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here's a website that was featured in a story in the houston chronicle today on finding the cheapest gas in your area:



gas buddy

and



gas price watch

That's interesting, but not that much use for me. I've found that in my neck of the woods, the relationships among gas prices at different gas stations is pretty much constant. In other words, if station A is $0.02 higher than station B, and station B is $0.05 higher than station C, those differences remain constant as prices fluctuate up and down (and up and up). So I don't really worry about shopping around--I know which of the stations along my usual haunts have the lowest prices, and make a point of stopping at them.

that's pretty much my consensus too but hey, if i can find a station a few blocks over from my normal route that's cheaper i'm all for it....

I can only fill up 2 or three more times....

I gave a vital organ (they haven't told me which one yet) at the pump yesterday - 30.00 to fill my Monte Carlo on Medium Grade gas.

:eek:

Gas (I thought) was high priced in upstate.I'm finding I was wrong.Monday it was $2.08 at my usual haunt.Now its $ 2.15.Beware of Portland Oregon.

at $2.15 here you'd have a line around the city.

-sm

$1.84 Regular. Mobil/CircleK Market, Suburban Philadelphia.

$1.699 in Hammond, La

Just hit the $2.00 mark here in CT. Last week it was $1.89. Next week I think I'll trade in the car for a horse. Anybody know what a bale of hay goes for?

I haven't spent $30 to fill our Dodge Grand Caravan yet, but I've come damned close, and it's only a matter of time.

There are still some places arouns here at $1.84 or $1.85, but many are up over $1.90. I haven't seen anybody over $2.00 (for regular that is) yet.

I believe my local Mobil was at $1.91 this morning. (Far NE section of Philadelphia) At this price, my car costs about $20 to fill up; Rho's costs about $15.

Try living in the UK.

$1.89 for cheap-ass regular at the local Citgo.

The reality here is that we've been spoiled for too long.

In March 1981, the national average for gas was $1.417 a gallon--$2.921 a gallon in 2004 dollars. Gas prices in the US haven't kept up with inflation, so we're still paying about a dollar less than the all-time high.

Granted, I'm not happy about having to spend $20 to fill up my car, and it sucks for people who are struggling...but it could be worse.