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18. My wife and I went out last night to the Westside Pavillion mall in Westwood to

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #17)

Sun Oct 7, 2012, 01:52 PM

Oct 2012

see a movie ("The Master," a new American tour de force). While driving there, we noticed that gas prices were approx. $4.75/gallon for lowest-octane. And that there seemed far fewer land yachts (like Escalades and Navigators) out on the streets.

Very strange. Mall was semi-deserted at 5:30 p.m.

FWIW, I drive a Nissan Sentra that gets 35 mpg, so only have to fill up once or twice a month. Last time I filled up it was at about $3.50/gallon! I'm guessing some of these land yachts now cost more than $100 per fill up.

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