From: The Real Bev on
On 06/09/10 23:26, bugo wrote:
> "The Real Bev"<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/09/10 07:28, Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>> The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> said:
>>>
>>>> OK, there's one of those across from the other Arco station I use. I
>>>> don't know its brand either, but I'll try to remember the brand and
>>>> the price next time I pass. My guess: 20 cents difference. I've
>>>> never understood why people will pay 20 cents a gallon more for the
>>>> same thing in the same place.
>>>
>>> It will be interesting to see if the difference is really that huge.
>>
>> Don't hold your breath, it may be weeks..

The 76 station down at the corner is selling regular for $3.199. Half a mile
further on the same street the Arco is selling it for $2.959. 24 cents
difference. If you go to the Arco station you can blow your savings at the
McDonald's across the street.
..
>>>> What makes it 'top tier' besides price?
>>>
>>> Cleaning additives.
>>
>> If you clean the crud off your cylinder walls you might then need a ring
>> job -- or worse. Cheap gas is cheaper.
>>
>>>> The '88 Caddy is perfectly happy with Costco/Arco regular.
>>>
>>> Does it have a curburetor? :)
>>
>> No. Fuel injection. I know NOTHING about FI except that it's not a
>> cArburetor.
>
> Probably throttle body fuel injection. Caddys might have had multipoint FI
> in 1988 but few if any other GM engines used it that early.

Uh, OK. I bought the factory manual a couple of months ago but haven't looked
at it seriously yet except to determine that I have to buy a different manual
if I want to take off the door panel to get at the window mechanism without
doing irreparable damage to what I assume are one-time fasteners :-(

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Cheers, Bev
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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and car keys to teenage boys." -- P.J. O'Rourke

From: The Chief Instigator on
On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:07:27 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/09/10 23:26, bugo wrote:
>> "The Real Bev"<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 06/09/10 07:28, Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>>> The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> said:
>>>>
>>>>> OK, there's one of those across from the other Arco station I use. I
>>>>> don't know its brand either, but I'll try to remember the brand and
>>>>> the price next time I pass. My guess: 20 cents difference. I've
>>>>> never understood why people will pay 20 cents a gallon more for the
>>>>> same thing in the same place.
>>>>
>>>> It will be interesting to see if the difference is really that huge.
>>>
>>> Don't hold your breath, it may be weeks..
>
> The 76 station down at the corner is selling regular for $3.199. Half a mile
> further on the same street the Arco is selling it for $2.959. 24 cents
> difference. If you go to the Arco station you can blow your savings at the
> McDonald's across the street.

I can get mine from Murphy USA on the West Sam at $2.389, which is about 30
miles farther from where I'm sitting typing this.

--
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www.prismnet.com/~patrick/aeros.php (TCI's 2009-10 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: San Antonio 3, Houston 2 (April 11)
NEXT GAME: The 2010-11 opener, in October 2010
From: The Real Bev on
On 06/12/10 17:04, The Chief Instigator wrote:

> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:07:27 -0700, The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 06/09/10 23:26, bugo wrote:
>>> "The Real Bev"<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> On 06/09/10 07:28, Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>>>> The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> said:
>>>>>
>>>>>> OK, there's one of those across from the other Arco station I use. I
>>>>>> don't know its brand either, but I'll try to remember the brand and
>>>>>> the price next time I pass. My guess: 20 cents difference. I've
>>>>>> never understood why people will pay 20 cents a gallon more for the
>>>>>> same thing in the same place.
>>>>>
>>>>> It will be interesting to see if the difference is really that huge.
>>>>
>>>> Don't hold your breath, it may be weeks..
>>
>> The 76 station down at the corner is selling regular for $3.199. Half a mile
>> further on the same street the Arco is selling it for $2.959. 24 cents
>> difference. If you go to the Arco station you can blow your savings at the
>> McDonald's across the street.
>
> I can get mine from Murphy USA on the West Sam at $2.389, which is about 30
> miles farther from where I'm sitting typing this.

"...in Texas."

Back when we were doing a lot of cross-country driving, Arkansas had the
cheapest gas. This is California. We have the most expensive gas.

There used to be a lot of neat gas stations. Terrible Herbst. Sinclair (the
one with the green dinosaur). Hell in a handbasket.

--
Cheers, Bev
===================================================================
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From: bugo on
"The Real Bev" <bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:hv6fn0$s5a$1(a)news.eternal-
> There used to be a lot of neat gas stations. Terrible Herbst. Sinclair
> (the one with the green dinosaur). Hell in a handbasket.

There are still Sinclair stations in the Tulsa area. I often stop at the
one off of OK 51 and Aspen in BA.

From: The Chief Instigator on
On Mon, 14 Jun 2010 16:58:31 -0700, The Real Bev <bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
> On 06/12/10 17:04, The Chief Instigator wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 12 Jun 2010 16:07:27 -0700, The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 06/09/10 23:26, bugo wrote:
>>>> "The Real Bev"<bashley101(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> On 06/09/10 07:28, Scott in SoCal wrote:
>>>>>> The Real Bev<bashley101(a)gmail.com> said:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> OK, there's one of those across from the other Arco station I use. I
>>>>>>> don't know its brand either, but I'll try to remember the brand and
>>>>>>> the price next time I pass. My guess: 20 cents difference. I've
>>>>>>> never understood why people will pay 20 cents a gallon more for the
>>>>>>> same thing in the same place.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> It will be interesting to see if the difference is really that huge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Don't hold your breath, it may be weeks..
>>>
>>> The 76 station down at the corner is selling regular for $3.199. Half a mile
>>> further on the same street the Arco is selling it for $2.959. 24 cents
>>> difference. If you go to the Arco station you can blow your savings at the
>>> McDonald's across the street.
>>
>> I can get mine from Murphy USA on the West Sam at $2.389, which is about 30
>> miles farther from where I'm sitting typing this.
>
> "...in Texas."
>
> Back when we were doing a lot of cross-country driving, Arkansas had the
> cheapest gas. This is California. We have the most expensive gas.
>
> There used to be a lot of neat gas stations. Terrible Herbst. Sinclair (the
> one with the green dinosaur). Hell in a handbasket.

No kidding, and we've survived California's prices the two times we were in
Long Beach, in 1999 and 2000. Down here near the Gulf, we've got Exxon,
Valero, Chevron, Murphy USA, Shell, Mobil, CITGO, Conoco, Phillips 66,
Texaco, H-E-B, and selected Walmarts and almost all Sam's Clubs.

--
Patrick "The Chief Instigator" Humphrey (patrick(a)io.com) Houston, Texas
www.prismnet.com/~patrick/aeros.php (TCI's 2009-10 Houston Aeros) AA#2273
LAST GAME: San Antonio 3, Houston 2 (April 11)
NEXT GAME: The 2010-11 opener, in October