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04/21/2008 02:34:45 PM · #1 |
...the price of a gallon of gas will it cost you before you decide to change the way you drive?
Near me it is $3.75 per gallon, and I am trying to make every drop count.
What are you doing?
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04/21/2008 02:39:44 PM · #2 |
| My last fill up was at $3.62/gal and I still drive the same way. I'd rather adjust my budget than my driving habits. |
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04/21/2008 02:40:21 PM · #3 |
I just steal it from next door, they own this huge SUV with a huge tank. Even after filling mine theirs is 3/4 full and they just assume that it is burning it while parked overnight.
I'm kidding, geeze. I try to carpool whenever I can, make large shopping trips instead of lots of small ones.
Message edited by author 2008-04-21 14:40:42. |
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04/21/2008 02:42:22 PM · #4 |
| Well, at 4.54 litres per gallon and £1+ per litre, we at at over $9 per gallon in the UK - Count yourselves lucky! |
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04/21/2008 02:43:04 PM · #5 |
| I took a trip to the future and converted my Delorean to run on trash that I find. |
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04/21/2008 02:44:23 PM · #6 |
| Actually, I'm comparing the cost of Feed to the cost of Gas, and looking in to buying a Horse. |
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04/21/2008 02:47:38 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by pix-al:
Well, at 4.54 litres per gallon and £1+ per litre, we at at over $9 per gallon in the UK - Count yourselves lucky! |
I knew Europe was high, but I had no idea how high.
Wow.
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04/21/2008 02:47:43 PM · #8 |
Now that it's warming up here in Utah I have the motorcycle to ride all summer, 60 MPG helps out and I'm taking public transit two times a week.
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04/21/2008 02:47:57 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by pix-al:
Well, at 4.54 litres per gallon and £1+ per litre, we at at over $9 per gallon in the UK - Count yourselves lucky! |
Not quite...
How does an Imperial Gallon compare to the US Gallon?
Hmmm...even with that in mind that's close to 7.60 a gallon. (Estimating the exchange rate at about 1 pound = 2 USD_
4.54 / gallon here which sucks because this is where they drill for the darn stuff.
Message edited by author 2008-04-21 16:00:47.
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04/21/2008 02:49:25 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by pix-al:
Well, at 4.54 litres per gallon and £1+ per litre, we at at over $9 per gallon in the UK - Count yourselves lucky! |
The cost of fuel in the UK is rediculous.
There are family run haulage companies going out of business, as with the cost of fuel plus excise duty (annual road tax), they just cannot afford to operate. As fuel goes up, so does the cost of everything else, as the haulage companies charge more, so the supermarkets etc have no choice but to pass that cost on to the customer.
I do well below average mileage, so I guess I am lucky. It would take a rediculous increase in fuel costs to stop me driving completely. People are too reliant on their cars. Being a young family, consisting of two working adults, a three yr old and a baby on the way, we need our car. Public transport just wont cut it.
My wife and I take one car on the three days of the week she works. I have a second car which I use on the days she is off.
It's a touchy subject in the UK right now as they are talking of major increases by the end of 2008... |
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04/21/2008 02:51:47 PM · #11 |
Sorry, I don't do imperials - forgot about the difference!
Still a hell of a lot more than the OP's costs! |
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04/21/2008 02:51:48 PM · #12 |
My mom lives in Chicago.
She said that we, America, should sell fresh water to the oil producing states, especially the ones that have no fresh water by the barrel.
They can't drink oil, and we don't need oil to survive. But, we all need water.
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04/21/2008 02:52:42 PM · #13 |
We probably won't make a road-trip vacation this year...and as a family, we have changed churches so that we can attend one here in town instead of 30 miles away. I try to bum rides for the kids to baseball, band, or tennis practice whenever possible, and I haul various kids around with mine to return the favor when needed. I have made my oldest start riding the bus from his campus to mine in the afternoons instead of me going across town to pick him up after school (my two youngest already do that). I try to condense errand/shopping trips together whenever possible. Now that the weather is nicer, I can drive the little convertible that gets better mileage than my sedan.
As much as the price of gas pains me, I'm even more pained by the current prices at the grocery store...nearly $3 for a loaf of bread, $4 for a gallon of milk, $2 for a dozen eggs...maybe I should plant a garden and buy a cow and some chickens. ;) |
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04/21/2008 02:58:25 PM · #14 |
| It's enough to make us change our vacation last week. We were planning on driving up to Astoria Oregon, but changed to a shorter drive down to San Diego. My kid was happier though going to Sea World and Legoland. |
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04/21/2008 02:59:34 PM · #15 |
| I drive to a Park & Ride which is about 3 1/2 miles from my house and then I take the bus from there to work. I live in Tacoma and work in Seattle. I have been doing this for about 5 1/2 years now. |
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04/21/2008 03:04:16 PM · #16 |
| When I moved back to Europe from the US, I gave up car ownership completely and now use public transport or more often than not, walk! Once in a while (3 times this last year) I rent a car if I have to do things out of town. I rented one this last weekend and nearly choked as I paid for the petrol (gas). I paid approx 60 euros for 3/4 tank. It was an eye opener. |
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04/21/2008 03:22:37 PM · #17 |
One odd thing I see, several gas stations top out the at-the-pump credit card purchases at $50. Currently it costs around $60 to fill up my tank. So I can never really fill up.
I guess when they set that limit it just didn't seem possible that a tank of gas would ever cost more than $50.00.
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04/21/2008 03:37:58 PM · #18 |
We had two cars, had to go down to one. I was taking my wife to work and picking here up, now she drives to work and back (saves 1/2 the mileage). Don't get out taking pictures as much now because I live in town and it cost to much to drive out to the country. With all the conservation we still spend around $100+ in gas per month.
To the people in Europe, I feel for you at the price you have to pay for gas. Your used to paying a higher price than we are and thats why it hurts us so much. Correct me if I wrong but isn't your gas/petrol higher because of a lot higher taxes than we are taxed on gas. I read an article a way while back about this. Is it true? Here (Georgia) our state tax is 7.5 cpg + 4% sales tax. This is on top of a federal tax of 18.4 cpg.
I payed $3.43 pg two days ago. [$3.0338 cpg (gas) + $0.3962 cpg (tax) = $3.43 pg]
How much is the taxes there?
Message edited by author 2008-04-21 15:43:28. |
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04/21/2008 03:53:41 PM · #19 |
Here in the UK it's reckoned that about 80% of the price at the pump is tax.
Here's something I just found Gas Prices around the world
Message edited by author 2008-04-21 15:57:00.
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04/21/2008 03:59:12 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by SDW:
We had two cars, had to go down to one. I was taking my wife to work and picking here up, now she drives to work and back (saves 1/2 the mileage). Don't get out taking pictures as much now because I live in town and it cost to much to drive out to the country. With all the conservation we still spend around $100+ in gas per month.
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Same here, except it's my husband taking the car and me sitting home. Sitting in the house all day is driving me insane, but we're still spending on average about $100 per week on gas. My husband is in construction, so there's no getting around him having to drive to the location they're working at each day. Some days it's not too bad, other days it's far. But, when you have to get to work and take a bunch of tools, there aren't any other options. |
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04/21/2008 04:09:06 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
My mom lives in Chicago.
She said that we, America, should sell fresh water to the oil producing states, especially the ones that have no fresh water by the barrel.
They can't drink oil, and we don't need oil to survive. But, we all need water. |
Strange you should say that. Canada actually is going to (or already does?) pump a lot of water to the US. We have oil. We have water. All we need is to have Parti Quebecois "terrorists" come out of the wood works and George sends in the troops to "liberate" us...
(That's close to the premise of the mini-series "The Trojan Horse", minus the PQ terrorists stuff.)
Message edited by author 2008-04-21 16:12:43.
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04/21/2008 04:20:43 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by Man_Called_Horse:
What are you doing? |
I started conservation measures in 1983. I never purchase an automobile after that date that does not get at least 25 MPG in around town driving. The three automobiles I've owned since '83 have all met or exceeded that criteria. The one I own now does almost 35 MPG on trips. I change spark plugs, cables, air, oil filters, and oil on a regular basis. I keep my tires inflated to the proper pressure and check that on a regular basis. This optimizes my MPG. Since Katrina in 2005, when gas prices began their inexorable climb upwards I've started eliminating unnecessary trips and combining as many tasks into a trip as possible. I found a waste convenience center on the way to my grocer. So I dropped my curbside garbage pickup and now carry my trash to the center on the way to the grocer. This saves about 400 bux a year. I also compost most of the organic material in my back yard. Were I able to use mass transit for all my travels and get rid of my automobile I'd re-hire the pickup service. But I'm in a rural area with 10 miles to the nearest anything. There is no mass transit at all and a taxi will cost a minimum of 30 bucks to do anything. As the price of gasoline climbs higher I'll probably start calling around the neighborhood and see if I can throw in with other people when they drive to the grocer and other locations. You didn't mention energy at home but it's as important in our dependance on oil as our autos. I've converted all lights except refrigerator to compact florescent. I use a timer on my hot water heater. To the eternal confoundment of my neighbors I let my lawn grow until it looks quite ragged before I mow. I mow 1/3 less this way and have much internal enjoyment in neighbors aggravation. :)
I've also started a program of adding plant beds across the lawn which reduce the area needed to mow. Since starting this
program in 1992 I've reduced the area from 1.5 to .7 acres.
You might say I've been using continuous improvement long before it became popular in business in the US. |
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04/21/2008 04:25:20 PM · #23 |
Originally posted by paynekj:
Here in the UK it's reckoned that about 80% of the price at the pump is tax.
Here's something I just found Gas Prices around the world |
I think it is around 50ish%...
That link is 3 years out of date. Be interesting to see an updated table. |
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04/21/2008 04:27:44 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Citadel:
Strange you should say that. Canada actually is going to (or already does?) pump a lot of water to the US. We have oil. We have water. All we need is to have Parti Quebecois "terrorists" come out of the wood works and George sends in the troops to "liberate" us...
(That's close to the premise of the mini-series "The Trojan Horse", minus the PQ terrorists stuff.) |
Like this?
Back on topic, we're paying $4.82/gal and it's not changing our habits a lot. Mind you, we all work within 2 miles of home, and when I did work downtown I used the bus.
But at $2.25 bus fare it's still cheaper to drive locally.
When the trolley's running (May-Oct right now) it's by donation and frequent so we use it if we don't have a lot to carry home. I'll pay a couple dollars to hop down to the mall a mile away, but I won't pay $4.50 round trip! |
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04/21/2008 04:49:59 PM · #25 |
| I'm buying a horse and a cow, you seen the price of milk these days????????????????? |
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