Contest: Guess that gas price!

So, we're already starting to see prices climb and people panic in anticipation of Hurricane Rita. In honor of this media-fueled feeding frenzy of financial fornication, I'm going to stage a little contest.

So I wanna know - how high is it gonna get? What do you think the price of Regular Unleaded gas will be next Thursday afternoon?

Post your guess in this thread. One guess per person. Closest guess to the price I see driving home from work next Thursday afternoon wins... this lovely, never worn, Mazda logo hat!

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I wish you all the best of luck! :mrgreen:

$4.09 9/10

(don't you hate it how they always throw in that 9/10ths)

OK... to make this fair... we need to agree on a "reference station"... we all know that prices vary by as much as 30¢ depending on where you are in the Metromess... Oh yeah, an we're talking regular unleaded... right?

$4.12 9/10...

Reference station: Chevron, southwest corner of Davis Boulevard & Rumfield Road in North Richland Hills. For reference to your own neck 'o' the woods, the price for regular unleaded was $2.709 when I drove by this evening on my way home.

Edited the first post to specify regular unleaded.

Jeez... I hope you guys are overly pessimistic... :?

Titus: $2.799
Dave04: $4.129
channelmaniac: $4.39
mosmiles: $3.699
tailchaser: $2.899
3Bean: $3.399
Carmen1990: $3.759
Sammmm: $3.299
blackzx3_13: $3.19
majik: $2.59
black roadster: 2.899
wrxmr2eater: 2.999
srivendel: a million bucks and a bad haircut
onething: $4.159
Tim the Teacher: $3.23
POS: $2.65
RX7-2nr: $3.49
Mouglie: $3.249
riverracer: $3.339
rx7gslse: $3.07
Darron65: $2.769

$4.39

$ 3.69 9/10

2.899

Quote:

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Originally Posted by tailchaser

2.899

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Man I hope you win that hat!

$3.399

By the way...

Just in case you were thinking about waiting until Thursday afternoon of next week to vote (you sneaky bastard :wink: ), I'm going to lock this thread on Sunday afternoon at 1pm. You have until then to revise your guess - this way everyone has to make their predictions at least a few days in advance.

3.75 9/10 :banghead:

$3.299

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Originally Posted by altiain

. . .regular unleaded was $2.709 when I drove by this evening on my way home.

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I paid 2.59 up here in the boonies

My guess is 3.39

Quote:

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Originally Posted by blackzx3_13

I paid 2.59 up here in the boonies

My guess is 3.39

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3Bean beat ya to it. Guess again. :razz:

well crap. that was a well thought out guess, that took some brain power. 3.19 then

3.09

3.599

2.999

$3.339