RV Fuel Issues & Prices - Post 'Em Here!

[Dick_A]

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[LindsayRichards]

We will soon be going into Canada from Glacier National Park and will be entering with a full tank and leaving with an 1/8th.

[innsbrucksRGR8]

Anyone coming into Canada expect very high fuel prices. we are averaging around $1.30 Per LITRE which I figure is around 4.91 a gallon! hopefully price will drop before July as I was planning a trip from Eastern Canada to Nashville TN.

[tomman58]

Cruiser4954 wrote:
I am writing this to warn anyone who is visiting Gettysburg Pa. The American Fuel station on South Steinwehr Ave. does NOT sell diesel fuel, but does have fuel nozzles with GREEN covers on the nozzles. In a hurry I pulled up to the pump, not reading the pump just grabbed the green nozzle, which signifies diesel fuel, and started pumping. I was lucky not to start the truck, after I realized what I had done. I will never assume that GREEN means diesel in the future.

There is NO RULE for diesel pump nozzle color!
At BP I think all gas is green and diesel black. At other stations it is yellow.

You must've been in a real hurry as you still need to push the fuel button to deliver the fuel no matter the color of the nozzles.

[sleepyT]

I am writing this to warn anyone who is visiting Gettysburg Pa. The American Fuel station on South Steinwehr Ave. does NOT sell diesel fuel, but does have fuel nozzles with GREEN covers on the nozzles. In a hurry I pulled up to the pump, not reading the pump just grabbed the green nozzle, which signifies diesel fuel, and started pumping. I was lucky not to start the truck, after I realized what I had done. I will never assume that GREEN means diesel in the future.

[comnthru]

$3.65 here in Helena MT

[LindsayRichards]

We took the Winny Factory tour today and as a side light, they said they were producing on average 20 units a day. 13 were the new lighter more fuel efficient 26' and under units and 7 were the traditional coaches. The Mercedes front engines were very prevalent. I read they get 16 to 17 mpg, but hard to believe. Looks like the industry is swinging towards lighter more fuel efficient units. We went thru some of them and they are very nice. Compact, but not a lot of space for your "stuff". I feel like Winny has a very good handle on their market and wouldn't be making them if they were not selling a lot of them.

[SRT]

Gas prices have moved up. Now it varies from $3.92 to $3.99. We leave this Friday (cool and rainy) to our first camp out. Going to be gone for 10 days including another camp out the next weekend. Hoping to see lower gas prices.

[tomman58]

slowlane wrote:
I'll start to have some respect for electric cars when us taxpayers are no longer being fleeced to subsidize them.

Here's something to think about..... $7500 credit

Not using fuel in electric car (my car 20mph .. at 14400 miles per year gas at 4 bucks) = $2880 plus oil changes, rad flush etc = $3000. With the credit and savings I should be able to replace the car every 4 or 5 years with little investment. This is a great thing.
I'm green, promoting a new technology and possible getting a better return on this car then most others.

I didn't use about 720 gallons of fuel/ per year. I'm good with that and I'll do it for you. LOL

I may not buy one this year but maybe in two or three years.

[slowlane]

I'll start to have some respect for electric cars when us taxpayers are no longer being fleeced to subsidize them.

[LindsayRichards]

Secondly why would you by foreign when we need the work here? These cars are made in Michigan. Everything from the corporation to the designers to the assembly is done in Michigan and feeds AMERICANS.

My two Nissans were made in TN by Americans who didn't need a $60 billion taxpayer bailout to continue in business. I sure wish the buy American concept translated over the the fuel we both put into our American made vehicles. If we drill here, the land owners (unusably American taxpayers get the royalties instead of some Sheik or dictator. The high paying jobs go to Americans and their families, the money they spend on their needs gets recirculated about 5 times through their local economies and it doesn't wreck our balance of payments. (over $700 billion this year on oil alone). There is no excuse for not drilling here. I am all for electric vehicle myself and but in my opinion they are not prime time yet. 40 miles between charges and then an hour charge for each 5 miles traveled (110 V system) and big home rewiring for a 240V charger to bring the charging down to 4 hours. As a taxpayer, I don't like giving the $7,500 federal payment on each one. They still get their power from coal and nuclear. But lets hope soon, they will be for the masses. I heard today that they have sold 1370 since Jan. Subsidies only work short term.

[RambleOnNW]

LindsayRichards wrote:
In March, GM sold less than 70 Volt's...

This is false, in March, GM sold 608 Chevrolet Volts.

Here are the references:

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[tomman58]

LindsayRichards wrote:
In March, GM sold less than 70 Volt's. The Nissian Leaf is a better value.I am all for the concept of switching over to natural gas for transportation. This can be done I have read for about $3,000 per vehicle (family car). I think the best thing would be to do it first on over the road trucks which on average get new engines or very major overhauls every 3 years. The infrastructure placement would be much easier and the mpg saving would eventually have many family cars switching. The infrastructure costs would be great and the key would be getting the same stations would be the ones where the new natural gas filling stations would be. There is a lot of political lobby against it of course as gasoline is a huge business. There are very strict prohibitions against the mining of natural gas now, but we are the world leader in resources, I'd love to see this happen. I don't seen the electric vehicle ever hauling freight or being a RV. Of course with any electric vehicle, you still must generate electricity which is almost always going to be burning fossil fuels.

First here is a few facts on the Volt, from an auto publication:

It’s still a bit fuzzy on how many Volts GM can actually produce. In late January, GM said it would speed up the nationwide rollout of the Volt. Deliveries will begin in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Oregon, Washington and Hawaii in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, GM will have Volts available nationwide. Simply put, we won’t know how Volts are really performing until 2012.


Secondly why would you by foreign when we need the work here? These cars are made in Michigan. Everything from the corporation to the designers to the assembly is done in Michigan and feeds AMERICANS.

The more electric cars the more fuel for RV's and TVs.
India has a little car that runs on air. If it is in a catastrophic crash the tank (at 1500 pounds) blow it's plug toward the center so the others in the crash don't have parts flying with them.
Natural gas maybe not so much except in big trucks or other stable platforms.

[The_Weekenders]

Diesel in Central NoDak is at $4.08 down 10 from last week and gas is at $3.89, also down 10 from last week.

[SRT]

Looked at Gas Buddy for my area this morning. Gas prices are moving down. Today's prices vary from $3.90 to $3.95. Just in time for the start of our camping season. Like to see another $1.00 drop.

[LindsayRichards]

In March, GM sold less than 70 Volt's. The Nissian Leaf is a better value.I am all for the concept of switching over to natural gas for transportation. This can be done I have read for about $3,000 per vehicle (family car). I think the best thing would be to do it first on over the road trucks which on average get new engines or very major overhauls every 3 years. The infrastructure placement would be much easier and the mpg saving would eventually have many family cars switching. The infrastructure costs would be great and the key would be getting the same stations would be the ones where the new natural gas filling stations would be. There is a lot of political lobby against it of course as gasoline is a huge business. There are very strict prohibitions against the mining of natural gas now, but we are the world leader in resources, I'd love to see this happen. I don't seen the electric vehicle ever hauling freight or being a RV. Of course with any electric vehicle, you still must generate electricity which is almost always going to be burning fossil fuels.