Pain in the Gas........

[marmar]

Regular unleaded prices are averaging just over $4 pg in the Detroit metro area, from my casual observations. ..... What's it like elsewhere in DULand right now?

[Esse Quam Videri]

1. Think it's somewhere in the $3.89 range here in the Denver area

I have a Jetta TDI so I use diesel which was actually about $.20 cheaper when I filled up last week.

[badtoworse]

2. About $3.30 in northern NJ

[HereSince1628]

3. Did you know about this website? It provides links to gasoline prices within states...

http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/gasprices/states/index.shtml

[Cirque du So-What]

6. Links provided at that website

show that gas can be obtained for as low as $3.87/gal in the Detroit area, but as high as $4.49/gal at other stations. IMO that's enough incentive to travel a few miles for the lower price.

[HereSince1628]

9. Progressive radio from Chi. said prices were high because refineries were coming OUT of maintenance

Didn't make sense to me...I'd have thought coming back on line would drop the price.

I'm not sure, but I think much of SE Wi gets hit with a bit higher costs due to use of mandated 'special seasonal blends' that are supposed to be less polluting...maybe it's similar for gas sold in the Detroit metro.

[Cirque du So-What]

10. I've pretty much given up trying to figure out their pricing schemes

If I were more conspiracy-minded, I'd say that Big Oil manipulates refinery output to keep prices high. One of these days, I may just leave my car along the side of the road where it runs out of fuel and start traveling by shank's mare.

[Matt_in_STL]

4. $3.63 on the Illinois side of St. Louis

Which means it is probably $3.43 on the Missouri side (they are always 20 cents cheaper).

[pintobean]

7. 3.45 in south St. Louis

Some are 3.43, but most around town are 3.45.

Taxes per gallon
Illinois 62.8 cents
Missouri 35.7 cents

http://www.gaspricewatch.com/web_gas_taxes.php

[justiceischeap]

5. $3.43 at my preferred station

What I hate is there's an Exxon, I think, that lists low gas prices but when you get to the pump they have small signs stating those prices are for cash only.

[madokie]

8. An article in this mornings paper said that there was a glut of oil

at the present time. Supply and demand has let us down big time.
Its time to go after big oil for price fixing

[gollygee]

11. Over $4 in western MI too

Ouch

[11 Bravo]

12. $3.69 in Northern Virginia

[trumad]

13. Crazy pricing all over Central Florida.

The racetrack gas stating down the street is 3:23 a gallon... 10 miles away a Racetrack is 3:45.

It's that way with all the gas stations. It's like the wild west of gas pricing.

[RebelOne]

14. $3.48 in the Atlanta area,

though aome stations are selling it for $3.31 to $3.35.