$100 for a Tank of Gas

Here in the UK, it’s around £1.20/lt, so it’s easy to put in £60 for a Mini fill-up. You can almost see people in biggers cars crying at the pumps. That’s probably why the Land Cruiser is probably one of the biggest ‘common’ cars we have here. Having said that, there do seem to be more large 4×4 vehicles on our roads. The extortionate prices we pay hasn’t seemed to curb anyone’s buying habits.

I don’t care how well off you might be, pouring $100+ down the “tank” must be a painful experience every time.

However, I have no sympathy for the people that jumped onto the SUV bandwagon and knew beforehand what they were getting themselves into.

I think high gas prices are a blessing in disguise.

I have broken $50 a few times, but since I ran out of gas a couple of times in a 6 month period a couple of years ago by pushing it, I have tried to get gas pretty close to when the light goes off to avoid both running out and having people tease me and the potential fuel pump damage.

Those that snickered when I bought my MINI almost three years ago are the same ones crying at the pump.

I do feel bad for people that NEED SUV’s, vans and trucks, like contractors, fabricators, folks with 6 kids. I believe in market forces, though, so I shrug it off.

$56 so far, it was painfull cracking the $50 mark, I probably won’t cringe that much until $75 (I cringe in $25 incriments apparently).

Last fill-up was just over $62. I have to add gas today so it may be more this time. Here in the Bay Area the station I go to has been $4.80 a gallon.

This might alleviate the pain at the pump: http://www.autonews.com/article/20080709/COPY01/289508976/1197

I have a local station that does 6cents off super weds and sundays, so I tend to top it off on one of those days. So fill ups are rare.

$59.49 in GPMINI is my worst so far …

In my Saturn, I’ve never had to go past $40, but gas hasn’t gone above 3.99 and it has an 11 gallon tank. I’m kinda surprise at some of the dollar amounts that have been put into the MINIs as posted, but I guess the price of premium will do that in states with high fuel costs. About $70 is the most I’ve had to put in my 18 gallon Chrysler minivan.

The last fill up of our R52 cost me $52

My daily-driver ’03 TDI has been averaging in the mid 50′s for the last few months with a high of $61.

Of course, my ’95 Cummins makes me wince: last month’s fill-up was $110 and the previous fill was $108… but the truck is purely used for secondary “dirty” jobs so I don’t drive it too much. That and 22 mpg makes the fuel cost slightly more tolerable.

Fortunately, diesel pumps usually don’t have max-dollar shut-offs, so I don’t have to deal with that annoyance.

FWIW, I paid almost $100 ($97) for a fill-up of my old conversion van (dual tanks @ 38 gal) back in 8/05 when RUG were “merely” $2.51/gal. I was helping a friend move and she went pale when she saw the tally…

$65 to fill up 2 weeks ago, tank was bone dry (almost).

I haven’t let it get that low since. Still paid $52 for circa 11 gals last week.

I’ve been averaging $50-60 for my tank. Depends if I choose 89 or 91 oct. In either case, I love having an SUV/Minivan owner next to me when I yell out… OMG I just put $50 of gas in my MINI. This is insane!!! I quietly get into my MINI and drive away laughing. :-D

@C4 Don’t worry about the fuel pump, the OBC said the range was 30 miles… roughly a gallon left. For me, that’s bone dry

Seeing all of us civilians feeling the “pain at the pump” I’d like to know what military dependents and retirees are paying per gallon at the Base Exchanges. I imagine the US Govt is significantly underwriting the cost of their gas.

I’ve done $55 a tank in my R56 yesterday when I let it go to 17 estimated miles remaining.

Over 71$ earlier this week in Canada at 1.43/litre.

I’m in Toronto, Canada and for my R56 MCS to fill has been costing about $70 using 93 octane. Less than a year ago it was only costing about $55 max. I’m getting about 600 km (372 miles) on a tank depending on how heavy my foot is. :)

The price of fuel at the Military Exchange is generally the same as the local stations off base. Recently, they have been several cents higher, so there is no advantage or “Govt Underwriting”. I am a retired military member and Govt employee and choose to purchase my fuel at stations that have the discount cards. Even we Govt types have to pay the same for fuel in our GSA vehicles, so your tax dollars are being spent well. I drive my MINI mostly for the mileage nowadsys, averaging 36 MPG, still have my 4X4 PU and 4X4 SUV. I really don’t get worked up over the price of gas anymore, but do try to limit trips outside of going to work. When the snow starts falling here in CO, the MINI stays in the garage and I put the miles on the PU. I’d rather keep the miles and the rock chips off the MINI during winter.

Wait till Bush bombs Iran then fuel will treble in price.

You know, I constantly see comparisons between US and EU/UK fuel prices, but this comparison is flawed. While quite a few EU countries and the UK pay more overall in an equal volume comparison noone seems to take into account the amount of taxes and tarriffs that have been applied to fuel costs in the UK and EU to pay for the free social services that are given out in those countries. In the US virtually the only thing that the fuel taxes are used for are road maintenance and building. And even those taxes don’t cover the total costs. If we were to impose the same type of taxes to our fuel as those in the UK and EU, our fuel costs would be astronomical!!