Californiaman Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 With gas prices at $4.20 a gallon here in California, my kids and I are walking to and from school now a days. How bad is it where you live. I'm actually entertaining the idea that I'm going to get an old vw to drive around in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Its 3.98 by me. I've been carpooling with my friend to college everyday, cuts down on expenses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yep just got gas about a half hour ago $88.60 but I was expecting it and Im guessing pretty soon will be looking back on the good old days when gas was only $4.00 a gallon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrosurfer1959 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yep just got gas about a half hour ago $88.60 but I was expecting it and Im guessing pretty soon will be looking back on the good old days when gas was only $4.00 a gallon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShredAstaire Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Man your gas is cheap!! Â It's around $4.82/gallon here.....($1.27/liter) Â Must be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Still under $4. Â But the local concern is that the higher gas prices may put significant damage to the local tourism economy which is significant. Â And that's not to mention "economic recovery" at all. Â m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 . It's $3.64 a gallon around here. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Paid around $4.20/gallon on Saturday. Almost $50 to fill up my S10's little tank. Thank allah I only drive her about 25 miles per week. Â So glad we bought a Prius for my wife's commute. Love that gas sipper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanHenry Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I wish fuel was that cheap here in the U.K! I’m currently paying £6.32 per gallon, I think at current exchange rates that’s $10.13. I think most people in the U.K would be overjoyed at paying $4.20 per gallon.  Ian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidl Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Filled up for $91 on Saturday. That will last me about a week just going to work and back. It would sure be nice to see the price drop as quickly and as much as it goes up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted April 11, 2011 Author Share Posted April 11, 2011 My suburban has a 30-gallon tank. I expect I'll be filling it up in two weeks for a trip to Palm Springs. It'll be an expensive Easter trip. But family is worth it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's hilarious listening to Americans talking about the price of petrol (gas). No offence intended... Â It's around $9.80 per gallon here in the UK. Consider yourselves' very lucky! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowdiddley Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 $3.59 here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EVOL! Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 It's hilarious listening to Americans talking about the price of petrol (gas). No offence intended... Â It's around $9.80 per gallon here in the UK. Consider yourselves' very lucky! Â But outside of New York, DC, San Fran, and Chicago, we don't have usable public transit like you do. Not sure how people in places like Detroit, Dallas, and Orange County make it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Motorcycle here. Some of you others should think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grampa Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I started cutting back on my car usage years ago. Nowadays we have to fill the tank in our '95 Toyota less than once a month. We live in an urban environment so there are more alternatives to driving and walking is a viable option. Oil is too valuable to just burn up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riverside Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Gas is @ 4.18/gal here, now. Â Works out to 13 cents per mile. Â Not good, but not the end of the world when I can bike and/or walk to most of the important places - work, grocery, whatever. Â I wish someone would pay me to go out. Â Oh! wait! Â They do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 I wish fuel was that cheap here in the U.K! I'm currently paying £6.32 per gallon, I think at current exchange rates that's $10.13. I think most people in the U.K would be overjoyed at paying $4.20 per gallon.  Ian.   A big difference between the UK and "The Colonies" is how far spread out we are here. You can drive for 12 hours at highway speeds and never leave California, (north to south), and pretty close to that amount of time to cross Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FarnsBarns Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 A big difference between the UK and "The Colonies" is how far spread out we are here. You can drive for 12 hours at highway speeds and never leave California, (north to south), and pretty close to that amount of time to cross Texas. Â That is very true indeed, but I would assume that most peoples motoring equates about the same anyway. While we can drive from the most northerly part of the UK to the most southerly in about 8-10 hours, I've never done it. really, as a couple, we drive about 40-50 miles a week, which equates to about $20-30 in our car. You only really feel it when you do have to drive across the country in one hit and you really feel the cost. Â BTW, it's high taxation that makes fuel expensive over here, it's 70%! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 That is very true indeed, but I would assume that most peoples motoring equates about the same anyway. While we can drive from the most northerly part of the UK to the most southerly in about 8-10 hours, I've never done it. really, as a couple, we drive about 40-50 miles a week, which equates to about $20-30 in our car. You only really feel it when you do have to drive across the country in one hit and you really feel the cost. Â BTW, it's high taxation that makes fuel expensive over here, it's 70%! Â I live in the "Inner Bay Area" and I work in the "Inner Bay Area" and I drive @ 50 miles per day just to work and back.. We have people who work with me who travel 250 per day to work and back, (although most carpool who live that far away). Â I'd say most people who work here travel farther than I do. Â And if somone wants to drive afrom one coast to the other in the US, it's 3000 miles! Â We don't have Buses/Trains/Subways set up so we can get from "here to there" without a car. Â If I wanted to take public transporation from my home to work, I'd need to leave my house at 3 AM, and of course there aren't buses running at that time. Â BTW.... I think oil costs like $.05 to get out of the ground...all the rest is profit, transporation and taxes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Yep I live in Orange County and it is brutal! If I want to get somewhere I have to drive. I can take the bus if I want to wait around all day, pay more, and hang out with mastrubating bums but as appealing as that sounds, I stick to driving. Â I read that prices are higher here in California than Alaska and Hawaii now. What's up with that? Â By the way I walked to school from 5th grade till my senior year in high school when I got my license. I walked with friends and preferred it to hitching a ride with mom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WahKeen Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 $4.65 here. I live 2 blocks away from the grocery store. I used to drive there (I know, shameful ) but I walk now. The actual starting of the truck guzzles more gas than the drive. It's expensive, man!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 In Canadian $1.33 / litre (cdn dollars) Â In Canadian $5.0274 / Gallon (cdn dollars) Â In American $4.80 / gallon (US dollars) Â Halifax, N.S Â You've gotta pay it sadly, they've got us *over a barrel* Â Groans* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kiwi Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 $8,30 a gallon in Sweden right now. We would've been millionaires if our gas was as cheap as in the US... <_< Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Artie Owl Posted April 11, 2011 Share Posted April 11, 2011 Gas would have to go up pretty bad around here before I take the bus again. I'm not trying to be snotty or anything but the busses around here are essentially ghettomobiles. People who have to take the bus typically know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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