1989Lexus

With all you californians complaining that gas is so much more expensive in california.. which isnt true: http://biz.yahoo.com/cnnm/080516/051608_gas_prices.html

and some of you getting a second car (fit/hybrids etc) smart idea, you guys think these prices will go down anytime soon?

flipside909

Wow really? The GS350 already gets phenomenal mileage compared to it's competitors. 303hp with 19 city and 27 hwy. I average about 25mpg mixed city driving on my GS.

In comparison, it gets better mileage numbers than the GS430 which has 2 extra cylinders and 13 less hp.

BTW, $4.19 is about the average price of Premium here in CA, what is it your way?

1989Lexus

How did you figure that 4.19 avg price of premium in CA? how much is regular? Maybe where your at its 4.19 but I DOUBT its 4.19 avg throughout cali.

flipside909

I was just in Northern California this past weekend. $4.17-$4.23 is what I saw it at in and around the Bay Area. In the central valley on I-5 the lowest I saw was $4.22 and it went as high as $4.49 at a Chevron. Down here in SoCal, it's ranging from $4.15-$4.22. Regular unleaded is averaging $3.89 at the discount gas stations and $3.93 for the top tiers.

My GS350 is at 16,500 miles purchased new in August 2007. I travel alot up and down the state and I also work in the field during the week. I think I have a good idea of what gas prices are my way.

1989Lexus

with all those high prices.. and yet CT avg gas prices are higher than cali? hmm doenst sound right at all, but then again what do i know? im not in cali.

1989Lexus

heres one pic for you... i took this at a gas station in ct.

flipside909

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/r...vgasprice.html

May 16, 2008

RIVERSIDE – The rising price of crude oil pushed the cost of a gallon of gasoline in the Inland Empire to a record high Friday, the Automobile Club of Southern California reported.

The average price of a gallon of self-serve regular unleaded gasoline in Riverside and San Bernardino counties is now $3.935 – 3 cents more than last week, 14 cents more than last month and 46 cents more than at this time last year.

This is the sixth time in the past seven weeks the average price has set a record.

“Oil industry analysts point to continued spikes in crude oil prices, which have enormously increased the cost of producing gasoline, as the cause of this continued price surge,” Auto Club spokesman Jeffrey Spring said.

The price of a barrel of light, sweet crude rose to a record $126.98 on the New York Mercantile Exchange Tuesday. The price closed at $126.02 Thursday.

The Auto Club provided this breakdown of gasoline prices in selected portions of California and Nevada as of today:

Area Regular One-week

Record Price change Riverside – San Bernardino

$ 3.935 + 3.0 cents $ 3.935 (5/15/08) Orange County

$ 3.886 + 1.3 cents $ 3.886 (5/15/08) Los Angeles – Long Beach $ 3.914 + 1.8 cents $ 3.914 (5/15/08) San Diego

$ 3.965 + 2.7 cents $ 3.965 (5/15/08) Santa Barbara – Santa Maria – Lompoc

$ 4.033 + 1.7 cents $ 4.044 (5/12/08) Bakersfield

$ 3.959 + 6.4 cents $ 3.959 (5/15/08) Las Vegas

$ 3.687 + 5.0 cents $ 3.687 (5/15/08)

1989Lexus

damn its expensive.. but CT still got you beat for high gas prices. SUCKS for everyone

flipside909

That's really nothing to brag or be proud about LOL. Depending on where you're actually putting gas, looks like that Mobil station is capitalizing on it. I highly doubt the rest of Connecticut is paying that much. We're paying the $4.19 avg for 91 octane fuel which is our premium. 92 octane has not been offered out here for quite some time now. \

There's always one station in town that has astronomically high gas prices in comparison to everyone else in the vicinity. Even your local sources cite prices close to ours...

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wi...,1914509.story

Gasoline prices set record high for second month in Conn.

May 13, 2008

HARTFORD, Conn. - The AAA says that for the second month in a row, gasoline and diesel prices in Connecticut have set record highs and the state has the highest gas prices in the Northeast.

The automobile club says prices at the pumps for May have risen to $3.96 a gallon for regular gasoline. In April, they had set a record high of $3.48 a gallon.

A year ago the average price was $3.19 a gallon in Connecticut and $3.07 nationally.

The AAA says diesel in the state climbed from $4.37 last month to $4.64 in May. Nationally, diesel fuel has jumped from $4.12 last month to $4.39.

Connecticut leads eight Northeast states with the highest prices, followed by New York at $3.91.

Nationally, the average price went up in the past month, from $3.39 to $3.73 on Tuesday.

The automobile association surveys about 1,000 gas stations in Connecticut and nearly 100,000 across the country daily to determine average prices.

1989Lexus

Yeap, the intent was not to brag, just to complain. I think you got the two mixed up. Check the link i posted in my first post. 2nd highest gas prices in the country after arizona.

tmv22

gas isnt gonna get cheaper any time soon. from yahoo finance, they're expecting crude oil will hit 200 bux per barrel. i guess thats like 7 bux per gallon for us by next year this time.
dont forget, chinese are buying cars for the first time...

1989Lexus

7 dollars? wow.. thats gonna be harsh... real harsh

whlkev

I think you meant Alaska

AZ has the cheapest gas in the US

1989Lexus

yes ... ur right.. i meant ALASKA.. not AZ... CT is second to alaska...

DaSyce

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