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How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:05:35 AM

MzMia

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I am not letting my gas tank go below 1/2 tank, because I think I
might start crying if I had to fill it up on empty.

I just realized I am paying about $40 a week to keep my Toyota filled
with 1/2 tank of gas, and I don't really drive that much {for someone
living in the D.C./VA/MD area}!

Being the Sadistic bitch that I can be, I must ask the question.

How much are you paying weekly for gas?
Can you afford it? What will you do if you don't have the money?
How many are using gas credit cards?

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:08:35 AM

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I work from home (and not looking to change that anytime soon) so I fill up my car about once a week on average and its about $40 at Costco for a fillup (at least in Connecticut). I can afford it and if I couldn't I'd just drive my car around even less.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:14:03 AM

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I don't drive that far and my car has a small tank and yet still it costs me almost $60 to fill it up......in the good ol'days (ie. 5 years ago) I would be surprised if it cost more than $30.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:16:30 AM

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Way too much...... and NO.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:32:25 AM

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Once again glad I scrapped my little car!

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:32:28 AM

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Oh sigh, the reality of Monday so soon! Work and back is 20.00 a day give or take depending on traffic.
No credit cards, all cash......... I've done the math, it's not pretty. I could live closer to work, but I would break even with the difference in the cost of rent not to mention the peace of mind I get from NOT living in town. Is what it is, but I sure wish it wasnt!

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:35:45 AM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Quivver

Oh sigh, the reality of Monday so soon! Work and back is 20.00 a day give or take depending on traffic.
No credit cards, all cash......... I've done the math, it's not pretty. I could live closer to work, but I would break even with the difference in the cost of rent not to mention the peace of mind I get from NOT living in town. Is what it is, but I sure wish it wasnt.

$20 a day? That is a bit rough.
Buddy can you spare a dime?
oops, inflation...make that a dollar.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:36:13 AM

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For gasoline out here in California it is $4.55 last time i filled up. I don't know how much it will be next time i have to fill up. I have to fill up once a week so it is costing me approx. $45.00 to $49.00 a week depends on where i can find it the cheapest. Sometimes i don't have time to find the cheapest. I have filled up to 1/2 but that gets old fast. I just hope i don't have gas stolen out of my tank. They go underneath, drill a hole and there goes your investment.

Sucks big time.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:36:13 AM

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My minivan, which I need with 3 kids otherwise I'd trade it in for a small car, is about $80 for a fill-up now, and cash is very tight so every other time it goes on the gas credit card. I hate that! I think it's about every ten days that I fill up - work is about 10 miles away and I generally only do short trips otherwise.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:39:39 AM

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$20 a day? That is a bit rough.
Buddy can you spare a dime?
oops, inflation...make that a dollar.

I rarely get out of a gas station under 50 bucks.
(he heee, anybody handing out 20's?)

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:40:48 AM

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     i currently pay about $300.00 per week for gas. i drive for a living, and if i can no longer afford it, i will have to seek other employment. The local government has, in its infinite benevolence, allowed me to add a nominal surcharge for my services, so thanks neighbors, and valued customers.
   My other, part time, situation also involves a lot of driving, at the company's expense. Their effort is to perform multiple assignments through each trip, which is practical, but also cuts into my salary, and that personal/exclusive touch. Not a terrible loss, but it is likely to result in staff cuts. i shudder to think of their current gasoline expenditures, but know that my work there runs about 175-225 per week at this point.
      i am also trying to gather my plans from the late seventy's during gas rationing days for a car that runs without gasoline. it is less of a stretch of the imagination than it was then, but i have yet to find an eager investor(s). if the price keeps going up, i may simply publish and let the damned thing get built.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:42:45 AM

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If I tell you - ya wouldnt believe it. LOL In my cars - roughly $120 - $160 - depending on whether I am commuting up to IAH a lot or if Im staying around the bay area. If I take the boat out, which I do about once a week - $60 - $400+ depending on where I go and what I do - ie staying in the bay to drift fish is pretty cheap, running out past Galveston Island to troll in the Gulf will take me 100 gal + on diesel. Now, business wise in airplanes - piston airplanes I personally operate for instruction not customer managed turbine aircraft - my weekly expenditure on 110 LL AvGas is approx $3000 - $5000 depending on whether we are flying singles or twins - ie what kind of time we are building.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:44:13 AM

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ORIGINAL: atursvcMaam

i currently pay about $300.00 per week for gas. i drive for a living, and if i can no longer afford it, i will have to seek other employment. The local government has, in its infinite benevolence, allowed me to add a nominal surcharge for my services, so thanks neighbors, and valued customers.
My other, part time, situation also involves a lot of driving, at the company's expense. Their effort is to perform multiple assignments through each trip, which is practical, but also cuts into my salary, and that personal/exclusive touch. Not a terrible loss, but it is likely to result in staff cuts. i shudder to think of their current gasoline expenditures, but know that my work there runs about 175-225 per week at this point.
i am also trying to gather my plans from the late seventy's during gas rationing days for a car that runs without gasoline. it is less of a stretch of the imagination than it was then, but i have yet to find an eager investor(s). if the price keeps going up, i may simply publish and let the damned thing get built.

have they tried to introduce the Runsheimer (sp?) program on you yet?
i found their requirements to comply almost insane!

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:44:42 AM

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I spend about $17-20 a week. Thank goodness for my Honda Civic and a 7 mile commute to work. I used to use my car more, but I have trimmed it down. I probably drive 600-700 miles a month.

I have to drive up to Vermont next month, and it makes my hair curl to think about the cost of a 1,000 miles roundtrip.

What I find strange/chilling/conspiracy theory is that my car is 10 years old and gets 40 miles/gallon on the highway. Unless I want to spend an extra $8-10k for a hybrid (or squish into a smartcar), I can't find a new car that gets better gas mileage. We haven't been able to make any progress in 10 years? Thank you, oil company lobby!

Mss

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:55:31 AM

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It costs me about $75 to fill up and I use just under a tank a week.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 9:58:07 AM

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It costs me about $75 to fill up and I use just under a tank a week.

This thread is really getting painful, any real masochists around?

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 10:00:57 AM

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I usea bout a tank a week... I filled up yesterday (at just above 1/4 tank) and it cost me about 46.00 (not topping off). 24 miles r/t to work, very little driving otherwise... well, cept to Orlando and back yesterday....

Oops.. forgot this part: can I afford it? No. but I haven't really got any choice.

'sok, I'll eat next pay period...LOL

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 10:02:12 AM

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It doesn't cost me one iota for gas, since I'm not the one driving an it's his car lol.

Daddy pays about 45 dollars twice a week and yes he can afford it. Unless gas gets to be like 60 or 70 bucks he will always have money for gas. No he's not using a credit card to pay for it either it comes directly out of his bank. Now, if you asked would I/we rather use the 45 on something else the answer would, of course be HELL YES. LOL

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 10:04:29 AM

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For my dad, if moms not driving her friend sam all around, they only have to gas up once a month, and it's about 45 dollars if the car gets truely hungry.

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RE: How much do you pay weekly for gas? Can you afford it? - 6/22/2008 10:06:28 AM

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I have a 25 gallon tank. When I fill up my tank, the pump auto stops when it hits the $100 mark, I pay and then have to pump the remainder..

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