Yeah, the 99 cent days were nice.  I remember thinking there would be a war
if the price of diesel went higher than $1.25.  Truckers did march in
Washington when the prices really got high after Katrina...



On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:23 AM, Allan Streib <str...@cs.indiana.edu> wrote:

> When prices are fluctuating, I try to "dollar cost average."  Rather
> than fill the tank, I buy a fixed dollar amount of fuel.  That way I end
> up buying more fuel when it's cheaper, and less when it's expensive.
>
> Of course when prices are trending mostly up it makes more sense to fill
> up.  Sort of a guessing game.
>
> Allan
>
> Dieselhead <126die...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I remember Diesel going over $5 in summer of 08
> > It really hurt.  I had been putting $20 in a 5 gallon can, and when
> > that went under 4 gallons, I went to $25 to get around 4 gallons.  My
> > recollection is that Diesel hit $5.239 or $5.259.  I think gasoline
> > hit $4.999
> >
> > I remember gasoline being $1.399 in Dec-Jan the following
> > winter... Much nicer!
> >
>
> --
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> 1979 300SD
>
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