I remember the days when we would stand around and talk about how gas will never reach $2 a gallon. Those were the days, weren’t they? After it reached $2 a gallon, we’d stand around and talk about how it would never reach $3 a gallon. Now, nothing surprises me. Even when predictions say we’re going to hit $5 a gallon gas just after Labor Day, I say, “I believe it completely.”
Maybe I’m so ready to believe it because where I live, I already pay about $4.65 a gallon. Maybe I believe it because the price has practically doubled in the last two years. But I believe it could happen and it probably will. Do you believe it?
One prediction I read was from a guy who predicted when gas would reach $4. At first he predicted the $4 mark by figuring out we were paying an average of a penny more every day. On June 9, he predicted the same thing – gas prices would go up by about a penny each day. And the national average on that day was $4.02. As such, that means it’s going to hit $5 by September 15.
Hopefully, he’s wrong though. By the time that day rolls around, Labor Day will be over by nearly two weeks. And since the summer driving season will come to a close by then, demand will drop drastically. That usually brings prices down, but it doesn’t seem like the prices have followed any type of logic lately.
But it’s really out of our hands. With 10 million vehicles being sold in China alone this year, the possibility of hurricanes and the Middle East controlling the prices, all we can do is pay the price. So why not enjoy it? Visit a local Pontiac dealer and get the car of your dreams. We’re all in this mess together. We might as well have some fun while we’re at it.
