'It's the battle of the pump': Detroiters react as gas prices top $4 a gallon
In Michigan, the average price on Sunday was about $3.97 a gallon, up from $3.87 on Saturday, $3.56 a week before and $3.37 a month ago. Last year, the average was $2.72 a gallon, according to AAA.
At a Shell gas station on Woodward Avenue in Midtown, where regular gas cost $4.49 if customers paid in cash and $4.59 if they used a credit card, Janet Diggs braced herself against the windy Sunday afternoon and filled up the tank in her silver Nissan Murano.
Soon after, the pump Diggs was using clicked. Her tank was full. She looked at the final tally, and gasped: $84.68 for 18.4 gallons of gas.
"I have never put almost $90 in my car, never," said Diggs
Also at the Shell station, Dino Skordileva said he hadn't filled his tank in about a week, and was shocked when he saw the prices Sunday.
The 27-year-old mortgage broker who lives in Brush Park said it felt like the price of premium gas was less than what regular cost on Sunday.
"It's just ridiculous, honestly," said Skordileva. "I've never seen it this expensive."
The cost of filling up is hurting Detroiters' pockets this weekend as the price of gasoline surged well above $4 at stations across the city.
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