MrG4Life

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I was out in Cali this past weekend for a conference. I saw a couple of gas stations as we were leaving LAX with prices of $2.99 - $3.01 just for regular. I've always heard of $4 a gallon prices before. California is a big state and maybe it's because of where in the state you live in. What gives?

PhilipMSPT

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Gas prices recently went down.

Last week, I paid $3.35 for premium fuel.

Yesterday, I paid $3.11.

Oleg400

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3.35!?!?!?
3.11!?!?!?
For premium!??!?!
Wow you guys have the good life.
its like 3.65 here for premium.

whoster

yup... less than 50 for 15+ gallons of premium on sunday evening

rominl

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yup, from what i see some other states "start to catch up" on the gas price. here it's about 3.11 as well

but go to sf and it gets more expensive

GSteg

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I just hope it goes down even more!

Koma

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In Boston it's been sitting between 3.20-3.30 for quite some time.

pbm317

3.11 for premium at shell here lately.

Abear

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I just paid 3.15 last night here in Houston, and Im right next to the oil itself, lol. Gas isnt that bad, with inflation and what not. I guess it is, but it could be worse..

ST430

you have to understand the history of ca gas bullsh@# - we used to have refined gas mixed with mtbe, so it "incurred" extra costs according to the gas companies. once the state found out that MTBE could contaminate our ground waters and cause cancer though, they changed the reformulation again making us the consumers pay fot it. combine this with some recent local refinery plant "fires", it has caused the prices to remain in flux indefinitely until recently. IMHO, it's all a crock of bs concocted just to raise gas prices, but it's gotten much better recently...

4TehNguyen

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i agree, if we truly had a oil supply issue we would see lines at gas stations and "out of gas signs" etc. When the heck was the last time you saw anything like this. Im not convinced that there is any supply issue to even warrant a fearmongering price hike when some refinery catches fire. The oil supply in this country isnt standing on a razor thin edge where a refinery shutdown would cause it to crumble.

J_RoK

Well not in california.
But
I live in NY, gass is about 325 or so for regular. I was in Jersey last night, 277 for regular.
-J

mmarshall

Gas is often more expensive in CA than someother states, for two reasons.....first, the huge demand for it from the incredible amount of traffic in the L.A. region, and, Second, because of the special blends that CARB (Cailfornia Air Resources Board) requires for the state's unique emissions laws. The fact that these special blends are done primarily for California, and maybe a couple of other states, means that, in general, they are not cost-effective and suffer from economies of scale. So because of the limted CA market for these fuels, even with the big demand in the L.A. region, oil companies and gas stations have to charge more per gallon to break even.

And, please.........resist the temptation to use cheap, cut-rate brands. They save a few pennies per gallon at the pump at fill-up time, but can gum up the engine and fuel injectors with carbon because they don't have enough of a detergent package in them to keep deposits from building up. Then you suffer from poor engine drivability and will just have to turn around and spend money anyway to clean things out with a fuel-system additive like BG-44K.

If you really want to take care of your engine and fuel system, use either Shell or Chevron........they are the benchmarks for quality in gas and detergent additives.

JDM

remember, Premium is California is 91 Octane.

AsianGirl007

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I paid $3.29 for 91 this morning and I was actually happy to pay that...lol.

I've never paid $4 in Los Angeles though.