Originally posted by SWOOSHER21
its usually cheapest on tuesday or wednesday. thursday is when they change it for the weekend b/c people get paid and filling up their tank is one of the first things people do.
i thought more people would know this. but judging by the replies, most of you have no fukcing clue.
yeah, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and Monday are the days you wanna avoid the gas pumps. Weekend travelers, paydays, etc. all increase the demand on these days, so gas suppliers take advantage by jacking up the prices.
Even if I've only got a dollar and change in my checking account (happens quite often), I'll go to the pumps as late as I care to go on Wednesday night to fill up. That way by the time the actual $15 - 22 charge hits my account on Friday, I'll have the money to cover it. Gotta love "Pay at the Pump".
I've been surprised on some Tuesdays and Wednesdays, though. Go to work in the morning rushing to make it in and see gas for a good, good price. Fukc around and try to get gas on my way home, and the prices done gone up $0.10 - $0.20!
But then I know of two places--a BP and a Shell--who are always a bit late in the price change. So if I see that gas has suddenly gone up in price in the middle of the day, I'll retreat to either of those gas stations.
Yes, I may ride around 30 minutes looking for a better gas price if I was caught with a middle-of-the-day price change. But my satisfaction from saving $1.50 - $3.00 ($0.10 - $0.20 x 15 gallons) is much greater than the $1.399 gallon of gas I'm burning running across town looking for the cheaper price.
Also, there are some parts of town that allways have a cheaper gas price. I usually fill up there even if I have a half-tank of gas!