So you’ve also never noticed if gas prices were high or not because you need it so just buy it? I didn’t know so many people just ignored gas prices. So strange.
Gas prices
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If you're seeing symptoms of power loss or jumping while running, get your alternator checked out. Radio and dash dimness changing with accelerator inputs, headlights getting dimmer and brighter, HVAC fans getting stronger and weaker based on accel...stuff like that. Alternator will kill batteries as well and will leave you stranded on the road when it completely fails.
That said, six years is end of life for a normal car battery, too. It had a good life if it's still running now.
You can find 91 with ethanol...not sure if anywhere I've seen around here sells 93 with ethanol. Look clearly at pumps for those big NO ETHANOL stickers near the handles. Ones without it should be marked as such.
I honestly thought that’s how most people existed. I am not going out of my way for .10-.20 difference.
If it’s a huge gap, yeah probably.
There’s a BP on Highway 218 like an hour south of Iowa City that’s like $.20 cheaper than anywhere else every time I go by. I’ve made a point to stop and top off every time
I notice the price when I'm filling up but if some other station was $.20 cheaper that is less than $3 and not worth the effort of researching it. I don't get why people are so fixated on gas prices and then do stuff like spend $8 for a coffee.
Even if you have some massive 20-gallon tank, a 0.20 cent / gallon difference is at most $4
You still pay attention to if it’s $5 a gallon versus $3 though right, in general?
In some ludicrous hypothetical where two stations are $2 away from each other, yes, I'd probably go to the $3 station. Unless it's too people-y, gross
I didn’t make the comment as a comparison of individual gas stations, I made it to someone who said they don’t pay attention to the price at all.
Wtf are you gonna do about it? It’s like worrying about the price of water for most people at this point.
I can't say the price of gas holds any amount of space in my brain outside of when I need to fill up my car because it's a) under a 1/4 of a tank or b) we're about to drive hours away. And that mostly consists of "Huh, it's at 2.44 now" or when we're filling up leaving my parents house "Why is gas 0.40 more in the Quad Cities than it is at home"
I am not really sure what you are trying to say?
Do I physically look at the price when filling up my tank? Yes.
Do I look at it and decide what my next move is? No
Does it ever cross my mind outside of when I am putting my card in and begin filling up? No
Do I wake up and check the prices? Never
I think most pay attention but know there isn’t much they can do. We may change out vehicles if possible but if we are going to a game, we gotta have gas. So maybe we take food or eat at a cheaper place then what we usually do.I’d have to look at your logs to determine if this is correct
