Gas is over $3 in NY

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Gas is now at $3.15 near me. If I drive about a mile or two I can get it for just under $3.10. Lucky from me I will be driving into Jersey this week were gas is under $3 a gallon. There are just to much taxes on the gas in NY that is making the matters worse than what it is. I bet if they had to remove the taxes to help consumers then they would find a way to lower it.

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Premium has been at 3.55/gallon for about a week here in CenCal. Can't wait for summer

Pat

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Current average price in the UK is about 94p per litre. Multiply that by 3.785 to give a US gallon and it comes to £3.56. Multiply that by 2 for the exchange rate and you have $7.12 per US gallon...

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Hi Keith,
We are leaving for Europe on June 9th for a 6 week trip. Five weeks in the U.K. and 1 week in Austria. I heard the average in the U.K. is $8.37 to $8.97 a gal for gas, and $6.82 in Austria and Germany. OUCH!!!!! Hey Frank, when we get back to the U.S.A. gas prices will seem like a bargain !

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$6.82 in Austria and Germany. OUCH!!!!! Hey Frank, when we get back to the U.S.A. gas prices will seem like a bargain !

No way. That sucks.
I will be doing a lot of driving. It might pay to take the train on some trips.

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Time to look at a hybrid for our next car

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Oh great!.....Just in time for my trip to Europe.

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Time to look at a hybrid for our next car

When Hybrid first came out the big debate was that it did not pay to buy a Hybrid because of the high price you are paying for it. When you added up the price of the car and the saving on gas. It would have taken 5 years to break out even and any extra savings would come after the 5th year. Now Prices on the Hybrid have come down a little but not much. With the price of Gas going where it is now and higher. I will guess to sat that it may take now only 3-4 years to break out even. If you are planing to keep the car it pays to go Hybrid , if you are going to get rid of the car every 3-4 years it does not pay to buy a Hybrid. Another reason I did not buy a hybrid was the size and style. The only Hybrid we really took interest in was the Lexus. I felt it was to small and was not as nice as the standard Lexus r 330 truck. Now I was at the car show last week. Ford will be coming out with a large SUV Hybrid soon as well as other car manufactures. So the market is making a slow change.

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When Hybrid first came out the big debate was that it did not pay to buy a Hybrid because of the high price you are paying for it. When you added up the price of the car and the saving on gas. It would have taken 5 years to break out even and any extra savings would come after the 5th year. Now Prices on the Hybrid have come down a little but not much. With the price of Gas going where it is now and higher. I will guess to sat that it may take now only 3-4 years to break out even. If you are planing to keep the car it pays to go Hybrid , if you are going to get rid of the car every 3-4 years it does not pay to buy a Hybrid. Another reason I did not buy a hybrid was the size and style. The only Hybrid we really took interest in was the Lexus. I felt it was to small and was not as nice as the standard Lexus r 330 truck. Now I was at the car show last week. Ford will be coming out with a large SUV Hybrid soon as well as other car manufactures. So the market is making a slow change.

The last time we looked it d/n pay. We'll see what happens with the next lease. A friend of mine just bought a Toyota Prius. Too small for us, I think, but I may check anyway.

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I am getting screwed at home and abroad - wonderful!

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Hi Keith,
I heard the average in the U.K. is $8.37 to $8.97 a gal for gas, and $6.82 in Austria and Germany. OUCH!!!!! Hey !

I suspect the confusion comes from the UK (Imperial Gallon) being larger than the US. The UK gallon is roughly the figures you quote.

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$ 3.15 in town here too. It looks like $ 4.00 is just around the corner. The only way to stop it would be a national do not drive day with 80-90% participation, but that will probably not ever happen. I fear the economy will suffer from fuel caused inflation and bring us to a recession.

[Luanne Senior Member Find all posts View Profile Close Luanne]

It's been well over $3.00/gallon out here for quite awhile. We were driving back from Sonoma last weekend and stopped at a gas station to use the restroom. When I came out dh was filling up the car since the gas was "only" $3.29/gallon. In our area it's $3.49/gallon (for regular).

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Luckily, DH and I work near each other - so I think we will start car pooling 1 or 2 days/wk if our schedules allow.
I only work 3 days but still - something is better then nothing.
I am also glad I have most of my long distance airfares locked in.....it is going to affect us all in many ways.

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Hi Keith,
We are leaving for Europe on June 9th for a 6 week trip. Five weeks in the U.K. and 1 week in Austria. I heard the average in the U.K. is $8.37 to $8.97 a gal for gas, and $6.82 in Austria and Germany. OUCH!!!!! Hey Frank, when we get back to the U.S.A. gas prices will seem like a bargain !

Yep it's sure expensive over there. I about died when I did the exchange rate during our UK trip last November. A tank fill-up (small Ford station wagon) was $95-$100!!