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[MarkBC]

Welcome to Bridgeport...

Yeah...that's why, when southbound on 395, I fill up in Minden/Gardnerville, NV...as I'll be doing tomorrow.

[CraggyMan]

Thanks for the heads up on Bridgeport gas prices. I sent the pic along to some friends that are heading north from Yosemite tomorrow. Their response was also that they will make sure Minden/Gardnerville is their fuel up point.
Cheers-

[K6ON]

If you really need fuel in the area, Lee Vining, just a few miles down the road has diesel for $4.89. Still a rip, but half a buck cheaper than Bridgeport.

[ski3pin]

The Chevron station at Topaz Lake right before the California border is where we top off before heading south on 395. Even if coming over Monitor Pass it is worth the short detour north.

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

I drove from Bend, OR to Redding, CA tonight. Filled up at an independent station in Klamath Falls, OR and paid $3.99/gal. 15 miles further south along US 97 in Doris, CA an independent station was charging $4.99/gal.
What a difference a border makes!

(Of course, the fact that Doris is tiny adds a bit to the price, apart from the California factor.)

Mark,one thing to keep in mind is that you have no sales tax in OR,right? That makes a little difference,but the stuff is still too high
Does anyone remember four years ago the price of oil was between $150 and $160 per barrel and a gallon of gas was at the same price or less than now,when oil is in the $90 range.Whats up!
On our recent trip east to Minnesota we found gas between $3.65 and $3.90 most of the way.Even the fill up in Arnold Ca.at the start of the trip was $4.05 which is to be expected there,on the return through Arnold three and a half weeks later it was $4.39 at the same station.
Does this stop me from traveling not really.I just try to make less unnecessary trips.
A question for other 1st gen Tundra owners.What RPM do you show @ 65 MPH? My truck is 2,000 RPMs @ 65 MPH.
My mileage for our last trip was 15.5.Had as high as 19 and low as 12.5.We try to travel on non interstates as much as possible but when we do I try to keep it at or below the limit.I did find that when there was a head wind it made a difference in mileage.
Keep traveling,Frank

[Overland Hadley]

My girl mentioned there being something special about California gas, even the regular, and the refineries are having problems. So there is a shortage of "California" gas.

Anybody confirm this?

[K6ON]

My girl mentioned there being something special about California gas, even the regular, and the refineries are having problems. So there is a shortage of "California" gas.

Anybody confirm this?

I eat my own cooking..no shortage of gas here :-)

[Casa Escarlata Robles Too]

My girl mentioned there being something special about California gas, even the regular, and the refineries are having problems. So there is a shortage of "California" gas.

Anybody confirm this?

We have a "winterblend" that gets switches to after Oct.Who knows,as Ski said above my pay grade.
Frank

[Ted]

O.H.,

Your girl is correct. During the summer months CA requires refineries to provide a cleaner burning gasoline. Typically they switch back to the normal gas in November. The summer blend does cost more. Since it is for CA only, we can't bring in gas from neighboring states to help during a "shortage". Our governer has given the refineries approval to start producing the winter blend now.

Ted

[Overland Hadley]

O.H.,

Your girl is correct. During the summer months CA requires refineries to provide a cleaner burning gasoline. Typically they switch back to the normal gas in November. The summer blend does cost more. Since it is for CA only, we can't bring in gas from neighboring states to help during a "shortage". Our governer has given the refineries approval to start producing the winter blend now.

Ted

Thanks Ted.

Do you know if your winter blend is the same as the rest of the countries?