Alberta catch a tax break, again, no complaining allowed!

http://www.londongasprices.com/Price_By_County.aspx?c=can

:beer:

We don't get a 'break', we just refuse to let our government spend more than we earn, so they don't have to tax us to make up the difference. ;)

[Dr Caleb]

Who's the greedy ones?

The oil companies who raise prices, when demand is low and inventories are high. Who else?

[SC Cheesehead]

The oil companies who raise prices, when demand is low and inventories are high. Who else?

The refiners or oil suppliers?

http://www.exxonmobilperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/Gasoline-price-breakdown.png

85% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline are controlled by off shore interests or the government.

So, who should we be pointing the finger at?

[Dr Caleb]

The refiners or oil suppliers?


85% of the cost of a gallon of gasoline are controlled by off shore interests or the government.

So, who should we be pointing the finger at?

There is no difference between suppliers and refiners.

There are no offshore interests here. The oil that comes out of our ground is the gasoline in our pumps.

Oil wells controlled by 'Oil Company Resources LTD.' is pulled out of the ground at $5 per barrel royalty rate, and is sold to 'Oil Company Refinery LTD.' and a slight increase, who refines and sells it on the open market at market rates. There is no glut of unrefined crude, there is not glut of refined motor vehicle or any other vehicle fuel. But the price jumped today anyhow.

That is who I am pointing the finger at. And you seem to forget, I'm not a citizen of the Unites States. Your rules do not apply here. ;)

15% of the crude oil flowing into your country from 'foreign suppliers' is from right under my feet. I recall people harping on about paying for oil from countries that want to hurt you. Well, all we want to do is sell you oil, gas, gold, uranium, softwood lumber, beef, pork, chicken . . . and kick your asses at hockey. Remember Chavez, Amadinijad and those guys the next time someone tells you that Oilsands oil is 'dirty'. :beer:

[kernie]

There is no difference between suppliers and refiners.

There are no offshore interests here. The oil that comes out of our ground is the gasoline in our pumps.

Oil wells controlled by 'Oil Company Resources LTD.' is pulled out of the ground at $5 per barrel royalty rate, and is sold to 'Oil Company Refinery LTD.' and a slight increase, who refines and sells it on the open market at market rates. There is no glut of unrefined crude, there is not glut of refined motor vehicle or any other vehicle fuel. But the price jumped today anyhow.

That is who I am pointing the finger at. And you seem to forget, I'm not a citizen of the Unites States. Your rules do not apply here. ;)

15% of the crude oil flowing into your country from 'foreign suppliers' is from right under my feet. I recall people harping on about paying for oil from countries that want to hurt you. Well, all we want to do is sell you oil, gas, gold, uranium, softwood lumber, beef, pork, chicken . . . and kick your asses at hockey. Remember Chavez, Amadinijad and those guys the next time someone tells you that Oilsands oil is 'dirty'. :beer:
Ya! And that's all that matters!

Oil-smoil, who cares! Filler up!

i could choose to drive a tin can or take transit but I choose to have fun!

:beer:

[SC Cheesehead]

There is no difference between suppliers and refiners.

There are no offshore interests here. The oil that comes out of our ground is the gasoline in our pumps.

Oil wells controlled by 'Oil Company Resources LTD.' is pulled out of the ground at $5 per barrel royalty rate, and is sold to 'Oil Company Refinery LTD.' and a slight increase, who refines and sells it on the open market at market rates. There is no glut of unrefined crude, there is not glut of refined motor vehicle or any other vehicle fuel. But the price jumped today anyhow.

That is who I am pointing the finger at. And you seem to forget, I'm not a citizen of the Unites States. Your rules do not apply here. ;)

15% of the crude oil flowing into your country from 'foreign suppliers' is from right under my feet. I recall people harping on about paying for oil from countries that want to hurt you. Well, all we want to do is sell you oil, gas, gold, uranium, softwood lumber, beef, pork, chicken . . . and kick your asses at hockey. Remember Chavez, Amadinijad and those guys the next time someone tells you that Oilsands oil is 'dirty'. :beer:

So Canada buys no foreign oil, it supplies 100% of it's own crude? Interesting.

So, who owns 'Oil Company Resources LTD.' and 'Oil Company Refinery LTD.' Irving? Imperial? Others? If crude is being extracted at $5.00 per barrel, and refined product is being sold for over $5.00 per litre, somebody IS getting hosed, big time.

I'm 100% with you on the value of oilsands, great resource, and I'm glad to see technology being developed to recover it (btw my company is big into that area, so what's good for you guys is good for us as well... ;))

[GetMeMyStogie]

Was that 94 octane? I 'only' put 91 in mine.
Yup, that was the 94 octane. My tune kinda needs it :burnout:

[GetMeMyStogie]

Same thing here, but just easin' up on the :burnout: pedal a bit, LOL!

I try that every now and then, but it gets boring after about 5 minutes :sleepy: , especially since the construction is done on the QEW. Perhaps one day the OPP will make it more palatable (thats' our version of state police/highway patrol), but until then l'll continue paying to play ;)

[scruff]

Yup, that was the 94 octane. My tune kinda needs it :burnout:

sunoco 94 is the only gas to use if your S/C i,m not happy with paying 1.45L but i have no choice either 70.00 a day in gas here:mad2:

[Dr Caleb]

So Canada buys no foreign oil, it supplies 100% of it's own crude? Interesting.

So, who owns 'Oil Company Resources LTD.' and 'Oil Company Refinery LTD.' Irving? Imperial? Others? If crude is being extracted at $5.00 per barrel, and refined product is being sold for over $5.00 per litre, somebody IS getting hosed, big time.

I'm 100% with you on the value of oilsands, great resource, and I'm glad to see technology being developed to recover it (btw my company is big into that area, so what's good for you guys is good for us as well... ;))

Not quite - the western pipelines that go to Chicago and Texas, don't reach Quebec or the Maritimes. They import from the North Sea and the US respectively. But we are a net exporter of oil and gas. By far.

'Oil Company' was used as a generic example. Suncor, Esso, Shell, BP, Husky - they all extract oil, and all have their refineries. The company doesn't matter, because they all do it. And yes, we are getting hosed. Alaska charges $12.50/ BBL, Norway in the $25 range. But we've recently changed the royalty schedule for oilsands, where the government gets royalties in the form of crude, and we're building refineries to both create jobs and refne the oil for sale on open markets. That at least cuts us somewhat in to the retail end of things.

I worked in the North oilsands for a number of years. It's a truly awesome endeavour!

[knine]

It will be O.K., Obama has launched an "investigation". He'll get to the bottom of it.

doof.
http://www.arcamax.com/newspics/18/1891/189130.gif

[Serge]

sunoco 94 is the only gas to use if your S/C i,m not happy with paying 1.45L but i have no choice either 70.00 a day in gas here:mad2:

Mine runs fine on 91.

[scruff]

Mine runs fine on 91.

well it should run fine on 91 if thats what your tuned for? but the price difference between the two is,nt that much more to pay for 94
/ good to see you post,n over here serge cheers!

[Dereck]

Hi

What a bunch of whiners you don't even know when you are well off.

Topped of my Marauder yesterday 14 gallons @ only $8.73 a gallon = $122

Regards

Dereck

[kernie]

Hi

What a bunch of whiners you don't even know when you are well off.

Topped of my Marauder yesterday 14 gallons @ only $8.73 a gallon = $122

Regards

Dereck

Shhh! Feeling bad for themselves is a sport here in the land of the bloated consumer. {yes that incudes Canada}

We have it all and we want more!

:beer:

[Bluerauder]

Hi

What a bunch of whiners you don't even know when you are well off.

Topped of my Marauder yesterday 14 gallons @ only $8.73 a gallon = $122

Regards

Dereck

That ^^^^^ oughta help pay off that wedding. Only 656 fill-ups for the wedding cake alone. :rolleyes: