Crazy Gas Price

Shiroelex

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So the terrible 'Low Fuel' light came on today, which is a rarity for me, but I have been on a tight budget lately. I have a 'usual' gas station I go to, but I was a bit far away from that, so I pull into a BP station that I was near. The sign said $2.88, which was close to the average in the area. I put the nozzle in and start the auto pump thing, and wait. I notice 3 or 4 other people pumping gas, looking around real confused. A guy waves at me and says "Do you see what I am seeing?" I look at the pump, and the gallons number is moving much faster than the money one. Yeah, it said $0.288 a gallon. I filled up my tank for $3.86. Suffice to say, this helped my financial situation this week!

 

jasonh_86

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That is awesome!! You are one lucky bastid!

 

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san~man

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You shoulda went back with as many portable gas containers as you could fill and sold that SHEIT on the side of the road for a big profit woot

 

mity2

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Someone is getting fired for that

 

Crzyhrse

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Aug 20, 2006

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Some other gas station somewhere screwed up and was selling gas for 2 tenths of one cent (.2). People were filling up their gas tanks for 3-5 cents total cost.

 

Mustang225

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What really sucks it that I remember those days. Started driving in 1971 when gas was .35. I recall when it hit 55 cents and we flipped out.

 

helty

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I got gas for $0.89/gallon the day I got my license 98. After that it all went down hill.

 

Mike97gt

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Mustang225 said:

What really sucks it that I remember those days. Started driving in 1971 when gas was .35. I recall when it hit 55 cents and we flipped out.

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Yeha but back then if you made a lot less money.. so a increase from 35 cents a gallon to 55 cents per gallon was a HUGE increase.

 

DropTopPony

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svttech76 said:

Yeha but back then if you made a lot less money.. so a increase from 35 cents a gallon to 55 cents per gallon was a HUGE increase.

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yeah kinda like how it went from 1.30 to 3.00 on us

 

BurningRubber

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Dang, why cant any employees like that work at a station that I go to?!?!?

Id love for one of them to miss-type the price in to uber-cheap. Id fill the Mustang and the 4x4, tell my dad aswell so he can fill his behemoth tank in his truck.

 

Stus99GT

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Exact same thing happened at a gas station in my area. It was traced to a pump error, not a human one. They had customers/owner on the news. People called all their friends to come get gas. The owner said that people should have been honest and paid the correct amount...YEAH RIGHT!

 

GT-03

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Shiroelex said:

I filled up my tank for $3.86.

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Hopefully, everyone paid at the pump, and no one went inside. One can't even fill a lawnmover can for under $4.00.

 

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san~man

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Stus99GT said:

The owner said that people should have been honest and paid the correct amount...YEAH RIGHT!

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Tell him to jump off a tall bridge.

 

DBMSTNG

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that happend a few months ago near me. i riot ensued as people rushed to get gas before the station attendant noticed the incorrect price.

 

Stang|ess

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NICE!

man that would buy about 1 gallon right now .

Brandon, the first time I paid for gas was when it was at $1.99 . I remember the guy next to me started flipping out.

 

SaleenGT2001

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i remember when i was in high school when gas hit 1.60 a gallon i said i was gonna stop taking my girkfriend on dates far away b/c it was soooooo expensive. wish it was like that now!

 

Tally_4.6

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I want a low fuel light.

 

Crzyhrse

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Tally_4.6 said:

I want a low fuel light.

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You can have mine. The few times mine has flashed at me it made me think I had an engine problem until I saw what the light was.

 

black_96_GT

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So BP only makes $.20 a gallon at that station for a while. Oh my bleading heart.

Good score man!

 

myponyrocks

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station on the news recently did that... why can't I be that lucky