If gasoline prices hit $3.00 a gallon, do you plan on cutting back on your driving?

[Juno]

that made me considering wanting to stay on college campus more longer to save my gas money. 🙁

 

[TwinkleToes77]

I don't have a choice unless I chose not to work. I have no other way to get there.. Public transit is kinda out of the question for me. And I drive about 120km to and from work.

 

[oogabooga]

i drive around 50-75 miles a week. Only have a 10gal tank. so it wont hit me too hard, but *shrugs* i'll rpboally start looking for alternate stuff.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: magomago

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Considering I deliver pizzas for a living - no. Tip the pizza boy 🙂

don't you get compensated for gas?

I get compensated, but putting gas in your car isn't the only expense when delivering pizzas - part of that money is supposed to go to helping the driver maintain their vehicle. Higher gas prices take away from that.

 

[Linux23]

yikes, i just paid 28.00 for a half a tank on my 05 Max which requires premium fuel. And that was with the price at 2.49 per gallon of 93 octane. :Q

 

[Pocatello]

No.

 

[Apex]

Not at all.

 

[SynthDude2001]

Nope, I don't really plan on changing my driving habits. I only really drive a lot during the summer anyway - when I'm up at the university (most of the year), I tend to only drive 10 miles or less each week, with the occasional road trip maybe once a month.

 

[scottish144]

Just buy a hybrid.

 

[OrganizedChaos]

$3 no. $4 and up i start stealing it

 

[WhoBeDaPlaya]

You can't use much fuel in Ames. 'nuff said 😛

 

[thomsbrain]

no, i already do as little as possible (which is still tons and tons), and my car gets good gas mileage. i just take it up the ass and keep on driving.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

Sure it does. It costs them more money per mile to drive than it does us. It doesn't matter why. We've got it good, and they don't.

 

[EyeMWing]

Nope, I can't.

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

Sure it does. It costs them more money per mile to drive than it does us. It doesn't matter why. We've got it good, and they don't.

Well, saying "Oh, look at those poor Europeans." is foolish. It's their fault for accepting those taxes, I don't care if they're paying $15/gal. It doesn't mean we should feel lucky that our gasoline isn't as heavily taxed.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

Sure it does. It costs them more money per mile to drive than it does us. It doesn't matter why. We've got it good, and they don't.

Well, saying "Oh, look at those poor Europeans." is foolish. It's their fault for accepting those taxes, I don't care if they're paying $15/gal. It doesn't mean we should feel lucky that our gasoline isn't as heavily taxed.

I agree.

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

Sure it does. It costs them more money per mile to drive than it does us. It doesn't matter why. We've got it good, and they don't.

Well, saying "Oh, look at those poor Europeans." is foolish. It's their fault for accepting those taxes, I don't care if they're paying $15/gal. It doesn't mean we should feel lucky that our gasoline isn't as heavily taxed.

I DO feel lucky. Do you think they want to be taxed so heavily? No. They don't excercise the degree of control over their government that we do over ours.

Do you think smokers here like the extremely high taxes on cigarettes? Those taxes don't exist in Europe.

 

[shilala]

Nope.
I don't go for "pleasure drives" anyways. If I want to have fun driving I jump on my 4 wheeler.
There won't be any cutting back on gas consumption even if it hits 5 bucks a gallon.

 

[Nebor]

:music:I thank my God above
To be living here today
'Cause the flag still stands for freedom (from high gasoline prices)
And they can't take that away :music:

 

[conjur]

Gas just dropped $0.10 here today.

I'd love to see it go to $3.00/gallon. Won't affect me much except on annual treks to Florida and maybe a bit at the grocery when transportation companies start passing on the increased costs.

 

[PHiuR]

no, cause i love driving...
but i like riding my bike too 🙂

 

[mwtgg]

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Originally posted by: KarenMarie
no.
gas at $3.00 a gallon is still WAY cheaper than what other countries pay.

VeggieFrog and Neosenate pay almost $7.00 a gallon in the UK. That to me is expensive.

That's because their gas is taxed much, much more than ours. So comparing our prices to theirs doesn't make sense.

Sure it does. It costs them more money per mile to drive than it does us. It doesn't matter why. We've got it good, and they don't.

Well, saying "Oh, look at those poor Europeans." is foolish. It's their fault for accepting those taxes, I don't care if they're paying $15/gal. It doesn't mean we should feel lucky that our gasoline isn't as heavily taxed.

I DO feel lucky. Do you think they want to be taxed so heavily? No. They don't excercise the degree of control over their government that we do over ours.

Do you think smokers here like the extremely high taxes on cigarettes? Those taxes don't exist in Europe.

Ah yes, I bet your slogan is, "Well it could be worse!"

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: mwtgg

Ah yes, I bet your slogan is, "Well it could be worse!"

I am quite an optimist! 😀

 

[Freejack2]

It would probably only increase my fuel expense by maybe $6 from what I'm paying a week now. Even at $5 a gallon I'm only looking at a $25 - $30 a week increase from what I'm spending now. Admittedly an extra $107 - $129 a month in gas could cut into the budget a bit. However at that point I'd think twice before taking any trips.
Mind you we're probably not that far away from $5 a gallon gas. Iirc correctly the government estimated peak oil at somewhere between 2015 and 2022 was it?