Price of Gas When Obama Took Office: $1.81
The February gasoline price was $1.93. So yes, $1.81 sounds about right.
But now look at the six months before Obama takes office. The price dropped from $4.09 in July to just $1.69 in December. The price of gasoline was actually higher under President Bush than it has ever been since — yet it suddenly dropped like a rock in the months before President Obama took office.