Don't know about diesel, but gas is all over the map - I buy at Arco, because they have consistently lower prices, but even they go anywhere from $2.69 to $2.89. Others range higher.
Kenmore, Redmond, Bothell, Kirkland, Auburn and Enumclaw, WA Kurt On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 12:35, Sean Martin<seanmarti...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since we're on the subject of fuel efficiency, I was curious what gas/diesel > prices are in your area. > > Reg. Unleaded = $2.89 > Diesel = $3.29 > > Anchorage, Alaska > > - Sean > > On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 10:37 AM, Kurt Buff <kurt.b...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Dang - I considered a Mini Cooper when buying my Kia, but the cargo >> capacity wasn't there and it was more expensive. >> >> A diesel would be nice, fer sher. >> >> Kurt >> >> On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 01:40, Sobey, Richard A<r.so...@imperial.ac.uk> >> wrote: >> > Makes me so proud of my ~60MPG @ 70MPH in my new Mini Cooper Diesel (and >> > ~40MPG @ 105MPH, but I never did that, honestly). >> > >> > /loves fuel bill. >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: bounce-8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com >> > [mailto:bounce-8579465-8066...@lyris.sunbelt-software.com] On Behalf Of Ben >> > Scott >> > Sent: 26 June 2009 16:47 >> > To: MS-Exchange Admin Issues >> > Subject: Re: OT: American automotive (was: Is Exchange Doomed?) >> > >> > On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 7:58 PM, Ben Scott<mailvor...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Amazingly enough, doing 80 MPH in 5th gear >> >>> yields lower MPG than doing 65 MPH in 5th gear. :-) >> > >> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 10:08 AM, Micheal Espinola >> > Jr<michealespin...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> I believe it. I've def. had cars that had lower MPG at 75+. I've >> >> never seen savings at 55. >> > >> > Gah, I'm an idiot. I reversed the intended sense in my statement. >> > I was trying to be sarcastic with the "Amazingly", and so reinforced >> > the confusion. >> > >> > MPG is better at 65 MPH than 80 MPH. How much, I'm not sure, but I >> > know I can use less gas if I drive less aggressively. >> > >> > I do tend to drive aggressively. I also haven't had the plugs >> > changed in too long. And I'm an AC junky. So I typically get between >> > 21 and 25 MPG in my 9-year-old Forrester. On all-highway trips when >> > it was new, 28 to 30 MPG, easily. >> > >> > 80 MPH is pushing the engine a bit, I think. Not "oh my God it's >> > going to explode", but it's starting to whine a little. I got it up >> > to just over 90 MPH once, then concern for both road safety and the >> > engine won over and I backed off. The speedometer goes up to 120 MPH >> > but I think that's being optimistic. 90 was already getting close to >> > redline, and the engine sounded like a blender on puree. This is on >> > the 4-cylinder base engine. They have an H6 on some models that's >> > considerably beefier, or so I've read. >> > >> > It's interesting to hear that some cars get lower MPG at higher >> > speeds. I wouldn't have expected that. >> > >> > -- Ben >> > >> > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > >> > >> > ~ Ninja Email Security with Cloudmark Spam Engine Gets Image Spam ~ >> > ~ http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Ninja ~ >> > >> > >> >> > >
