October 12, 2005
Prices resumed a more normal difference today between Knoxville
and Tri-Cities, with all four East Tennessee
cities showing considerable drops. Knoxville’s lowest signboard prices are
reading as much as 18 cents-per-gallon lower than comparable Tri-Cities prices
today, a change from the unusual patterns of recent weeks.
Drivers should make sure their cars are in good shape, take public
transit where possible, and combine trips to reduce gasoline use. Other
suggestions are in AAA’s Gas Watcher’s
Guide, free at AAA offices, and on the web at www.aaaet.com.
In AAA’s signboard spotcheck of 25 Knoxville
stations today, the most common price was $2.699 (10 stations), down 30 cents
from last week’s most common price of $2.999. The next most frequent price was
$2.689, today’s low, at seven stations. Seven other stations showed either
$2.789 or $2.799, the highest price. One station stood at $2.719. The signboard
average price of these 25 stations is $2.724.
Bristol’s average fell 21 cents to $2.769
from last Wednesday. The high and low
fell twenty cents to $2.79 and $2.72.
Kingsport’s average fell 8.2 cents to $2.901 from last week’s $2.983. The high fell four cents to $2.95 while the
low fell nine cents to $2.86.
In Johnson City,
the average fell 15.8 cents to $2.839. The high fell ten cents to $2.89, while the
low fell twenty-two cents to $2.76.
