I filled up the Corolla for the first time since October.
Mobil, Kenaston at Grant
Regular 87 octane: $1.401
Mobil, Kenaston at Grant, Winnipeg
87 $1.349
89 $1.499
91 $1.589
Mobil, Kenaston at Grant, Winnipeg
Filled up at $1.199 for 87.
Least expensive around S'toon is 1.289
$2.75/gal for regular in SW Tennessee. That works out to loosely $1.01/L CAD. Unlike what I was used to in Canada the gas prices here are very stable, coming up on the 2 year mark since moving down here and I don't think I've ever seen more than a 10c/gal shift in that time.
Price war in some areas of Winnipeg.
Mobil, Bison Drive, south Winnipeg
87 $1.049
89 $1.199
91 $1.289
Quote from: Bubba on Jul 04, 2025, 07:13 PMPrice war in some areas of Winnipeg.
Mobil, Bison Drive, south Winnipeg
87 $1.049
89 $1.199
91 $1.289
Only $0.24 difference between 87 & 91 seems like a steal!! I filled up last night & 87 was $1.21, while 91 was $1.54.
$1.009/L at my local Mobil. My local Mobil has been in a war with the CO-OP down the street for the past two years. Gas prices have been consistently 10c/L cheaper than the average in the rest of the city.
Now it appears the Esso down the other end of the street has also joined in. Odd though, because Esso and Mobil are essentially the same company using the same gas.
That's getting pretty cheap. It's $2.54/gal here, which is $0.81/L, but if you factor for the current exchange rate it would be $1.12CAD/L. Would be nice if it stays low for the spring/summer for some roadtrips.
Quote from: Firm on Jan 06, 2026, 11:41 AMThat's getting pretty cheap. It's $2.54/gal here, which is $0.81/L, but if you factor for the current exchange rate it would be $1.12CAD/L. Would be nice if it stays low for the spring/summer for some roadtrips.
Well Trump is trying to get Venezuela oil (illegally)....So you never know.
Quote from: RRocket on Jan 07, 2026, 05:05 AMQuote from: Firm on Jan 06, 2026, 11:41 AMThat's getting pretty cheap. It's $2.54/gal here, which is $0.81/L, but if you factor for the current exchange rate it would be $1.12CAD/L. Would be nice if it stays low for the spring/summer for some roadtrips.
Well Trump is trying to get Venezuela oil (illegally)....So you never know.
$1.299 regular, $1.499 premium at Costco
Reading economic journalists, it seems no American oil companies were consulted ahead of Trump's move. Numbers say billions and billions will need to be invested in Venezuela to get the oil out of the ground, and then again the country may only go from 1.1% world market share to 3% due to logistics. Oil sales are plateauing on the world stage. Nobody told Trump the '50s are over?
I've said it before: his 7th brankruptcy will be his greatest ever.
Paying over $2/L for diesel is getting pretty old. Good thing it's efficient.
Quote from: Tortoise on Mar 09, 2026, 06:57 PMPaying over $2/L for diesel is getting pretty old. Good thing it's efficient.
But it's not more efficient than it is expensive.
Diesel has roughly 12 percent more BTU per liter than gasoline. But here, diesel costs over 20 percent more than gasoline.
Isn't the math is upside down?
Yeah, it's still more expensive than running the gas version of the Golf wagon. But, at least I'm not filling up a diesel HD pickup.
When I bought it the historical average had diesel 10 cents/L more than RUG. At that point the diesel was cheaper to run.
Quote from: Tortoise on Mar 10, 2026, 08:31 AMYeah, it's still more expensive than running the gas version of the Golf wagon. But, at least I'm not filling up a diesel HD pickup.
When I bought it the historical average had diesel 10 cents/L more than RUG. At that point the diesel was cheaper to run.
Plus the torque....
So much torque. It's really a lovely engine. Just as powerful as it needs to be and so relaxed on the highway.
Price for regular unleaded 62 cents in Halifax as of March 12.They adjust prices Friday
Quote from: Seafoam on Mar 12, 2026, 09:53 AMPrice for regular unleaded 62 cents in Halifax as of March 12.They adjust prices Friday
I'm assuming you mean $1.62?
Yes you assume correctly. DOH :-[
I just paid 127.9 at Costco to fill up the Tundra. It was about a buck not long ago.
Quote from: Fobroader on Mar 12, 2026, 05:07 PMI just paid 127.9 at Costco to fill up the Tundra. It was about a buck not long ago.
$1.70 in Montreal
$2.22 for diesel
$1.729 for Regular at some stations in Winnipeg.
$1.67 for regular here
$1.77 this morning on my way to the gym... thought I was in Montreal for a second :D
$ 1.74 here in Halifax at the moment.
Hovering around $1.60-$1.75 in the S'toon area. Funny, went on a snowmobile trip this past week. It was a four hour drive east of S'toon to get to the destination. Prices all along the way were very consistent between $1.55 to $1.65 for the most part. We go through one small town called Canora and it was $1.35. Towns on either side of Canora were around $1.55.
An auto journo colleague posted himself filling a up a diesel Silverado, probably a press unit. Diesel was at 2.719, fill-up was around $240. Reason enough not to review trucks these days!
It's around $3.30/gal here in West TN, so around $1.05/L for regular. I filled the Escalade last night at Costco with 93 for $4.00/gal, roughly 1.27L/L. Annoying that it's up for spring/summer travel season, but relative to prices elsewhere I really can't complain.
We took a quick trip back to Ontario a few days ago and gas along the major interstates we used (I40, I65, I70, I75, I90) was pretty consistent at about $3.65/gal, which was kinda surprising, I was expecting to see more variability by region/state.
Here in the Okanagan its been bouncing between $1.63-1.79/L. Diesel is at $2.15. In Kamloops the other day and a station had diesel @ $2.59. Seems to change daily.
Regular was over $2/L in Vancouver
And my wife said it was $98 to fill the Golf, which never takes more than 50L.
Quote from: Blueprint on Mar 26, 2026, 08:12 AMAn auto journo colleague posted himself filling a up a diesel Silverado, probably a press unit. Diesel was at 2.719, fill-up was around $240. Reason enough not to review trucks these days!
I saw that on FB, I follow him! Big difference from the 500e he got recently I'm sure ;D
Up again $1.82.9 in Halifax.
Quote from: Blizzard on Mar 29, 2026, 03:58 PMQuote from: Blueprint on Mar 26, 2026, 08:12 AMAn auto journo colleague posted himself filling a up a diesel Silverado, probably a press unit. Diesel was at 2.719, fill-up was around $240. Reason enough not to review trucks these days!
I saw that on FB, I follow him! Big difference from the 500e he got recently I'm sure ;D
He actually leased the 500e, not a press car! Wondering what he did with his Bolt...
While we may not be affected in our vehicle by current gas prices, dairy and produce prices are up about 5-10%. Haven't noticed too much of an increase with meat yet. It's matter of time before general cost of non perishable food and goods goes up.
Its too bad that we live in a country without oil deposits and couldn't ever make our own gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and such.....
Quote from: Fobroader on Apr 01, 2026, 02:33 PMIts too bad that we live in a country without oil deposits and couldn't ever make our own gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and such.....
Not really the way that works, though, is it? If the oil sands had been nationalized or provincialized, then that's very well what could have happened. What did happen, though, is they were all privatized and bought up by American and Chinese companies. Those companies that have invested so heavily have zero interest in selling fuel at a cheaper rate to Canadians, when they can get so much more money by selling on the international market at the current commodity pricing.
I think what you're really complaining about is that the whole industry was privatized to begin with. Look to Norway for another way of doing business...
Yep, there are zero incentives to private corporations to sell to Canadians at a discounted rate.
Even if it were still crown owned, I'd rather we make as much money as possible.
Just buy shares in oil companies.
Quote from: GreatBigAbyss on Apr 07, 2026, 03:18 PMQuote from: Fobroader on Apr 01, 2026, 02:33 PMIts too bad that we live in a country without oil deposits and couldn't ever make our own gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel and such.....
Not really the way that works, though, is it? If the oil sands had been nationalized or provincialized, then that's very well what could have happened. What did happen, though, is they were all privatized and bought up by American and Chinese companies. Those companies that have invested so heavily have zero interest in selling fuel at a cheaper rate to Canadians, when they can get so much more money by selling on the international market at the current commodity pricing.
I think what you're really complaining about is that the whole industry was privatized to begin with. Look to Norway for another way of doing business...
This. Combined with the fact that Canada has extremely limited refining capabilities because refineries were (are?) bad and don't belong in our backyard.....So now we're dependent on other countries, who did build refining capabilities - with far less regard for environmental impacts than Canada would/could have, to supply.
Short-sighted virtue signaling policies have real long-term impacts....never saw that coming.
Quote from: Firm on Apr 07, 2026, 11:25 PMShort-sighted virtue signaling policies have real long-term impacts....never saw that coming.
I know the virtual signal/woke angle is a popular one. But it all falls apart when you consider the PCs were in power for a decade before the "woke Liberals". And they did nothing. And they had a majority so they could have almost literally done anything they wanted in this regard. But instead, zero.
So for your argument to hold any water, that would have to mean the PCs were also too woke to do anything with a majority.
Quote from: RRocket on Apr 08, 2026, 06:09 AMQuote from: Firm on Apr 07, 2026, 11:25 PMShort-sighted virtue signaling policies have real long-term impacts....never saw that coming.
I know the virtual signal/woke angle is a popular one. But it all falls apart when you consider the PCs were in power for a decade before the "woke Liberals". And they did nothing. And they had a majority so they could have almost literally done anything they wanted in this regard. But instead, zero.
So for your argument to hold any water, that would have to mean the PCs were also too woke to do anything with a majority.
Mulroney sold PetroCanada, it's now Suncor. IIRC PetroCanada shut down 3 refineries in the '90s
Yeah, I wasn't attempting to call out any one particular government, PCs are almost a guilty on this as the Libs. Nobody would invest in building capacity, Crown or Private, because it was viewed as such a negative thing by the general public, media, etc. We have 3+ decades of governments who missed the opportunity to identify this as something important to the country's long-term stability, and the benefits to the environment of 'doing it right' vs passing the puck to some underdeveloped country to do it.
The problem with our oil is that a lot of it is a different grade than what most of our refineries can use. To build a new refinery nowadays is a billion dollar investment. Then you have all the pollution that is produced in refining the oil (no real idea how much it does indeed produce with modern refineries, could be a lot, could be not as much as we think).
The reality is our country is a resource based economy for the most part. There is the issue with how environmental activists and policy makers have been working together to lower the amount of natural resources that our country is able to produce. That's not even mentioning the issue with a lot of the resources that we make we don't always refine into a value added product and only get a portion of the revenue "pie" from the resource.
If our country wanted to move away from natural resources they should have done a lot more investing in other areas to keep our GDP on pace with other countries.
If the private sector has no interest in building a refinery, should the government fork out the billions? If so, who would run it?
I am curious if the cost of the refinery issue is the driving issue. Canada contributes over 25 billion every year to the oil and gas sector, what's an extra billion for a refinery?
Granted there's the environmentalist resistance, but Alberta is a big place, surely they could have made it work.
Quote from: Tortoise on Apr 08, 2026, 01:21 PMIf the private sector has no interest in building a refinery, should the government fork out the billions? If so, who would run it?
I am curious if the cost of the refinery issue is the driving issue. Canada contributes over 25 billion every year to the oil and gas sector, what's an extra billion for a refinery?
Granted there's the environmentalist resistance, but Alberta is a big place, surely they could have made it work.
I would not get government at any level to fund building a refinery. In my experience Governments only go with the lowest quote when doing anything and that's why everything they touch crumbles.
I think the question is why hasn't any of those big private companies invested a billion into a new refinery is a good one. If I was to make a guess on why, I'd look back about a decade or so ago when here in little old NB a private Canadian owned oil and gas company was looking at building a second refinery. They got pretty far down the road with it also, with permits and plans all being approved.
What killed it was a couple of things. One is that everyone at the time was stating how the world was going to be moving to EV's and the demand for traditional fuel would only be going down. The second was the price of oil and the possibility of a pipeline coming east. The cost of oil dropped and the pipeline got cancelled.
While it would cost a billion dollars to build a modern refinery in Canada, it might be less in other countries and there could be lower costs associated with running a refinery in another country (cheaper labor, etc).
I think Government is in a tough spot on how to firstly get more of our natural resources refined within our borders while at the same time not increasing the cost to Canadian consumers.
Gas now over $2 at most places in the GMA, except Costco, $1.869