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allegorical oracle

(6,384 posts) Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:43 PM 16 hrs ago

Left N Fla this am for a car repair -- 166 miles roundtrip. Gas was $2.88/gal. but my car's

tank was 3/4 full. On the way back to N Fla., gas had risen to $3.88/gal. Only took six hours for gas to rise $1/ gal.

Thanks, Trumpy...you're doing a great job.

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Left N Fla this am for a car repair -- 166 miles roundtrip. Gas was $2.88/gal. but my car's (Original Post) allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago OP

And all that gas is from much lower cost oil. Price gouging, anyone? Nah! Who would do that? Wonder Why 16 hrs ago #1

Exactly. The stations are cranking up prices way over what what they paid for it. allegorical oracle 16 hrs ago #2

Don't buy gas at that Greg_In_SF 15 hrs ago #3

Wonder Why

(6,783 posts)

1. And all that gas is from much lower cost oil. Price gouging, anyone? Nah! Who would do that?

Reply to allegorical oracle (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:51 PM

16 hrs ago

allegorical oracle

(6,384 posts)

2. Exactly. The stations are cranking up prices way over what what they paid for it.

Reply to Wonder Why (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 07:54 PM

16 hrs ago

Greg_In_SF

(1,195 posts)

3. Don't buy gas at that

Reply to allegorical oracle (Original post)

Mon Mar 2, 2026, 08:51 PM

15 hrs ago

station. The average price in Florida, as of today, is still $2.88.

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