Avgas is cheap

my Peterson STC for both the Piper and the Skylane
mandates 86 min Octane which requires purchase of Mid grade...


You can't get that by mixing hi grade plus low grade in the proper proportions?

Jose

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last I checked.. avgas (100LL) at the local self serve pump was $2.54 a
gal.. and that was before auto gas jumped from $1.80 to $2.04. We'll see
what the local avgas pump says this weekend.

BT

"John Galban" wrote in message
om...
I took a day off today to spend some quality time with my airplane.
On the way to the airport I stopped to fill up my truck with $2.05/gal
unleaded. I got to the airport and topped off the plane with
$2.06/gal 100LL. What's wrong with this picture? Kinda makes that
expensive autogas STC in my plane look rather silly.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

"John Galban" wrote in message
om...
I took a day off today to spend some quality time with my airplane.
On the way to the airport I stopped to fill up my truck with $2.05/gal
unleaded. I got to the airport and topped off the plane with
$2.06/gal 100LL. What's wrong with this picture? Kinda makes that
expensive autogas STC in my plane look rather silly.

Like the others said, you're just buying gas (both kinds) in the wrong
place.

Around here, I'm paying about $1.60+/gal for regular unleaded, and $3.50/gal
(that's no typo...three dollars, fifty cents) for 100LL.

Actually, the $3.50/gal was a bit of a shock...highest it'd been before was
about $2.90/gal and normally it's been lower. I had just gotten back from
being out of town for over a month, and hadn't bought 100LL in awhile. It's
time for me to start looking for better prices, even if they are at other
airports; I don't usually sweat too much over fuel prices for the plane,
since the gas is the least of my expenses, but especially after seeing what
others are paying, I'm just plain offended that's what gas costs at my
airport (KPAE in Everett, WA).

Pete

Peter Duniho wrote:
Around here, I'm paying about $1.60+/gal for regular unleaded, and $3.50/gal
(that's no typo...three dollars, fifty cents) for 100LL.

Not quite. Self-serve 100LL at PAE is $2.999, as of 8 pm this evening (2/26);
hasn't changed in at least two weeks.

Actually, the $3.50/gal was a bit of a shock...highest it'd been before was
about $2.90/gal and normally it's been lower. I had just gotten back from
being out of town for over a month, and hadn't bought 100LL in awhile. It's
time for me to start looking for better prices, even if they are at other
airports;

Best I've found in the Puget Sound area is at 0S9 (Port Townsend): $2.559 as of
last monday (2/23).

I don't usually sweat too much over fuel prices for the plane,
since the gas is the least of my expenses,

Least of your expenses? Only if you hardly ever fly. (Perhaps if you logged a
bit more time in your airplane, and a bit less on your keyboard?...

"Mark Mallory" wrote in message
...
Around here, I'm paying about $1.60+/gal for regular unleaded, and
$3.50/gal
(that's no typo...three dollars, fifty cents) for 100LL.

Not quite. Self-serve 100LL at PAE is $2.999, as of 8 pm this evening
(2/26);
hasn't changed in at least two weeks.

What do you mean "not quite"? I have operational reasons for not using the
self-serve pumps. If I'm going to have to deal with a hot restart of the
engine, I might as well buy gas at an airport where it's significantly
cheaper.

$3.50/gal is my price. It's available cheaper at the airport, but at the
cost of added wear and tear on the engine, starter, and battery.

There's no "not quite" about it, thank you very much. $3.50/gal is what I
pay, which is exactly what I said.

Least of your expenses? Only if you hardly ever fly.

You obviously have no clue about what I spend on maintenance, insurance, and
hangar. Those are by far the most significant portions of owning my
airplane, and I could fly triple the number of hours each year without
changing that.

How about you stick to making statements about things you actually know
about, and let the rest of us make statements about things WE know about
without you acting like you know better when you obviously don't.

Pete

I don't know which I enjoy more out of this newsgroup - Jay's stories, or
Pete's logic, but here's another fine example of the latter. Classic.

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...

There's no "not quite" about it, thank you very much. $3.50/gal is what I
pay, which is exactly what I said.

Least of your expenses? Only if you hardly ever fly.

You obviously have no clue about what I spend on maintenance, insurance,
and
hangar. Those are by far the most significant portions of owning my
airplane, and I could fly triple the number of hours each year without
changing that.

How about you stick to making statements about things you actually know
about, and let the rest of us make statements about things WE know about
without you acting like you know better when you obviously don't.

Pete

"Peter Duniho" wrote in message ...

Actually, the $3.50/gal was a bit of a shock...highest it'd been before was
about $2.90/gal and normally it's been lower.

I've still got a lot of room to go before I reach the shock level on
avgas prices. Back in '99 I paid $3.75/gal in Deadhorse, Alaska.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

"John Galban" wrote in message
om...
"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...

Actually, the $3.50/gal was a bit of a shock...highest it'd been before
was
about $2.90/gal and normally it's been lower.

I've still got a lot of room to go before I reach the shock level on
avgas prices. Back in '99 I paid $3.75/gal in Deadhorse, Alaska.

According to Airnav, the US average is $2.62 with lows of $1.80 in Texas and
Iowa and highs in the $4.00 range in Massachusetts and New York.

http://www.airnav.com/fuel/greatdeals/pocket?type=1

"John Galban" wrote in message
om...
"Peter Duniho" wrote in message
...

Actually, the $3.50/gal was a bit of a shock...highest it'd been before
was
about $2.90/gal and normally it's been lower.

I've still got a lot of room to go before I reach the shock level on
avgas prices. Back in '99 I paid $3.75/gal in Deadhorse, Alaska.


(Update)

According to Airnav, the US average is $2.62 with lows of $1.75 and highs in
the $4.13 range.

http://www.airnav.com/fuel/report.html

A lot of FBOs only change their prices when they get a new load of fuel.
The price will probably be going up significantly when they do.

Mike
MU-2

"John Galban" wrote in message
om...
I took a day off today to spend some quality time with my airplane.
On the way to the airport I stopped to fill up my truck with $2.05/gal
unleaded. I got to the airport and topped off the plane with
$2.06/gal 100LL. What's wrong with this picture? Kinda makes that
expensive autogas STC in my plane look rather silly.

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)