$4.01 today in the Chicago 'burbs. Probably a lot higher in the city. :(

WHAT! It's in the $4 range ALREADY???

I saw $4.09 on Parkway just yesterday.

gas prices are just getting too ridiculous.....i really wish there was something to do to get it back down. i dont want to be paying $5 by the end of summer for a gallon of gas

Refineries would help.

prices up again around 3.52-3.59, a bit cheaper out in the boonies, but you burn more driving there and back than you would save

ridiculous

$3.99 Regular
$4.09 Plus
$4.19 Premium

Gotta Love Los Angeles!!!

Golly, Shell only had a $9 Billion profit in the first quarter!:eek: One of the first to report, more to come later!:mad:

The Federal Govt gives subsidys for building new refiners and drilling to find oil to the Oil Companies!

Any new refiners being built lately?:rolleyes:

So, I often wondered how oil gets so damn high except the American Dollar is being devalued so low and may go down a 1/4 % again.:o

Can someone explain how the Stockmarket can set the price of oil?

I AM JEALOUS!!!:mad:

I am soooo pissed. I don't want to ride public busses, plus I don't know anything about where to get on or off at (no pun intended...lol).

In my town, the lowest, cheapest is $3.80 a gallon. The next town over's lowest is 3.97. I don't quite get the differences, expecially when two stations are directly across the street from each other, and there is a difference of several cents per gallon.

Another annoying thing is that we used to have gas cards for all the major stations. Over time, several of the brands seemed to disappear from my area, and due to not using the cards anymore, they were cancelled by the card companies. Now, the two stations that we do have cards for are either being replaced by stations like Gulf and Shell, or they are posting the highest prices per gallon.

I used to choose the station based on where I had to go that day, but now I have to plan three, four days ahead. Or else re-apply for the other gas cards.

Gas was down to 3.51 in some places today! Weird, it went down!

In OKC, we're still as "low" as $3.36.

There was something about this on the radio earlier today that (if true) ties in with the fact that we are currently trillions of $ i debt.

(Don't know how true this is, but...)

Since the nation is in so much debt, the gov't borrows money from various sources (govt issued bonds for example) and other rich countries (like Dubai).

They related it to the following scenario:

When you borrow money from your mother-in-law and your mother-in-law asks you to stay at your place for 3 months, you obviously don't say 'no' even though you might really want to.

If we are borrowing all this money from countries like Dubai, the Pres. wouldn't open up the reserves that we have to lower the gas prices ... since Dubai makes most of their money with petroleum and things like that.

I don't believe the 'stimulus' checks are going to do anything for the recession. Most of the money is going to buy gas (which doesn't help our country, but all those others that we get it from) and to pay down debts since people have been using their cards more than ever w/ the gas/food prices lately.

Still between 3.57 and 3.65 here. Does not seem to have decreased.

$4.19 for regular unleaded. I kid you not. Exxon in Summit. He's always the highest in the area, but day-um - $4.19!!

O.M.G!

I seriously will start catching the bus if it ever gets to $4 here.

$3.84 regular unleaded here in Honolulu.

There was an article this morning that prices on Nantucket jumped 60 cents overnight. Regular there is now $4.56. Somehow it got out that prices were going to go up today so people were lining up yesterday to get gas.

I think we're paying like $3.40ish. Already my coworker & i are talking about car-pooling. There's no bus and the train would take 3x as long.

For regular? I pay that for premium. But I'm sure that's what we'll be paying for regular before too long...

I paid $3.52 this morning.

this is super scary :(

As Pump Prices Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars
 

As Pump Prices Soar, Buyers Flock to Small Cars
DETROIT — Soaring gas prices have turned the steady migration by Americans to smaller cars into a stampede.
In what industry analysts are calling a first, about one in five vehicles sold in the United States was a compact or subcompact car during April, based on monthly sales data released Thursday. Almost a decade ago, when sport utility vehicles were at their peak of popularity, only one in every eight vehicles sold was a small car.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/02/bu...ss&oref=slogin

3.62 at the expensive stations

3.52 at the harder to find stations!

$3.75 in WV yesterday. Thank god I don't drive. I don't know how I'd be able to afford that on top of all other living expenses.

Are any of you drivers actually cutting back on your driving? THat's something I'm not really getting. Prices are through the roof but folks still don't mind driving everywhere.

My Fave:

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http://www.40lbhead.com/head2head/fi...prices_293.jpg

In Nantucket, they have to ship the gas over there. Everything comes over on boat or plane, which is very costly. Gas prices are always higher on the islands, because they have to pay more to get it over there. Good thing they limit how many cars can come over each day.

We have totally cut our driving to the minimum. In fact, I was supposed to see my "big sister" today and it's not in the budget for extra driving this week. I spent $57 to fill up my 15-gallon tank the other day. It has to last til next week.:(

Funny, oil is down per barrell, but gas goes up at the pump.:mad:

We are told that people are driving less and there is a surplus of oil?:rolleyes:

I cannot ride a bus, I have to drive owning a small business, but 4.5 miles a day isnt bad.

If I make shopping trips, I go to the closest places for Gas and Grocerys. Thank goodness, they are all close and I love people who say if gas gets higher I may ride the bus!:eek:

Start riding it now!:rolleyes:

Many of us don't have much choice. I have to go to work everyday and that's the bulk of my driving. There are no mass transportation options for me. If there were, I'd take mass transport in a heart beat.

ETA: Meant to note, $3.49 today, so it came down a few cents.

I paid $3.55 today. It was the first time I filled up my new Edge and it only cost $45!!! My Liberty would have cost almost $60 at these prices.

My preferred gas station recently went independent (formerly Shell). Friday is sale day - $0.10/gal off premium. Princess got a nice full tank of premium this evening... and I am $45+ poorer. $4.139/gal.

I've cut back about as much as I can. I commute by train, but I still have to drive to the station. DH, on the other hand, just had to have the SUV. :rolleyes:

The new Marathon at Fort and Vreeland is ALWAYS about 5 cents cheaper than anywhere else, so make a note of it!

What kind of car do you have, my fellow premium gas sufferer? :)

This morning I filled up my car with premium gas at $3.80/gal. The total came to $55.00.

Thanks Dee! But that one is so far down from Dolce that I duno if it'd be worth it. But thank u for the heads up! If you're in Southgate, the Marathon across from Subi's (lol) is always the cheapest around here.

I definitely am. My driving is already not a whole lot since I live close to work, but instead of making frequent trips to run errands, I try to do them all at once so I'm not going back & forth all the time.

The same goes for trips to the mall. The closest mall is still several miles away, so I try to make less frequent trips.

If I need to go somewhere, I try not to drive at "peak times" if I can help it so I won't be stuck idling in traffic.

$4.239/gal for premium. :(

Had the exterminator in today. He told me he drops $45-$50 PER DAY on gas, driving his truck from house to house.

This is the price spread in a two mile section near me:
$3.82-$3.99
I did see a sign for $4.05 a bit north.

I just paid $3.45 for regular...SIGH. I drive under 100 miles a week now but when I move in two weeks I'll be going to the land of no public transit and will be driving about 300 miles a week. :(

300 miles?! Damn! That's a drive.