Q: What was the result of the Roadshow gas price contest?

Mike Marq, Livermore

A: We have not one, but three winners who correctly picked $4.20 as the average statewide price for a gallon of gas on Memorial Day. Originally, I was going to crown one winner, but when several hundred entries flowed in, I decided we should crown all three, and fill a tank of gas for each. Here they are:

Steph Simas of Los Gatos, Carol Ezovski of San Jose and Tom Simpson of San Jose.

Steph was the first to pick $4.20, which she called her “favorite magical number.”

Q: Whoop whoop! Awesome. I’m the purchasing manager at Surf City Original, a licensed cannabis shop in Soquel and I picked that number because of my love of 420! I commute from the Los Gatos side of the Santa Cruz Mountains to 41st Avenue five days a week so this is just great.

Steph Simas, Los Gatos

A: That number has become a widely used reference to pot smoking, with National Pot Day celebrations across the land on April 20. Now onto a few other contestants.

Q: This was fun! My prediction for the average price of regular gas on Memorial Day in California: $5.31 per gallon. Let the games commence.

Patrick Pacholuk

A: Gosh, so many of us are glad you did not win.

Q: I pick $1.33.

Jack Gayle

A: Oh, how we wish you had been the winner.

Q: My guess for the price of gas on Memorial Day was $0.00. We have two plug-in electric cars. I can say with a high degree of confidence that is how much we will spend for gas in May.

Jon Marcus

A: And …

Q: That’s easy, for me and increasing numbers of us across the nation: $0.00.

Ditto $0.00 for motor oil, spark plugs and plug wires, antifreeze, fuel pumps, air filters, mufflers, starters, turbo service, and replacing stolen catalytic converters.

You can just announce my award now.

Dan Swinehart

A: We’ll consider this for the next contest. Thanks to you and other electric-powered drivers for the recommendation.

Q: I remember cheap gas and long lines with rationing. I hate to think of how many gallons of gas I have used since I was 16 years old. I am now 79, so I guess we could try to do the math at about an average of 15,000 miles driven per year.

Ray Brant, Diablo

A: Let’s assume you got an average of 13½ miles/gallon pre-1975, 27½ miles/gallon post-1985 when vehicle mileage standards changed, and 20 miles/gallon in the decade in between. That’s around 46,000 gallons for 63 years of driving. Might be more, might be less, depending on your mileage and driving habits.

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