2.53$ yesterday metro dc.
2.33$ last week in baltimore city!!

 

$2.489 yesterday in central New Mexico.

 

$2.389 (w/ 10 cent discount) in Prescott Valley.
Anyone hear on the news about gas prices going DOWN? Didn't think so.

 

$2.49/gallon for 93 octane. A full tank cost me $31.50.

 

Paid $2.54 / gallon in Ontario, California yesterday.

 

$2.35 in Kansas City.MO.

 

A pretty consistent $2.55 - 2.56 for premium in Royal Oak, Michigan. Sheesh.

 

Here in VA im at 2.50 a gallon

 

Merged with the other gas price thread...

 

This is kind of funny. $2.25 for premium at New Years

I just paid like $3.44?

 

91 octane has been at the $3.25 range. For some reason, Premium is 30 cents more than regular.

 

of course its different across the country but roughly I think gas is about $1 more per gallon than last winter. maybe 33% or more depending upon where you live.

Bets on next summer? Its gotta be more than $1 because things do not go up linearly but proportional to the price.

I bet $4.50 for premium in many parts of the country

$4.00 will be broken by February.

 

I've also noticed premium being 30 cents more. Not all stations do it and the ones that do only do it for certain days... A couple weeks ago, I went to our local Sams club and they had the 30 cent difference so I promptly high tailed it out and got some good Shell gas for a few cents cheaper.

 

Oh yeah. I keep telling ppl premium is 30 cents higher than regular in my area. It comes and goes. usually more like 25 cents but goes up randomly and without any seeming reason or cause.

Its that extra 30 cents ... and eventually as regular goes up, so will premium even higher ... thats going to kill high performance cars like MINIs!!! It all adds up over the year.

 

For San Diego the cheapest premium is $3.49. That's for today.
http://home.fueltracker.com/home.html#cheap50

 

Actually, it depends on whether or not the delta stays the same, as gas prices rise. If the delta stays at 25 (or even 30) cents, then the higher the prices go, the less that the cost of Premium matters.

Let's look at it the other way... if the delta stayed at 30 cents but the cost of regular dropped to 60 cents (hah wouldn't that be nice), then premium would cost 90 cents - a full 50% higher than regular.

So it depends on how they price it - percentages? Or a fixed price to jump to premium?

I know you've loved to use your "my SUV costs less to run" argument... but if the delta stays the same, it won't be that way much longer. Note I said if because I am not sure how they price it.

 

I think the delta increase as the price goes up.

When gas was like 28 cents (and I remember that) "hi test" was like 29 cents.

At $1 it was just a few cents more. It seems that the delta keeps increasing as the costs goes up. Why? I have NO idea.

I just "found out" about a station with regular at $3.00 Don't know how much premium is .... got to check it out this weekend as its just a few miles away.

In fact, I think MSN had an article about why the huge disparity in prices even locally ... I don't think they explained it very well but its all about who the gas stations buy the gas from ... The independents buy it of the spot market not the future market, so its cheaper? It still makes no sense to me other than what the market will bear.

 

Check this out. Its blurry, taken with camera phone a bit away



I found this station today. If you cant read it it says

$2.88 for regular
$3.16 for premium

Last week pay $3.19 for regular. Whats with that?

28 cent spread

 

$3.43 in San Mateo Ca. a couple of days ago.
Isn't it funny how when oil prices go up, gas prices go up as well. When oil comes down, gas prices come down only slightly but not to the previous level. No please don't go into the market forces and economic forces, I know all that. I'm simply pointing out that oil companies are getting us accustommed at the higher prices so when they drop the price we feel it's a bargain.

 

San Mateo!!! My old stomping ground.