gasoline prices

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KatieKate1244

Are any of you drivers actually cutting back on your driving? THat's something I'm not really getting. Prices are through the roof but folks still don't mind driving everywhere.

I definitely am. My driving is already not a whole lot since I live close to work, but instead of making frequent trips to run errands, I try to do them all at once so I'm not going back & forth all the time.

The same goes for trips to the mall. The closest mall is still several miles away, so I try to make less frequent trips.

If I need to go somewhere, I try not to drive at "peak times" if I can help it so I won't be stuck idling in traffic.

[aephi alum]

$4.239/gal for premium.

Had the exterminator in today. He told me he drops $45-$50 PER DAY on gas, driving his truck from house to house.

[jon1856]

This is the price spread in a two mile section near me:
$3.82-$3.99
I did see a sign for $4.05 a bit north.

[GeekyPenguin]

I just paid $3.45 for regular...SIGH. I drive under 100 miles a week now but when I move in two weeks I'll be going to the land of no public transit and will be driving about 300 miles a week.

[Ronnie B]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I just paid $3.45 for regular...SIGH. I drive under 100 miles a week now but when I move in two weeks I'll be going to the land of no public transit and will be driving about 300 miles a week.

300 miles?! Damn! That's a drive.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally Posted by Ronnie B

300 miles?! Damn! That's a drive.

I know! My parents live about 25 miles from the university where my bar classes are at, so that'll be 50 miles a day roundtrip 5 days a week - and my boyfriend lives 100 miles from them, so when I go visit him on the weekends that'll tack on the rest. My car gets 30+ mpg all the time, but it's still going to suck!

[Ronnie B]

Originally Posted by GeekyPenguin

I know! My parents live about 25 miles from the university where my bar classes are at, so that'll be 50 miles a day roundtrip 5 days a week - and my boyfriend lives 100 miles from them, so when I go visit him on the weekends that'll tack on the rest. My car gets 30+ mpg all the time, but it's still going to suck!

Hey, you gotta do what you gotta do.

[FirstAndFinest]

Originally Posted by jon1856

This is the price spread in a two mile section near me:
$3.82-$3.99
I did see a sign for $4.05 a bit north.

The NJ Turnpike and Garden State Parkway are still at "just" $3.49. My local stations are still a nickle or so less.

[deadbear80]

I'd gladly pay $3.49 right about now...

In the City of Chicago gas is somewhere between $3.99-$4.09. I was excited the other day being out in the suburbs (on the border of Cook and Lake Counties) and finding gas for $3.79.

Last weekend I paid $3.65 in Indiana for gas (and that was about the low in Indiana and Michigan).