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We still have 9 tenths of a cent per gallon on USA gasoline sales. Maybe we can look forward to rounding it to a penny.

In Canada, they still have variable tenths of a cent per liter, !

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/

I understand that regular gas is variable by long weekends / demand where diesel is seasonal.

As a driver I can see this trend locally and when traveling is is possible your local station just has bad pricing I guess, since it doesn't appear to be the norm outside your bubble.

The site shows current values, it is now a normal week day and low and behold going down the list regular is ONCE AGAIN about 10c cheaper across the board on the site where diesel has remained HIGH.

So the real question is does does the real world fuel economy difference break even or surpass the average cost difference of fuel AND the $3000 premium on the MSR for the TDI versions of the vehicles (looking at the MSR for the same trim TDI Golf or Jetta for example). It still possible does.... however my POINT was that most consumers would look at the 10c difference at the pump and never even bother to consider diesel.

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Shell_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/145184/index.aspx
regular 111.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Esso_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/60052/index.aspx
regular 112.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Ultramar_Gas_Stations/Innisville/110633/index.aspx
regular 114.9
diesel 125.9

I understand that regular gas is variable by long weekends / demand where diesel is seasonal.

As a driver I can see this trend locally and when traveling is is possible your local station just has bad pricing I guess, since it doesn't appear to be the norm outside your bubble.

The site shows current values, it is now a normal week day and low and behold going down the list regular is ONCE AGAIN about 10c cheaper across the board on the site where diesel has remained HIGH.

So the real question is does does the real world fuel economy difference break even or surpass the average cost difference of fuel AND the $3000 premium on the MSR for the TDI versions of the vehicles (looking at the MSR for the same trim TDI Golf or Jetta for example). It still possible does.... however my POINT was that most consumers would look at the 10c difference at the pump and never even bother to consider diesel.

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Shell_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/145184/index.aspx
regular 111.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Esso_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/60052/index.aspx
regular 112.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Ultramar_Gas_Stations/Innisville/110633/index.aspx
regular 114.9
diesel 125.9

I understand that regular gas is variable by long weekends / demand where diesel is seasonal.

As a driver I can see this trend locally and when traveling is is possible your local station just has bad pricing I guess, since it doesn't appear to be the norm outside your bubble.

The site shows current values, it is now a normal week day and low and behold going down the list regular is ONCE AGAIN about 10c cheaper across the board on the site where diesel has remained HIGH.

So the real question is does does the real world fuel economy difference break even or surpass the average cost difference of fuel AND the $3000 premium on the MSR for the TDI versions of the vehicles (looking at the MSR for the same trim TDI Golf or Jetta for example). It still possible does.... however my POINT was that most consumers would look at the 10c difference at the pump and never even bother to consider diesel.

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Shell_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/145184/index.aspx
regular 111.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Esso_Gas_Stations/Lancaster/60052/index.aspx
regular 112.1
diesel 123.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Ultramar_Gas_Stations/Innisville/110633/index.aspx
regular 114.9
diesel 125.9

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Esso_Gas_Stations/Monkland/102076/index.aspx

Try not to be a dumbass, your own sources prove you wrong for gods sake.

(that's just the first one, they're all like that)

Sources:
http://www.ontariogasprices.com/
http://www.bcgasprices.com/
http://www.albertagasprices.com/

I try to avoid anecdotal values when possible.. The initial comment was based on travel experience (I travel all over BC and AB by car). The Ontario example was purely by selecting SEVERAL gas stations from http://www.ontariogasprices.com/ and checking that SPECIFIC STATIONS cost difference for regular and diesel, the numbers seemed to be VERY consistent at the 10c / L mark for most areas.

Gas prices can very, within a 100km area easily, however the average at least by using Gasbuddy values seems to be 10c higher.

Sources:
http://www.ontariogasprices.com/
http://www.bcgasprices.com/
http://www.albertagasprices.com/

I try to avoid anecdotal values when possible.. The initial comment was based on travel experience (I travel all over BC and AB by car). The Ontario example was purely by selecting SEVERAL gas stations from http://www.ontariogasprices.com/ and checking that SPECIFIC STATIONS cost difference for regular and diesel, the numbers seemed to be VERY consistent at the 10c / L mark for most areas.

Gas prices can very, within a 100km area easily, however the average at least by using Gasbuddy values seems to be 10c higher.

Here in Canada we get screwed in various ways, depending on the province: http://www.ontariogasprices.com/Can_Tax_Info.aspx

There's already Federal excise tax per litre, then there's a Federal sales tax (GST) lumped in on top! Talk about getting it both ways.

Believe it or not this link points to a list of gas taxes in American states.

http://www.ontariogasprices.com/tax_info.aspx