With summer fast approaching, the cost of filling up one’s tank at the local service station continues to climb. One recent study says retail gas prices across the country have jumped an average of 25 cents in the past two weeks alone. Auto club AAA estimates that prices are 31 cents higher now than at the same time just one year ago.
So this week, Q-Line wants to know: To what lengths will you go to save money when filling up your tanks — long lines, other neighborhoods, shun the car altogether?
Call (310) 285-8106 before Friday at 5 p.m. and we’ll print your responses in the weekend edition. Please try to limit your comments to a minute or less. It might help to think first about the wording of your response.
Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on April 24, 2006. Read the original PDF.