The owner of the ARCO gas station on Redwood Highway says he usually sees about 3,000 customers a day. On Tuesday he's expecting that to be about 3,300.
"Well, it changed while I was in line to get in from $1.95 to $1.91," said San Rafael resident Etty Dolan. "I thought, that's a surprise!"
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Just $1 and 91 cents for a gallon of unleaded gas. And the owner of that ARCO station, Mike Shamsian, expects the price will continue to fall.
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"Hoping in the next few days to go $1.89," he said. "And depending on how things go, could go down another dime."
His customers are thrilled.
"I think it's great," said San Rafael resident Jackie Sugich. "I am glad I am not invested in gas on the stock market, but I definitely love it for my gas tank."
San Rafael resident Ed Wiltey added, "It helps me a lot; I remember before when it was over $4 a gallon. It took like $100 to fill this truck up before. So now it's like $40."
You do need to shop around to find prices this good. The stations across the highway are charging almost $1 more. But even those are lower than normal.
Prices are down across the country an average of 25 cents compared to a month ago.
Analysts say there are a few factors at play here, including international markets and extra volumes of winter blended gas that need to be unloaded.
"Because the crude is very cheap, there's just not a lot of demand and there's a lot of supply," said Shamsian.
Drivers plan to enjoy it while they can.