What is gas going for in your hometown?

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

$2.86/gallon for Regular unleaded. Last week it was $2.74.

I'm in New England (CT, specifically).

What is gas going for around your neighborhood?

You don't have to reveal your locale if you don't want to!

We understand.

[GorillaMan]

US$6.25/litre, at the last count.

[Joey P]

$2.89/g

[Otto]

$2.80/gallon for regular unleaded.

[squeekster]

In Oregon where I live, it ranges from $2.66 at the cutrate stations to $2.75 at the stations right next to the freeway interchanges.

[PapSett]

Just looked at the price... it's $2.75/gallon here in Evansville IN.

[Fern Forest]

The cheap stuff seems to go for a little over $3 in Honolulu. Although I've seen a few places a little under.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Originally Posted by GorillaMan

US$6.25/litre, at the last count.

hmmm, doing a little conversion...


$6.25/liter X 3.8 liters/gallon = $24.00gallon




am I missing something, or is gas just wicked expensive where you are?

[GorillaMan]

Bollocks, you're right, overconversion (or underconverstion) - it's $6.25/gallon

[Kiros]

$2.78/g, or so. I was in DC last night and saw a couple places more in the $2.98/g range.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

Originally Posted by GorillaMan

Bollocks, you're right, overconversion (or underconverstion) - it's $6.25/gallon

still wicked expensive....

Can I ask- I assume you're in the UK somewhere- do you folks use your car less than most of us do in the states?

When I've been in England we hardly used a car- used the tube to get around London, the train to get between towns (London to York, York to Liverpool etc), or just walked.


It's very hard in the US to find other ways to get around. Does gas price have an impact on car usage?

[Jennshark]

$2.89 - $2.95 in eastern Ohio

[TheLoadedDog]

A$1.30/litre
(US$3.60/gallon)

...and rising.

[GorillaMan]

Originally Posted by IvoryTowerDenizen

Can I ask- I assume you're in the UK somewhere- do you folks use your car less than most of us do in the states?

When I've been in England we hardly used a car- used the tube to get around London, the train to get between towns (London to York, York to Liverpool etc), or just walked.

It's very hard in the US to find other ways to get around. Does gas price have an impact on car usage?

You're right that I'm in the UK (my 'location' is easy to Google )...

Tourists have it easy! London is easy without a car, and most other tourist destinations are too. However, if you choose to live in the sticks, the only option is a car. I clock up about 300 miles a week through my job, and that's through travelling to various schools within the county I live in. But for anything long-distance, I'd automatically take the train, and I don't think I'd even consider any other option (actually, even if I did, I'd dismiss them as too expensive).

Yes, fuel costs have an impact on everyday life. But we're familiar with other higher costs, too (17.5% sales tax, and a general higher cost of living) so the cost of fuel is something most people can deal with.

[TheLoadedDog]

We're not. We're doing it tough.

Although we have much cheaper fuel than England, it's more expensive than the States, and is double what it was about eight years ago. When this huge price rise hit us, we were left looking silly with big sprawling suburban cities, awful public transport, large 4 litre 6 cylinder cars and 4WDs, and towns hundred of miles apart.

I used to drive to see my mum, 360 kilometres away. Now I'd take the train and bus, or maybe even fly.

The airlines are doing really well here now. Everyone flies everywhere.

[Ice Wolf]

Prices in New Zealand. Scroll down to latest as at end March. Nifty graphs here.

[Mrs O'Malley's Cow]

2.82/gallon at Chevron. 2.81/gallon at Krogers. WV

[catsix]

The lowest price I saw today for regular, 87 octane unleaded was $2.759.

I'm sure it will keep going up, after all summer is the time for road trips!

[Annie]

CDN$1.08/litre, = $4.08 a gallon.

[Campion]

Around $3 a gallon, as I was shocked to discover last night.

[Nars Glinley]

$2.61/gal in SW Oklahoma. I feel so lucky.

[Rigamarole]

I've seen $3.50/gal in L.A. but most places are more around $3.10-$3.20/gal right now.

[Rushgeekgirl]

Regular was 2.76 here in Memphis yesterday. Could be higher today though the way things are going.

[Frosted Glass]

Central Jersey checking in here. Earlier today, regular unleaded was going for $2.59. Does this mean I have to stop complaining about high gas prices?

[engineer_comp_geek]

$2.85 for 89 octane when I filled up this morning.

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[Large Marge]

The Conoco in Louisville, Colorado (just outside Boulder), was $2.69 a gallon today. It cost me $35 to fill my tank.

Sheesh. Those lying, cheating bastards.

[Lute Skywatcher]

Originally Posted by Kiros

I was in DC last night and saw a couple places more in the $2.98/g range.

Anywhere between $2.66 (If you or an immediate relative is in the military) and $3.09.

[IvoryTowerDenizen]

I just saw a Yahoo headline that says gas will go up another 11% over the summer here in the US.

The implications are widespread, including school budgets! I know in our hometown, bus costs are one of the biggest single line item on the budget, along with salaries.


Our school budget doesn't have a nickle to spare....

[mrald]

2.69 right now in north arkansas

[Unregistered Bull]

$2.69 in my small West Texas town yesterday. Thank goodness that I drive a 4cyl Ford Ranger pickup.

[Lionne]

Lowest in Clearwater, FL is $2.78/gal

[Mudshark]

Here in Youngstown, Ohio, it is $2.79 to $2.99 a gallon. Last week, it was $2.45 to $2.65 a gallon at the gas station where I work.

[Martini Enfield]

AUD$1.15/litre here in South-East Queensland at the moment for standard 91 Octane, and about AUD$1.30/litre for the Premium (98 Octane) stuff.

LPG is about AUD$0.67c/litre, and Diesel is about AUD$1.41/litre.

It's not too bad if you've got a reasonably fuel efficient car, but people with V6s, V8s, and 4WDs are really getting hit in the pocket at the moment...

[kambuckta]

Of course, it's not just the people driving cars who are being hit.

It also means that people aren't doing the trips (as Loaded mentioned in a previous post). I was chatting to a bloke in Pooncarie the other day (a town in the middle of nowhere on the way to the arse-end of nowhere) and he commented that normally at this time of year there would have been at least twenty tourist cars through the town by lunchtime. He hadn't seen one.

Australia is a big country, and most people thought nought about driving hundreds or even a couple of thousand km for a holiday jaunt in the past. Now though, when the cost of fuel exceeds your accomodation expenses many-fold, is it any wonder that people are staying closer to home...........and the little towns suffer.

Oh, here in Melbourne (and within 100km) the price is around $1.28 (AUD) per litre.

[DrMemory]

With the conversion, it's $3.80 or so a gallon. Southern B.C.

[Honey]

As of this morning...$2.91/Gal

[Marley23]

I drove around town for a few minutes last night, looking for the cheapest station. The best price was $2.91. I also saw $2.97 and $2.99.

[Anne Neville]

Best price I've found is $2.75/gal.

I loooooove my Honda Civic... You Hummer drivers that are paying $60 or more to fill up- yeah, I'm laughing at you

[GingerOfTheNorth]

Originally Posted by Kiros

$2.78/g, or so. I was in DC last night and saw a couple places more in the $2.98/g range.

http://www.baltimoregasprices.com/ says that I can find it for average $2.75 - and I just filled up for $2.73 two days ago on Eastern Avenue near Johns Hopkins Bayview.

[PapSett]

I filled up on my way to work today for $2.77/gallon. On my way home 3 hours later, the same station was at $2.85/gallon.

It is getting UGLY.

[NE Texan]

It's running 2.69 to 2.79 around Austin, Tx today.

[5 time champ]

$2.69/gal in St Louis on 4/17. Using MetroLink [light rail public transport] & my bike to & from work today. Will try to do it Friday also.

[Spavined Gelding]

$2.759 for 10% ethanol here this morning - ethanol is subsidized to the tune of about four cents per gallon.

It’s becoming a problem for the middleman, too. A friend who is an oil jobber tells me that a gas transport load represents about $22,000 and that he has two small town convenience stores that are into him for $150,000 each. With oil companies posting astounding profits we can anticipate a reckonings this fall if something doesn’t change pretty soon, simply because the cost of gasoline will have to be spread across the economy and it’s bound to show up as increased cost for just about everything from lettice to home loans.

[JRDelirious]

$2.71/gal self-serve regular at the corner of my block. Steadily up, although not as fast as the beginning of the month, since the Consumer Affairs Dept. made some ugly faces at the gas distributors.

[Spavined Gelding]

Originally Posted by Spavined Gelding

$2.759 for 10% ethanol here this morning - ethanol is subsidized to the tune of about four cents per gallon.

$2.799 for ethanol and $2.859 for regular this noon. All three stations in town have the same price. Four cent jump in 24 hours. $49.13 to fill my nearly empty tank.

[Earl Snake-Hips Tucker]

As of this morning, I saw one station at $2.639, with most others at $2.699.

[AuntiePam]

$2.79 today, and the guy at the local Co-op station said to expect $3.50 in the next couple of weeks.