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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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 Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 12:26 pm Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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Where is that located, Pete? Around here it's going for $3.75-3.85-
3.90-4.30, with a $3.44 and $3.12 thrown in. One place around here
used to show it at a given price..sorta low...then you find out that
they add the tax in after the pump quits running, instead of
advertising the "bottom line" price per gallon. I saw one price of $2-
something per gallon, but it was a special occasion.
The price I paid...$3.70 per....was delivered and all taxes included.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 855 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~145 to go(157 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Sensenich 55.5" x 46" Wood (winter)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying (and learning)
On Feb 19, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Pete Christensen wrote:
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<pchristensen10(at)austin.rr.com>
Damn, that's expensive. The nearest airport sells for $3.49.
Pete
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:12 pm Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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Lynn,
$3.49 N of Austin (at) Rusty Allen airport. But we pay $4 at my field
delivered to our coop. We must be getting ripped off.
Pete
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Pat Reilly
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Posts: 345
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 1:42 pm Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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Lynn, I remember when I built my home in the early 70's a friend said, "Put a gas tank in the ground. You can save $.05 a gallon buying it in bulk with the convience of delivered to the house". I lived in the country in a farming community. I spent a couple of $100 to buy the tank and have it buried. I bought gas delivered to the house and saved $.05 a gallon for about 2 years. Then Farm Service decided to increase the price to deliver less than 300 gallons. A new concept of pay at the pump with credit card and pump it yourself came along. It cost $.04 a gallon less at the gas station then. I think Pete lives in CA.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 2:20 PM, Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net (lynnmatt(at)jps.net)> wrote:
[quote]--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net (lynnmatt(at)jps.net)>
Where is that located, Pete? Around here it's going for $3.75-3.85- 3.90-4.30, with a $3.44 and $3.12 thrown in. One place around here used to show it at a given price..sorta low...then you find out that they add the tax in after the pump quits running, instead of advertising the "bottom line" price per gallon. I saw one price of $2-something per gallon, but it was a special occasion.
The price I paid...$3.70 per....was delivered and all taxes included.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 855 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~145 to go(157 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Sensenich 55.5" x 46" Wood (winter)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying (and learning)
On Feb 19, 2010, at 12:45 PM, Pete Christensen wrote:
[quote]--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Pete Christensen" <pchristensen10(at)austin.rr.com (pchristensen10(at)austin.rr.com)>
Damn, that's expensive. The nearest airport sells for $3.49.
Pete
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Lynn Matteson
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 2:06 pm Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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Yeah, Pat, I know that the tank at home sometimes is not the cheapest
way to operate, but I like the convenience of not having to fly
somewhere to fill up. I did some math one day and figured the cost of
flying to various distances to get fuel, and (not recalling what the
figures were) it usually didn't make it cost effective to fly out of
your way very far to save a few cents. Now if I'm heading to "X" for
example, and I'm low on fuel, and they're close to what the cost is
in my tank at home, I'll fill at their place. Sometimes I just fill
there anyway, to thank them for the use of the car, etc. (I fill the
car, too, if there's room in the tank)
P.S. A friend gave me my tank, so my cash outlay was pretty low to
get started. I also have a hangar-mate next door, and he gets 100
gallons to my 300, so maybe the delivery charge is waved. My fuel
comes from Air BP out of Toledo, Ohio, about 75 miles away, and they
deliver all around the area, so I get it when they are "in the
neighborhood."
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster, taildragger
Jabiru 2200, #2062, 857.1 hrs (since 3-27-2006)
Countdown to 1000 hrs~143 to go(155 days to go)
Sensenich 62"x46" Wood (summer)
Sensenich 55.5" x 46" Wood (winter)
Electroair direct-fire ignition system
Rotec TBI-40 injection
Status: flying (and learning)
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On Feb 19, 2010, at 4:41 PM, Patrick Reilly wrote:
| Quote: | Lynn, I remember when I built my home in the early 70's a friend
said, "Put a gas tank in the ground. You can save $.05 a gallon
buying it in bulk with the convience of delivered to the house". I
lived in the country in a farming community. I spent a couple of
$100 to buy the tank and have it buried. I bought gas delivered to
the house and saved $.05 a gallon for about 2 years. Then Farm
Service decided to increase the price to deliver less than 300
gallons. A new concept of pay at the pump with credit card and pump
it yourself came along. It cost $.04 a gallon less at the gas
station then. I think Pete lives in CA.
Pat Reilly
Mod 3 582 Rebuild
Rockford, IL
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Guy Buchanan
Joined: 16 Jul 2006
Posts: 1204
Location: Ramona, CA
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| Posted: Fri Feb 19, 2010 3:22 pm Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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At 01:10 PM 2/19/2010, you wrote:
| Quote: | $3.49 N of Austin (at) Rusty Allen airport. But we pay $4 at my field
delivered to our coop. We must be getting ripped off.
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Sounds good to me. $4.70 in Ramona, (NE of San Diego.)
Guy Buchanan
San Diego, CA
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 400 hrs. and counting
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pchristensen10(at)austin.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 7:58 am Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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My take on the flying someplace to get fuel is that I'm going to fly
"'someplace" anyway when I get in my plane and I enjoy a cup of coffee with
friends at other airports. I prepay for coop fuel just in case I need some
in a hurry but I'd still fly 10 or 20 miles to fuel up and save $10.
Pete
Leander, TX
N. of Austin ( where the nut crashed his Cherokee)
Kitfox III, sn. 1000, 912, grove
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pchristensen10(at)austin.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 20, 2010 8:01 am Post subject: Clear tubing/fuel price |
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Guy, You're probably paying the extra $0.70 to the Governator.
Pete
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