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Originally posted by Fmr12B:
Paid $2.97/G for premium yesterday.
So I'm paying $1/G extra from where I was 2+yrs ago. Average fill up costs me $13 more.
Each tank = 300miles
Yearly Driving Average = 12,000 miles
12,0000/300 = 40 fill-ups equals an exta $43/month or $520/yr.
I'm not going to change my lifestyle for $500/yr 
I just did that with my current driving situation. I am paying an extra $1700(ish) more a year because of gas. I sold the car I recently bought because it dawned on me, sure this is a nice car but the cost of PAYING for he vehicle outways any gas milage increase I would see and it wasn't as fun to drive. I only work 22 hours/week at $13.10/ hour...so do the math on that and that $1700 isn't making me change my driving habits either.
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I might take the bus more. That's about it.
I look at it this way: say gas goes up 10 cents/litre (all figures Cdn$). The tank is 50 litres. That's $5 per tank. Given that I don't drive all that much, it works out to $15/month. I think I can swing that.
Even then, with my late father's Country Squire (351 carbueted, baby!), I am looking at $7.20 per tank difference. Add another $15 per month, if I am generous as to how much I would drive the wagon.
I don't want to make the same mistake a neigbour did. He sold his Bronco because of the price of gas, and he loved that vehicle. Got $5000 for it. Then he bought a newer Explorer. For the price difference, he could have bought a LOT of gas.
Yes, I get sticker shock at the gas price, same as everyone else. But I won't spend $5000 to feel better about the price I pay for gas.
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Originally posted by Kokopellian:
I was wondering what are you doing to help out your own situation?
Nothing.
Cost of fuel ain't that big a deal. I won't be concerned about it until it approaches the price of fuel in europe.
Side note: I just bought into a townhouse project that is 5 minutes from my work (less than 2 miles) & I'll be moving into one of the units mid to late 2007. Living that close I could bike to work without much fuss.
Right now I commute 20 miles each way so not only will there be fuel cost savings, but the insurance premiums will go WAAAAAY down. 
Must be that jumbly-wumbly thing happening again.
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Originally posted by Kokopellian:
LOL! I'm just saying I was SERIOUSLY considering big V8 RWD power for my next new car purchase. I'm going to keep the Volvo as my EDD since it takes regular and averages 25 mpg. But, I've reconsidered. I have a few other projects in the works so I'm going to see those through to completion first. But mpg is definitely a factor worth considering for my next car.
I'm still in the breakin stage for the GTO, but so far after 500 miles; I am averaging 23mpg with a 100 mile round trip mixed driving commute that includes ALOT of stationary time on the freeway (LA traffic). My SVT averaged between 25.5 and 26.7 mpg depending on which route I would take during the week.
I doubt I'll get beck to those same numbers, however I expect to get close to them. If I get a 24 mpg average I'll be happy.
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Originally posted by ODC:
Originally posted by Woodencross:
Originally posted by elraido:
Originally posted by Tourige:
nothing, im still gonna go for cruises and go to the track, i dont care what people say, if i can cut costs elsewhere so that i can do what i truley enjoy then i will.
And you guys cant complain, it costs me 48 bucks to fill up the SVT when premuim is 1.09/Liter
that isn't bad, costs well over $80 to fill up the truck for me. And that is american $$$$ 
You guys don't know anything.
Our Suburban costs nearly $120 to fill up. My Ranger just cost me $40 today!
Of course, we're not some poser who only has a Suburban because of the hype. We actually use 80-90% of the seating at all times!
Then buy a minivan dumbass. 
Yippie! This thread needs some action! 
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My one-ton truck was my daily driver until the last gas spike. At $3/gal it was just under $100/tank (up from $60 or so @ $2/gal), and needed 1 tank/week. So $400/mo was just TOO expensive! I re-insured the Contour (which was seeing maybe 1000 miles/year). There's no way around driving the truck as it's my business vehicle, but now I can generally make 2 weeks between fill-ups. So the $150 or so in savings per month more than makes up for the cost of insuring and driving the Contour again.
Your truck cost you $400/month to run every day. Cutting that in half by using the Contour cuts that to $200/month. The only way you're saving $150/month by using the COntour is if it's only costing you $50/month to fuel and insure it. And I really doubt that's the case.
Doing some quick, rough math if you were using 30 gallons a week in the truck then you were probably driving about 450 miles a week. Which would take a Contour about 18 gallons to go -- or about $54/week.
If driving the truck costs $100/week, and the Contour costs $54/week and you drive 2 weeks a month in each of them, then your total cost is $308 per month. That's a savings of only $92/month over driving the truck every day. Figure in the added insurance costs to drive the Contour, and you're probably only really saving $40/month or so not $150.
I'm not saying that's exactly your case. You might drive more in the Contour than a 50/50 mix. I'm just using your case as an example of how even at $3/gallon, the cost savings of driving a considerably more fuel-efficient vehicle generally aren't that great. Particularly when considering what benefits you might give up when doing so (like not being able to visit a job-site easily because it's a day you drove your little car instead of your truck).
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well i filled up the escort... 30 BUCKS!!! i remember when i was compaining about 15 bucks filling my old escort.. I'm gonna pump up my bike tires and ride that tomorow 
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Selling my truck this summer... 9 MPG with no wieght, 7-8 MPG towing just isn't gonna cut it. My Shadow still gets around 30 MPG granny-shifting, so I'll stick with that and add a contour in place of the truck Hopefully all this will help
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Well, I will try to be smarter with my driving and schedule my errands more efficiently. Overall, though, it's a matter of just accepting it. I'm not going to get paranoid just because the commodities traders are.
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I'm not gonna do anything. Maybe if I'm going on a trip with others and my car isn't needed, then I won't take it. I'll probably get a motorcycle by the end of the year, just because I want one, the good gas mileage will be a plus.
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