What's the most you've ever paid for gas? I just paid $3.07 for Regular!

[eeyore]

When I bought my Nissan truck in 1997, I could fill up my 15 gallon tank in Oregon for under $20. Today I filled up the same truck and the cost was $47! That is by far the most I've ever paid for gas.

I wouldn't mind the high price if it we taxed and put towards research or efficiency programs, but this is just pure profit for the oil companies and it's total bullshit!

What's the most you've ever paid and where was it?

:grr:

[Dave Reynolds]

1. IIRC, post-Katrina I paid $3.179 for regular.

That was in Jackson, MI.

[Technowitch]

2. It's going for nearly $3.50/gal in Santa Cruz area

[eeyore]

4. Wow!

You know it's going to hit $4.00 by the end of the summer. Hope you like staying home!

[JesterCS]

18. $3.13 back during Katrina

gas around SW Ohio is $2.67 atm

[longship]

3. $3.50 here in SoCal

That's at a cheap gas station.

[eeyore]

6. Damn!

I guess the effect of curbing driving in SoCal isn't all bad, but how the hell are people supposed to pay for that increase? There have been no wage increases in this country for years. It would take all of the money from a minimum wage job just to keep gas in the car in LA.

[longship]

11. I work at home.

But if I had to drive into LA every day, I couldn't afford to go to work.

[K8-EEE]

13. I'm REALLY Using The Subway Here In L.A. More...

You can get from the Valley to downtown in 25 minutes for a 90 cent token...It took me FIFTY DOLLARS to fill up today!

[OhNoTheyDidNot]

14. 3.25 for regular ... there people are finding some cheap gas here

[maveric]

5. $3.33. East San Diego county.

Some stations have it @ $3.70.

[eeyore]

7. Ready for $5.00 this summer?

The news stations have been harping on that it's coming.

[maveric]

10. I'm in the process of buying a mountain bike.

It'll hit $4.00+ then go down to $2.69 in October. Just in time for the election.

[Emit]

8. $3.35 for regular in NV. Today. n/t

[Broken_Hero]

9. 3.05

SW Missouri last July....

[K8-EEE]

12. site that tracks cheapest gas by zip code

Kinda interesting....gasbuddy.com.

The cheapest in my neck of the woods (No. Hollywood, CA is $3.29, and a few blocks away it's $3.51.

[lvx35]

15. 3.19 in WA state. nt

[Kiouni]

16. $76

but it was a company ambulance and i had walked into get a pack of smokes got held up and came out and diesel was squirting all over the ground. I just handed them the company credit card.

[Robbie Michaels]

17. $3.36 last week

I don't need to fill up again for about another week, but I'm certain it will be over $3.50. :nuke:

[Kutjara]

19. About $7.00 in the UK.

If it was as cheap as $3.50 a gallon, the Brits would hold a national day of celebration.

[Peter Frank]

20. "What's the most you've ever paid for gas?"

One time I spent about $9.00 for gas (but I was really hungry before finding a Taco Bell on I-95.)

[Hekate]

21. $3.25/gal day before yesterday. Now it's around $3.40 at same place

I filled up my Camry in the early evening for $3.25, drove by the station a few hours later and it had jumped 4¢ in that time. Other stations at the same intersection were about $3.43/gal yesterday afternoon. Around here you can pay substantially more if you're not careful.

Oh, and all these prices are for regular unleaded of course.

War-profiteering and price-gouging -- all business as usual for Big Oil.

Hekate

[RebelOne]

22. So far the most I have paid was just after Katrina, $2.99 for regular.

Gas prices have come down in my area of No. Georgia within the past couple of days. Most of the stations are at $2.66 to $2.78. Some are still gouging at $2.89. The farther south you go toward Atlanta, the higher the prices.

[eeyore]

23. You've got the cheapest prices here so far.

Drive, man! Drive!

[converted_democrat]

24. 4.58 a gallon during the hurricanes, in central FL.. n/t

[eeyore]

26. Holy crap!

That's just robbery of the worst kind....I'm sorrry.

[converted_democrat]

29. The guy did get busted in the end by the State Attorney's office,

but I didn't get my money back.. It was the only gas I could find for miles, so I was just thankful to have it..

[Maiden England]

25. $5.93 before I emigrated from the UK in 2002.

I run a motorbike, it gets over 50mpg around town. Almost 70mpg highway. I'm not bitching until everyone knows over here what its like to pay for gas at nearly $6 a gallon.

[eeyore]

27. I agree that prices should be higher.

I just think that they should be higher because of taxes, not because of record oil company profits.

I also have a Vespa, and that gets about 50mpg as well. I love riding it, but just can't do it every day because of work.

[Maiden England]

28. I totally agree with you.

Not because of profiteering. But because oil is that much a barrel, and/or environmental regulations, and also R&D costs into finding other methods of powering our cars and homes, and work.

We should be conserving our oil for the plastics (definately NOT shopping bags!) and pharmaceutical industries.

[AtomicKitten]

30. it was $3.49 in SF yesterday