Projo Cars Blog

PROVIDENCE — Warren Graves allows that his Ford Focus gets good mileage — about 31 miles a gallon — but he grimaced into the setting sun last night as he pumped $20 worth at a Hess gasoline station in the city’s Jewelry District, according to The Providence Journal.

“Look at that,” said Graves, nodding toward the reading on the pump, which showed that he got a hair more than 5 regular gallons for his $20, which cost him $3.94 per gallon.

“It’s too much money, I know that,” said Graves. “But I don’t have much choice, I drive to Boston every day.”

As regular gas hovered at $4 per gallon yesterday, motorists in Southeastern New England tightened their belts another notch, vowing to take public transportation more, ride bicycles, pare down vacation plans and grouse a bit about the soaring cost of fuel for cars, trucks and SUVs.

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