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@kshurika wrote:
In South Orange County, CA, Costco gas isn't that much cheaper than, say, Arco (which won't accept credit cards). But, some of the independent stations are WAY cheaper than even Costco. They accept CCs and they sell cards.
Where? Also living in OC. Haven't found anything comparable to Costco.
Costco is also better quality gas than the stuff they sell at Arco. At Arco you have to pay in cash or they hit you with a debit card fee, so its pretty bad all around imo.
Thats weird to hear about the costco prices abroad, in my area costco is 15 c minimum chaeper per gal than any of the stations, even the local truck stops. On the high end I have seen costco be 50 c less and they seem to average 30 c less. On diesel they are 40-50 cents cheaper I dont know the low and high of the costco difference, but I have seen quite a few semi's filling up at the local costco next to the highway. I travel alot and never paid attention abroad. I took my home experience with me and just assumed. Ill have to keep my eye out next time on the road.
In Los Angeles county. I haven't done a full survey of local prices. Costco is reasonably cheap and certainly convenient as it's also my main grocery destination.
When I used to shop at a CT Costco, though, I did do a limited survey. Gas was 14% cheaper than the next station within a few miles (all Connecticut stations).
AZ certainly does have much lower gas taxes than CA, and I vaguely recall gas being relatively cheap there last summer. I'm not sure how much of the retail price difference is due to taxes.
@TheBoondocks wrote:
I live in the bay area and I use gasbuddy to get chevron, Exxon, or shell but I never tried BP gas before, how are they? Costco gas is cheap than most but idk why I get bad mileage with them. I want the best gas for my car. I never use generic/no name brand lol, if I had no choice then I would put like $5 in the tank with them aha.
You sure you're measuring your MPG correctly? I know you were thinking 11 cents per gallon = 11% return.