Gas prices and you

[dubious elise]

Originally Posted by Katie Reynolds

Last week, gas was $2.85 around Brookfield, WI.

Right now, it's $2.65 around Houghton. Should be going up again soon, though.

We were in Brookfield last Thursday for a tennis tournament and one of the gals on the bus pointed out a sign for $2.92 for gas in Brookfield. Oconomowoc keeps flopping like a ....(ahem).... dead fish from $2.50-2.90 per gallon. Luckily, my car can still be filled on $20 because, like Nick, I have a small (12 gallon) tank that "empties" at about 7 gallons.

And I can still totally whomp those gigantic pickup trucks and SUVs that everyone and their cousin have decided that they must drive to navigate the rough terrain of the grocery store parking lot.

Whee!

[sciguy125]

Originally Posted by dubious elise

Oconomowoc keeps flopping like a ....(ahem).... dead fish from $2.50-2.90 per gallon.

Dead fish don't flop...

[Andy A.]

My little '90 miata costs me about $10 a week to drive.

I could probably cut that down if I didn't have to hit the limiter at least once a day. But, even at 2.50 a gallon, I can still enjoy a bit of fun.

The Cadillac is another story. It has a massive tank, and a pretty useless gauge so I have to keep it topped off. It's hard to say just how much it costs to run. I do know however that it manages 18mpg on the highway, which is is pretty good for a 20 year old v8. It also handles better in the snow then most 4 wheel drive trucks, which is the only reason I have it. So I'm happy enough.

4 dollars a gallon? Bring it on.

-Andy A.

[sanddrag]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

I could probably cut that down if I didn't have to hit the limiter at least once a day.

I hope you mean rev limiter not the speed limiter. I'm afraid to take it up to the speed limiter in my truck but I've hit the rev limiter quite a few times.

[greencactus3]

Originally Posted by Andy A.

My little '90 miata costs me about $10 a week to drive.

I could probably cut that down if I didn't have to hit the limiter at least once a day. But, even at 2.50 a gallon, I can still enjoy a bit of fun.

The Cadillac is another story. It has a massive tank, and a pretty useless gauge so I have to keep it topped off. It's hard to say just how much it costs to run. I do know however that it manages 18mpg on the highway, which is is pretty good for a 20 year old v8. It also handles better in the snow then most 4 wheel drive trucks, which is the only reason I have it. So I'm happy enough.

4 dollars a gallon? Bring it on.

-Andy A.

what? $2.50/gal? where? i gotta fill up there! lol. i saw 3.15s today when i was out running. jeeeeez. its insane. you get 18mpg from a v8? whats the displacement? im getting high 16mpgs in my s10. and im driving incredibly smoothly. VERRY conseratively. well. 4300cc is big but still. its a small truck. no 4wd. only 2wd. bleh. i need a raise. or additional moeny for gas.

[Jay H 237]

I drive almost 30 miles one way to work so there's not much I can do. No public transportation where I am and with my hours constantly changing carpooling is out of the question. The only thing I've been doing though is using my 4cyl Camry more. I used to rotate at times with my retired eveyday driver, a Caprice Classic wagon.

The Mustang is only a show vehicle and with the amount it's driven (once a week if that) the gas prices aren't really an issue with it.

[Nick Bailey]

This is the part where I get to laugh at everybody for making fun of my car (1992 Geo Metro) as they put in lots of money into their gas tanks. With about 45 miles to the gallon and a small gas tank (10 gallon), I only have to put in about $5-10 in gas a week. So all you people making fun of the Metro just a short time ago, HA!

Not my car, but the exact same thing

[David Kelly]

Originally Posted by Kyle45

Ok, so some areas of the US has seen EXTREME gas prices come in to affect. I heard Indianapolis is now charging $4+ for a gallon of 87 grade. Do you think this will affect the way you drive? How much is gas in the areas where you live?

(For Firefox users, get the Gasbuddy extension, it helped me predict this spike in prices.)

Not sure where you heard the $4+ because I haven't seen any of that here in Indy. Yesterday I paid $2.63 at bp. Just a couple of weeks ago I sold my 26 gallon tank 1994 GMC Sierra pickup and purchased a 16 gallon tank 2005 Pontiac G6 GT. I was paying upwards of $65 - $75 per fillup which was about every week and a half. Now I am spending $35 - $40 per tank every week. I'm averaging about 23.6 miles per gallon in the city and 30.3 miles per gallon on the interstate.


I used to get upset about the price of gas, but I really don't care about it anymore. I have to have my car to get to work, school, and elsewhere. Biking, walking or using public transportation is not an option where I live.

I don't shop around for gas either. I buy ALL of my gas from bp. bp has the most competitive prices and a high quality of gasoline. Plus, they also power all of the bp Connect stations by solar panels on the top of the roof.

[Kyle Love]

Originally Posted by David Kelly

Not sure where you heard the $4+ because I haven't seen any of that here in Indy. Yesterday I paid $2.63 at bp. Just a couple of weeks ago I sold my 26 gallon tank 1994 GMC Sierra pickup and purchased a 16 gallon tank 2005 Pontiac G6 GT. I was paying upwards of $65 - $75 per fillup which was about every week and a half. Now I am spending $35 - $40 per tank every week. I'm averaging about 23.6 miles per gallon in the city and 30.3 miles per gallon on the interstate.


I used to get upset about the price of gas, but I really don't care about it anymore. I have to have my car to get to work, school, and elsewhere. Biking, walking or using public transportation is not an option where I live.

I don't shop around for gas either. I buy ALL of my gas from bp. bp has the most competitive prices and a high quality of gasoline. Plus, they also power all of the bp Connect stations by solar panels on the top of the roof.

Sorry David, at the time of my first post it was a big rumor at school that some teacher got an email from a teacher from Indy so, obviously it's not true.

[Koko Ed]

I use a tank of gas a week (It's 17 miles each way to and from work). It's a part of life. You learn to deal with it. Better than getting fired for not showing up to work I'll tell you that.

[i_am_Doug]

I don't drive yet BUT I wished i did if I did better watch out


WAIT it does effect me.... My parents buy more gas then buy me stuff!

[koala79]

I don't have a car, but it means my parents will let me borrow it even less than I do now!

[Matt Attallah]

http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050901/480/gagb10209010023&g=events/ts/080304tropicalweathe;_ylt=Ah106mVWyL8zTFhh2VipgQdv 24cA;_ylu=X3oDMTA3bGk2OHYzBHNlYwN0bXA-

There is the Yahoo! story for gas at 5.87/Gal... (That's for regular)

Didn't see this in the forum and I searched sorry if it's already posted :/
http://money.howstuffworks.com/gas-price.htm It helped me out

[JoeXIII'007]

Hmmm... gas prices. How have they affected me? Well, I'm intensifying the search for a job so that I can afford to drive more, and hopefully I'll get one close to home (biking distance possibly???). Until the deep freeze arrives for the fall/winter/early spring my sister and I are bikeriding to school and pretty much everywhere we want to go within a reasonable distance. Takes about 10 minutes instead of 5 in the car.

Even though the car I have available to me sips gas (2002 Pontiac Sunfire), sipping gas costs money, and I want to make the tank last for a good long while. Emergency and good reasons only in order to drive, that's my rule, not the one my parents have made for me.