Liz was driving us over to Amy's after picking us up at the airport and we were driving up Lincoln Avenue and that's when we went by the first gas station. I couldn't believe my eyes - $6.49 per gallon! Unbelievable! A few days later Liz and I went to pick up some food for dinner and she stopped to get gas. It was a really busy station so I didn't get out of the car. When we were driving back to the house I asked how much it cost to fill up and Liz said $80.00! Yikes! EIGHTY DOLLARS to fill the tank? So I did the math and she only got 12 gallons of gas. That's nuts! I filled up my tank before we left for California and I paid $4.29 a gallon. here in NY. Poor Californians, with the huge STATE taxes on gas, that is just killing them! Here are some numbers in cents per gallon: Connecticut $0.25, New York $0.25, and California $0.71. There ought to be a law!
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Ouch! Average in Milford is $4.49 to $4.70, and I thought that was outrageous!
We thought we had it bad with higher taxes on gas but California unfortunately is so much worse. I thought it was awful to pay over $37 for 8.2 gallons but now I feel sick to find out that Liz paid $80 for 12 gallons. Yikes!
Yikes! That is why my dad always tops off the tank with every short trip so to not fill it up completely. Much more effective that way I think! ;-)
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