Fuel Prices

[iBones]

A good place *here* to tell everybody about the cost of gasoline in your area. Ugh.

Today I paid $4.36 for regular. >>>>>>>

This isn't funny anymore.

[mathogre]

A good place *here* to tell everybody about the cost of gasoline in your area. Ugh.

Today I paid $4.36 for regular. >>>>>>>

This isn't funny anymore.

Nor is your choice of words. You have a dictionary on your Mac. Use it. :glare:

[bobtomay]

$3.96 today.

Glad I got rid of my truck a couple of months ago. Bought it less than 4 years ago. Gas was $1.50 at the time.

[mathogre]

Last Saturday I paid ~$4.25/gal for premium. (I've been down with the flu since Sunday, though I'll be back burning gas tomorrow on my way to work.)

[JohnTheMacGeek]

iBones, you made me feel a little better about paying $3.82 yesterday. Thank you!

As some of you know, I drive a truck. (I'm a company driver, not an owner operator ... thank God!) I pumped 162.11 gallons early this morning in Priceville, AL @ $4.78. That translates to $774.88! :scared:

[MacHeadCase]

What??? $774.88???

OMG. Man you guys are in for some outrageous hikes in prices on everything!...

[iBones]

Yep. The price of oil is causing everything to go up. It's the domino effect and I'm thinking we're only seeing the tip of the iceberg. I'm not going to be surprised at all to see $6/gal gasoline. Diesel is already over $5/gal in placers like California. And yes, John, the trucking industry is really in trouble, i.e., to the extent that they are going to pass the increase cost of doing business to everybody. What else can they do?

In Germany they're paying the equivalent of $9.00+ for a gallon of gasoline. Think about that for a minute. Sure people will tell you that the government is taxing gas more there and passing it back to the common people in the form of other benefits but I don't buy that for a second. It's $9.00+/gallon at the pump --- pure and simple.

[mathogre]

Here, diesel has been in the $5/gal range for the last few weeks.

[bobtomay]

iBones, you made me feel a little better about paying $3.82 yesterday. Thank you!

As some of you know, I drive a truck. (I'm a company driver, not an owner operator ... thank God!) I pumped 162.11 gallons early this morning in Priceville, AL @ $4.78. That translates to $774.88! :scared:

Bettin' you guys don't leave your trucks idling while you go in to eat lunch any more.

How many miles you get on that?

[JohnTheMacGeek]

Yes, trucking companies have no choice but to charge more ... a lot more ... for shipping and it trickles down (more like a flood these days!) from there. Now think about this: The company I work for has over 10,000 trucks. An average of 8,000 are out on the roads every day. Now do the math...

Per day: $61,990.40
Per year: $22,626,496.00

And keep in mind Alabama has some of the cheapest fuel in the nation. No company can eat those kinds of costs. and survive very long.

[iBones]

Yes, trucking companies have no choice but to charge more ... a lot more ... for shipping and it trickles down (more like a flood these days!) from there. Now think about this: The company I work for has over 10,000 trucks. An average of 8,000 are out on the roads every day. Now do the math...

Per day: $61,990.40
Per year: $22,626,496.00

And keep in mind Alabama has some of the cheapest fuel in the nation. No company can eat those kinds of costs. and survive very long.Wow. Just WOW.

[JohnTheMacGeek]

Bettin' you guys don't leave your trucks idling while you go in to eat lunch any more.

How many miles you get on that?Boy, you can't imagine how much they are emphasizing not idling when we're not in the trucks! Every day there's a new QualComm message about it. I average about 7.25 mpg which might sound low to most people. But it is actually quite good for a truck. I only haul cardboard boxes and those aren't the heaviest loads so that drastically helps my mpg.

[iKitten]

$3.96 today.

Glad I got rid of my truck a couple of months ago. Bought it less than 4 years ago. Gas was $1.50 at the time.
Yeah, I traded in my smallish suv for a sedan six months ago because of gas mileage (gained about 8-10 mpg). At the time, the gas here was around $2.89. Filled up last week at $4.09 per gal.

[Mac0sXuser]

$4.31 here. It costs $65 to fill my 03 Four Cylinder Toyota Camry. This is ridiculous. It cost half that to fill my old jeep 3 years ago. And I know that thing only got 12 MPG

[Mark Milian]

Paid $4.59 today. Only filled up $20, which a year or two ago would cover just about the whole tank, got me just over a quarter tank.

[Rxx]

Well, I will be seeing a bit of relief myself. Getting rid of the truck and getting a car in the next few months. Pretty much before I go broke trying to pay for gas and college. Not that I wont be in a few years anyway :tongue:

[MaDDoG]

All I know is that petrol was 13 cents a litre when I got my licence back in 1976

[bobtomay]

All I know is that petrol was 13 cents a litre when I got my licence back in 1976

Under a quarter a gallon for me. I remember gas wars as low as $0.16/gal.



uggh, startin' to sound like my dad now :uhh:

[MaDDoG]

mmmhhh one gallon is about 3.5 litres.......... that makes our petrol about $5.80 a gallon.

[Fallooza]

i never check what the price is. i just swipe my card and filler-up.

[MaDDoG]

i never check what the price is. i just swipe my card and filler-up.

yep thats how I do it as well.....I do keep tabs on it though as I hate being ripped off.

[dtravis7]

Fallooza, you rich? :laugh:

[Fallooza]

Fallooza, you rich? :laugh:

nope but im cheap. my cost of livin has always been less than my net income. gas is on the same list as utilities, phone, dr. pepper, internet/cable, and child support. i pretty much have ta pay for them no matter what the cost.

[MaDDoG]

I'm rich. I have many friends.

[Fallooza]

I'm rich. I have many friends.

..im am unsocial hermit like creature.

[dtravis7]

I am poor and have few friends.

[bobtomay]

I am poor and have few friends.

Nope, lots of friends at least.

We're just spread out too far to drop by on a Friday night or spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon.

[MacHeadCase]

..im am unsocial hermit like creature.

I'm a social Kermit the Frog. :w00t:

Being social only in forums.

I am poor and have few friends.

Listen to bob now:

Nope, lots of friends at least.

We're just spread out too far to drop by on a Friday night or spend a leisurely Sunday afternoon.

He says it all. :coolthumbup:

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I pumped another 117 gallons this morning @ $4.92. Unreal!

[mathogre]

Premium in this area: $4.32. (Actually that's one of the lower priced stations where I go. Sunoco.)

I'll drive wherever I need to go. In the last couple of years however, optional trips have mostly gone to zero. My car is 3 1/2 years old, but it only has about 29,000 miles on it.

[iBones]

i never check what the price is. i just swipe my card and filler-up.That saves a lot of aggravation. ``Just swipe, baby"!

BTW I read where Venezuela dictator Chavez increased the price of gas from $0.12 to $0.14/gallon. Wow the people must be ready to riot.

[Brown Study]

In Quebec, Eleven gasoline companies face price-fixing charges (http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20080613.GASOLINE13/TPStory/?query=cartel).MONTREAL -- For conspiracy buffs, it's a welcome bit of evidence that price-fixing at the gas pump does exist, even if only at the local level.

The federal Competition Bureau has laid criminal charges against 13 individuals and 11 companies over allegations that they fixed retail gasoline prices in four Quebec markets: Victoriaville, Thetford Mines, Magog and Sherbrooke.

The watchdog is conducting other investigations elsewhere in Canada and more charges could be laid, said Competition Bureau commissioner Sheridan Scott. . . .

[MacHeadCase]

There was a consumer's rights show, JE on TVA, that showed, on 20 gas stations tested, that if you ask for 5 litres of gas, the amount is likely to:

- be in favour of the gas station on an overwhelming percentage
- and there are differences between those 5 litres of gas taken in those 20 gas stations.

[FraserDrew]

Here in rip off Britain, it's about £1.16 a LITRE!! Thats £4.42 a gallon, about $9....

[iKitten]

All I know is that petrol was 13 cents a litre when I got my licence back in 1976
A new way of gauging age? It was 87¢ a gallon when I started driving.

[mathogre]

Premium was around 57c/gal when I started driving in 1974. My first car needed premium.

Hmmm... unlike today we had gas lines back then. That one was the Arab Oil Embargo. Then we had gas lines with the oil crisis of 1978/79 along with price controls by then-President Jimmy Carter. While we don't have the gas lines today (thank goodness), the prices are out of control and destablizing.

Are we going to learn this time?

[Sherman Homan]

When I was a kid:
1) We didn't even have gasoline!
2) The dinosaurs let us ride for free!
3)

[MacHeadCase]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA

Sherman! You're crazy! :lol:

Gives a whole new meaning to public transport. Ouch! Watch those spiny scales, man!


When I was a kid:
1) We didn't even have gasoline!
2) The dinosaurs let us ride for free!
3) We didn't need to go nowhere, the food came to us.
4)

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I remember filling my car for the first time when I was 16 and gas was $.79/gallon. Boy do I miss those days!

[iBones]

I remember when I was a teenager (16) that supreme gas was about 27¢/gal. And, they used to pump the gas, wash your windshield and check the oil. :O

We used to put in like two bucks at a time and drive around for 4-5 days.

Those days are loooooong gone. I doubt we'll ever see $4/gal gasoline again.

[Rxx]

I was told once, that gas used to really not make anyone any money. It was just a way to get you to go into the store to buy the other stuff. Im not sure though.

[iKitten]

I heard a tanker driver telling how they often lose money because of temperature fluctuations which cause variations in volume at the time fuel is loaded on the truck and volume once they reach the point of delivery. I don't remember the percentages he quoted though.

[JohnTheMacGeek]

Oh yeah, I do remember the days when they'd pump the gas for you. It changed just before I started driving, though.

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I heard a tanker driver telling how they often lose money because of temperature fluctuations which cause variations in volume at the time fuel is loaded on the truck and volume once they reach the point of delivery. I don't remember the percentages he quoted though.Yes, this is true. And this is why they are pressured to drive so darn fast.

[Stretch]

We paid about $4.15 average on the way to Maine and back. 1 Tank is about $43, and had to fill up 4 times.

[MaDDoG]

I heard a story that if you buy fuel on a cold day you actually get more for your money. Not sure if thats true.

[Tanner31593]

Well...would it be safe to say it stinks to be a driver?

If all goes well (Or, maybe it's not so well anymore...) i'll get my license next March.

I'm sure by then nobody will even USE gas anymore. (Gets drenched in sarcasm!)

[Stretch]

As much as I liked my truck when I had it, I am glad I totaled it. Would hate to be filling it up with gas right now.

[MacHeadCase]

Well...would it be safe to say it stinks to be a driver?

If all goes well (Or, maybe it's not so well anymore...) i'll get my license next March.

I'm sure by then nobody will even USE gas anymore. (Gets drenched in sarcasm!)

^^^^^^^^^^^^
Sarcasm Sarcasm


:laugh:

[MaDDoG]

I'm almost getting to the stage that I am thinking of downsizing from a V8:scared:

[iBones]

As much as I liked my truck when I had it, I am glad I totaled it. Would hate to be filling it up with gas right now.Dude...I'm driving a 2007 Chey Tahoe... Brutal.

Plus the trade in value is nil...who would give anything for a giant SUV that gets like 15 MPG? Nobody. That would be correct. I'm screwed.

[Rxx]

Ha, my dad visited me today.

Told me how hes finally convincing my mom that she really doesn't need the Tahoe.

"I told her, "I really dont care what you get, go out and find whatever you like, as long as its not that thing" *points at Tahoe*
-Dad

[Tanner31593]

But what if she comes home with a Suburban?!
LOL.

Those gosh darn technicalities!

[iBones]

but What If She Comes Home With A Suburban?!
Lol.

Those Gosh Darn Technicalities!D'oh.

[Stretch]

Or better yet, a Ford Excursion

[iBones]

Nah...fix or repair daily.

[Stretch]

well, then it might help lower gas costs since it will always be in the garage.

[iBones]

well, then it might help lower gas costs since it will always be in the garage.Good tought.

I'm thinking I'm stuck keeping my Tahoe. I'd take such a beating on a trade in it would be crazy. In fact for a lot of people who are panicking and going out and buying new fuel efficient cars I wonder if they have really done the math to see if it really makes sense. I think probably they haven't. By the time you get screwed on your present car's value, increase your car payments and extend the pay off period it doesn't seem the numbers would work most of the time. Going from 20 MPGH to 29 MPG hardly makes sense in the big picture. Maybe it works if your car is paid off but then you have to consider our new car payment. How much gas can yo guy for $20,000 anyway? Just food for thought.

[Tanner31593]

My uncle recently traded in his '02 Explorer for a Taurus.
He got the explorer not too long ago, so it wasn't nearly paid off yet, which is good for him!
His payments are $100 less a month and it gets way better gas mileage.

You do have a good point iBones!
My aunt bought another car recently because she drives about 200 miles a day for work. Her '02 Windstar has a little under 300,000 miles on it.
Her new Cobalt is great on gas.
Cobalts seem to be the thing everyone has at my school these days.
They seem good, although my friend tells me her door handle broke off in the winter. (LOL)

Everyone's downsizing these days!
Those Geo Metros get closer and closer to their new MSRP every day!

[iBones]

Of course everybody's situation is different. I'm just saying that folks need to run the numbers taking into consideration all the factors involved before they panic and go off buying new cars. There are a lot of factors to consider. As soon as gasoline is over $6/gal well then maybe it is time to panic. Shouldn't be too long now. :)

[iKitten]

Nah...fix or repair daily.
Only after the warranty has ended. :cool:

[MaDDoG]

Try this for size if you are worried about fuel ecomomy.


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/24/automobiles/autospecial/24air.html?_r=2&em&ex=1193371200&en=b6d24f853e5ac33d&ei=5087&oref=slogin&oref=slogin

[MaDDoG]

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/15/us/15stranded.html?ref=us

[Stretch]

I have a cobalt now, and it gets awesome gas mileage. I was averaging 37.9mpg on our trip, and we were doing 70-75mph with the a/c on.

[Brown Study]

Gas-theft horror!.

Bad guy jimmies pump,
demands $3 cash back.

The innovative theft (http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/06/thieves_get_creative_in_filchi.html) is just one sign of the uncertain times as prices for regular unleaded gasoline hover around $4 per gallon. Nationwide, stations are reporting rashes of drive-offs and thefts from underground storage tanks. Car owners have reported having gasoline siphoned from their vehicles and fuel tanks punctured and emptied.

[iKitten]

^^ Huh, yeah. The other day there was an article in the paper about keeping an eye on your license plate as they've been getting stolen. When someone drives away from the pump without paying the plate number is usually the only thing the station owner has with which to try identifying the thief.

[MacHeadCase]

How to beat those prices at the pumps (http://www.konaworld.com/)... :tongue:

[iKitten]

Haha, I'd love to see you biking around town in 110°F/43°C! Don't think you'd last very long. :tongue_smilie:

[MacHeadCase]

I'd have a propeller in my bike helmet. And one for each armpit. :laugh:

[MaDDoG]

I have a cobalt now, and it gets awesome gas mileage. I was averaging 37.9mpg on our trip, and we were doing 70-75mph with the a/c on.

Whats a cobalt?

[iBones]

It's a car. :tongue:

[iKitten]

Cobalt (http://www.chevrolet.com/cobalt/)

[iBones]

My dog may be too big to fin inside of that little guy. :tongue:

[Stretch]

I have a coupe, and my 165# saint bernard fits in the backseat just fine.

[Mac0sXuser]

I try not to look at gas prices. Ignorance is bliss in this case. When I do I have a heart attack

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I try not to look at gas prices. Ignorance is bliss in this case.You know, you have a good point. It seems to me nothing is going to be done to get the prices back down to a reasonable level. Maybe ignorance is bliss! :thumbup:

[iKitten]

Put in some $4.19 regular today. Up two cents from the last time I looked and ten from the last time I filled. :mellow:

[mathogre]

Before you know it, we'll have gas snobs.

"Hmmm... tawny, nice volatility but not too much. High octane rating. It has a nice benzene aroma to it. What's that? Hmmm... What? I believe this is a North Slope blend. Are you catching that scent? Look at it in the light, you can always tell a heavy from a light, even after it's been distilled. Very nice. But then I'd *never* run anything from a heavy crude. It would be - dare I say it? - uncivilized."

[Sherman Homan]

Well it is getting nearly as expensive... "honey, when you bike home, swing by the gas store and pick up a couple of bottles of 87 Octane, we going over to Mother's for dinner."

[Mac0sXuser]

Before you know it, we'll have gas snobs.

"Hmmm... tawny, nice volatility but not too much. High octane rating. It has a nice benzene aroma to it. What's that? Hmmm... What? I believe this is a North Slope blend. Are you catching that scent? Look at it in the light, you can always tell a heavy from a light, even after it's been distilled. Very nice. But then I'd *never* run anything from a heavy crude. It would be - dare I say it? - uncivilized."

:lol: lol Gas connoisseurs

[iBones]

I hear Apple is thinking of opening iStations...gas will be $11.00/gallon (Regular).

[iBones]

Ugh.

Filled up today...$4.44/gal for regular. That was a sweet $106.56. Perfect.

[BlueBell]

Gas prices are making me anxious about driving. I don't know how I'm going to pay for it.

Might have to get in shape and start using my bike... *gasp*

[iBones]

Gas prices are making me anxious about driving. I don't know how I'm going to pay for it.

Might have to get in shape and start using my bike... *gasp*Unfortunately that isn't an option for most who have to commute long distances to work. Public transportation isn't always the answer either as in most cities the transit systems are lousy. Not so in places like London, Paris and Munich but here in the good 'ol US of A public transit is lacking in many large cities.

[MaDDoG]

Ugh.

Filled up today...$4.44/gal for regular. That was a sweet $106.56. Perfect.

Its good to have a big tank hey bones........

[bobtomay]

Gas prices are making me anxious about driving. I don't know how I'm going to pay for it.

Might have to get in shape and start using my bike... *gasp*

It can be done. The kid (he's 32, or something like that, I forget at the moment) has never owned a vehicle that requires gas. Still rides his bike to work.

[MacHeadCase]

This is all due to urban sprawl, this impossibility to use a bicycle. It is estimated that when you talk of the influence of Montreal as a city and its suburbs, it is said it reaches over 200 KM all around, sometimes more.

This means that for at least 200KM from Montreal, there are people that have to come to the city on a daily basis, drive to and from work.

It makes no sense to me that you're gonna drive for an hour or two just to go to work then drive for an hour or two to go home after work. And this is not counting the heaviness of traffic and standing still bumper to bumper for 45 minutes or more.

[MaDDoG]

Hers the result of petrol price increases. No longer is it don't drink and drive as an anti road toll ad. Petrol is too expensive so its now drink and don't drive

[MacHeadCase]

AHAHAHAHAAHAH :lol:

[MaDDoG]

If you pulled into a Microsoft petrol station, not only would you get fuel but would also get bugs, bug patches and windoze cleaning products.

[iKitten]

Heres the result of petrol price increases. No longer is it don't drink and drive as an anti road toll ad. Petrol is too expensive so its now drink and don't drive

Excellent! My husband loved it.

[iBones]

$4.43 today for regular. The station usually go to set a max of $75 and then it shuts off. That's good. Makes me feel like I got a deal. :rolleyes:

They're talking right now about $6-7/gal gasoline should the oil get to $180/barrel. Perfect. :angry:

[mathogre]

It was a bargain here I guess. $4.42/gal for premium. Let's just go to $200/barrel.

[iBones]

Let's just go to $200/barrel.Be careful what you wish for.

[MaDDoG]

Ooops $6.38 per gallon here today.:thumbdown:

[bobtomay]

$3.95 here.

Guess I'm gettin' off cheap.

[MaDDoG]

$3.95 here.

Guess I'm gettin' off cheap.

If I send you some empty bottles can you fill it and send some back....:crying:

[bobtomay]

No prob, send 'em on over.

[iBones]

Ooops $6.38 per gallon here today.:thumbdown:We'll be there soon enough I'm afraid. I heard in Germany it's over US$9.00/gal.

On the other end of the scale check this out...

Chavez says Venezuela will not raise gas prices

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez says Venezuela has no plans to raise state-subsidized gasoline prices anytime soon.

Gasoline is cheaper in Venezuela than almost anywhere in the world, selling for as little as 12 cents a gallon.

Chavez on Friday pledged to maintain fuel subsidies as a matter of "sovereignty" for the oil-producing nation.

Gasoline prices haven't changed there for years, and many Venezuelans consider cheap gas a birthright. Hours-long traffic jams clog cities including Caracas, where fuel-guzzling sport-utility vehicles are common.

[MacHeadCase]

Envy much? :tongue:

[Stretch]

I'm gonna move to South America. I'd be able to fill my tank for under a dollar there.

[BlueBell]

My dad filled up our "soon to be mine" car yesterday. $38 even. Not bad I suppose, considering he fills up his truck for around $150. :o

I'm only 15, but I do remember when gas was $1.09 when I was a toddler. It's about $3.95 now.

[Stretch]

I'ts been at $4.19 here for the past few weeks. Surprised its been so steady.

[iKitten]

I shouldn't be surprised that regular here is $4.59 per gal. Glad we rented a Suzuki Forenza. The gas mileage is great even though it drives like a glorified lawn mower and requires creative packing to hold our two weeks' luggage!

[JohnTheMacGeek]

I just paid $3.89/gallon. Not as bad as some areas, I suppose, but that doesn't ease the pain on my wallet.

[Mac0sXuser]

$4.44 a gallon with a costco discount. Without $4.51

[iRye]

I have a number of gas stations within 10 KM. 2 are Esso, a couple Huskys, and 3 shell stations. The Royal Dutch Shell stations are always about 3-5 cents cheaper than the rest. but still, that's about 1.25 a litre to 1.28, compared to the rest going past 1.30. the shells are getting cheaper and cheaper it seems, just because the rest are going 1.31, up to 1.37, but the Shell closest to me stays at 1.28. I like living by a Shell these days, although I don't drive it makes watching my dad fill up his 10 MPG Chevy Tahoe slightly less painful.

[MacBookMaster]

i am so glad i don't drive. but when i do drive... oh crap.

[Tanner31593]

Been $4.19 here lately.

We're beginning to envy my aunt's Ford Festiva.
:lol:

[Rxx]

I havent looked in a few days (I dont like to) but Im sure its around $4.55 like it has been for a while now.

[MaDDoG]

Cars left in car parks are being milked for petrol here now as a result of the price hikes. Even businesses that have tanks in the yard are being targeted by fuel thieves.

[iKitten]

Sweetness ~ some places here is Ohio are actually under $4 a gallon! :w00t:

[iBones]

Oh joy --- gasoline seems to have leveled off around here at a bargain $4.30 for regular on average. The damn world is coming to an end.

[Stretch]

It is Bones, in 3 days. That's when they turn on the particle accelerator in Europe, and everyone knows the earth will explode when they do.

[Sherman Homan]

Well, technically it won't explode. It will just create a black hole that will implode the Earth. For some very reassuring explanations about why this won't happen:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14923900/
:O

[mathogre]

Oh joy --- gasoline seems to have leveled off around here at a bargain $4.30 for regular on average. The damn world is coming to an end.

Nah, not the end. There's always madness in the world, and oil isn't the worst crisis we've faced. During the 1973/74 oil crisis however, it was the end of the world then too. We had enough oil for maybe 25 years. We had gas lines and the 55 mph speed limit. Gas prices nearly doubled from before the oil embargo until after.

We'll get through it. Of that I have little doubt. How we'll do it is another question, and I don't know the answer.

[Tanner31593]

Apparently they're trying to lower the speed limit from 70 back to 55 to save gas. (At least in Michigan)

[mathogre]

Apparently they're trying to lower the speed limit from 70 back to 55 to save gas. (At least in Michigan)

Not again. :thumbdown:

[iRye]

Husky seems to be the current Deal Of The Week. $1.24/litre. About 4.96 a gallon.

[iBones]

Apparently they're trying to lower the speed limit from 70 back to 55 to save gas. (At least in Michigan):rolleyes:

[iRye]

Our gas is abnormally plateauing. It's been at $1.37 for a while now. It's still decent to fill up my mom's accord at $65 but it's painful to fill up the Tahoe. I discouraged my dad from getting the tahoe as I predicted this would happen (this is when gas prices were somewhat sane). It's $140 to fill it. GET A NEW CAR, DAD.

[Tanner31593]

It's getting BAD CHILDREN.

$4.25.

My mom puts $45 in her tank 2-3 times a week.

We're considering buying a 1998 hyundai accent from someone my mom knows.

If my dad would just get working on fixing the cars we HAVE, we wouldn't have to spend that $1500, but we did the math and buying that car will save us $50+ on gas a week.

[Tanner31593]

It's getting BAD CHILDREN.

$4.25.

My mom puts $45 in her tank 2-3 times a week.

We're considering buying a 1998 hyundai accent from someone my mom knows.

If my dad would just get working on fixing the cars we HAVE, we wouldn't have to spend that $1500, but we did the math and buying that car will save us $50+ on gas a week.

[iBones]

Just added up my gas charges from last month -- $565

Niiiiiiiiiiiice.

[iRye]

We found a place that's only $1.17 but it's a bit out of town. $4.68 per gallon. Here it's about $5.48