# Gas Price Update. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490 "2005-08-31T21:47:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/1 "2005-08-31T21:47:16Z")
Here in Northern Metro Detroit/Flint area it is at **$3.19** :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ragiel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6de8d8/32.png) [@Ragiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ragiel)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/2 "2005-08-31T21:53:18Z")
Up to $3.39 in Kalamazoo. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/3 "2005-08-31T21:54:03Z")
I’m out visiting my folks in CO, and it seems to be around $2.79 for cheap stuff, and up to three and change. I didn’t ask my husband when I called him what it’s like in LA. I don’t wanna know. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/4 "2005-08-31T21:55:09Z")
I paid the lowest I have done in days. 89.9p/litre. Convert at will. ---
**Author:** ![Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kolak_of_twilo/32/73_2.png) [@Kolak\_of\_Twilo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolak_of_Twilo)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/5 "2005-08-31T21:55:17Z")
Near downtown Chicago today I saw $3.49 for regular. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/6 "2005-08-31T22:00:19Z")
My wife just got home from long lines (filled with fucking idiots) and she paid $2.999. ---
**Author:** ![THespos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@THespos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/THespos)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/7 "2005-08-31T22:01:44Z")
Oh, man. I just bought a truck with a 35-gallon tank. I’m screwed. And I can’t throw 87 in it because the manual recommends 89. So should I have filled up on my way to work this morning? Are prices likely to have gone up significantly today between 6 AM and 10 PM? Cuz it already costs me over $100 at this morning’s prices. ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/8 "2005-08-31T22:04:16Z")
Jebus. I’m in Atlantic Canada. Gas increased to $1.29 CAD a litre. Converts to $4.08 US a gallon. Glad we filled up when it was “only” $1.13 (it jumped twice today - $1.19 then $1.29.) ---
**Author:** ![Askia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/96bed5/32.png) [@Askia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askia)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/9 "2005-08-31T22:07:04Z")
I filled up today at 2.759. I expect it’ll be much higher this weekend – there’s a persistant rumor going around Atlanta that Katrina damaged fuel lines supplying the region and they don’t know when they’ll be repaired… ---
**Author:** ![Dahnlor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dahnlor/32/533_2.png) [@Dahnlor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dahnlor)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/10 "2005-08-31T22:07:58Z")
$2.779/gal. to fill up yesterday (Los Angeles, the Valley, just about as cheap as it gets in these parts) ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/11 "2005-08-31T22:10:42Z")
I filled on Monday at $2.45. That same station today leapt to $2.79. I hate to imagine what it’ll be next week… Oh, yeah, that’s the price in Dahlgren, VA. It’s higher in most places here in Maryland. ---
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/12 "2005-08-31T22:12:18Z")
$2.46 on Monday in Central Illinois. I saw it was $2.67 or so yesterday. From [gasbuddy.com](http://gasbuddy.com), looks like it’s anywhere from about there to $2.99. ---
**Author:** ![Taters](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/taters/32/2845_2.png) [@Taters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taters)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/13 "2005-08-31T22:19:40Z")
Filled up last night at $2.75 a gallon. Gas prices are ranging anywhere from that to just under $3.00 a gallon. I just saw a news report about an independent gas station north of Seattle that is charging $3.39 a gallon. ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/14 "2005-08-31T22:53:46Z")
I filled up on Monday for $2.51, but figured I should top off today, due to the disaster in New Orleans possibly causing a gas shortage. I passed the same station on my way to work this morning, and it was still $2.51. Good stuff, right? Wrong. By the time I went back in the afternoon to fill up, it had jumped to $2.79. And that is now the cheapest station I pass on my way home. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/15 "2005-08-31T22:57:26Z")
$2.79 in Albany. But they’re saying it’s going to be $3.00 before the week’s out, and $4.00 before next week. All these people overseas who keep saying it’s no big deal, you know our paychecks haven’t increased yet, right? Some of us are living on a not-for-profit salary, driving a Toyota Corolla, and if the prices keep going up it’s going to make a big dent in our income. I know you think we should suck it up, but damn, it’s hard. ---
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/16 "2005-08-31T22:58:49Z")
I paid $2.81 this morning. I fully expect it to break $3 by next week. ---
**Author:** ![Hung\_Mung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a88e4f/32.png) [@Hung\_Mung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hung_Mung)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/17 "2005-08-31T23:08:18Z")
I went to fill this afternoon and paid $2.69 for regular in a Nashville suburb. The news just showed places around town going as high as $3.19 for regular. Rumors in Knoxville say Pilot gas will be up to $5.oo tomorrow, but I don’t know if I believe it. It damn well figures that I’m driving all the way to K-town this weekend to catch the Vols season opener when gas prices are absolutely spiking. Vunderbar. ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/18 "2005-08-31T23:40:37Z")
I saw it coming… I filled up here in Lexington Kentucky yesterday at 2.41 for regular. Today it’s 2.99. I’m scanning bus schedules. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/19 "2005-08-31T23:42:55Z")
We just waited in line for 25 minutes to pay $2.61. That was the lowest price in town. But on the way home, we saw it increase as far as $3.19. ---
**Author:** ![ivylass](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/9de053/32.png) [@ivylass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ivylass)\ **Post date:** [August 31, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490/20 "2005-08-31T23:50:38Z")
A gas station in my neck of the woods had a price jump of 10 cents in about two hours. And what’s going on in Atlanta? I saw prices of **$5.87** a gallon!!! What the hell? [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gas-price-update/319490.md?page=2)