Yeah, I know what you mean. I always use premium and here in Florida, its running about 2.79 a gallon. The working class ALWAYS pays. I with you, it seems that gas prices should be lower than they are right now. I just went from 11hp engines to 13's and instead of getting 3 hours per tank, now I'm getting only 2 hours each. For me, that's a 30% loss! I run two machines at about 9 hours per day. So instead of costing $8.25 in gas per machine, its costing me $11. Multiplied by 6 days a week, times 50 weeks a year and I'm spending $3300 per year instead of $2475. Aaahh, its only a $825 difference!