Can't figure out new gas buddy

Just checked the Phone app
There is a "Settings" icon (3 sliders) upper right, You tap it to pick your fuel. I did not try to change location on this app yet.

Ok tried that too. Top of the page it says "Current location" tap and enter new location.

won't reply to all individual but my post was tongue in cheek and I ended up being busy with other things, come back and see one got nasty with the superiority post as in 'you add little to the conversation' which, if you see my record, I do usually add good into threads :) and others commenting why they use it......of course it is good to use to save, find stations that can suit your needs and more.

I THOUGHT some funny would follow but sadly no.....but sorry if my post seemed wrong to some.

now move forward in an orderly fashion :):):)

I agree. One generally only needs to drive a mile or so down the road from the Pilot/Flying J to find diesel prices 25 to 45 cents a gallon cheaper.

rk911 wrote:

FunnyCamper wrote:
why do we rely on this stuff?
make life easy, pay at the pump and enjoy life as it is given...I mean a few cents here and there? LOL
just saying, let it go :) APPS make our lives more miserable mostly then productive out in the real world..........and of course just my opinion :)

with a car I might agree but in an RV its different. we've seen price differences of as much as 25-cents. multiply that by 50-60 gallons and you're talking real money.

Diesel $2.53 at our home base in Reno...$1.93 in Casa Grande, AZ where we winter.

We carry when full about 100 gals. so when you do the math....

FunnyCamper wrote:
why do we rely on this stuff?
make life easy, pay at the pump and enjoy life as it is given...I mean a few cents here and there? LOL
just saying, let it go :) APPS make our lives more miserable mostly then productive out in the real world..........and of course just my opinion :)

with a car I might agree but in an RV its different. we've seen price differences of as much as 25-cents. multiply that by 50-60 gallons and you're talking real money.

Thanks for the head's up
Ok, I just went to GASBUDDY.COM on this laptop and it showed me the prices in the town I'm parked in (Which is not the town I want the prices in but hey, I'm only 3 miles from the nearest gas but only 2 miles from the city limits)

To find Diesel, at the top of your screen it says REGULAR.. Click on REGULAR and a drop down menu appears. Diesel is the last item, It worked, I tested it.

To the left of "REGULAR" is the name of the town I'm connecting from (NOTE: if you are connecting cellular that may be many miles away) I typed in the name of the town, State where my mail box is (1,000 miles away) and sure enough the gas prices for that showed up (IE Battle Creek, MI, Tuson, AZ, Los Angles, CA) none of which are where my Mail box is)

So it's easy, Just the fact the type of fuel is a drop down is not well marked.

Have not checked out the updated cell phone app as the phone is busy with other stuff but suspect it's going to be the same.

Oh, I also tried just a state in the search box (the box with the town/state in_) Sure enough, I typed in OH and got the lowest prices in all of Ohio.

Using the Gas Buddy app is more than just finding the lowest prices on fuel. It's also about finding fuel...period. Many areas here in the west, one can drive many miles before finding a place to refuel. It's useful in that regard, particularly for pre-planning.

One area I like to go camping, it's about 30 miles in one direction to the nearest fuel, and 56 miles in the other direction. Veer off the main road for this area, and it's even more mileage to the nearest fuel. Helps in deciding where to top off the tank, depending on how far back in the boonies I want to get. This becomes even more critical if one is dependent on diesel fuel.

This past week in NC, it would have been nice if it showed "No Gas". There was no way to report that a station was out (and many were).

I see the same options on the new APP as the old one. Just in a bit different places. Didn't know it had changed but took all of 20 seconds to start pushing or touching buttons and it all appears to be there just a little different. Hell if things didn't change we would still be using manual trans in the MH's and double clutching to find a gear. For you younger ones that is to sync the gear with engine RPM. Guess we have an option use things that save money or just blindly go we others have gone before, hey thats almost trecky. LOL

LEN

I sue it both planning and traveling.

In the planning stage, I look for where Street Atlas says I should look for fuel. Then I use the web GasBuddy to look at local prices. For example:
If you buy fuel in Ohio instead of Michigan, you can easily save 0.15/ and maybe as much as 0.20/gal.
If you buy fuel in Indiana, you can save 0.20/ to 0.25/gal over buying in Illinois.

In case you didn't do the math in your head, if you are only buy 50 gallons, 0.20/gallon is 10.00$us saved. That is your 10.00$ tax free. If you don't want that 10$, put it in an envelope and mail it to me.

Matt