# What are you paying for gas? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 24, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432 "2005-08-24T15:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/21 "2005-08-24T19:24:07Z")
$2.53 per gallon for regular unleaded here in Richmond, VA this morning. ---
**Author:** ![middleman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9a140/32.png) [@middleman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/middleman)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/22 "2005-08-24T19:26:01Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > I’m embarassed to say that I don’t actually know. I never pay much attention because I’m in the oil & gas industry and anything extra I pay at the pump is offset by an increase in job security so for me it’s a wash. Same here. Plus, I have a company gas card. It’s all I can do to not use Premium. But I do know that I live in one of the cheapest petro cities in the nation. If I recall, **lieu** also lives in that city. We get cheap gas, but we can’t see the stars at night. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/23 "2005-08-24T19:29:46Z")
I’ve already seen a few stations in L.A. where premium is over $3. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/24 "2005-08-24T19:32:31Z")
I paid $2.45.9 for 87 octane unleaded. I drive 100 miles round trip to work each day, so I fill up twice a week. StG ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/25 "2005-08-24T19:34:00Z")
Average Toronto gas price, according to [torontogasprices.com](http://torontogasprices.com), is about US $3 per US gallon (around 98 Canadian cents per litre). ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/26 "2005-08-24T19:54:30Z")
$2.49. 30 gallon tank, 72+ to fill up. Down .06 from last week. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/27 "2005-08-24T20:03:34Z")
I just filled up for $2.469. On Saturday, when I didn’t need it, I saw a place (new station I think) that was selling at $2.379. ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/28 "2005-08-24T20:12:25Z")
US$2.47 per gallon. My new 4cyl Ford Ranger has been getting between 27 and 28 MPG (city, highway, and dirt roads combined). ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/29 "2005-08-24T20:14:26Z")
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**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/30 "2005-08-24T20:24:03Z")
I fill up in Virginia right across the street from the base where I work. Monday, I had my first $40+ fillup - at $2.459… My van only gets 22 MPG, but if I got a more fuel efficient vehicle, gas savings wouldn’t come close to offsetting the car payments. Here on the Maryland side, the cheapest I’ve seen is $2.559 ---
**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/31 "2005-08-24T20:33:43Z")
I got gas for $2.489 earlier this week. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/32 "2005-08-24T21:03:53Z")
> [@h.sapiens](#): > > Chicago suburbs: Last Thursday, I paid $2.85/gal. > > The good news is, with my Prius getting about 50mpg, I only have to fill it about every 2 weeks. Ha! I drive a regular Nissan Altima and also need to fill up only a shade oftener than every two weeks. You must drive a lot more than I do. As for the prices, in L.A. they range between $2.99 and 3.09 or so. ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/33 "2005-08-24T23:50:43Z")
> [@One And Only Wanderers](#): > > Bolton (UK) 89.5 pence per litre which works out at $6.08 per gallon. Damn taxes. :eek: I paid $2.66 a gallon for regular unleaded this morning ($27 total). Fortunately that gas will last me about three weeks. ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/34 "2005-08-24T23:58:52Z")
£0.967/litre I make that CA$2.07/litre, and US$6.58/US gallon ---
**Author:** ![MsRobyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/90ced4/32.png) [@MsRobyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsRobyn)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/35 "2005-08-25T00:05:19Z")
I paid $2.49 a gallon this afternoon. $27.01 to fill my tank. Robin ---
**Author:** ![LVgeogeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b19c9b/32.png) [@LVgeogeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LVgeogeek)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/36 "2005-08-25T00:08:50Z")
On my way home from work today, the gas by my house was 2.69/gal. I have to get gas tonight too ☹ ---
**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 25, 2005, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/37 "2005-08-25T00:16:02Z")
2.79/gal. It takes about 20 smackers worth a day in gas to send my husband to law school. ---
**Author:** ![galen\_ubal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/galen_ubal/32/4440_2.png) [@galen\_ubal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/galen_ubal)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/38 "2005-08-25T02:43:44Z")
$1.26 AU per litre = $3.60 US per gallon Not as bad as it could be. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/39 "2005-08-25T02:53:09Z")
Premium seems to be somewhere in the $2.85–$3.05 range depending on where you go around here, with the lower grades dropping by about a dime per grade. At my local gas station (which admittedly is one of the more expensive ones), diesel is $3.35. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432/40 "2005-08-25T04:21:20Z")
$2.87 today for premium, South SF Bay. ~$35 to fill up. Damned glad I work from my home. IIRC, regular was $2.73 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-you-paying-for-gas/318432.md?page=3)