The best price in the Detroit area is now around $2.89/ gallon. When I
started driving in 1964, gas was less than 0.30 per gallon in most
places.
On Apr 28, 2006, at 6:41 AM, Stuart Moore wrote:
Local for me means the Midlands in the UK and prices here a just
starting to touch 1ukp per litre, there are 3.785 US Gallons per litre
and the exchange rate gives us 1 UKP = 1.78930 USD thus we have a
price of around $6.77 per gallon!! A lot bigger proportion of that
money is tax than in the USA of course but it hits the pocket just the
same. Good job we have a smaller country and do not have to travel as
far :-)
You might also like to note that any driving large cars especially
4x4s is starting to be treated as if they have the plague on
environmental grounds. Engine sizes over 2 litres are considered
excessive by most people (and even 2 litres is a bit of a luxury).
Still, even with smaller engines, most people seem to average over 80
miles per hour on the motorways.
Stuart
