Report From Gas War Alley

[billroper]

daisy_knotwise and I filled up early this weekend, as I wanted to take advantage of the $3.939 gas at the Jewel before Gustav had an opportunity to knock the stuffing out of oil prices. As it turned out, it looks like Gustav mostly missed the major oil producing and refining areas on the Gulf Coast.

And the price of gas at the Jewel yesterday was $3.919.

Down in Westchester where I work, the BP is at $3.969 while the Shell across the street is at $3.979.

Comments

[markbernstein.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I haven't driven past a gas station today, but as of yesterday, prices in the Ann Arbor area had fallen below $3.70.

[peteralway.livejournal.com]

I remember gas wars when I was a kid. Just move the decimal over one place!

Of course, my metric of inflation is the only thing I could afford as a kid--the 5-cent candy bar. Though that was when 29.9 cents was a gas war. Hmm, gasoline cost six candy bars a gallon back then. What's a candy bar go for these days? I seem to recall 80 cents last time I bought one. That would make the expected price of gas...$4.80 a gallon.

[naomilynne.livejournal.com]

AH, but candy bars are often on sale -- often 2 or 3/dollar at the supermarket check-out. (I only pay 80 cents when I buy from a vending machine.)

When's the last time you saw a gas station offer a "3 gallons for 10 dollars sale" or anything like that.

But yes, frequent memories from MY childhood -- begging Mom for a dime (or a quarter if I was feeling lucky) so I could run down to the candy store (actually a small local grocery store)for a candy bar, or ice cream sandwich, or other goody. (A quarter would buy TWO candy bars and a popsicle.) But I'm a bit younger than you.

[bosswriter.livejournal.com]

We get shafted here in Illinois and it can't be all taxes, paid $3.44 a gallon in Central Missouri this weekend.

[rmeidaking.livejournal.com]

Oddly, over here in Michigan, where gas taxes aren't appreciably lower than Illinois, I paid $3.63 today (actually $3.53 because of having a Meijer card; you get 10 cents a gallon off by using their credit card).

[madfilkentist]

In New England, prices have fallen below $3.60 at a number of stations.

[jrittenhouse.livejournal.com]

Prices in my area are still around $3.88 or so, except at the $4.05 Citgo stations. Can't imagine they're getting much business..

[pheltzer.livejournal.com]

I paid $3.87 up by me this weekend. I could have gotten it for as little as $3.59 if I got a car wash. Let's see $8 car wash.... 14 gallons * 30 cent savings.... so I'd save $4.20 or get a $3.80 car wash depending on how you look at it. If the car hadn't just come back from the dealer and been washed for free by them,... I'd have been all over.

[controuble.livejournal.com]

Cheapest I've seen lately was $3.86 in Addison - down the street from where troubles_son is. That was yesterday. I hope it's still that or less when I need to fill up tomorrow.

As for the car wash stations, I don't have a large enough gas tank to allow adding the cost of the wash save me any money.

[hms42]

Cheapest I have seen on Long Island, NY is $3.69/gal. I got a report of about $3.58-$3.60 in Georgia and South Carolina from my parents who are driving back to NY from their latest trip.

[drzarron.livejournal.com]

Around Detroit northern suburbs, its been around $3.75 later.. never thought I'd think that was a good price..

[ms-dblk.livejournal.com]

Friday it was 3.309 at two different stations. Sunday morning it was 3.399 at the same two stations. Monday it was 3.439. Didn't go that direction today.

[kizoku42.livejournal.com]

I think the last I paid was about $3.76. I wonder if we're being deliberately conditioned. I picture a bunch of oil executives sitting around a table laughing themselves sick at the idea of us calling that cheap.

[ms-dblk.livejournal.com]

Why else would crude be down to where it is, and gas still up where it is?

[naomilynne.livejournal.com]

Pretty much the same picture here. I filled up (well, halfway) late last week in anticipation of Gustav. Paid, IIRC, 3.89/gallon. Today it's $3.69.

Ah well, I'm walking to work most days, so I'm using a lot less gas anyway. (That half tank should last me to the end of the month, if not more.)