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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow much are you paying for gas?
I just drove from Colorado to Michigan to Massachusetts and back again. Gas prices ranged from $3.21 (Missouri) to $3.89 (Colorado). Both Mass and Michigan averaged around $3.60. I'm paying $3.60 in my corner of Colorado, but that's at an independent station with lower than average local prices most of the time.
So just as a point of interest - what are you paying, and where?
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Less than $3.00 | |
2 (8%) |
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$3.00 - $3.20 | |
3 (13%) |
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$3.21 - $3.30 | |
3 (13%) |
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$3.31 - $3.40 | |
2 (8%) |
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$3.41 - $3.50 | |
5 (21%) |
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$3.51 - $3.60 | |
1 (4%) |
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$3.61 - $3.70 | |
0 (0%) |
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$3.71 - $3.80 | |
1 (4%) |
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$3.81 - $4.00 | |
0 (0%) |
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Over $4.00 | |
7 (29%) |
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cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)really know what it is.
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)Some people still use the term to describe 87 octane unleaded. Some people.
Ter
(4,281 posts)Haven't seen leaded in years.
gateley
(62,683 posts)Thanks for the explanation. My mom always "ordered" that from the gas station man.
Broken_Hero
(59,305 posts)I don't own a vehicle. I can't imagine how bad off I would be if I had all the expenses that go along with owning one. It's got to be rough.
I ride my bicycle around or take the bus.
intheflow
(28,407 posts)I live in a rural town, my job is a 45 minute drive from home. But I can't afford to live in the city, so there it is. Classic Catch-22.
gateley
(62,683 posts)Cantwell (one of our Senators) is launching an investigation Because we're paying the highest -- not sure if it's the entire West Coast or the Pacific Northwest.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)gateley
(62,683 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)I think it was $3.81 my last fill-up. Some years ago it was stuck near $5 where I was filling up for forever it seemed, and that was when a lot of bigger vehicles got traded in. Where I live that was the end of them for the most part. Then more people took to their bicycles, scooters, motorcycles, Smart Cars, Priuses (sic?), Mini-Coopers, etc. and just riding the bus and walking more. It changed things a lot for the better. I hope we continue to move in that direction and not the way the suburban areas have regressed, IMO.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)See my post below.
intheflow
(28,407 posts)based on the replies in this thread. I'm glad Cantwell is looking into it.
woofless
(2,670 posts)Diesel is $4.09
Posteritatis
(18,807 posts)longship
(40,416 posts)To inform.
Gladly R&K
on edit: rural western MI: ~3.60/gal
Down state, 20-30 cents cheaper.
intheflow
(28,407 posts)My mom lives in Western MI, near Holland, and I always make sure to gas up in Gary before crossing the border.
Major Nikon
(36,814 posts)It's one of the cheapest around.
http://www.airnav.com/airport/KGPM/A3
intheflow
(28,407 posts)NRaleighLiberal
(59,940 posts)BlueCaliDem
(15,438 posts)Granted, I live in the San Bernardino County where gasoline prices are relatively lower than the Los Angeles County. But I give these numbers because I'd just filled up hubby's gas tank this evening so the prices are fresh in my head.
Life Long Dem
(8,582 posts)vanlassie
(5,637 posts)WillowTree
(5,325 posts)Thank you GasBuddy.com
justabob
(3,069 posts)For some reason, all the brands don't march in lock step anymore price-wise... even within chain/brands there are price differences. There is an Exxon and a RaceTrac close by that run lower prices, the 3.25 end of the range, up to Chevron and Shell which are almost always at least 30 cents higher. The variance of prices is weird. The 711/exxon by my house is 3.25, but the 711/exxon a few miles down the road is still up at 3.45 or so.... that didn't used to be true.
on edit: added location for context
intheflow
(28,407 posts)by economic neighborhoods. Almost across the board the poorer areas had higher gas prices. Does that hold true in Dallas?
justabob
(3,069 posts)For the most part your observation holds true, but there are exceptions. There are stations around SMU... high rent wealthy area, that are more expensive, and some other pockets like that around town, but generally the stations in lesser neighborhoods run about 10-15 cents higher than the two closest to my house (which is in a mixed neighborhood, center of town).
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)justabob
(3,069 posts)I am just curious where in the Metroplex (roughly) you are. My home range is generally center of town just north of downtown between Central and the Tollway - Uptown, Oak Lawn, Park Cities, M Streets plus Lakewood/east Dallas. That is where my prices are from. I rarely find myself in the suburbs outside of LBJ.
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)It got as high as $4.47 here in Anchorage and has now "dropped" back down to $4.29-$4.34 (prices I saw today). We are being gouged up here, bigtime.
intheflow
(28,407 posts)Why is it that the further west you go, the higher the prices? It makes no frickin' sense!
Hope you don't have to drive too far out of town.
Are you still coming down at the end of the month?
Blue_In_AK
(46,436 posts)We leave here on the 28th, I think, early in the mornng, and will be down there until the 5th. Not a long trip, but hopefully we can get together. Do you still have the same cell phone number? PM me if it's different.
intheflow
(28,407 posts)Look forward to seeing you again!
mahina
(17,506 posts)Oil is down to $84.
I think safely 1.50 of the $4.35 is for their political contributions, so that makes me feel all warm and fuzzy .
intheflow
(28,407 posts)kind of sick and oily.
I hope they come down to something reasonable for you in the near future.
mahina
(17,506 posts)no logic. I don't have any way to gather real data on what they do with the money. I just know gas is almost at an historic high and oil is back down to $84.
lamp_shade
(14,796 posts)intheflow
(28,407 posts)I might have to move!
Cairycat
(1,697 posts)The nominal price was $3.29, but I had discounts for buying certain foods from this grocery chain, plus a discount for paying cash.
iloveObama12
(421 posts)in about a month from now...i'm thinking it will get under $2.50
intheflow
(28,407 posts)Are there petrolium refineries near where you live? I'm just wondering if that's what driving the prices - how far the refined materials have to travel...
SickOfTheOnePct
(7,290 posts)Then anywhere from .40 - .80 off per gallon from gas points at the grocery store. I was fortunate in that I never paid more than $3.99/gallon even when gas was up around $4.40/gallon
cthulu2016
(10,960 posts)dont hassle the hoff
(20 posts)and my guy just kicked his car to the curb! The last straw was when he sank $300 into it and the thing wouldn't start two days later...
Comrade Grumpy
(13,184 posts)Douglas Carpenter
(20,226 posts)belcffub
(595 posts)bluesbassman
(19,310 posts)I did find a station in Sunol last night that had $3.99 for cash though.
MadrasT
(7,237 posts)Initech
(99,915 posts)Tsiyu
(18,186 posts)I did a double-take to assure myself the 0 and the 5 weren't reversed.
FreeJoe
(1,039 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)revolution breeze
(879 posts)ceile
(8,692 posts)discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...across the river from Philly. The price for a gallon of regular here is $3.29. I travel often to an office in Los Angeles for work. Last I was there gas was close to $4.40. The military exchange price was about $4. The car I keep in CA gets driven about 400 miles a year so I buy gas about every other month.
It's been my experience that differences in price are mostly due to taxes and the distance from the refinery to the point of sale.
Link: < http://www.gasbuddy.com/ >
intheflow
(28,407 posts)And here in the Rocky Mountains, too. Certainly oil refineries exist in Alaska, where BlueInAK (upthread) is paying well over $4 a gallon. I thought that might be the case, but I don't actually think it's a straight correlation.
discntnt_irny_srcsm
(18,470 posts)...what I said about taxes. For sure there are many aspects that affect gas prices. Labor rates at the source refinery are also important.