Today, I waited in line at the gas pump where gas was $3.78 per gallon

[graywarrior]

The wait was not long, but there were more cars lining up as I got ready to leave. Across the street from the station I was at (Hess), Mobil was selling gas at $3.88 per gallon. A mile down the road, another station was selling gas at $3.88 per gallon. No one was at either of those stations. In the small town where I work, gas is $4.17 per gallon. No one there either.

It's amazing that we now think $3.78 per gallon is a bargain. I only pump $20 at a time now and drive much less. Gone are the days I could drive 50 miles to go hiking in NH. Now I stay home and not watch asshole Trump on TV.

[abelenkpe]

1. It's 4.50 here

There do seem to be fewer people on the road lately. Can't be good for the economy.

[graywarrior]

4. There was an article in one of our local papers saying that gas station owners

are making less because people are only buying $20 at a time rather than filling up.

[CoffeeCat]

6. Food and gas prices--the perfect storm...

Pretty soon, the full brunt of exorbitant food prices and rising gas prices is
going to slap us in the fact.

The powers that be can release all of the "green shoots" stories they want and tout
a recovery--with lie-based statistics. When the malls and the Target parking lots
are empty, and more small businesses close, and companies report shitty quarterly
earnings---all of that media window dressing will mean zilcharoni.

[CoffeeCat]

2. I have changed my patterns as well...

I only fill $30 at a time. It takes $80 to fill my gas-guzzlig tank (my fault, I know). I guess
I feel that the less weight I have in my car, the better gas mileage I'll get--so I only fill it
1/3 full. Even if I'm getting just a little better gas mileage it's worth it.

I've also talked my kids into walking to and from school when it is nice. They take gymnastics 20 minutes
away and I can feel the gas being sucked out of the car on these trips (melodramatic, I know). So, we're
going to ensure that going forward, their classes are on the same day. I originally signed them up for
different class nights, so that I could spend "alone time" with each of my girls--while the other one
was at gymnastics. I guess that's a luxury we can't afford anymore.

I find myself cocooning more than usual. It's a psychological thing. Everytime I leave the house it costs me
a minimum of $5 in gas.

[graywarrior]

7. I recently leased a Honda Fit that has a nifty gauge indicating how

many gallons per mile you are using when you accelorate the pedal. I've learned to coast while driving and manage to get 200-230 miles on $20.

[trof]

14. Hypermiling, yeah!

Google it.
:-)

[graywarrior]

26. Now I feel REALLY special!

[CoffeeCat]

15. OH my holy bells...

If I get $20 in gas, that lasts me for two days--and I probably do about 15 miles of in-town driving daily.

I get 30 miles out of that $20 and you get 200+ miles from your $20.

I am total idiot!!!!

<rushes out to buy a Honda fit>

[graywarrior]

27. I hear the gas mileage is not at good as the Yaris, but the FIT holds the

road much better.

[obxhead]

36. Friend has a Yaris,

Gets 33 mpg.

Dad has a Fit, gets 38 mpg.

Both are automatics.

[graywarrior]

37. Really! Now that's good to know!

[coalition_unwilling]

46. Your response is so poignant. I wish I could rec it. It deserves

a thread of its own, imho, something along the lines of "Changes I have had to make because of higher prices."

[LynneSin]

3. I remember last year I decided to drive to Virginia Beach for Memorial Day weekend

didn't do anything there - just drove all the way down and over the Chesapeake Bay Bridge & Tunnel.

Gas was around $2.50-$2.75 so it wasn't too bad to do the trip, but this year it just seems way too expensive.

Funny a few weeks ago I thought of driving to West Virginia. It's the only state that touches Pennsylvania (my home state) I haven't visited. Now I might just take the train to NYC.

[graywarrior]

9. The train is probably cheaper.

So, we give up having a good time and save the environment....except for the deisel trucks that roar up and down route 95 24/7.

[babylonsister]

5. Hey!

You look nekkid. :D

I drive all the time for work; paid $3.67 yesterday in So. Carolina and thought I got a deal. Up again in GA to $3.73 around here today.

[graywarrior]

12. I am nekkid

Less weight in the car, less gas use.

[taterguy]

30. I do the same thing on my bicycle

Obviously

[graywarrior]

32. Not enough

Obviously

[taterguy]

50. Nothing is ever enough for you is it?

[graywarrior]

51. Not when it comes to you, my precious little drug

[NYC_SKP]

8. I, too, was pondering the price of fuel today...

We soooo used to take it for granted, cheap gasoline. Gas for mowers, gas for travel; gas was once the cheapest part of car ownership for many (after insurance and major repairs, or sets of tires). Now it rivals rent or the monthly cost of healthcare.

Then I wondered something else:

What if CEOs had to pay for things at prices adjusted for their bloated salaries?

A gallon of milk would cost $1500.00.

A gallon of gas a bit more: $1721.00.

I think maybe CEOs ought to have to feel the pain of the middle class, maybe one day a year, maybe one week.

Or, maybe permanently.

:P

[DCKit]

10. Big Oil, Wall St., the Banksters and other speculators blew it.

It's waaaayyyy to early to pull this shit in order to affect the 2012 election, and it's going to bite them in the ass hugely.

[CoffeeCat]

19. How long do you think these thugs....

...will keep gas prices this way?

Bunch of pansy jerks they are...

Oh, look at us...we can control the world oil and gas market!

You know what they say about guys who drive large cars to compensate for "deficiences".

Can you imagine the shameful, comedic issues these goofballs are dealing with?

[DCKit]

23. Don't know, but it's way past time for re-regulation.

If this doesn't do it, nothing will. It's hurting everyone equally.

Both parties NEED to work on this. Whichever party allies with the pillaging Huns is going to be left in the dust in 2012.

[graywarrior]

38. As long as the media keeps the focus on a birth certificate

these thugs will do whatever the hell they please

[Terra Alta]

11. Gas is around 3.78 here in NC

Cheapest is 3.74 at Murphy's.. it's ridiculous and I'm glad Obama is launching an investigation into it. I find it interesting that gas prices didn't start to skyrocket until the GOP took over the House. Kinda makes you wonder.

[graywarrior]

13. I recently saw Doug Fine who wrote Farewell My Subaru

He said he bought a Ford Deisel and drives on nothing but Kentucky Fried Chicken vegetable oil.

[trof]

17. Hi, graywarrior.

Long time no see.
I'm loving my Prius more and more.
:-)

[graywarrior]

20. I couldn't afford the Prius this time, but next time, that's what I'll get

I do, however, seem to have become a member of an exclusive Orange Revolution Honda Fit Club. When we pass eachother on the road, we wave or flash our lights. We're so cool, us orange fitters.

[Thunderstruck]

16. B-b-but Helicopter Ben today said the economy is recovering! Oh...

he did say inflation was up due to gas prices but there's nothing they can do about that.

[graywarrior]

22. All out money is being taken out of the economy and put into the gas tanks

[KittyWampus]

18. Wait! Where's the duck?

[graywarrior]

21. Walking

[onethatcares]

24. I do the same.

but I need to use 10 gallons a week for work. ergo, 40.00 in the tank. The truck sits the rest of the time.

[nichomachus]

25. $4.18 is rock bottom around here

[graywarrior]

28. Since my entertainment now consists of TV, I notice that on HGTV

homes in California are rediculously expensive compared to where I am in MA.

[nichomachus]

29. Depends

I moved here because it was cheaper than Boston.

(Besides the weather is worth it.)

[graywarrior]

31. The weather would make me want to move there too

[TorchTheWitch]

33. $3.99 here now

Sickening.

[graywarrior]

34. Is heroin cheaper? Maybe cars would run on heroin.

[Initech]

35. I paid $4.25 just now.

[graywarrior]

39. Did you grit your teeth?

My head is near exploding.

[Initech]

40. Oh yeah. And I was out where I didn't have much of a choice either.

:grr:

[graywarrior]

41. Not a face to rip off in site

Grrrrrrrr

[kelly1mm]

42. I just spent over $200 on gas - in one day! How you may ask?

Drove over 600 miles ....
In a truck ....
with 4 wheel drive ....
and a hemi (not diesel) ....
with a trailer ....
and a car on the trailer ....

Car cost less than the gas to pick it up!

(I will actually still make money on the deal - I have a hobby/business parting out a certain make of european cars)

Lowest price = $3.69 per gallon in New Market, VA
Highest price = $3.89 in Hagerstown, Md

[demwing]

43. I know I'm in fantasy land, but how do you think it would affect the 2012 election

if Obama nationalized oil, gas, and coal?

If it brought down the prices of these resources and reduced our deficit, I think the American peeps would be shocked and outraged AT FIRST, but the $$ value would change our hearts and minds pretty damned fast.

[Spider Jerusalem]

44. The answer to that is "not at all"

the US imports over half of the oil it uses. When you're reliant on imports, nationalising domestic production won't really do anything to lower prices.

[demwing]

48. Oil is oil, if we nationalize domestic production

and domestic production provides half of our supply, wouldn't we cut our oil costs by as much as half?

[Maru Kitteh]

45. I remember my dad pitching an absolute FIT over 77c/gal gasoline. "Mark my words, you'll see $2 gas

in your lifetime," he told me.

I miss you dad. Can I have that $2 gas now?

[hobbit709]

47. Hey, welcome back. We missed you.

and your thread still hasn't died.

[Bombero1956]

49. I only buy gasoline at 2 places now

I have a BJ's account and can buy gas for $3.82 per gallon with my card or I buy at Stop & Shop with my shopper's card. The other day I filled up my wife's car for $3.69 a gallon.