Anybody else use gasbuddy.com to save on fuel?

[fdcg27]

We fuel both actively used vehicles every other week.
This will add up to about 950 miles between them.
If I see gas really cheap, I'll fill up whatever I've been using as a daily on the way home from work, though.
We usually fuel whatever my wife has been using on weekends, with me doing the gas pumping.
I like to check gasbuddy to see what prices will be in the areas we'll be passing through.
A twenty cent per gallon difference between least and most expensive is not unusual.
This would save you at least $3.60 a tank, so it seems worth it to at least check prices to find the cheapest fuel for the areas you'll be passing through.
Does anyone else bother?

 

[Mark_Walk]

I've been using gas buddy for a few years. One of the most used apps on my phone!

 

[beast3300]

I dont travel, and I full up up at Shell no matter the price.

 

[Dave Hess]

RaceTrac for me.

Even if I find less expensive gas, I'm not driving out of my way to save a few pennies per gallon.

 

[hypervish]

I have the app but I don't find myself using it much other than to monitor gas prices.

I always fill up at Costco when I'm at home, it's always the cheapest for premium fuel (93 octane).

Unless I'm out of state, in which case I will fill up when needed without caring much about the price.

 

[Jimmy9190]

I use Gas Buddy/Florida State Gas Prices.com every day. I like to check to see who is charging what price. I live equal distances from Race Trac and Marathon. I usually buy Marathon unless there is a substantial price difference between the two. For some unknown reason Marathon can just jump up 15 cents higher than Race Trac. The price stays there for a day or so and then comes back within 3 or 4 cents of the other stations around here. Marathon is very convenient though, right on my way home from work.

 

[ClutchDisc]

I use gaspricewatch.

 

[Tdbo]

Have the app on my phone and use it regularly. Gas Buddy decides where I buy gas.

 

[Gabe]

Between $4 a gallon and 16 mpg, it doesn't pay to drive across town to save a buck.

 

[fdcg27]

You are apparently one of those who gets it.
I drive within a half a mile or right past fourteen gas stations on my daily commute.
On a day when I know I'll need to get gas, it pays to spend five seconds deciding where to buy it.

 

[Eddie]

YES

 

[Coprolite]

Originally Posted By: fdcg27
You are apparently one of those who gets it.
I drive within a half a mile or right past fourteen gas stations on my daily commute.
On a day when I know I'll need to get gas, it pays to spend five seconds deciding where to buy it.


I am in a similar boat. Gas stations everywhere that can be combined with a trip to HD or the grocery store or just going home. The routes don't involve much detour. It pays even at 16 mpg...

 

[morepwr]

yep, I use gasbuddy. The prices can vary big time from station to station and I can look when I am going out anyway to see the lowest price in the area I will be.

 

[fdcg27]

Originally Posted By: morepwr
yep, I use gasbuddy. The prices can vary big time from station to station and I can look when I am going out anyway to see the lowest price in the area I will be.


That's the whole idea.
You are one of those who get it.

 

[dwcopple]

I have it on my phone but mainly use it as a source of info as I only use Mobil gas and there is only 2 Mobil stations in my city.

 

[toneydoc]

[censored] straight I use it here

 

[MrQuackers]

5 articles. 5 forum posts. 5 gas price reports.

 

[spk2000]

I used it today on my trip from Indianapolis to Cincinnati then to Louisville. Cheapest gas I found was in Carrollton, KY at $3.21 whereas in Indianapolis it is running $3.99. Big cost savings of over $10 for 1 tank on a 24 gallon tank if I would have topped it in Indy. Can be very useful but helps if you already know certain lower cost regions and use it to check before a trip.

 

[Tdbo]

Originally Posted By: fdcg27
You are apparently one of those who gets it.
I drive within a half a mile or right past fourteen gas stations on my daily commute.
On a day when I know I'll need to get gas, it pays to spend five seconds deciding where to buy it.


You are in a similar situation as I.
I go by about the same number of stations daily as you do.
I have been buying @ a Speedway close to my house, as they had a grand reopening and have had the best prices around.
However, in checking GB on this past Wednesday, gas was 8 cents/gal cheaper that day @ a Marathon that I drive past in another city.
Thus, I stopped to fill up there. No fuss or muss and saved $1.20 on 15 gallons of gas.
Figure if I do that enough, some day it might amount to something.

 

[AmishFury]

i use it to figure out which shell station to go to

also to keep an eye on gas price changes...