The national gas price average is around $3.55/gallon, and keeps going up. California has an average of about $4 per gallon. This summer it is expected to hit $5. It is horrific...

How is this affecting everybody? I know for me, it is delaying my purchase of tires (upgrade to 285's) because a) I am spending $80 a month on gas, so I can't save up for the tires, and b) my mileage will drop with the 285s.

Is this hitting anyone else as hard as it is me? Do you go off road less? Have you changed anything about your rig to get better mileage??

 

I don't go to McDonald's as often.

 

I'm getting new tires for my bicycle. LOL I may buy some new running shoes too.

 

my right foot lost a few lbs

 

I fill up my Tundra once a week, 20 gallons. Gas goes up $1.00/gallon that's $80/month.
Most of us waste that much a month on luxuries.
My truck gets empty. I fill it up. I swipe my Amex. I pay it off at the end of the month.
I'm not wealthy by any means but if not for the local media, I'd never know or care what gas costs. Gotta have it so I don't sweat it.

No clue what it is here.

:wabbit2:

 

I have a set amount of money I set aside each week for gas. If gas prices are up, I buy less and drive less. I'll bike, carpool, or just skip a trip rather than blow my budget on gas.

 

All i can say is boohoo! We canadians are paying 1.26$ per liter which is 25% of your american gallon. As the rabbit says I need it so i buy it.

 

Grinn and bear it...not much we can do about the price.

 

I'm retiring my truck from DD duties and will be riding a motorcycle that gets 60MPG.

Even with the price of gas at what it was before they went up it was still expensive when you only get 15MPG.
I never complained though. I need it so I buy it.




Cry us a river, build a bridge, and get over it.

 

last spring/summer i was paying 4 something a gallon.

i was spending 100 a week. so your 80 a month is pretty good.

i need it, so i buy it. its kinda like someone with an addiction to cigarettes, they need them, so them buy them, no matter the price. i just dont eat out as much. etc.

 

i used to drive like a bat outta hell, now its more like a 90 year old lady. oh and i coast down every hill around, just trying to get good mileage and whatnot, but like everyone says you gotta have it so you buy it, im just trying to get more out of what i buy. and i would love to drive a motorcyle to get some amazing mileage like scuba said, time to save the moneyyyyy

 

I went through $30 of gas yesterday. First day of the motor swap, how can i NOT have lead foot

I dont really mind. I dont spend money on stuff i dont need (except truck parts), so that helps pay for it. I pretty much just ignore prices and fill up when i hit a quarter tank.
So my advice. Find the place with the cheapest gas. And go there everytime. But dont look at the price. Just dont think about it.

And try to get some over time hours

 

Cheapest gas here is $3.84/gal. Some places are $3.95/gal. I'm sure it will hit $4 this week . Its a necessary evil. I have to have fuel, especially during the winter. I'm getting a bike this summer to ride to work.
Heating fuel is going up, too, of course. I've been debating about moving to a warmer place.
My Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend will be large this year, and the following, with gas prices $4+.
My trips to see family will be less.
I get about 15mpg average around town. I CAN make a tank last 2 weeks, but I LOVE to drive, especially this time of year, so I go on long cruises in and around town. I'm trying to stop that, but I just enjoy being in my Yota.

 

its actually forcasted to take a slight dive in price after the quake and all. since japan is pretty much maimed right now there isnt as much of a demand for the crude. japan was the 3rd largest consumer of oil.
but here in charlotte its 3.55 87. but hop over the border to sc and its 20cents cheaper. always is... i miss living in that state right about now..

 

ya i had to drive my moms tundra clear to seattle to pick her up from the hospital ... cost 60 dollars to fill it the first time got a amazing 17mpg doing 80 ish... before we left had to fill it again 70 dollars !!!! and it dam near used a full tank of gas not even half way home stupid wind blowing against us got almost 15mpg doing 65 and it cost yet another 50 dollars to fill it

 

glad to see everyone is managing.

Ive made 5 freeway trips home (~40 miles) without using my brake pedal (entrance to exit of course). I figure every time i use my brakes, I am wasting gas too. I spent the summer in Wyoming, and returning to California was a bit of a drag...

 

Im driving my wifes Corolla gets 35 mpg and i keep it top off

 

I spend about 40 to 50 bucks a week. The motorcycle is coming out as soon as it stops raining...hell the rain never stopped when my motor blew

10 dollars a week riding in the rain sounds better than driving my baby at 50 a week

 

and i was complaining about gas hitting $3.29/gal :/ ...my solution: break something on the 4runner so i can carpool hahaha much cheaper...oh and a new job thats only 7 miles away is nice too!

 

my job is 3.8 miles from my apartment too bad charlotte doesn't have bike lanes or biker friendly motorists...