Thought SoCal gas is expensive? How about 10 bucks a gallon?

Shock may be an understatement to describe what Southern California drivers feel these days when they have to cough up nearly $100 or more for a full tank of gas.

As of Friday, the average price of a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline in Los Angeles County was $6.002 while it’s $5.926 in Orange County.

But $6 a gallon may not seem much compared to what people driving through Big Sur have to pay: Gorda-by-the-Sea Mini Mart along the Big Sur coast is selling premium gas for $10 per gallon.

Technically, it’s $9.99, but the owner of the gas station/mini mart doesn’t have much choice as the price display only allowed three digits.

“That’s insane. I just saw it right now, and I couldn’t believe it. It’s not something I’m used to,” Gustavo Fraga, traveling north from Los Angeles, told our affiliate KSBW. “Over there in LA, we’re at about, like, $6 max, which is something that hits everyone like crazy. But here it’s $10. I’ve never seen that, ever.”

The Gorda-by-the-Sea gas station often has the highest gas price in the country, but the owner, Leo Flores, said he needs to charge more because it costs more to run a gas station on the coastline.

“We run the place on generators. We don’t have power,” Flores said. “We create our own power here.”

Another reason for the high prices is transportation: Flores said he has to haul gas from Fresno, over $100 miles away.

Despite the jaw-dropping prices, drivers often have no choice: whether they are driving toward Los Angeles or San Francisco, when you need gas, your choices are limited.

“They probably could charge $20 a gallon, and if you have to get gas, you have to get gas,” Debbie Carignan, traveling from Southern California, told KSBW.