# $1.99 gasoline **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 4, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157 "2016-01-04T14:58:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/61 "2016-01-06T03:19:02Z")
$1.69. Thank you frackers and Canadian oil companies. Maybe we will get phase 4 of the Keystone pipeline back on track in a year or so. ---
**Author:** ![Brynda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Brynda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brynda)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/62 "2016-01-06T03:33:17Z")
$1.59 in middle TN ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/63 "2016-01-06T06:19:26Z")
$1.79 in Boardman, Ohio. It’s been under two dollars since October or so. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2016, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/64 "2016-01-06T18:08:11Z")
We just moved back to CA after spending 4 months in Connecticut. I just looked up gas prices near our old place in CT: $2.05/gal. Price at the nearby gas station here in CA: $3.19/gal. So long, low gas prices. It was nice to know you for a little while. ---
**Author:** ![Mangosteen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Mangosteen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangosteen)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2016, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/65 "2016-01-07T23:35:00Z")
> [@Onomatopoeia](#): > > Where be ye? Southern Orange County, California ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/66 "2016-01-08T01:17:50Z")
It’s $2.03 on base (down from $2.07 two days ago). Out in town it probably ranges from $2.04 to around $2.25, depending on the brand. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2016, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/67 "2016-01-08T05:41:14Z")
I just paid $1.99 this evening in Rochester, NY. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/68 "2016-01-18T15:01:06Z")
Wow. Saw $1.58 for regular on the way to work at a Delta station in Bordentown, NJ this morning. I believe that is the lowest I have seen anywhere. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2016, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/69 "2016-01-18T23:08:35Z")
By my calbulariont, $2.86 USD/USG today im Melbourne. Government reckons that’s 10% too high, and the companies are making hay while the sun shines. Nearly went below $1.00 Aud/L last year, (when the AUD was higher). It will be fun if that happens – it inverts your sense of what’s right when the bigger number and the smaller number (your total price and pumped quantity) change places: ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/70 "2016-01-19T01:03:05Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > I never really pay that much attention (since I have to buy it regardless of how much it costs) but Gasbuddy says there are a bunch of stations near my house (Oviedo, FL) at $1.88. Pretty sure the last time I paid less than $2 a gallon I was in high school. Last time I remember it being this cheap was December 2008, in the sub-$2s and I could swear I remember seeing some stations below $1.50, maybe even close to a buck a gallon in the sticks. So if you went to high school then, that’s about right. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/71 "2016-01-19T01:05:10Z")
Yeah, looks like it averaged [$1.65 a gallon](http://money.cnn.com/2008/12/25/news/economy/gas_prices/) nationwide in December of 2008, with averages in some states being below $1.50. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/72 "2016-01-19T01:32:51Z")
It’s still around $2.099 or $2.199 immediately around me (according to GasBuddy), but I got it for $1.799 this morning in the 'burbs of Chicago. Considering that I drive for work, this is an awesome thing for me. ---
**Author:** ![JoseB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/joseb/32/1530_2.png) [@JoseB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JoseB)\ **Post date:** [January 19, 2016, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/73 "2016-01-19T12:09:13Z")
€1.4 / liter on average around my area in The Netherlands. That translates to ~ US$5.75 / US gallon. Better than when it went for close to US$ 8 / gallon, but still… 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Alex\_from\_CB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/278dde/32.png) [@Alex\_from\_CB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alex_from_CB)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/74 "2016-01-21T01:35:16Z")
I’m seeing $1.45 in Rock Hill, South Carolina. That’s just outside of town, Charlotte, North Carolina. If nothing changes with oil prices I think prices will be in the $1.30’s soon. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/75 "2016-01-21T15:11:05Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > Last time I remember it being this cheap was December 2008, in the sub-$2s and I could swear I remember seeing some stations below $1.50, maybe even close to a buck a gallon in the sticks. So if you went to high school then, that’s about right. I graduated high school in 1999, so I must be misrememebering. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/76 "2016-01-21T15:38:43Z")
I paid $1.71, which came to $0.00 after my gas station fuel discounts a week ago. I work at home and I get the maximum allowed “free” gas, so I haven’t needed gas since. I last noticed it around $1.64 During the Clinton administration, I think winter of 98/99 I paid as low as 69 cents per gallon but the more typical price was around 84 cents. Besides that, it had always been at least $1 since I started driving, and I remember each $2/3/4 rise. ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/77 "2016-01-21T15:48:41Z")
While on vacation last week in St Martin, I bought gas on the Dutch side of the island. The price was expressed in florins per liter. I was able to fill my near-empty Getz for around $40, definitely cheaper than it was last year. ---
**Author:** ![kezami](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eb8c5e/32.png) [@kezami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kezami)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2016, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/78 "2016-01-21T16:46:02Z")
The lowest price in town is 0.64/Litre or $1.70 in USD per gallon. I’m in Alberta. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/79 "2016-01-30T14:49:57Z")
The lowest price near me that I have personally seen is $1.51/gal for regular at a CITGO station. Gas Buddy is showing a SUNOCO station approximately 20 minutes from me with $1.49/gal for regular. ---
**Author:** ![JustinC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justinc/32/8083_2.png) [@JustinC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JustinC)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2016, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1-99-gasoline/742157/80 "2016-01-30T16:18:28Z")
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