Ok, I wish I had been documenting the price increases over the past year. In Death Valley in March one station was selling gas for $5.50 a gallon. But they’re out in the boonies so it wasn’t that nuts. On May 27, near Oakland, we thought $4.19 for regular was pushing it. We got home to see it was that price here, too. I’ve seen the prices increase from evening to the next morning and from that morning to that evening, so two increases within 24 hours. Yesterday the AMPM on Lake was $4.27, today it is $4.33. We’re driving slower, using less air conditioning, planning trips a little better, probably foregoing a July 4th trip north. Just thankful we work near home.
OUCH!
What are you doing to protect your pocketbook?
W
June 7, 2008 at 8:08 pm
I’m more grateful than ever for my Prius, and I’ve become OBSESSED with maximizing my gas mileage. I’m trying to average 54 miles to the gallon on my current tank of gas, I walk to local Altadena errands (library, gelato, coffee, post office, pharmacy) and I’ve become even more vigilant about the “rule of three” (the practice of clumping at least three errands together, especially when visiting a location more than 10 miles away.
I’m very generous about driving car pools to the west side of town (for IWOSC meetings and Max 10 performances), BUT passengers have to endure the lack of AC.