Sorry but just have to vent

[kacekwl]

Gas prices here in Northern Illinois just in one day went from 3.26 to 3.67 per gallon. 40 cents at one time. Has gas ever gone down 40 cents at one time ? No it takes a month for the price to slowly drip down. It just infuriates me that they can continually get away with this. Again sorry but I am steaming..

[onecaliberal]

1. Gas is going up in California too.

[2naSalit]

2. It went down here...

A couple weeks after the rest of the country but went back up over $3.50/gal two weeks later. Lasted long enough for me to fill up both cars once. Premium has been at least $4/gal the whole time.

[Traildogbob]

3. $2:88

Here in WNC.

[Warpy]

4. Big jumps always happen in March and September

when there's a lot of competition for the winter formula gas and the summer formula gas isn't in full production yet. Then the opposite swap happens in September. You're right, the prices tend to drip down slowly, but they do drip down.

My strategy was to drive 4 cylinder cars (and one 4 cylinder pickup) and fill up at the end of Feb. Then I'd limit my driving and often didn't have to fill up again until almost May, when the prices were starting to go back down.

It's a pain in the ass but it's going to tend to happen every year. I figure it's the cost of cleaner air, a big deal when you live in a valley like I do.

[a kennedy]

5. Ah, hello.....and our gas went up ANOTHER DIME TODAY. 🤬 🤬 🤬

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10181784687

[progressoid]

6. Prices went down here.

But diesel went down more. which is good since we have a diesel.

[SouthernDem4ever]

7. Drive as little as possible

It will go down.

[Ms. Toad]

8. It regularly goes up and down by similar amounts around here.

Not really seeing a signficant difference between price jumps and price drops.

[Retrograde]

9. Gas is $5.something

here in the SF Bay Area: it’s a bit hard to sympathize with a price $2 lower than what I paid recently