# What was the price/gallon your last trip to the gas station? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 30, 2012, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562 "2012-05-30T17:29:52Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/not_what_you_d_expect/32/3246_2.png) [@not\_what\_you\_d\_expect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/not_what_you_d_expect)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/41 "2012-05-31T00:00:17Z")
We get gas in Diamond Springs, Ca. and it’s 4.19 a gallon. That’s mid-grade though. ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/42 "2012-05-31T00:07:52Z")
$3.14 in Murrells Inlet, SC today ---
**Author:** ![jabiru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bbce88/32.png) [@jabiru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jabiru)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/43 "2012-05-31T00:33:25Z")
I filled up last night - $1.45/L. I do wish I hadn’t been to lazy to buy petrol on Tuesday when it was $1.28/L. ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/44 "2012-05-31T00:45:46Z")
Yesterday, 3.90, in the far northwestern Chicago suburbs. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/45 "2012-05-31T01:16:28Z")
$3.59 a gallon yesterday in Tucson. But if I had driven another 2.5 miles closer to the interstate, it would have been six cents a gallon cheaper. I need to start using the Gas Buddy app on my phone more. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/46 "2012-05-31T01:18:18Z")
$3.69, but that was the premium price (regular was $3.40). My engine was designed for high octane and I hate hate hate it when it pings on the crappy stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Kolga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e56c9b/32.png) [@Kolga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kolga)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/47 "2012-05-31T01:39:23Z")
Denver, I didn’t fill up, but drove past a place that had regular for $3.64. ---
**Author:** ![Cugel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cugel/32/1199_2.png) [@Cugel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cugel)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/48 "2012-05-31T01:45:33Z")
I don’t take notice. $20 goes in, however many litres that is. More than 10, less than 20. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/49 "2012-05-31T02:18:32Z")
In Central Victoria, Australia: 1.52AUD per liter, which Google says is 5.59 USD per gallon. ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/50 "2012-05-31T02:56:43Z")
$3.19 outside of Nashville. Yesterday. StG ---
**Author:** ![Kiwi\_Fruit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kiwi_fruit/32/12_2.png) [@Kiwi\_Fruit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiwi_Fruit)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/51 "2012-05-31T03:24:12Z")
$NZ2.159/l which is about $US6.14 /gal (at 3.78l/gal and .752 USD/ NZD) ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/52 "2012-05-31T03:38:24Z")
Are most of the “Over $4.31”'s outside the US? Or California? Besides that outlier, the poll results appear to reflect the current national average [according to AAA](http://fuelgaugereport.aaa.com/). ---
**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:** [May 31, 2012, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/53 "2012-05-31T03:41:33Z")
Looks like the OP should have added a few more higher prices at the bottom, there. 😃 (More) seriously, though, since I’ve moved to Australia, it’s really hit home just how _cheap_ gasoline is in the States. ---
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/54 "2012-05-31T04:46:47Z")
3.19 earlier today in Owasso, OK (near Tulsa) ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/55 "2012-05-31T08:52:52Z")
Outside Oslo, Norway. I don’t wanna talk about it. ---
**Author:** ![Zerc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/82dd89/32.png) [@Zerc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zerc)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/56 "2012-05-31T10:48:17Z")
About $5.43 in South Africa ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 10:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/57 "2012-05-31T10:58:10Z")
Texas (DFW area). $3.4\_ at the pump a few days ago. I didn’t notice the last digit. My truck has a large tank, and I was happy to fill it for less than $100 again. I know there’s not much difference between $97 and $105, but if just feels better for some reason. ---
**Author:** ![ctnguy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@ctnguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ctnguy)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/58 "2012-05-31T11:29:10Z")
> [@Zerc](#): > > About $5.43 in South Africa To be precise, since you’re in an interior province, you’re paying R12.20/l which at current exchange rates is $5.41/gal. Now, down here at the coast I’m “only” paying R11.87/l or $5.27/gal. ---
**Author:** ![DrumBum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e79b87/32.png) [@DrumBum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrumBum)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/59 "2012-05-31T11:43:16Z")
Gasoline is one of the few cheap items here. In Luanda we pay Kz56/l which works out to about $2.23 per gallon. ---
**Author:** ![notquitekarpov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@notquitekarpov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notquitekarpov)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562/60 "2012-05-31T14:51:49Z")
I voted the highest band - way off the scale actually at $8.04 equivalent. £1.37 a litre at the Shell station up the road here in Edinburgh. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-was-the-price-gallon-your-last-trip-to-the-gas-station/623562.md?page=4)