How much gasoline do you use? - Page 2

TheMercenary · 04-24-2008, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Shawnee123

Ouch! That's a LOT of moola! You have spoken to your children about caring for you when you're 100 years old, right?

No but we did tell them they had one chance to make it in college and do it in 4 years. No professional college students. No college, they are on their own financially. The had the choice upon graduation from HS to join the military of their choice, or something similar where I do not support them, or go straight to college for 4 years. After that the money goes back to us. If they fail to complete college then all loans are theirs and they have to pay us back. If they finish the school we pay off the loans.

kerosene · 04-24-2008, 01:04 PM

Wow, what an awesome deal, Merc. Will you adopt me?

Maybe when my son is old enough to drive, there won't be any college? Nah, that's not plausible.

TheMercenary · 04-24-2008, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by case

Wow, what an awesome deal, Merc. Will you adopt me?

Maybe we can work out an "exchange"?

lumberjim · 04-24-2008, 01:16 PM

60 MILES one way, unless i take the turnpike. then its more like 75.

$130 + or - in tolls per month, too.

fuel economy is important to me. When gas leaped up a dollar a couple summers ago, I had just taken a Titan for a demo. that hurt.

wolf · 04-24-2008, 01:22 PM

I live three miles from work. Less, maybe.

I don't actually know how much gas I use each week ... I use as much as I need. I don't keep track of it.

Cloud · 04-24-2008, 01:26 PM

uh . . . how many gallons in a tank?

Unless I do a lot of extra driving, I fill up like once a month. My commute is only about 5 miles roundtrip per day. Not too bad for just me and my little Civic. So, I'm very lucky! Very, very lucky!

xoxoxoBruce · 04-24-2008, 08:06 PM

tax

lumberjim · 04-24-2008, 08:47 PM

smoothmoniker · 04-24-2008, 09:06 PM

Hurray, California sucks!

I bought a diesel jetta to save on fuel costs, but the cost of diesel has spiked so much it's destroyed any monetary savings I might have gained. bah.

monster · 04-24-2008, 09:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

uh . . . how many gallons in a tank?

Unless I do a lot of extra driving, I fill up like once a month. My commute is only about 5 miles roundtrip per day. Not too bad for just me and my little Civic. So, I'm very lucky! Very, very lucky!

That's 'cause you fly most of the time, though :p

Beest fills the Focus every week =12ish gallons, I fill the Windstar about every other week =23ish gallons.

at today's prices that's $88 a week.

We use Scrip to pay for our gas, though, so at least $3.50 of that goes to the school rather than the gas companies. but I'm a gas price ho. If another station's cheaper I will use that and the school can whistle for it

use www.gasbuddy.com to find the cheapest gas in your area.

monster · 04-24-2008, 09:27 PM

It's funny -there are many of these images, and most iinclude prices for Regular of less than $2.50

zippyt · 04-24-2008, 10:15 PM

My work truck ( F350) gets 12.9 mpg , I drive on average 1000 miles a week , The tank holds 40 gallons , I generly fill up every other day , but some time twice a day , But the company pays for this gas .

My Wifes car ( Mitz Outlander ) gets in the high 20's low 30's , holds about 14-15 gallons , she fills up about every 2 weeks , we pay for this

Cloud · 04-24-2008, 10:55 PM

LOL! I was just thinking about the "flying" thing today. It's just very "swoopy" and fun sometimes.

HungLikeJesus · 04-24-2008, 10:57 PM

Is that because you're a Cloud? Or am I missing the point?

Cloud · 04-24-2008, 10:58 PM

can I take the Fifth?

View Poll Results: How many gallons of gas/diesel do you use per week?
0 to 10 gallons	15	37.50%
10 to 20 gallons	12	30.00%
20 to 30 gallons	7	17.50%
more than 30 gallons per week	6	15.00%
Voters: 40. You may not vote on this poll

04-24-2008, 01:16 PM	#19
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	60 MILES one way, unless i take the turnpike. then its more like 75. $130 + or - in tolls per month, too. fuel economy is important to me. When gas leaped up a dollar a couple summers ago, I had just taken a Titan for a demo. that hurt. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-24-2008, 01:22 PM	#20
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	I live three miles from work. Less, maybe. I don't actually know how much gas I use each week ... I use as much as I need. I don't keep track of it. __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

04-24-2008, 01:26 PM	#21
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	uh . . . how many gallons in a tank? Unless I do a lot of extra driving, I fill up like once a month. My commute is only about 5 miles roundtrip per day. Not too bad for just me and my little Civic. So, I'm very lucky! Very, very lucky! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-24-2008, 08:06 PM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	tax Attached Images __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

04-24-2008, 01:04 PM	#17
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	Wow, what an awesome deal, Merc. Will you adopt me? Maybe when my son is old enough to drive, there won't be any college? Nah, that's not plausible.

04-24-2008, 08:47 PM	#23
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	__________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-24-2008, 09:06 PM	#24
smoothmoniker to live and die in LA Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Los Angeles Posts: 2,090	Hurray, California sucks! I bought a diesel jetta to save on fuel costs, but the cost of diesel has spiked so much it's destroyed any monetary savings I might have gained. bah. __________________ to live and die in LA

04-24-2008, 09:27 PM	#26
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	It's funny -there are many of these images, and most iinclude prices for Regular of less than $2.50 __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

04-24-2008, 10:15 PM	#27
zippyt LONG LIVE KING ZIPPY! per Feetz Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Arkansas Posts: 7,661	My work truck ( F350) gets 12.9 mpg , I drive on average 1000 miles a week , The tank holds 40 gallons , I generly fill up every other day , but some time twice a day , But the company pays for this gas . My Wifes car ( Mitz Outlander ) gets in the high 20's low 30's , holds about 14-15 gallons , she fills up about every 2 weeks , we pay for this __________________ "Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get. " Brother Dave Gardner

04-24-2008, 10:55 PM	#28
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	LOL! I was just thinking about the "flying" thing today. It's just very "swoopy" and fun sometimes. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-24-2008, 10:57 PM	#29
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	Is that because you're a Cloud? Or am I missing the point? __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

04-24-2008, 10:58 PM	#30
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	can I take the Fifth? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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