Let me know when gas gets to $6.70
I love to see it because all the idiots in their gas guzzling, coal rolling trucks get hit way harder than I do.
Yeah, same here honestly
Lol
wow, that’s actually more than here in Ontario after converting currency and volume units. $2.30 vs $1.60 when I filled up on the weekend
still quite cheap in the grand scheme of things for what it is
I don’t have any context for whether this is expensive or not, but…
You’re charged LESS for fuel if you let them wash your car? …what?
because the other two comments didn’t make it entirely clear if you have no idea what this is about: the pump will ask you if you want to buy a car wash ticket as well. if you say yes, you get the lower fuel price
The car wash is an additional cost not listed.
The gas station has far higher marginal profit on a car wash than on gas. Also, most of the time you don’t even break even on the supposed savings.
It’s a trick to get people to spend more money in a way that is more advantageous for the gas station owner.
Oh, I wish we could have that cheap gas here, you lucky bastards.
619 dollars for one oil? I’m guessing it’s 6.19/l (or maybe even gallon? Who knows with these) but wow these are awkward to read.
Gas prices in the US are in $/gal, so $6.19 per gallon. Some signs just don’t include the decimal.
I understand your confusion… I went to Canada for the first time recently and their prices are cents per liter, but (much like American prices) that’s not actually indicated anywhere.
But you can drive many football stadions with that much oil
they didn’t bother with the decimal point just in case.
I buy my gas at Donny’s Discount gas. 619 8/10ths
The period used to be permanent but then they had double digit gas so they had to remove it.
For context: San Jose is also in one of the least affordable regions in the country. It’s the largest city in the Bay Area with the best weather.
Finally, Americans see what Europeans live with.
Enjoy your Kia Piccantos 🤣
We can’t even do that…
This is kind of the problem. Most small cars aren’t even sold here. For another example, Ford sells the Mustang. Everything else is trucks, SUV’s, and commercial vans.
Don’t they do a 1.6l Mustang these days?
Maybe in other countries but in the US the smallest displacement Mustang is a turbo 2.3L four cylinder.
But soon you can buy a Xeinpeng Mighty Seagull with Android Prune Candy dispenser!
Enjoy your Kia Piccantos
Americans will eat from dumpsters before they give up their V8 pickups.
My v8 pickup shuts four of it’s cylinders off when it’s not under load, but I still drive my EV to work.
If my conversion is correct, that would be aprox 1.45euro/L for Reguolar. Super close to prior-to-iran-war prices but would love to see them pay 2.50.
For US netizens, again if I am converting the right way, 2.50eur/L of Regular would be around $11 per gallon.
Who is paying 2.50 a litre for fuel?
That’s insane.
The pump close by at the highway is at €2,579/liter here in The Netherlands.
Wow. That’s alot. But Netherlands is so expensive. I love the country but it’s unreal how much you guys pay for stuff.
Where I am at right now, 1L of Super E10/95 octane is 2.10euro while Diesel can go as high as 2.29. Outside of the city I have seen 2.29 for Super E10/95 octane.
Not 2.50 yet, and probably will go down since, allegedly, Iran/USA bombing is done for now. But I cant pass over the fact that it got from 1.60 to 2.20 in a span of one month. Fucking happy my car has 1.2L engine.
We are still at €1.50 here - feeling Lucky.
Where are my buddies: coal rollers? What happened to them?
Parked at home :)
We are currently dealing with 10 dollars the gallon in Europe so you have a little bit still to go. I can’t imagine the mess this is making in countries that do not have the US or EU purchasing power.
Edit: disregard my math, I’ve rounded a gallon to 3 litters because I’m not familiar with freedom units.
Which country? I’ve checked the historical average in Spain and Gasoil was the most expensive with a 2€/l, gasoline 1.8€/l (tax included), the max I’ve personally seen is 1.78, in a rather expensive chain (Repsol)
Of course average means there will be a ±0.2€/l depending on the station.
It would seem that particular station is/was more expensive than most of the ones in Spain ever were.
Very volatile situation, but hopefully will lead to a reduction of reliance on Fossils (including Trump) in the near future.
1.8€/L is 8$/Gal for anyone wanting to convert back.
I looked it up and a gallon is 3,785 Liters. In France gazoil is 2.3€ in the Netherlands 2.6€ for example. The Eu average I can find is 2.115€ for gazoil and 1.880€ for SP95. So on average for the EU it is 8.01€ per gallon and 7,12€.
So than convert it to Dollars. Some countries (NL, DE, DK) are even aproaching the 10€ the gallon which is nealy 12$ the gallon.
8.199$/gallon, that’s 1.846 €/Liter Diesel. Meanwhile in Germany I had to fill up at 2.389 €/Liter, at times it’s over 2.50
I have seen it up to 2,7€/L here in France. The average price is 2,3€/L yet.
Diesel is equivalent to 2 €/Liter in Australia right now. Given that the country runs on diesel, its a nightmare. Even the few people who don’t own cars are hurting, because the ships that bring in food run on diesel, the trucks and trains that bring the food from the ports to the rest of the country run on diesel. The grain producers and cattle farms, some of which are the size of small countries, all run on diesel. The cost of diesel is hitting everyone.
brazil here, diesel is 6.49 BRL per liter here, that’s less than an euro, turns out all that sugar cane ethanol did help with something0
From what I’ve read, sugarcane is significantly better for making fuel than the corn we use. But the climate in the U.S. obviously not correct for it to be produced at the scale needed, except for possibly small areas in the most southern states.
the minimum and maximum ethanol on gasoline is also way higher here, which means more oil saved that can go to produce diesel, brazil is extremely depend on trucks for internal transportation of all goods, including goods that are exported, thus diesel cost has quite a high impact on the cost of everything here, even the relatively small increase here is quite impactful
one big side effect of the high ethanol is that a lot of old cars really don’t run well on it and can cause significant damage to their engines, and having way less energy per volume means more often refueling which can be quite annoying
yay for having some energy independence
I always pump for 20 Swiss francs so i dont care.
Until ur car runs out of gas one time when driving to work, cos 20 bucks doesn’t give u enough gas anymore to drive this far.
'Murica - we need to CRUSH Iran 💪
Also 'murica - why is our gas so pricey? 😭😭😭
Sucks that the US is so car-centric. If there was actual public transit (especially of the electric variety), people would struggle a little less.
The same thing happened during the pandemic. Cities are built with large zoned swaths for residential, business and commercial all divided. When you can get around easy, that can work. But then suddenly with the WFH shift, entire sections were greatly impacted (such as restaurants in business districts).
On the other hand, Asian and European cities that have dense mixed use zoning fared much better because the restaurants could serve people regardless if they were wfh or at an office.
Still dirt cheap when compared to prices here. I have no ideas what you 'mericans whine about.
Does your country have a working public transit system?
Depends. Public transport is a city thing. Out in the country, not that much. We are in between, having the local public transport hub, which means there are busses every hour during the day.
Nope :/
Well, it’s also 87 octane.
Where I live it’s $6.50 a gallon, but for 95 octane, which I don’t think you can even get in the US.
You’re probably thinking of 95 RON gasoline, but US pumps advertise gasoline in AKI. 95 RON is equivalent to 91 AKI, which is what they’re selling as “Supreme” in the OP photo.
Whatever it is, my gasoline options are 95 and 100. That’s it.
Still sounds like you’re saying my options are 91 and 93 AKI or whatever. So the US 87 Regular is lower quality.
So the US 87 Regular is lower quality.
Octane rating has nothing to do with quality, it’s just how fast the fuel burns.
If you are buying higher octane without specific instructions from your vehicle manufacturer, you’re getting scammed.
Octane rating has no bearing on the quality of the fuel lmao. It just runs better in engines that are designed to run it.
Octane rating does not relate directly to the power output or the energy content of the fuel per unit mass or volume, but simply indicates the resistance to auto-ignition under pressure without a spark.
Some engines will adjust spark advance by using the knock sensor, and when using a higher octane gas, will be more efficient. The gas is not more power dense, but it gets used more efficiently. If your car doesn’t, then it’s not better to use higher octane gas.
Yes, thanks. That’s exactly what I said, and I agree with you completely
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That sounds about right to me. Some places will sell 93 AKI/100 RON in the US, but it’s not as common, and the only cars that actually require it are probably modified turbocharged cars. Most US commuter cars run perfectly fine on 87 AKI and it’s significantly cheaper. I live in Washington so for some reason they sell 92 AKI gasoline, which is an oddball number I don’t see anywhere else.
I’ve found older, worn down cars and high compression engines get a lot of spark knock if you don’t use 93. And that’s after making sure everything’s clean inside.
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