Gas prices higher in Ann Arbor

Sep 16 05:51 UTC 1995

I have offices in two locations:  Plymouth and Ann Arbor.  I have found that
gas is always at least 5 to 10 cents cheaper in Plymouth than A Squared.  For
example, this week, Gas at Total in Plymouth was $123 at Total (for premium)
at Ford and Canton Center road and $133 at the Total on Plymouth Road and
Huron Parkway.  I filled up at a Shell on Ann Arbor Road and 275 for $1.24
this afternoon and it is 10 cents more here in town.  This really ticks me
off because I live here and generally, it is more convenient to fill up here
in Ann Arbor.  There is no reason for the price differential and I am
frustrated by it.

response 2 of 22:

Sep 17 20:13 UTC 1995

Different places in Ann Arbor have different prices.  Dave works on
the west side of A2 but wouldn't get gas there unless in a real
emergency because we've found cheaper places on the SE side.  The 
Shell stations on Maple Road are likely to be 20 cents or so more 
than the Shell station at U.S. 12 & 23 (that's considered Ypsilanti, 
come to think of it) or the one in Milan, where the price doesn't 
change very often so it's sometimes a bargain.  We usually try to 
fill up at Speedway-or-Total-or-Meijer's on Carpenter Road, price 
currently fluctuating between $1 and $1.10.

response 4 of 22:

Sep 17 20:54 UTC 1995

I have found that the Shell's in Ypsilanti are consistently less expensive
then the ones in Ann Arbor.  The least expensive Shell has been the one on
Eisenhower and State (also throw in a free carwash when you fill up.)  Up here
in the NE corner of A^2, Amoco has been the most expensive.  But 20 miles East
of here in Plymouth, its been a full 10 cents less. I have a difficult time
believing operating costs are so much more expensive in the NE and (according
to Grace) in the NW side of town.  Another question I have is whether the gas
is as good quality at Total or the other less well known brands.

response 8 of 22:

Sep 18 17:55 UTC 1995

Wow!! That beats Ann Arbor.  I think I am going to start to ask gas station
owners why their gas is priced higher than others (when it is).  Probably wont
get much of a satisfactory answer, but I'll give it a shot.  If they tell me
its overhead, Ill ask what they pay per square foot for rent.

response 10 of 22:

Sep 19 05:45 UTC 1995

Where is Trout Lake, MI?

response 12 of 22:

Nov 16 00:26 UTC 1995

Here are the range of gas prices I have just seen in a trip out West and back:
Highest = Lathrop Wells, Nevada - we paid (had to) $1.899/gal)
Lowest  = Joplin, Missouri - Non-leaded was going for $0.899/gal)       

Most of the gas out West is "Oxygenated" fuel and it has a distinctly
different smell (much worse) than our gasoline.

response 14 of 22:

Nov 16 15:05 UTC 1995

Mean Time Before Empty?

response 16 of 22:

Nov 16 18:26 UTC 1995

Rane, I am quite certain it was MTBE - it did not smell like alcohol and it
reminded me of MIBK used as a "tailing" solvent in lacquers only nastier.

response 18 of 22:

Nov 19 17:46 UTC 1995

In Dearborn it is currently at $0.949 to $0.969.  It is $1.019 at Baker Rd
near Dexter.
(That's for 97 octane)

response 20 of 22:

Nov 24 04:23 UTC 1995

Last weekend, I payed something like $1.15 per gallon somewhere along I-90
In Wisconson between Madison and the Illinois border, and then $.99 per gallon
somewhere along I-94 about halfway between the Michigan-Indiana border and
Ann Arbor.  Does Wisconson have much higher gas taxes than Michigan, or was
I overcharged?

response 22 of 22:

Dec 1 11:18 UTC 1995

I just paid $.929 in Dearborn at the Citgo at the corner of Van Born and
Pelham.