Don't wait to fill that tank.
Prices will keep heading higher, analysts say.
In the Philadelphia area, the average for regular unleaded could hit $2 a gallon any day, and the national average might hit $2.50 by spring - despite apparently lower crude-oil prices.
Today, the average for Philadelphia and its surrounding Pennsylvania counties is $1.99 a gallon, a price reached for the first time this year over the weekend, according to AAA Mid-Atlantic.
That's up 30 cents from Jan. 1, when prices hit their lowest point in nearly five years.
This morning, dozens of Southeastern Pennsylvania stations were already charging $2 a gallon or more, with a low of $1.86 at a Route 322 Sunoco in Aston, according to Phillygasprices.com.
Today's South Jersey's average was $1.78 - 34 cents higher than the almost-five-year low of $1.44 reached on Jan 1.This morning, the cheapest for regular was $1.58 a gallon at a Woodbury Lukoil on Hurffville Road.
Gas is cheaper in South Jersey mostly because gas taxes are lower.
Nationally, prices have steadily risen since reaching a five-year low of $1.61 on Dec. 30.
That's 35 cents lower than Friday's national average.
Quoted crude-oil price have been falling, but that data is a bit misleading, analysts say.
The benchmark used is the price of West Texas crude, but most gasoline sold in the United States is refined from higher-priced crude that comes from other sources, including other states, Canada, the North Sea, Saudia Arabia and South America.