Violence Breaks Out at SoCal Gas Pump (Doctor grabs a tire iron, got cut off in gas line at Costco)

KTLA.com ^ | 6/10/08 | KTLA News

[Crazieman]

$3.74 for regular in Wichita, KS

[Taffini]

Paid $4.09 in Michigan 3 days ago.

[kaboom]

15 cents savings x 17 gal = $2.55

Definitely not worth driving out of your way or waiting in a long Costco line for. Not only will you idle away or drive off the fraction of a gallon that $2.55 gets you, but isn't your time worth more than that?

[geezerwheezer]

IMO, if the Doc really meant to hurt the a$$hat who cut in line in front of him he would have broken out a window or two and beat the jerk severely about the head a couple of times. The jerk must be a real wussie too! Down here in Savannah we wouldn’t try to hurt him with a tire iron, we would just light a cigarette and toss it to him while he was fueling his car. That really seems to get their attention for some reason.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

Insane.....I have a 45 mile commute to work. The 90 mile round trip is killing me!!

[PeteB570]

$3.89 down at the corner shop.

[Jersey Republican Biker Chick]

How high will it go?

[CommerceComet]

$3.74 for regular in Wichita, KS

It's $3.99 here in Manhattan, KS. Apparently, it takes 25 cents a gallon to transport it a couple of hours further north.

[oh8eleven]

Maybe trying a "secret additive" will help.

[HIDEK6]

The other driver locked himself in his car and called police.

I thought the article said the other driver WAS the police.

[Polynikes]

“So if he would have brandished the tire iron in a friendly, peaceful manner, he wouldn't be arrested and booked? “

Like “say hello to my little friend”? Al Pacino/Scarface. :~)

BTW 4.299 for regular at Costco South San Francisco

[TheBattman]

I was figuring that the Doctor, so concerned about saving a few cents per gallon, probably left his car idling while in line....pretty much canceling any perceived cost savings.

[spotbust1]

diesel 4.79 here in Atlanta.

[TheBattman]

Yesterday evening- regular unleaded was between $3.93 and 3.96 per gallon.

E85 was $3.35

[hoe_cake]

it’s not guns that kill people, it’s tire irons.

[Polynikes]

Better be quick because I seriously doubt the line cutter will stay in his car, altho nice idea

[Polynikes]

Its going to get uglier before it gets better. I can remember the days of odd/even “quasi” rationing in Virginia. Some station owners were openly carrying as a way to keep the unruliness down.

People were getting agitated far to easily. Its just a matter of time as prices climb before someone gets hurt over a what will be a trivial incident

[metesky]

Still $4.33. The doc should have gone to the Arco on Valley View, only $4.28. That extra nickel could have gonr for his legal fees.

[politicalwit]

$3.99/gal in NW Indiana today. $0.05 drop overnight.

[metesky]

Still $4.33. The doc should have gone to the Arco on Valley View, only $4.28. That extra nickel could have gone for his legal fees.