FWIW, here in Ventura observed today:

2.21 Regular at ARCO (cheepy place), 2.32 Regular at Chevron (most
expensive)

Jim Thompson
84 Westfalia 2.1 "Ole Putt" (16 mpg around town, 19 mpg on the highway)
04 Kia Spectra (22 around town, 34 on the highway)
oldvolkshome@gmail.com
jim@karmannghia.com
http://www.oldvolkshome.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Sharon Mendonca" <bobonsharo@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, March 04, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: gas prices going up.....more...

> Don't know about the rest of you, but a 24 cent increase puts us over
> $2.50 here on the central CA coast.  Today's regular prices are $2.21 -
> the cheapest I saw (Arco) - most are around 2.30.  Any way you look at it,
> we're paying a lot less than Canada and Europe - even at $2.50.  Like you
> say, you don't see any less cars on the roads and people keep buying the
> big SUV's.
>
> Sharon Mendonca