Gas Price Hike-Up...or Down!

-gasps- OMG! Am I psychic or AM I PSYCHIC?!

I pulled up at the gas station en route to work this morning coz my baby's nearing empty (don't want that flashing red/orange light driving me nuts telling me I am almost outta gas!!!). I looked at how much gas I still have left and while driving I was thinking how much I'll be spending just to fill 'er up (today's payday and also the day my car insurance and car payment gets taken off -- and however how much I earned this paycheque will just go to pay for those two!!!). I was thinking to myself "Oh, I think $60 bucks will be my full tank." But at the same time I am hoping that I will be spending less.

I got to the gas station, pulled up at the pump, and since they take debit/credit card payments right on the pump, I don't have to go inside and wait in line (if I did I'll probably really late for work). I was asked after I swiped my debit card if I want a fill up, so I said 'yes' and my eyes nearly bogged out when it said it was authorizing for a $110 fill-up!!!!!! I know they're just guesstimating, right? But spending that much to fill up a tank of gas?!?!?!?!?!?!? So yeah, anyway, I remained cool and waited until I was told by the machine to grab the nozzle and start pumping gas. I was watching it and...dangit! For a 53L gas fill up I was a few cents short of a $60, so I kinda slowly filled 'er up and made sure that I spent $60 on gas.

I can't believe I was right about that. Before the cost to fill 'er up when I am close to empty is less than sixty!!! I hope the closing down of that Alaskan pipeline due to leakage ain't gonna cost us all an arm and a leg! I've had it with $1.14/L -- when I started driving way back in '98/'99 the cost per litre was I believe $0.45/L!!!! Well, okay, maybe I was wrong, but there was a point in time when it was that low the cost per litre for gas!!!

This is driving me nuts! Why must they hike up the price then lower it by midday then jack it up again before the end of the day?!