Phil LoGuidice, who operates the Sunoco station on the New York State Thruway in Sloatsburg, isn't seeing his customers taking part in the almost annual spring migration to buy cheaper gas in New Jersey. Most of his customers are coming and going along the Thruway and would have to get off the highway to take advantage of lower prices. But that doesn't mean people are happy with the energy picture as a whole, he says.
People are upset in general.
He's hearing especially from people with big vehicles. People with big cars and big SUVs are upset because of the mileage they get. One thing that does help him and other rest-stop operators, he says, is a Thruway Authority summer program designed to help keep prices down along the highway. But down in Orangeburg, Art Pavarini at the Mobil station on Dutch Hill Road knows customers are buying gas elsewhere, most likely in New Jersey. When prices get this high, people start searching and going to New Jersey.