Ripped off at the pump ?

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

Just thought I would post some information. I found it interesting ...


(U.S. dollars per gallon, including taxes)

Date-------Belgium---France---Germany---Italy----Netherlands----UK------US
09/10/12 --- 8.26 ----- 7.70 ----- 8.54 ---- 9.13 --- 8.82 ---------8.39------4.12

Yikes .. now those are high gas prices.

Extremely interesting! Mean for each country? Median for each country?.....or do these figures have some other basis? What is the figure for Canada?

[edmscan]

Originally Posted by nookandcrannycar

Extremely interesting! Mean for each country? Median for each country?.....or do these figures have some other basis? What is the figure for Canada?

Don't know .. it wasn't stated. But I can help with Canada .. typical gas prices range from $1.19 per liter in Edmonton (4.50 per US Gallon) to Montreal $1.53 per liter (5.79 per US Gallon).

However .. I have seen on GasBuddy.com that lower prices can be found.
For example .. people are posting gas prices in Montreal as low at $1.35 per liter.

For example in Edmonton people have posted gas prices (http://www.edmontongasprices.com/) as low as $1.14 per liter, however I can confirm that MOST stations are at $1.19 today.

So .. even the cheapest gas prices in Canada are more than the prices in the US, and as a result we continue to see Canadians cross the border to fill up. I know that my parents (who live in West Vancouver, BC), do fill up their tanks in Washington state when they go there on weekends.

I personally live way too far from the US border to take advantage of cheaper US gas prices.

[nookandcrannycar]

Originally Posted by edmscan

Don't know .. it wasn't stated. But I can help with Canada .. typical gas prices range from $1.19 per liter in Edmonton (4.50 per US Gallon) to Montreal $1.53 per liter (5.79 per US Gallon).

However .. I have seen on GasBuddy.com that lower prices can be found.
For example .. people are posting gas prices in Montreal as low at $1.35 per liter.

For example in Edmonton people have posted gas prices (http://www.edmontongasprices.com/) as low as $1.14 per liter, however I can confirm that MOST stations are at $1.19 today.

So .. even the cheapest gas prices in Canada are more than the prices in the US, and as a result we continue to see Canadians cross the border to fill up. I know that my parents (who live in West Vancouver, BC), do fill up their tanks in Washington state when they go there on weekends.

I personally live way too far from the US border to take advantage of cheaper US gas prices.

LOL. I have some friends who live in Federal Way, WA and they make liquor runs in their minivan every two months or so to Portland because there is no sales tax in Oregon. Yes, the distance from Edmonton to the U.S, border would cancel out any savings for you...same for people east of the Hudson River going to New Jersey to get gas---savings from lower price would be wiped out.