Gas hits $4 mark, near all-time high

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Source: CNN

(CNN) -- The average gas price in the United States has hit the $4 mark, just 11 cents shy of the all-time high, according to a survey published Sunday.

The Lundberg Survey found the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular nationwide was $4 on May 6. In July 2008, gas prices reached their all-time high at an average of $4.11.

Based on spot checks the Lundberg survey conducts, the peak may have come in the middle of last week at one or two cents higher, and prices might be starting to drop, said publisher Trilby Lundberg.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2011/TRAVEL/05/08/gas.prices/index.html

[MadBadger]

1. I and many other DUers can confirm that gas prices have receded in the past few days

At least in our areas

[Lugnut]

5. Not in this area.

The nearest gas station to me is still at $3.999.

[emilyg]

8. Same here.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

6. Not here...regular at most stations is $4.25 on average, and has been for a while

I don't think I've seen it cheaper, but with prices being what they are, I also don;t drive around looking for cheap gas. I have seen it higher than $4.25, though.

[Hotdiggity11]

9. They are

predicting it will go down around 50 cents soon.

[greyl]

10. In rural VA, went down 7 cents, all the way to $3.88. nt

[elocs]

16. Gas prices have dropped 20 cents here in La Crosse, WI in the last week.

In fact, last Friday there was a 10 cent drop in one day which I cannot remember happening for a long, long time.

[justabob]

21. I wish that would happen here

10 dollars of reg gas barely gets my car out of the red/"please refuel" zone on my gauge, and I don't drive a guzzler. Reading here that others have noticed big drops has made me pay more attention to the stations on my routes... the ones that still post prices on their signs anyway, many do not do that anymore. One station I get gas at has gone down 4 cents. Yay, but it won't help me much until it is more like 40-50 cents, or more. My car's engine is crying out for super which I haven't been able to afford or justify for some time now (also getting worse mileage). She runs worse every single day.

[tritsofme]

2. I would kill for $4 gas! Just gassed up for $4.45 in suburban Chicago.

[texanwitch]

3. Gas here is in the $3.80's, regular.

The cheapest I found was outside of Austin, $3.83.

[sabrina 1]

4. Wow, that's high, It's been going up here in Ojai, CA

and is about 4.26 in Ventura. But today I noticed it has started to go down for the first time. In Ojai from $4.19 to $4.15 today.

[jtuck004]

7. 3.83, cheaper (less the WA 37.5/gal tax) across the border to the East in Idaho. eom

[mackerel]

11. I just paid $4.11/gal today in v-town.

We noticed in San Francisco it was going for $4.21.

[Sherman A1]

12. $3.85 in St. Louis yesterday.

I am hoping we are heading down instead of the drop before the increase thing.

[SoapBox]

13. Just now hitting $4? LOLOL! In Los Angeles...been there, done that!

...my local cheapo station (just drove by) is $4.23/gal.

[progressoid]

17. "Average" of $4.

$3.83 here.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Paid $4.11 here for regular (less than the $4.13 - $4.19 around the area). n/t

[MrDiaz]

15. it went down a few cents

to $3.90 here in Houston, tx

[onehandle]

18. There goes Obama's bump. The oil companies will engineer it up as high as necessary. nt

[katnapped]

20. Yup...commodities are back up today

Expect them to be right back where they were by the end of the week (and forget about a 50 cent drop)

[MineralMan]

19. Our prices went down 20 cents this weekend.

I guess this story is a couple of days out of date.

[katnapped]

22. Looks like I was way off

Huge rally in gasoline and oil today erasing that "blip" last week.

[Heywood J]

23. I paid $5.13 on Friday. (NT)

[classysassy]

24. Car pooling and Gas flu (sick from the high price of gas),call in sick.

If enough people don't show up for work maybe the oil crooks and the banksters will realize the people are sick and tired of being sick and tired.