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HawaiiMacAddict

macrumors 6502a
Dec 28, 2006
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0
On one of my Macs of course
Aloha everyone,

I seriously don't understand how people can afford not to complain about the gas prices here in Hawaii. I buy all my gas on any one of the various military bases, as we always get cheaper gas than those gas stations outside. I normally get a gallon of premium lower than most outside gas stations sell their regular unleaded.

Imagine my shock when just last week, it was over $4/gal here at Schofield Barracks (home of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division - Light). It was the same over at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam Combined Base (they merged, but I'm not sure that I got the name correct), although the off-base prices haven't risen quite as sharply, but they're still paying right around $3.96/gallon for regular unleaded gas.

I mean, we're not even in the summer season yet, not that Hawaii actually has a summer season. I mean that, like in the US Mainland, we get raped at the pump during the "summer" season, for no other reason than the gas companies here can do it. I mean, what else can we do except bitch and complain? If we want to drive our cars, we have to buy the gas, right?
 

cantthinkofone

macrumors 65816
Jul 25, 2004
1,285
0
Missouri, USA
Aloha everyone,

I seriously don't understand how people can afford not to complain about the gas prices here in Hawaii. I buy all my gas on any one of the various military bases, as we always get cheaper gas than those gas stations outside. I normally get a gallon of premium lower than most outside gas stations sell their regular unleaded.

Imagine my shock when just last week, it was over $4/gal here at Schofield Barracks (home of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division - Light). It was the same over at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam Combined Base (they merged, but I'm not sure that I got the name correct), although the off-base prices haven't risen quite as sharply, but they're still paying right around $3.96/gallon for regular unleaded gas.

I mean, we're not even in the summer season yet, not that Hawaii actually has a summer season. I mean that, like in the US Mainland, we get raped at the pump during the "summer" season, for no other reason than the gas companies here can do it. I mean, what else can we do except bitch and complain? If we want to drive our cars, we have to buy the gas, right?

Don't try that here at Fort Wood. Gas costs the same as it does off post but they throw a huge fit if they see you getting gas and aren't military.

I paid $60 to fill up today. Gas was $3.35/US Gal.
 

Nermal

Moderator
Staff member
Dec 7, 2002
21,007
4,587
New Zealand
There's a chain email going around here in NZ saying not to buy from BP or Mobil for the rest of the year. I'm not expecting it to do much good though...
 

Zephi

macrumors newbie
Nov 20, 2009
28
0
I hate those. Or when I hear people talking about it. How do they expect that to do anything?

Making them be more competitive on prices, or something? Its not that they make hardly any profit on petrol, you know. I assume its a helluva profit, and the prices depend on some kind of lobby decisions, thats for sure. So if you dont complain about the amount of money you pay for a litre, why would they lower it?
 

Nermal

Moderator
Staff member
Dec 7, 2002
21,007
4,587
New Zealand
I drove past a station today; 218.9 NZ cents per litre (US$6.15 per gallon). I remember when it was 90.9...
 

Ollé

macrumors regular
Jan 24, 2007
229
555
Australia
Paid AU$1.33/L today to fill up. That equates to US$5.02/gal.

$65 bikkies to get me 3/4 of a tank. They're saying that it will hit AU$2/L before the end of the year too.
 

r1ch4rd

macrumors 6502a
Aug 5, 2005
980
1
Manchester UK
Not a plug... but.... petrolprices.com tells me what the prices are around my post code.

Friday's were: 128.9p for 95RON Unleaded and 131.9p for 98/99RON (Which I use).

That's a pretty nifty site. Turns out where I usually get my petrol was the cheapest nearby, but good for when I am away from home and need to find somewhere.
 

YsoSerious

macrumors 6502
Oct 8, 2008
324
22
Aloha everyone,

I seriously don't understand how people can afford not to complain about the gas prices here in Hawaii. I buy all my gas on any one of the various military bases, as we always get cheaper gas than those gas stations outside. I normally get a gallon of premium lower than most outside gas stations sell their regular unleaded.

Imagine my shock when just last week, it was over $4/gal here at Schofield Barracks (home of the US Army's 25th Infantry Division - Light). It was the same over at the Pearl Harbor-Hickam Combined Base (they merged, but I'm not sure that I got the name correct), although the off-base prices haven't risen quite as sharply, but they're still paying right around $3.96/gallon for regular unleaded gas.

I mean, we're not even in the summer season yet, not that Hawaii actually has a summer season. I mean that, like in the US Mainland, we get raped at the pump during the "summer" season, for no other reason than the gas companies here can do it. I mean, what else can we do except bitch and complain? If we want to drive our cars, we have to buy the gas, right?

Hey, a fellow Hawaii local. Gas here on Oahu North Shore is $4.20 Regular Unleaded. Monday it was .10 cents cheaper so it essentially raised 10 cents in 5 days. 2-3 weeks from now at the rate we're going with fuel prices, regular unleaded gas will reach the $5.00 mark.
 

mljones99

macrumors regular
Sep 12, 2006
163
11
On my way home last night from a wedding I noticed gas anywhere from 3.49 to 3.66 for 87 octane.
 

S.B.G

Moderator
Staff member
Sep 8, 2010
26,674
10,460
Detroit
How about a graph showing my cost per gallon over the last 2 years? This is in US dollars.
 

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sufferrar

macrumors member
Feb 22, 2010
33
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In Trinidad (Caribbean)

1.77 US$ for a gallon at 92 octane
and
2.36 US$ for a gallon at 95 octane

0.89 US$ for a gallon of diesel
 

fotografica

macrumors 68040
Jan 7, 2006
3,368
11
Boston
Varies greatly from station to station..
 

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OneMike

macrumors 603
Oct 19, 2005
5,832
1,810
I drove past a station today; 218.9 NZ cents per litre (US$6.15 per gallon). I remember when it was 90.9...

If my math was right then that would've been about $2.55 US per gallon. I remember that as well and less.

I remember $1.89 in NY and before I moved to FL and use to visit (2002 and up days) gas down here was like $1.17 a gallon.

Now in Miami gas is about $3.69, down from $3.79 a couple days ago.

These prices are all for regular
 
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