$2.499 ULSD in Tulsa

tulsa · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:50 am

Diesel just broke the $2.50 barrier in Tulsa. Woot!

JL Rockies · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 10:58 am

It's $2.89 here in FTL.

CHenry · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:04 am

tulsa wrote:

Diesel just broke the $2.50 barrier in Tulsa. Woot!

Yep, 2.47 in OKC at Flying J on I-40 and Morgan Rd.

bdptp73 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 11:11 am

$2.59 diesel for the big rigs, $2.79 for automotive diesel. $1.88 for RUG. It's cheaper to drive my Dakota right now so thats what I'm doing.

geordi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:09 pm

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

geordi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:13 pm

Oh, and it's 2.82 here in Savannah, 2.76 at the Flying J in Brunswick, and 2.78 at the Flying J in Ft Pierce, Fl.

Funny how Savannah is it's own little mecca of fuel price gouging. I want to live near a fuel PIPE terminal. This only-delivered-on-ships crap SUCKS.

bdptp73 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:39 pm

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

I know that it's the same juice, and I've seen the price difference vary between .20 and .40 a gallon more for my libby. I don't know how and why they are doing this but every truck stop IS doing this. The only thing I can do is drive my Dakota until it changes or it becomes economically feasable to drive the libby again. In the winter i get about 21 MPG in the CRD and I get 21 MPG in the Dakota. $.91 a gallon difference for the same MPG more that pays for the plates and insurance on the truck.

geordi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:48 pm

Ouch, that sucks. I'm consistently getting higher than that as an average mpg, and thankfully managing to get diesel about $1 per gallon cheaper than the prevailing price. But with winter, I'm kinda stuck using the regular pump price.

retmil46 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 1:58 pm

Granted I've done a few mods to mine, but if the beast only got 21 mpg in winter it would have been gone a long time ago.

Just rigged mine for winter - installed the grille blockers, all but 2 openings closed off - and covered over the return line fuel cooler. Still knocking down around 25 mixed.

Have you tried one of the grille blankets/covers? From personal experience, it does greatly affect winter fuel mileage.

Lowest price for D2 in this neck of the woods is 2.75, but then NC is noted for it's high-a$$ fuel taxes. :evil:

cerich · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 3:15 pm

bdptp73 wrote:

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

I know that it's the same juice, and I've seen the price difference vary between .20 and .40 a gallon more for my libby. I don't know how and why they are doing this but every truck stop IS doing this. The only thing I can do is drive my Dakota until it changes or it becomes economically feasable to drive the libby again. In the winter i get about 21 MPG in the CRD and I get 21 MPG in the Dakota. $.91 a gallon difference for the same MPG more that pays for the plates and insurance on the truck.

I hear you, I have a 2000 Mazda B2500 that gets 20mpg, my CRD I get consistent 23.5 mpg. My CRD has hardly moved the last 6 months, when I get to go somewhere for work 9they pay the gas) then it's the CRD, that's about it. Heck the wifes Town and Country gets 21.5 mpg consistently....

tulsa · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:12 pm

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

Geordi,
I think in Indiana the difference in diesel pricing is based on trucking companys having a permit to pay their own fuel taxes directly to the state.
Lewis

vtdog · **Joined:** Fri Sep 30, 2005 11:27 am **Posts:** 640

I too have "parked" the CRD unless I need the 4wd. I have a 4cyl Nissan Pickup with 2wd which gets about the same mpg as the CRD. With the diesel/rug spread now over 40% it makes no sense to drive the Jeep unless the weather is bad, or I am going somewhere that I need the traction.

I bought the Jeep new in 4/05 and don't remember anytime that the spread has been so large between the fuels. I know its getting to be winter and diesel prices rise with use of #2 heating oil, but what I am seeing here for a price difference in New England is unprecedented.

Can anyone explain why?

bdptp73 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 4:54 pm

retmil46 wrote:

Granted I've done a few mods to mine, but if the beast only got 21 mpg in winter it would have been gone a long time ago.

Just rigged mine for winter - installed the grille blockers, all but 2 openings closed off - and covered over the return line fuel cooler. Still knocking down around 25 mixed.

Have you tried one of the grille blankets/covers? From personal experience, it does greatly affect winter fuel mileage.

Lowest price for D2 in this neck of the woods is 2.75, but then NC is noted for it's high-a$$ fuel taxes. :evil:

Well I just made a grill cover out of aluminum flashing. I'll drive one tank thru her and see what I get. I did the math and i would have to get 31 MPG in the libby to match the truck in cost/mile. I know that will never happen but we just got 8 inches of lake effect snow so I'll use the 4WD.

Didn't mean to hi-jack the thread

Jason

BlackLibertyCRD · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 6:16 pm

bdptp73 wrote:

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

I know that it's the same juice, and I've seen the price difference vary between .20 and .40 a gallon more for my libby. I don't know how and why they are doing this but every truck stop IS doing this. The only thing I can do is drive my Dakota until it changes or it becomes economically feasable to drive the libby again. In the winter i get about 21 MPG in the CRD and I get 21 MPG in the Dakota. $.91 a gallon difference for the same MPG more that pays for the plates and insurance on the truck.

That is why I fuel before and after traveling through Indiana so I won't have to stop for this injustice. :evil:

Cowcatcher · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 7:24 pm

Finally broke the $3.00 mark in Spokane. Spent $2.89 today.

bdptp73 · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 8:57 pm

BlackLibertyCRD wrote:

bdptp73 wrote:

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

I know that it's the same juice, and I've seen the price difference vary between .20 and .40 a gallon more for my libby. I don't know how and why they are doing this but every truck stop IS doing this. The only thing I can do is drive my Dakota until it changes or it becomes economically feasable to drive the libby again. In the winter i get about 21 MPG in the CRD and I get 21 MPG in the Dakota. $.91 a gallon difference for the same MPG more that pays for the plates and insurance on the truck.

That is why I fuel before and after traveling through Indiana so I won't have to stop for this injustice. :evil:

It wasn't like this when I bought the CRD. Only in the past year I noticed this trend going on.

geordi · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 9:12 pm

BlackLibertyCRD wrote:

bdptp73 wrote:

geordi wrote:

You DO know that the 'big rig' diesel is PRECISELY the same juice as the screw-the-customer-by-calling-it-automotive diesel, right?

If you are concerned about the Thunder Nozzle not fitting in your Jeep... 30 minutes and a dremel will cure that.

I know that it's the same juice, and I've seen the price difference vary between .20 and .40 a gallon more for my libby. I don't know how and why they are doing this but every truck stop IS doing this. The only thing I can do is drive my Dakota until it changes or it becomes economically feasable to drive the libby again. In the winter i get about 21 MPG in the CRD and I get 21 MPG in the Dakota. $.91 a gallon difference for the same MPG more that pays for the plates and insurance on the truck.

That is why I fuel before and after traveling through Indiana so I won't have to stop for this injustice. :evil:

Or... Just go fill up at the heavy truck island? What are they gonna say, that its for diesels only?

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