Gah. Where else (US) has gas hit $4? We did today.

[Andie]

I've tried hard not to get all worked up about the rising prices, and have scolded my mother for her constant complaining, but UNCLE! UNCLE! I give in!

Sheesh.

[Plaid Dad]

We're not there yet, thankfully, but I fully expect we will be by Memorial Day. I'm hoping prices ease off after that, as they often do. (Where's a crossed-fingers smiley when I need one?)

[NHDeb]

Southern NH is running in the high $3.60's for regular... pushing $4 for premium and mid $4's for Diesel.

[j.griff]

http://www.sandiegogasprices.com/

I'm hoping Plaid Dad is right about prices dropping after Memorial Day- we've got to drive across the country this summer! :eek:

[TraceyS/FL]

$3.75 most places this afternoon here......

UGH.

[Lisa4917]

We are in the Chicagoland area and gas hit $4.00 a gallon a few days ago. $4.07 to be exact. And that's for regular.

[proudmamma]

Well, it was $3.89 in Indiana yesterday...diesel was $4.40. Haven't been out today to see :001_huh:

[battlemaiden]

wow. Even Hawaii wasn't near $4 yesterday. I haven't been out today. Could it have spiked 20 cents overnight?

jo

[Katia]

Here in our part of Iowa it was $3.65 today, but where my dad lives in Ohio it was $4.20. Yikes!

Needless to say, he is now NOT coming out to my dd's graduation.

[wagnfun]

I've tried hard not to get all worked up about the rising prices, and have scolded my mother for her constant complaining, but UNCLE! UNCLE! I give in!

Sheesh.

Oh my goodness you lightweights.... :tongue_smilie: California has been $4 for a while now....


We ventured to Az for the weekend and HAPPILY filled the tank for $3.55!!!!

sick sick sick

[happygrrl]

Oh my goodness you lightweights.... :tongue_smilie: California has been $4 for a while now....


We ventured to Az for the weekend and HAPPILY filled the tank for $3.55!!!!

sick sick sick

Oregon is right there with 'ya! Diesel is in teh $4.30's, and we get biodiesel at $4.78. Yikes! Thankfully we get 50 cents/gallon back on that as a tax credit. But still!!!

[Diana in OR]

Just have to put a plug in for our new Toyota Prius. Our first fill-up with it cost $25.00 and we got around 50mpg. :auto:

[Deb in NZ]

At the moment we're paying $1.90 / LITRE & it's forcaste that petrol will go over $2 / L soon!!! That roughly translates to $8+ / gallon as our avg wage is similar so currency differences don't come into spending power.

[Marie in Oh]

Ughhhh! Hmmm, do they make a Hybrid 12 passenger van?

[Quiver0f10]

It was $3.67 yesterday and I have to fill my van today :scared:

[Virginia Dawn]

Ok, I've been hanging clothes out to dry, we cut the heat off early, I pestered my husband till the garden was all put in, I've been wearing my clothes over instead of washing after one wearing.

We had already cut back in many ways over the last few years. Now it's time to change my grocery shopping habits. I have been driving 25 minutes away on a dedicated day once a week for groceries. No more.

[Andie]

Ughhhh! Hmmm, do they make a Hybrid 12 passenger van?


Yes, but you have to do the modification yourself. Carefully cut out spots in the floor, and git those kids a' runnin'!

:tongue_smilie:

I have a 12 passenger, too.

[Andie]

At the moment we're paying $1.90 / LITRE & it's forcaste that petrol will go over $2 / L soon!!! That roughly translates to $8+ / gallon as our avg wage is similar so currency differences don't come into spending power.


Exactly why I've been trying to stay calm about the prices and not join the constant wailing and gnashing and newscasting. I'm trying to keep it in perspective, yk? But....whimper....$4 seems such a *line* to cross LOL.

[Andie]

Ok, I've been hanging clothes out to dry, we cut the heat off early, I pestered my husband till the garden was all put in, I've been wearing my clothes over instead of washing after one wearing.

We had already cut back in many ways over the last few years. Now it's time to change my grocery shopping habits. I have been driving 25 minutes away on a dedicated day once a week for groceries. No more.


So what will you do? Are you going that far because you like the particular store, or for better prices?

[Virginia Dawn]

So what will you do? Are you going that far because you like the particular store, or for better prices?

That is the closest decent grocery store, plus it is next door to my favorite thrift store, plus that's dh's day off and I can go without children. :D

However, I have to travel to another town once a week to hand my 14yo off to dh to take to his CAP meeting. So I'm going to shop then, with the 2 younger kids in tow. Beside gas, it will probably save me money just to avoid the thrift store.

Now I'm going to have to figure out how to get time to myself without driving away from home.:glare:

[Andie]

Now I'm going to have to figure out how to get time to myself without driving away from home.:glare:


Oh. Well. God be with you in your quest. (And share if you figure it out!)

[TraceyS/FL]

Just have to put a plug in for our new Toyota Prius. Our first fill-up with it cost $25.00 and we got around 50mpg. :auto:

I dream at night of 50mpg.

I got gas the other day - and have ONLY been in town and i'm sitting at 15mpg in my Odyssey. It was 14.5 but i got to use cruise control on the way home from gymnastics last night and got it up to 15.4.

Sigh.....

[Diana in OR]

Ughhhh! Hmmm, do they make a Hybrid 12 passenger van?

No, but I read about a guy who can modify just about any passenger vehicle to be hybrid and get around 100mpg. He's even done Hummers. It costs him around 25K to do it, I guess if you're already driving a 80K vehicle, what's another 25K?

[Andie]

They were hovering around $3.95, but today regular unleaded is $4.09.

[JennifersLost]

Ugh - ours just jumped again - to about $5.48 a gallon. This hurts.

[Eliana]

Average gas price in Seattle is over $4, but there are still a few places under that... though with the gas mileage we get *driving* somewhere to get gas just doesn't make sense...

[flutistmom]

Yes, but you have to do the modification yourself. Carefully cut out spots in the floor, and git those kids a' runnin'!

:tongue_smilie:

I have a 12 passenger, too.

:lol: Perhaps Fred Flintstone was onto something...

I haven't left the house in almost a week, but last Friday, ours was $4.09. I don't want to know what it is now. Ignorance, in this case, is indeed bliss!

-Robin

[LN in WI]

We have been over $4 for almost a week. It is at $4.09 today.

Ellen

[OnTheBrink]

We have been over $4 for almost a week. It is at $4.09 today.

Ellen

Same here. It was up to $4.16 last week.

[Michelle T]

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[RebeccaC]

Dh is paying $5.+ for diesel in Chicagoland. Over $4. for regular unleaded.

[Mekanamom]

We're at $4.10 for regular. $5 something for diesel. This was at one of the more "inexpensive" gas stations. Ugh.

[Nancy in SoCal]

it is $4.19.

It's been over $4 for a number of weeks now.

Thankfully, I'm a homebody!

[RegularMom]

Here in Bucks County, PA, we've just gone over the $4 mark. The cheapest I can find for regular unleaded right now is $4.03. And my van needs the super which means I'm paying something like $4.25 a gallon. Urgh.

[Tap, tap, tap]

$4 in Portland, Ore and Vancouver Wa. :auto: ;(

[Sara R]

I was reading an old blog from around 2005 about peak oil. It said something about research saying that people would change habits at around $4 per gallon, which they calculated would be equivalent to $105 per barrel of oil. We're already up to around $135 last I checked earlier this week. Could it really be that the effects of $135 barrels of oil hasn't fully trickled down to the price of gas?

I read somewhere else that the price per gallon of gasoline has historically been 4.23% of the price of a barrel of oil. At $135 per barrel, that works out to $5.71 per gallon. Ouch!

Here in Utah we're at about $3.85 still.

[Crissy]

I paid $4.07 over the weekend.

[Jennifer in MI]

I think it's about $4.20/gallon here in the Detroit area now. We filled up last week at 3.89 and now we feel we got a deal! And, we're trying not to use it up!!! (Think I can get a full summer's use out of a tank of gas??? LOL)

[Shannon831]

You don't even want to know the sign I saw today. $4.45/gallon for regular. That doesn't seem to be the average around here though. Average is around $4.25 and I felt lucky to find gas at $4.15 today. We're in No California.

[mcconnellboys]

$4.00 here in Kentucky!

[Miss Peregrine]

$4.35 in my town in SoCal.

[The half dozen]

It is $4.09 here in Reedsport, Oregon. It jumped 10 cents yesterday.

[MamaFran]

It was something like $3.93 over the weekend. We've been home this week, but dh is out right now topping up my tank. He's started filling it up every time I hit 3/4 of a tank so it doesn't cost us so much. I know where dh works in DE it was over $4 last week and they are usually cheaper than us. We're in Chester Co. PA.

[HomeOnTheRanch]

I gladly paid $4.79/gal for diesel today. I was glad because in my town it is $5.17. Even then it didn't quite get it filled. The pump shuts off automatically at $100 and since the gauge was on F, I didn't go through the procedure for the few extra gallons the tank would have taken.

[Jane in NC]

So I guess that I should be happy that I paid "only" $3.859 per gallon today here in coastal NC.

Jane

[missplacedalaskan]

Here in Gulfport, Miss. it is $3.79 for Regular & $4.59 for Diesel. We have a Ford Excursion that is Diesel and I drive a Ford Expedition.

We would consider trading my truck in for something more economical but both the trucks are paid for....and I DON'T want a car payment!

[Heather in Savannah]

I live in south east Georgia, and today we were at $3.82 gallon. I just spoke with my sister in Canada(Ontario) and she is paying $1.30 litre, which is roughly $5.20 gallon. So, we are edging our way up to the Canadian prices. Two summers ago in Canada, my husband was working away from home and driving about 700 miles a weekend....gas was $1.70 liter, which works out to about $6.80 gallon. Wow! That hurt! It didn't leave us with much out of his pay check.

[ELaurie]

Chicago suburbs.

:auto:

[Kay in Cal]

Have you tried this? You have to find your region and click on it, then there are updated gas prices.. high and low.

http://www.gasbuddy.com/