John Gruber
Not even close to $4/gallon here in Philly.
Mar 19 at 7:47pmCroissant
Show threadCraig Hockenberry1d ago
@gruber Surprised you didn’t go with the Ultra.
Show threadTimo Hetzel1d ago
@chockenberry @gruber NEO GOOD ENOUGH FOR BLOGGING AND PODCASTING
Show threadJohn Gruber1d ago
@chockenberry The unfortunate fact is that this is my nearest gas station and I do only put Ultra in my car.
Show threadSteve Riggins1d ago
@gruber @chockenberry America’s size is so wild to me even at age 59. I have never seen the term Ultra on the west coast. Before I saw the image, I thought that this was an Apple related joke.
Show threadCraig Hockenberry1d ago
@steveriggins @gruber My local station's top tier is “Shell V-Power® NiTRO+ Premium Gasoline”, which I'm pretty sure has more blades than “Ultra”.
Show threadHelge Heß1d ago
@chockenberry @steveriggins @gruber We have "ultimate", goes for $12+ a gallon.
Show threadMichael Held1d ago
@helge @chockenberry @steveriggins @gruber the ultimate in the US usually only has 92/93 octane.
Show threadBill Lloyd1d ago
@onlineheld @helge @chockenberry @steveriggins @gruber there are differing ways of measuring octane so it’s likely difficult to compare. Because actual 100 octane per USA measurements is like twice the price of 91/92.
Show threadHelge Heß1d ago
@wklj @onlineheld @chockenberry @steveriggins @gruber Metric and imperial octane's ;-) (but yes, I think this is true, I think to remember those being different).
Show threadBill Lloyd1d ago

@helge @onlineheld @chockenberry @steveriggins @gruber

https://www.etuners.gr/fuel/

American vs European fuels – Octane rating – eTuners

Show threadSteve Riggins14h ago
@helge @chockenberry @gruber wow this entire thread has been a gas!
Show threadMichael Slade1d ago
@gruber @chockenberry Welcome to California.
Show threadMike Sax1d ago
@chockenberry @gruber Hot take: MacBook branding strategy is inspired by gas.
Show threadChancerubbage1d ago

@chockenberry @gruber

Diesel seems to be the standout in my sampling.

Show threadGeekDad Ken1d ago
@gruber there are stations well over $6 here in the Bay Area.
Show threadTimo Hetzel1d ago
@gruber Germany: ~$10/gallon for gasoline now.
Show threadKevin Patrick Doyle 🍅🥫1d ago
@timo @gruber yeah but you get useful stuff for that money
Show threadoNeBiT1d ago
@gruber
🇩🇪 9,25$/GalloneUS. (7,98€) Mainz
Show threadTorstein1d ago
@gruber in Oslo, Norway, its up to 10.50$ / gallon up from 7$/gallon. thanks trump. no more wars, eh?
Show threadDaniel Gibert1d ago
@gruber Well. Here in north Spain we are over $17/gallon on some gas stations.
Show threadJohn Gruber1d ago
@danielgibert Jiminy Christ!
Show threadBill Lloyd1d ago
@danielgibert @gruber Probably not that many F350 drivers in Spain. They’d take up 4 parking places 😆
Show threadTodd Vaziri1d ago
@gruber pfft we all know you're still on a suspended license and can't drive anyway
Show threadJohn Gruber1d ago
@tvaziri We all know you don’t need a valid license to drive a car.
Show threadFranklin Delano Stallone1d ago
@gruber @tvaziri did PA do away with inspections yet? If so you don’t even need a safe car.
Show threadPaul McGrane1d ago
@gruber @tvaziri didn't it just come out that a lot of Waze cars are essentially being remotely driven by unlicensed drivers in south asia?
Show threadDave Bryant aka Tom_Clowder1d ago
@gruber Here in Silicon Valley it’s more than six bucks a gallon.
Show threadStephen Jensen1d ago
@gruber we are all going to be so rich…
Show threadTimo Grün1d ago
@gruber
Here in Germany the current price works out to around $7.25 per US gallon.
Show threadgameshack_ 1d ago

@gruber Whenever my american friends complain about gas prices i like to mention what the reality for countries outside the US looks like. Germany right now €2.16 per liter ~$9.00 per gallon.

I don’t think we’ve seen $4/gallon equivalent since the early 2000s 🙈

Geopolitics are weird… stupid even.

Show threadMathias af Jochnick1d ago
@gruber Thanks, Obama.