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Atlanta Gas Prices Topping $2 |
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Friday, May 07, 2004 |
 Gas prices in Atlanta topped $2 for the first time this morning at stations in downtown Atlanta and along North Druid Hills Road.
The DeKalb County service station is selling premium unleaded for $2.05 a gallon, according to The Associated Press. A few gas station in downtown Atlanta are selling gas for $2.09
As of Thursday, GasBuddy.com shows a Shell station on Sandy Plans Road in Cobb County also selling gas for an even $2. Some of Metro Atlanta’s lowest-priced gas, according to GasBuddy.com, can be found at:
BP at Chamblee Dunwoody and I-285 -- $1.61
Costco at 1700 Mt. Zion Road -- $1.61
EnMark on Austell-Powder Springs Road -- $.161
Sam’s Club along Highway 54 -- $1.63
Texaco at 1055 Veterans Memorial Highway -- $1.64
In neighboring Florida, prices have already reached $2.06, with Alabama remaining well below at $1.86, according to GasBuddy.com.
The high prices have some scrambling to save money at the pump. Experts and mechanics said there was no one tick to get better gas mileage but recommended tune-ups every 30,000 miles, new air filters and spark plugs and using fuel recommended for the specific type of car.
Experts warned against saving on the type of gas they choose at the pump by switching from high test to regular.
“I used to use premium, but several months ago, I was told it wouldn’t make a difference,” motorist Nino Galich said.
Mechanic Ronald Trochelmann said that would be a very big mistake.
"There is a lot of misinformation out there,” he said. “I’m here to tell you as an expert that the higher grade fuel that you put into your car, the better its going to perform."
Trochelmann said using brand-name gasoline will prevent less maintenance, repair and fuel dollars.
"Cheap gasoline usually has additives in it. On a fuel-injected car the way the fuel is injected, sits on the intake valve and puddles up. The impurities bubble off and cause a deposit which we call a carbon deposit,” he said.
Experts said the carbon deposits that end up inside the engine act like a charcoal sponge, soaking up fuel coming into the engine and causing the engine to consume more gas.
Source: 11alive.com |
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