This is a footnote to my 1-9-15 post about my Texas Chopper ride from the Phoenix Arizona area to San Diego:
When I was in Gilbert, Arizona, I noticed that the regular gas price was substantially cheaper than what it was that morning in San Diego. Now, because I go to Arizona quite often, I know this is always the case. Once you cross over the Colorado River the gas price usually drops by $. 30 or $.40 a gallon. This is due mainly to the high California state taxes and fees that are levied on every gallon of gas.
But in Chandler, Arizona we ran into a number of gas stations selling regular gas around a 1.91 per gallon. That morning at one of my San Diego neighborhood competitive gas stations the best price was $2.59.
2007 Texas Chopper
Another fact that I noticed in Arizona was that a number of gas stations they did not charge additional for using your credit card, a matter of fact it was encouraged. Here in San Diego, when you use your credit card to pay for gas, the average premium runs about $.10 per gallon for the privilege.
My last observation in comparing San Diego and Arizona, is especially important for motorcycle riders, is the fact that the roads in and around Phoenix seem to be in much better shape than the roads in San Diego.
So, when you think about it much lower gas price, obviously lower gas taxes and fees, and yet better maintained roads, which is what the gas taxes and fees are supposed to help subsidize. Just wondering, where are all those additional fees and taxes that California places on a gallon of gas really going … certainly not into maintaining the roads!
