Originally Posted by dadto2
Originally Posted by y_p_w
Originally Posted by Patman
Originally Posted by Kestas
There was a time where Canadian gas was markedly cheaper than in the US and I would fill up there. My sister could tell by smelling my car that I filled up in Canada.
It's actually cheaper up here now once again. I got gas in Niagara Falls NY last weekend and paid $2.81 a gallon, which worked out to $1.03 per liter when converted to CDN dollars. But gas up here can be found for under a dollar a liter in many locations, with some areas even under 90 cents a liter!
I know this is a month old post, but wouldn't the specific location matter? Kind of like finding higher prices near airport and popular tourist spots? I'm looking up prices on Gasbuddy today, and just to find a more competitive price I found $2.149/gallon for regular at the Costco in Rochester, NY. For Oakville, ON it's saying as low as 95.9 cents/liter. So if my conversions are correct at $1 US = $0.75348 CAD and 1 gallon = 3.78541L, that should convert to roughly $2.735/gallon.
When I visited BC a few years ago, someone suggested I fill up my tank in Washington and hopefully I wouldn't need to refuel until I got back. Said Canadian fuel prices were inevitably higher. I think I mapped out the prices then and that was correct. But then again there's volatility in the exchange rate and commodity markets, so it's not always a sure thing when they go out of whack.
I have a place in Canada, and I *always* fill up at BJs in Rochester before I go, then top it off in Watertown before I cross into Canada. No matter the exchange rate, it's usually about $0.50 to $0.75 USD/Gal more expensive in Canada. I'll buy enough Canadian gas to get back to Watertown if I need to. (Note: I play in the Rideau Lakes area which is the middle of nowhere, so prices are a little higher than the cities)
It was kind of strange in BC. For whatever reason, the gas prices were almost uniformly the same wherever I went, whether it was Richmond, Vancouver, North Vancouver, or even random locations around Victoria. But that price was always more than the equivalent at even an expensive station in Washington. But the thing I noticed in Washington was the availability of 92 AKI octane premium. That basically vanished in California back around 2001.