YAGPT - yet another gas price thread

[moshquerade]

$5/gal gas in Manhattan. Has it hit $5 anywhere else?

Drivers a-gassed at $5 full-serve

Friday, June 13th 2008, 2:19 AM

"This is robbery," says Juan Fernandez of gas price at Mobil station on 10th Ave. at W. 30th St. Costanza for News

"This is robbery," says Juan Fernandez of gas price at Mobil station on 10th Ave. at W. 30th St.

Flabber-gas-ted!

The price of fuel at some city pumps soared above $5 a gallon Thursday, leaving beleaguered drivers like Angel Villnueva of the Bronx fretting over how high it might go.

"What are you doing?" Villnueva screamed at an attendant changing the price of full-service supreme to $5.09 a gallon on the sign in front of the Mobil station at W. 30th St. and 11th Ave. in Manhattan.

"It's tougher when you see it being done in your face," said the 31-year-old auto mechanic. "They're supposed to change prices weekly, right? Not every day."

When Brooklyn bartender Max Gardener, 24, noticed the lofty price for full-service supreme, he got back into his car and swung it around to the self-serve side.

"I'm pumping my own," Gardener said. "I won't be surprised to see $5 on this side soon." The price for regular statewide has climbed to an average of $4.22 a gallon, AAA said.

In the city, regular was going for as high as $4.70 a gallon at the Lukoil station on Bruckner Blvd. in the Bronx, according to the Web site Newyorkgasprices.com.

"This is an exaggeration!" said taxi driver Jean Edwards, 45, staring in disbelief at the $5.09-a-gallon price for full-service supreme at the Mobil station on W. 14th St. and 10th Ave.

"You don't make money anymore," the cabbie griped. "And you can't raise the prices on customers. It's illegal. It's too much."

Pointing to her 2006 Subaru, Isabel Rubio, 51, said, "This has to go."

"We have to go green," said Rubio, as she fueled her car. "It's not just gas prices. It affects all other prices - food, milk, everything - and makes it harder to get by."

Restaurant waiter Nick Watson, 26, of Queens bought a Kawasaki motorcycle to cope with the gas crisis.

"It used to be $5, then $6, then $7 to fill the tank," Watson said as he filled up at the W. 14th St. Mobil. "Now it's $8.43, but it still beats driving a car."

Meanwhile, Exxon Mobil Corp., which earned nearly $41 billion last year, announced plans Thursday to sell its 2,200 company-owned gas stations, saying they aren't profitable enough.

http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_...ed_at_5_fullserve.html

 

[krunchykrome]

$4.09 as of yesterday; I'm in Columbia, MD.

 

[mugs]

Still under $4 near me in central NJ as of yesterday.

 

[conehead433]

I was in San Francisco last week and it hit $4.99 at one station. They weren't getting too many customers though, since gas was ~$4.33 right down the street.

 

[HardcoreRobot]

blah blah blah

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
blah blah blah

contribute or not. that would be "or not".

 

[trmiv]

After hovering around the 3.95 mark around here for a couple of weeks most places jumped to around 4.03 yesterday.

 

[Gibson486]

It just hit $4 in metrowest MA.

 

[Fenixgoon]

i paid 4.35 for premium yesterday... d'oh!

gas prices are indeed teh suck, and according to my buddy who worked for sunoco... a price jump was long overdue.

i blame speculation

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

$4.19 for regular yesterday in Indiana.... $4.15 is the cheapest I saw.

 

[Uppsala9496]

$4.26 on my drive to work this morning (NW 'burbs of Chicago).
I would imagine in the city it is a lot closer to $5.

 

[tfinch2]

The gas station right across the street is $4.55/gallon. On my way home from work I saw $4.67/gallon.

 

[NuclearNed]

Our gas actually went down $0.03 a few days ago from $3.85 to $3.82. This morning it was still $3.82, but anymore it seems like the prices fluctuate hourly.

 

[Sphexi]

$5.56USD up here in Canadia. Good thing I can walk to work.

 

[glenn beck]

$4.38

Exxon Bethesda
6729 Goldsboro Rd & MacArthur Blvd

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: Sphexi
$5.56USD up here in Canadia. Good thing I can walk to work.

what was it a year ago? has it been going up a few cents every other day or day there too for quite sometime?

 

[moshquerade]

Originally posted by: NuclearNed
Our gas actually went down $0.03 a few days ago from $3.85 to $3.82. This morning it was still $3.82, but anymore it seems like the prices fluctuate hourly.

cheap gas!!!!

 

[nakedfrog]

That's full service, misleading!
I don't think we even have any full service stations. It was under $4 yesterday here, but I haven't seen today's price.

 

[jlee]

$3.99-$4.15 for 87 here.

 

[BoomerD]

The cheapest near me is $4.42. (well, that was yesterday, it's probably gone up 5 or 6 cents since then)

 

[Saint Nick]

~$3.72 for unleaded with ethanol
~$3.82 for unleaded
~$3.92 for premium

42nd & Dodge BP in Omaha, Nebraska

 

[Slew Foot]

About 4.50 round about here, I dont think Ive seen full service in a loooooooong time.

 

[Nitemare]

bomb bomb bomb

bomb bomb iran...

Saudi too

Hovering around the 4 dollar mark in NC

 

[Crusty]

Originally posted by: moshquerade

Originally posted by: HardcoreRobot
blah blah blah

contribute or not. that would be "or not".

People obsessing over gas prices are only helping fuel the fire that keeps on raising the prices to begin with. Gas costs a lot of money now, and will continue to cost a lot of money in the short term there is no point in wasting effort obsessing about it IMO. Either drive and deal with the prices, or get over it and buy a bike/ride public transportation.

 

[supesman]

Why is that guy complaining about high gas price when he's filling up full serve? Is that the only option he has?