Even with Cheaper Gas, Motorists Still Looking for Bargains

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — It was nice while it lasted. Gasoline prices, which recently hit a six-year low, are on the way up again, rising by as much as a nickel to 20 cents per gallon compared to this time last week, depending on where you drive.

Still, prices aren’t supposed to rise too much in the near future, good news for consumers.

Yet, they’re still looking for bargains, however they can get them. For instance, the National Association of Convenience Stores says that just over seven in 10 motorists will pay in cash for a savings of five cents a gallon.

Meanwhile, about two-third would travel an extra five minutes for a filling station that sells gas for a nickel a gallon less.

The survey found that price is the determining factor for where 71 percent of drivers go for gas.


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