In Santa Cruz, Ca. premium gas (91 octane, the highest that is available )
currently is $2.85 a gallon at Chevron.
Greg Solow
----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Curry" <spitlist@cox.net>
To: "'tom strange'" <tstrange@sbcglobal.net>; "'Larry Young'"
<cartravel@pobox.com>; <vintage.racer@comcast.net>
Cc: <fot@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:54 PM
Subject: RE: buying gasoline
> What's all this hub0bub about the price of gasoline? Gasoline is one
> commodity that has had a comapritively slow rise in price since the
> 60's.
>
> Think about it, a car that cost 2500 bucks in the 60's will now set you
> back 25,000 or more. That is a 10 fold increase in price. At the same
> time gasoline was selling for 30 to 35 cents per gallon. If you apply
> the same price rise, it would now be selling for over $3.00 per gallon
> and not have had an appreciative increase in price by comparison to the
> rest of the things we buy.
>
> And if that is not bad enough look at the price of Milk.... or better
> still, WATER!
>
> Cheers,
> Joe
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-fot@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-fot@autox.team.net] On
> Behalf Of tom strange
> Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 7:43 PM
> To: Larry Young; vintage.racer@comcast.net
> Cc: fot@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: buying gasoline
>
> Larry,
> Being such a limited production item, would market share have anything
> to do with the price? I always thought the increased expense due to the
> limited volume overshadowed everything else..
>
>
>
> Larry Young <cartravel@pobox.com> wrote:
> I was involved more with production than refining, but I'd guess there
> could be one or two factors at work. Either the mark up on race fuel is
> huge and they've absorbed some of the increased cost or the cost to make
>
> it is so large that the raw material cost is not so significant.
>
> vintage.racer@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Larry:
> >
> > With your background, perhaps you can answer a question for me
> > regarding the refining process as it relates to lower and higher
> > octane gasoline. Over the past year, while we have seen normal pump
> > gas escalate in price, I have noticed that 110 race gas from Union 76
> > and Sunoco has hardly changed. Is this due to the demand for race gas
> > being fairly constant so refiners can forecast their production and
> > costs more accurately which keeps the cost to us relatively level?
> >
> > At our race last weekend at Infineon, I bought 110 race gas at $4.50
> > per gallon which is the LEAST I have paid for this type of gas in a
> > couple of years. Is this just an anomaly? Will we begin to see ever
> > increasing prices associated with race gas in the near future? Thanks.
> >
> > Gary
>
>
> Tom
>
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