# Are gas prices down for you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 31, 2014, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119 "2014-10-31T13:21:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/61 "2014-12-14T15:11:28Z")
I filled up a couple of days ago for $2.29 a gallon (that was with the ten cent Kroger discount.) ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/62 "2014-12-14T15:37:00Z")
$2.36 as of this morning. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![DigitalC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ebca7d/32.png) [@DigitalC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DigitalC)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/63 "2014-12-14T16:30:35Z")
40 bucks used to get my tank 3/4’s full, now i can’t reach 40 before it fills up from a damn near empty tank. ---
**Author:** ![Declan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ecae2f/32.png) [@Declan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Declan)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/64 "2014-12-14T16:33:06Z")
It finally cracked a buck a litre here in Ontario, was holding at 1.02-1.05 in various. Now its down to high nineties, depending on where you are. Some areas are now reporting at high eighties. I’ll be happy when Gas hits .50 cents a litre. Declan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/65 "2014-12-14T18:18:22Z")
$2.17 per, at Krogers, middle Tennessee, before discount. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/66 "2014-12-14T18:44:06Z")
Not quite that cheap in Tucson yet. Gasbuddy says it’s $2.28 at both Sam’s Club and Costco. ---
**Author:** ![Iggy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iggy/32/3364_2.png) [@Iggy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggy)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/67 "2014-12-14T20:31:39Z")
> [@Iggy](#): > > No change in the Caribbean. Equivalent to about US$5.88 per US gallon here. I went on vacation and bought gas in upstate SC for $2.19. I made it back home and it had dropped to the equivalent of US$5.35 per US gallon. I filled up and the next day my truck died - major transmission malfunction. Damn if that tankful of gas isn’t a significant portion of the remaining value of the truck. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2014, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/68 "2014-12-14T21:56:42Z")
Another UK update - prices continue to fall and it’s now about £1.15 per litre, that’s $6.85 per US gallon. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/69 "2014-12-15T15:10:22Z")
For some strange reason, the Finger Lakes region and western New York state have the highest gas prices in the continental US. It’s still in the $3.00 range in Ithaca, and $3.10-$3.20 in the Buffalo area. ---
**Author:** ![chiroptera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/df705f/32.png) [@chiroptera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chiroptera)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/70 "2014-12-15T15:19:57Z")
[Gasbuddy.com](http://www.gasbuddy.com/) has prices in many states well under $2.50 per gallon. $2.21 is the cheapest currently in my zip code. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/71 "2014-12-15T15:29:15Z")
93 cents a litre, which given the dollar exchange from Canadian puts it at about $4 a USG. A bargoon! ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2014, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/72 "2014-12-15T19:35:34Z")
$2.63 a gallon when I filled up yesterday, which is damn cheap for California. It broke $3 only a few weeks ago, it seems. However owning a Prius makes it a bit bittersweet. ---
**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:** [December 16, 2014, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/73 "2014-12-16T00:54:36Z")
$2.789 on base last week, though it was still at $3.079 for mid-grade and I think somewhere around 3.279 for high-grade. Most civilian gas stations in the area charge 10-20 cents a gallon more than NEX does. I can’t even remember the last time gas was below $3.00 here in Connecticut. ---
**Author:** ![Accidental\_Martyr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ce7236/32.png) [@Accidental\_Martyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Accidental_Martyr)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/74 "2014-12-16T01:24:49Z")
$1.95/gal at Shell with 40 cent Winn-Dixie discount. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/75 "2014-12-16T02:33:33Z")
Just filled up for $1.999, no discount. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/76 "2014-12-16T03:35:15Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > $2.63 a gallon when I filled up yesterday, which is damn cheap for California. It broke $3 only a few weeks ago, it seems. > However owning a Prius makes it a bit bittersweet. [del]Sorta[/del] Completely O/T. On my first day working for the postal service in May of '08, a new hire who came aboard the same day was driving his new Prius, which seemed pretty astute of him, considering that gas prices were at an all-time high, and rising, with no end in sight. Perhaps a year later, the price of gas had not only stabilized, it was going down significantly. He proceeded to dump the Prius and bought himself a pickup, crowing about what a smart time it was to own a gas guzzler (this encouraged me to continue evolving my opinion of his smarts in a downward direction). By the time he transferred out of state (in about 2011, IIRC), he was driving a $75K Corvette. The man was a walking midlife crisis. Oh. I spent $2.449/gal at Costco on Sunday morning on my way home from work. Just checked the price on gasbuddy and that same location has $2.399/gal. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2014, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/77 "2014-12-16T16:57:08Z")
$2.55 is the cheapest I’ve seen. Placer County, just north of Sacramento. ---
**Author:** ![jharvey963](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/54ee81/32.png) [@jharvey963](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jharvey963)\ **Post date:** [December 17, 2014, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/78 "2014-12-17T00:15:02Z")
I think current gas supplies are being used as an economic weapon against Russia. Take look at [this article.](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/17/business/russia-ruble-interest-rates.html) While this is mostly a WAG on my part, it seems the West is crashing the oil price to punish Russia (Read ‘Putin’) for it’s thuggery in Crimea and Ukraine. Russia’s economy is largely based on its oil industry and thus is very sensitive to the price of oil. J. ---
**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:** [December 17, 2014, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/79 "2014-12-17T18:33:29Z")
$2.19 today at the Delta station in South River, NJ. Can it go under $2? ---
**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:** [December 17, 2014, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119/80 "2014-12-17T18:37:23Z")
Wow. I just passed two stations, Raceway and Fuel One, in Edison, NJ selling Regular for $2.07 a gallon. I should have waited to fill up. ☹ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-gas-prices-down-for-you/703119.md?page=5)