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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:10 PM
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I took this pic on our Corvettes Against Breast Cancer Ride: Voyage to Vegas run this past summer. While we were out west, we decided to take a trip out to Death Valley, CA. I took this photo because I thought that the gas prices in the Valley were just out of this world ... oh to only pay that price for my gas now


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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:34 PM
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I hear you my brother! We're paying about ten cents more than that around here now...... A couple of weeks ago - it was $3.49 for Chevron 91, so now the $3.07 seems cheap!
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:42 PM
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Still $3.25 to $3.39 for the premium in my neck of the woods. Man, these gas prices are outrageous! So, we definitely hear you, good buddy.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 02:53 PM
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Originally Posted by edensknight
Still $3.25 to $3.39 for the premium in my neck of the woods. Man, these gas prices are outrageous! So, we definitely hear you, good buddy.
Just want to say thanks from all the good old boys here in TEXAS
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 05:26 PM
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We are paying $2.69 for regular/mid-grade around here right now. I know that five months ago I would never have thought gas would be as high as it is now.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 06:25 PM
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Wow, in RI it's only 2.99/ gallon for 93.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 06:56 PM
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Now that they have us conditioned to think that $2.xx is cheap, (compared to $3.xx) we'll never see $1.xx gas again.
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Old Oct 3, 2005 | 07:28 PM
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Now that they have us conditioned to think that $2.xx is cheap, (compared to $3.xx) we'll never see $1.xx gas again.

Right on…..we can forget about $1.xx gas…that’s history!!
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We're about the same here in parts of NJ, hell it's a break from 3.25reg-3.50sup. not long ago.
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I remember when I first started driving (only a few years ago), regular grade = $0.97 - $1.05 and premium = $1.15 - $1.20. I agree, we will never see $1.XX ever again.
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