OT: Broke the $40 barrier for a single e34 fillup - OUCH!

[Matt P]

I took the touring for a quick trip to the post office and noticed the tank was on Empty (no warning light yet), so to the gas station (Chevron) I went.

I set the tank filling and went around cleaning some of the windows. When the pump stopped and I looked over, my heart (and wallet) skipped a beat.

19.51 gallons @ 2.069 = $40.37 WTF?

(and this was without trying to 'top off' the tank)

Damn, it seems like only a few weeks ago I was just breaking $30 for a tank.

Granted, it was a pretty empty gas tank, but there's something disturbing about breaking the next $10 barrier so soon...

[scott540]

YEP, last time I got gas the girl behind the counter said "you must have been really empty." I didn't tell her I stopped at $25 because I couldn't stand to spend anymore than that. 93 octane at more than $2.10/gal adds up fast.

[cary]

93 Octane for $2.10. Here in the Republic of Calfornia, 91 octane (all we can get) is now running about $2.60 per gallon. You think the E34 is expensive to fill up, try a Toyota Landcruser that gets 11.5mpg city, and 15mpg highway!!!!

[biondani]

Hmmm, my E34 525i cost 75 ukp last time I filled it here in the UK. I make that about $120 (US).

Ouch

Ian :(

[Matt P]

Ok, Ok... I probably have no right to be complaining, especially since Texas seems to be one of the cheaper places on the globe for gas. But still, it was a shock....

[biondani]

Lol, no offence meant. Just that they are thinking of putting up the price again soon, an increase in Tax is due in November.

Argghhhh
Ian

[AZ_Jason_S]

This has been the norm for me for about a year. 91 is now up to about $2.35 here. We shouldn't bitch, I met with a work colleague visiting from Germany. They normally pay double what we pay. Imaagine $80+ for a fill up. He said thats why everyone drives diesels over there. I guess diesel is cheaper there. Here it seems about the same price.

[Paul in NZ]

went to ther gas station the other night,with a discount coupon 6c a litre,so i thought i would get 96 RON.I got 66 litres and it cost me about $83 dollars.At the pump over the other side was an old v8 mercedes sedan,500sel or something like that.He drove off and his price was $98 !We got no worries!!!!!

[TC535i]

I've gone WELL over $50 (USD) before. This is why I bought a 87 octane/30+ mpg daily driver... :(

[dave b]

what exactly is the size of the gas tank? I have a 93 525i, and I have taken it down to the warning light with the OBC reading 30ish, but I have never gone much further than 16 gallons...

I've I had done 19 gallons at 2.60ish here in LA, that would have been very painful....

[ryan roopnarine]

just filled up....32.5 USD to fill up (no light on yet), friday-sat-sun is pricematch day at the citgo that i fill up at, wherein they charge 1 cent over 89 octane price for premium. was 2.07 instead of 2.16

[paul p (chi-town)]

You think the E34 is expensive to fill up, try a Toyota Landcruser that gets 11.5mpg city, and 15mpg highway!!!!Dunno, my E34 is usually a 15mpg car.
Then again its mainly used for hauling/shopping, 90%+ city.

The ricer is given me bout 23mpg (30%- highway) on home brew ~90octane.
Car is driven like it's stolen too. :D


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[all2kool]

21.4 US Gallons on a 1992 525i.

[rickm]

42.57 to fill up at the BP near Crabtree Valley Mall this morning. Prices have gone up a nickel a gallon....one story blamed it on Ivan, the other on Nigeria. On the way out here I watched one place up the price a nickel/gal while I was sitting there. Yikes. That Prius at work is starting to look really good. :)

[SharkmanBMW]

I regularly put in 50-60$ at a time!! canadian that is
but the other day it was 99.9 a litre... 80 litre tank...
I put 75$ canadian.

[Bill in MA]

I tell ya 19mpg @ $2.17 a gallon X 600 mile a week commute adds up to a lot of $$ these days for the ole E34.....

I bought a 91 VW GTI that gets 30 mpg and is happy on 87 octane....


Bill
92 BMW 535i turbo

[Matt P]

It's 90 liters, plus whatever's "in the system".

I think it is about 2 gallons bigger than a 540i's tank (81 liters?)-- when I replaced it (crushed on delivery to USA) I had or order directly from Germany.

[liquidtiger720]

does anybody know how many gallons is left when the light turns on?

[MaloventEvil]

I've gone WELL over $50 (USD) before. This is why I bought a 87 octane/30+ mpg daily driver... :(

you guys are spoiled with your low gas prices.... f***** 2.50$+ for premium here. (and thats only 91 octane!)

[andyman32]

I rarely let it get below 3/4 tank, and NEVER below 1/2 tank. Fill it up at the Exxon on Hillsborough St., though sometimes I get up to the BP on Creedmoor because they have free air. However... I don't have a commute. ;D

[Marshy]

I've probably weighed in on one of these threads before, but hey. Currently, I pay about 60 for a full tank. Sixty. UK pounds. So just over US$100 and god only knows how many CDN$. And I drive a 540i just to compound the misery...

[MicahO]

Our tow and hauling vehicle is a Ford Club Wagon on an e250HD chassis - 351, with a Hypertech chip, so it requires premium gas.

Without the chip it's quite pedestrian. With it, I've gone up hills, towing a boat, loaded to the gills with people and camping gear, and maintained 75mph without a problem. The wife got pissed at me when I pulled the chip out. I was looking to save a buck. She took one trip in the thing loaded and actually called me from the road to complain. It seemed that she was used to passing people when going uphill. There's a LOT of overhead for tuning in the earlier V8's - Hypertech claims something like 25HP and 40ftlbs gain on this motor, and it's a VERY tangible difference on the road.

But anyhow - that sucker carries 38 gallons of gas, and gets about 14 mpg no matter where you drive it (except maybe downhill). So at NY State's 2.38+ per gallon.... Well, you do the math.

And our gas remains cheaper than anywhere in the free world. So we pays our money and we drive. A little more tax on gas would probably be a good thing.

(then there's the mileage I got on yesterday's tank of gas in the 330......but that was at Lime Rock, so it doesn't count? Not sure why Drew keeps posting pictures of that P-car - there was a purty quick Wagon there making laps, the P-car was just sitting by the refreshment stand......

I'm just pissed that the P-car was only there for a little bit, and it was while I was in class.)

[ryan roopnarine]

i thought hypertech's "angle" from their commercials was custom chip tuning using regular gas? either way, you have the security of knowing that if you ever run out of oil in your ford, you can go a good 100 miles or so before you have to do anything about it because of the 1/4 inch clearances in ford motors :D oh well......as i'm driving the e34 for werk now, i want one of them 30 gallon setups from the alpina b10, or maybe something from a e32. it would be nice to fill up 45$ worth of gas on price match day and have it last all week.

[winfred]

just got raped about 5 hours ago about 20 miles outta alabama into mississippi $40.50 18.8 gallons fugging sign said 2.09 and pump said 2.14 i said the hell with it and stopped anyway, i tanked up with 87 in tenn above knoxville because i didn't want to bust $40 on a tank, got about a 1/2 mpg better with da **** but it pingged like a bitch when i booted it out of a rest area, sounded like a can of washers bouncing down stairs, i figured it wouldn't hurt while just going down the interstate at 2750 rpm and a low load at 50-60 degrees


I took the touring for a quick trip to the post office and noticed the tank was on Empty (no warning light yet), so to the gas station (Chevron) I went.

I set the tank filling and went around cleaning some of the windows. When the pump stopped and I looked over, my heart (and wallet) skipped a beat.

19.51 gallons @ 2.069 = $40.37 WTF?

(and this was without trying to 'top off' the tank)

Damn, it seems like only a few weeks ago I was just breaking $30 for a tank.

Granted, it was a pretty empty gas tank, but there's something disturbing about breaking the next $10 barrier so soon...

[Sweetwater]

just got raped about 5 hours ago about 20 miles outta alabama into mississippi $40.50 18.8 gallons fugging sign said 2.09 and pump said 2.14 i said the hell with it and stopped anyway, i tanked up with 87 in tenn above knoxville because i didn't want to bust $40 on a tank, got about a 1/2 mpg better with da **** but it pingged like a bitch when i booted it out of a rest area, sounded like a can of washers bouncing down stairs, i figured it wouldn't hurt while just going down the interstate at 2750 rpm and a low load at 50-60 degrees


More raping and pillaging to come. $28/bl oil had gasoline at $1.50 in the spring. $56/bl oil translates to $3.00 gasoline here in the USofA. I think if it wasn't election time, it would be going up quicker. Took my Beemer 1100GS to Portland on Fri/Sat. 830 miles, gasoline low $1.99 per gallon, high at $2.30 per gallon. Averaged 43.87 mpg at 75-85 mph. Driving the E34 would have doubled gasoline expenditure, F150 Supercab XLT 4WD would have doubled it again. But, I had a buyer for the Beemer in Portland and he bought my flight ticket home, so time for a fall adventure.

Energy stocks and oil stocks will do ok over the next year (again). Buy some, it makes you feel better about the rape.....

[Airborne001]

HAH, look at all the wussies crying about $2-something gas, betcha didn't expect what we pay now!!!

[Paul in NZ]

hahaah i looke d at a post i made saying about 80 dollars a tank the other day it was $115 for 69 litres

[Jose]

Ha!! Guess the Netherlands are the champ in screwing you over when it comes to petrol. 1.88 US per liter. Last week I filled her up and payed 146 dollars!!!! Try and top that!!!!

[Yiorgos]

I don't fill up when its empty, just every Tuesday where the petrol price trend in Melbourne, Australia is at a trough.

My last fill up was around 42 litres (11.1 gallons) and I paid around AU$53 (US$39) -- this is for 95 octane petrol.

I've filled up on a Friday afternoon once, and paid AU$1.51/L (US$4.20/G if my Maths is correct).

[Ausmpower]

My 535 is chipped so I religously run BP Ultimate (98 octane).

75 liters regularly costs me $110+ Aud......I remember paying 88 cents per litre for Ultimate about 6 years ago....... The 535 is better on fuel than the Turbo Rx-7 I was driving at the time so it's probably costing me the same now as then.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Oh yes, the good old days of $2.09.:D

[Evan]

I topped $50 two years ago!.. .I don't even pay attention anymore.. I just concentrate on making more money

[winfred]

i am at around $85 in the truck for 29 odd gallons of diesel and mid 30s in the e30, i figured out the e30 costs me .11 cents a mile and the truck .15 a mile to drive, i gotta get my bio diesel reactor built and make bio for under a buck a gallon from wvo :D

[liquidtiger720]

im @ about $55-60 a fill up.

[Evan]

did you read the article about the VW converted to run on biodiesel and diesel?

[winfred]

theres nothing to convert as long as the car is under 10-15 years old to run bio diesel, older cars may have incompatable rubber in the fuel system that needs to be changed out, now to run on wvo you need all kinds of crap to keep from destroying the injectors on shut down and filters from clogging. bio diesel is a drop in replacment for petro diesel, less polution better lubracation some cars may loose a mpg or two some don't, bio clouds at a higher temp compared to petro but you are generally good to down 32* much colder then that and you need to look into blending with kero or petro diesel depending on how cold it will get


did you read the article about the VW converted to run on biodiesel and diesel?

[CharlesAFerg]

Are you guys kidding?!
It's like 3.10 or so in Portland, Oregon... It ALWAYS costs over 42-43$ to fill up, without a second thought. M20 525i

[E34 530]

Are you guys kidding?!
It's like 3.10 or so in Portland, Oregon... It ALWAYS costs over 42-43$ to fill up, without a second thought. M20 525i
check the date on the thread ;) ...

[Rigmaster]

Are you guys kidding?!
It's like 3.10 or so in Portland, Oregon... It ALWAYS costs over 42-43$ to fill up, without a second thought. M20 525i


umm, Chas, might want to check the date on those posts you just replied to.....they're from 2+ years ago.... :)


Bret.

[CharlesAFerg]

umm, Chas, might want to check the date on those posts you just replied to.....they're from 2+ years ago.... :)


Bret.

Chas?

Oh hell, someone bumped it to the main page, thought it was new rofl :D

[Rigmaster]

$3.29 per liter (Canadian) last week at Mosport near Toronto.....


Of course, that was 110 octane leaded race fuel.... :)

But still, it cost $250 to get 4 x 5gallon fuel cans filled up!!!


Bret.

[632 Regal]

nothing like excess of $50 a tank now.

[SC David]

From my bank statement:


06/25/2006 4:47:30 PM
POS WD SHELL OIL 27423608101 PALO ALTO CAUS
-$55.67

06/18/2006 5:01:24 PM
POS WD SHELL OIL 27441759308 SCOTTS VALLEYCAUS
-$53.41

06/12/2006 2:53:22 PM
POS WD SERRAMONTE OLYMPIAN DALY CITY CAUS
-$58.12

06/04/2006 9:46:56 PM
POS WD CHEVRON 00093865 SANTA CRUZ CAUS
-$59.00

05/28/2006 2:52:32 PM
POS WD SERRAMONTE OLYMPIAN DALY CITY CAUS
-$59.88

05/17/2006 8:38:45 AM
POS WD SHELL OIL 27440180308 PACIFICA CAUS
-$61.39




At least the prices have been dropping consistently since May. I saw $2.95 for 87 in San Mateo yesterday. There was quite a line of cars on the street!

[SC David]

I just realized that's $300 in two months. God, my head hurts now. I REALLY have to stop driving so much. I've been doing 400 miles a week lately.

[VentoGT]

Interesting "blast from the past" thread--I remember when I was in College in 1999 seeing the QuikTrip with $0.75 per gallon regular. Gotta love it!

[peks]

im burnin almost $300 a month..

[GoldenEagleFan]

Last Saturday the bill was $57.42 for a fill. Add to this amount keeping my Grand Cherokee filled for my son and my wife's Catera filled we are averaging about $135 a week to keep gas in the vehicles. Plus gas for the boat, motorcycles and lawnmower. However, I love internal combustion engines and burning hydrocarbons so until we run out of oil, I am afraid I'll pay whatever the price is to get my fix.

I was surprised, is premium gas in Texas really only $2.15/gallon????

[winfred]

uhhh i just burned $560 in diesel in a week on the 2300 mile round trip to va last week dragging a trailer


im burnin almost $300 a month..

[ThoreauHD]

I just moved up to the DC area. It's about $3.50 here in Maryland. I decided to buy a racing dynamic stressbar and some eibach springs so I don't feel so bad when I have to fill up. I'm looking at $73.85 per fill up now... Oh crap.

Glad I live by the metro. If I ever do need to do some hard traveling, those hybrid's will start looking really good. Wish congress would stop dickin around with destroying the internet and actually push something useful for a change. E85 conversions would be something useful they can focus on.

[TheEndIsNear]

I wish mine was that cheap, last week i paid $69.00 in Bellevue, Wa.

[pyro]

... its over 60$ for a fillup here in ca its approaching 4$ a gallon in the bay area

[ThoreauHD]

4 a gallon.. hmm. Europe hovers around 5 and it's changed their economy and auto industry quite a bit. I don't see many large cars over there. Just the Mr. Bean things and vegetable oil conversion cars. I'm thinking that when 7 bucks a gallon hits, we will have to rethink a whole lot of things very quickly. At 5 bucks, everyone will have to consider a hybrid first for maintaining their travel load.

Maybe it's better in the long run. We need to be energy independent and localized in economy. Globalization will not survive at 7 bucks a gallon. We'd have alot less wars if that were the case I think.

Whenever I go to the pump, this is all I see

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/gastankwallet.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/cheaperthangas.jpg
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y106/toasty0z/gaspricegetback.jpg

[welshbee-em]

wish i lived somewhere else @96p per litre the e34 tank is a bottomless pit

[Gabe]

Hey guys, I have the ultimate solution for that, trade me in your BMWs and I will get you a Toyota Corolla, which is stunningly much more efficient on gas usage. This offer will not last forever so get your BMWs to me while you can!

PS - NYC, ~$60 to fill the tank on a 91 525

[JerseySi]

Petrol over here ranges from 79p per litre for cheap crappy regular unleaded stuff (still 95 octane, but car runs like a sack of poo) up to around 99p per litre for 98 octane Super unleaded..
I only ever put £20-worth in at a time these days, 25-ish litres at my usual (cheap!) place - 80-ish p per litre..
That will usually take me around 80-90 miles, as long as i don't press the loud pedal too hard

(roughly translated for you yankees - about 6.6 US gallons for $36usd, which i work out at around $5.45 a gallon!)

Shiiiiit - now I understand why cars with big motors are so cheap second-hand here! :s

[Airborne001]

It's ok. Since everyone thinks we invaded Iraq for the oil, next time we will do it the right way. HELLO CANADA!!!! They have tons of oil, we can drive there, and a roadside bomb made from a snowball isn't particularly dangerous.

[mattyb]

damn right and well be there to help you if bonsai is still about!

[TWISM]

Filled my tank for about 114 euros... Thats about 137,01 US$
That was for 72 litres of gasoline...

I allways tank between 85 and 100 euros (102,16 to 120,18US$).
That is around 70 litres...

And that every week. I drive about 700 to 800 kilometers a week...

Oow.. And I live in the Netherlands ;)