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MaineWriter:
I have seen prices ranging from $2.62 to $2.82/gal for regular here in Southern Maine. Drove to Boston today and most stations seemed to be averaging $3.00/gal...

L
xo

David:
It has dropped here to $2.96 a gallon for 87 octane.

But still, I just topped off my car with 14 gallons and it was $42.00 !       

It doesn't seem like that long ago you could top off for $10.00 !

A $20 fill up seemed expensive!    LOL    I miss those days.   Wait, that was only 2 yrs ago right?   

 Thanks George Bush!   :P

Front-Ranger:
I saw gas at $1.99 per gallon yesterday!!

Kelda:
sniff.. you guys are making me cry...

I fill my little tank up and its about £40.

Current UK petrol prices are...

Per litre
0.85 UK£ = 1.26 Euro = 1.62 USD

Per gallon
3.22 UK£ = 4.79 Euro = 6.16 USD

So we're paying almost the same for a litre as you lot ae paying for a gallon! and our prices have gone DOWN recently!!

MaineWriter:
Actually I was thinking about this thread today. I am glad it was resurrected.

I have to drive my daughter to school this year and on the way we pass BJ's which advertises the cheapest gas around. There is a Getty station a few yards up the road which is in direct competition on prices. Then, about 2 miles away is a Sunoco station which also has cheap gas. Because this is new for me (driving Hannah) this is not my time-worn route to work...it is also on the outskirts of Portland. I have noticed that prices downtown (a distance of 3 miles) are very different from the BJs/Getty/Sunoco prices.

Over the past few weeks, they have been dropping, dramatically. The lowest I saw was $1.99/gal at the Sunoco, with a purchase of a car wash. $2.09 without.

Lowest at BJs was $2.06/gal.

There was one day last week when the Getty was actually lower than BJs (BJs: 2.11, getty: 2.09).

This week.. prices are creeping back up. Today, BJs was 2.10 and Getty was 2.17. I was amazed....these two stations have never been more than a penny or two apart...today, 7 cents. My daughter noticed too. My answer: "The election was last week."

The Sunoco station was at 2.19/gal and downtown, the Mobil was 2.25.

I am not a big believer in economic theory but watching gas prices, I could become a convert.

Leslie

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