DougW

J Strickland did pass the time by typing:
> I remember pumping it for $0.32, and they had Gas Wars at that price where
> they shaved cents off the price to lure in customers from the place on the
> next corner, or the place across the street.

Yep. Now I use http://www.oklahomacitygasprices.com/
(they have other states as well)

(remembering back when I bitched about gas over a dollar.)

Going to get one of those credit cards that gives
cash back, that will help a bit.

--
DougW

Dick

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:16:56 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
>Half a bloody tank, 40$..

Still cheaper than it was in the 70's when taking the cost of money
into account. Won't be long though before we smash that record. Just
be glad we don't live in Europe.

Dick

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:16:56 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
>Half a bloody tank, 40$..

Still cheaper than it was in the 70's when taking the cost of money
into account. Won't be long though before we smash that record. Just
be glad we don't live in Europe.

Dick

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:16:56 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
>Half a bloody tank, 40$..

Still cheaper than it was in the 70's when taking the cost of money
into account. Won't be long though before we smash that record. Just
be glad we don't live in Europe.

Dick

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 14:16:56 -0500, "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

>Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
>Half a bloody tank, 40$..

Still cheaper than it was in the 70's when taking the cost of money
into account. Won't be long though before we smash that record. Just
be glad we don't live in Europe.

Will Honea

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:23:37 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> DougW did pass the time by typing:
> > Just playing with excel and did a scatter of
> > octane vs gas mileage. Interesting to see the
> > higher MPG blobs. Those are associated with
> > long distance (300-600 mile) highway driving.
> >
> > http://www.revbeergoggles.com/temp/gasminder.pdf
> >
> > Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
> > Half a bloody tank, 40$..
>
> Oh.. I should mention the lower octane is what I use
> up in Colorado Springs, if the jeep was fed that at
> lower altitude the engine would resemble one of those
> 3d jigsaw puzzles covered with oil.

Boy, is that ever true! I made one trip from COS to Abilene a couple
of years back where I had a 30-35 kt tail wind behind me all the way
down into the Panhandle (racing tumbleweeds at times <g>). Gas
mileage was so good that when I got to my usual pit stop in Dalhart I
still had plenty of gas so I pushed on into Amarillo (85 octane
regular @6500 ft here, 87 octane regular @3100 ft there). Pulling the
long hills north of Amarillo got interesting - even with the knock
sensor on the 88 I was getting pings and the computer was retarding
the timing so far I felt like putting my foot out to push. Filled up
south of Amarillo with the 87 octane, ran 4-5 miles and gained a whole
bunch of power back with no pinging. Coming North, I generally get
2-3 mpg better mileage going back uphill than I do going down since
I'm running with the higher octane stuff on the way back. I suspect
that the knock sensor allows the computer to advance the timing a
little more with the higher octane - but I'm too cheap to buy the
premium just to check it.

--
Will Honea

Will Honea

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:23:37 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> DougW did pass the time by typing:
> > Just playing with excel and did a scatter of
> > octane vs gas mileage. Interesting to see the
> > higher MPG blobs. Those are associated with
> > long distance (300-600 mile) highway driving.
> >
> > http://www.revbeergoggles.com/temp/gasminder.pdf
> >
> > Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
> > Half a bloody tank, 40$..
>
> Oh.. I should mention the lower octane is what I use
> up in Colorado Springs, if the jeep was fed that at
> lower altitude the engine would resemble one of those
> 3d jigsaw puzzles covered with oil.

Boy, is that ever true! I made one trip from COS to Abilene a couple
of years back where I had a 30-35 kt tail wind behind me all the way
down into the Panhandle (racing tumbleweeds at times <g>). Gas
mileage was so good that when I got to my usual pit stop in Dalhart I
still had plenty of gas so I pushed on into Amarillo (85 octane
regular @6500 ft here, 87 octane regular @3100 ft there). Pulling the
long hills north of Amarillo got interesting - even with the knock
sensor on the 88 I was getting pings and the computer was retarding
the timing so far I felt like putting my foot out to push. Filled up
south of Amarillo with the 87 octane, ran 4-5 miles and gained a whole
bunch of power back with no pinging. Coming North, I generally get
2-3 mpg better mileage going back uphill than I do going down since
I'm running with the higher octane stuff on the way back. I suspect
that the knock sensor allows the computer to advance the timing a
little more with the higher octane - but I'm too cheap to buy the
premium just to check it.

--
Will Honea

Will Honea

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:23:37 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> DougW did pass the time by typing:
> > Just playing with excel and did a scatter of
> > octane vs gas mileage. Interesting to see the
> > higher MPG blobs. Those are associated with
> > long distance (300-600 mile) highway driving.
> >
> > http://www.revbeergoggles.com/temp/gasminder.pdf
> >
> > Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
> > Half a bloody tank, 40$..
>
> Oh.. I should mention the lower octane is what I use
> up in Colorado Springs, if the jeep was fed that at
> lower altitude the engine would resemble one of those
> 3d jigsaw puzzles covered with oil.

Boy, is that ever true! I made one trip from COS to Abilene a couple
of years back where I had a 30-35 kt tail wind behind me all the way
down into the Panhandle (racing tumbleweeds at times <g>). Gas
mileage was so good that when I got to my usual pit stop in Dalhart I
still had plenty of gas so I pushed on into Amarillo (85 octane
regular @6500 ft here, 87 octane regular @3100 ft there). Pulling the
long hills north of Amarillo got interesting - even with the knock
sensor on the 88 I was getting pings and the computer was retarding
the timing so far I felt like putting my foot out to push. Filled up
south of Amarillo with the 87 octane, ran 4-5 miles and gained a whole
bunch of power back with no pinging. Coming North, I generally get
2-3 mpg better mileage going back uphill than I do going down since
I'm running with the higher octane stuff on the way back. I suspect
that the knock sensor allows the computer to advance the timing a
little more with the higher octane - but I'm too cheap to buy the
premium just to check it.

--
Will Honea

Will Honea

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 19:23:37 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> DougW did pass the time by typing:
> > Just playing with excel and did a scatter of
> > octane vs gas mileage. Interesting to see the
> > higher MPG blobs. Those are associated with
> > long distance (300-600 mile) highway driving.
> >
> > http://www.revbeergoggles.com/temp/gasminder.pdf
> >
> > Side note, 93 Octane $2.689/gal in Oklahoma.
> > Half a bloody tank, 40$..
>
> Oh.. I should mention the lower octane is what I use
> up in Colorado Springs, if the jeep was fed that at
> lower altitude the engine would resemble one of those
> 3d jigsaw puzzles covered with oil.

Boy, is that ever true! I made one trip from COS to Abilene a couple
of years back where I had a 30-35 kt tail wind behind me all the way
down into the Panhandle (racing tumbleweeds at times <g>). Gas
mileage was so good that when I got to my usual pit stop in Dalhart I
still had plenty of gas so I pushed on into Amarillo (85 octane
regular @6500 ft here, 87 octane regular @3100 ft there). Pulling the
long hills north of Amarillo got interesting - even with the knock
sensor on the 88 I was getting pings and the computer was retarding
the timing so far I felt like putting my foot out to push. Filled up
south of Amarillo with the 87 octane, ran 4-5 miles and gained a whole
bunch of power back with no pinging. Coming North, I generally get
2-3 mpg better mileage going back uphill than I do going down since
I'm running with the higher octane stuff on the way back. I suspect
that the knock sensor allows the computer to advance the timing a
little more with the higher octane - but I'm too cheap to buy the
premium just to check it.

--
Will Honea

Will Honea

On Fri, 19 Aug 2005 21:18:30 UTC "DougW"
<post.replies@invalid.address> wrote:

> J Strickland did pass the time by typing:
> > I remember pumping it for $0.32, and they had Gas Wars at that price where
> > they shaved cents off the price to lure in customers from the place on the
> > next corner, or the place across the street.
>
> Yep. Now I use http://www.oklahomacitygasprices.com/
> (they have other states as well)
>
> (remembering back when I bitched about gas over a dollar.)
>
> Going to get one of those credit cards that gives
> cash back, that will help a bit.

I came across an old snapshot of me standing beside my first car in
1957. Behind me is a gas station in Brownwood, TX, (home of the
perpetual gas war) advertising regular for $0.12, "HiTest" for $0.21.
Even infaltion doesn't make that price look too shabby today <g>.


--
Will Honea