What are you paying for gas in your region?

[rebeccajo 14]

Even the NADA standard annual mileage is 12000 per year.

For three years running, living in the suburbs as a one car family, I put 26K each year on my car.

But I bet you have a Jap car that gets better mileage than 20mpg that I used in my estimate.

Fine, so the difference for you is $15/week instead of $10 - still pocket change.

Sorry Mark. I have a Buick Skylark that gets about 21 miles per gallon.

$15 would buy 4 gallons of milk.

And the term 'Jap' is a bit outdated as well as unnecessary.

[Marilyn. 340]

when you don't have a alot of dollars to begin with $15 dollars is a lot of money.. like rebecca said.. it could buy 4 gallons of milk..

Edited May 9, 2008 by MarilynP

[JeanneVictoria 55]

Here in Tucson it's around $ 3.85 for premium. Both our cars average around

21 mpg so I consider that pretty good for city stop and go driving.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

All those oversize and colored fonts should be banned.

Edited May 9, 2008 by VJ Troll

[mawilson 2,133]

when you don't have a alot of dollars to begin with $15 dollars is a lot of money.. like rebecca said.. it could buy 4 gallons of milk..

$15 is a lot of money? Are you for real?

[AtlantiCat 0]

It's up to $3.95 per gallon for the cheap stuff in the Chicago suburbs. I'd hate to see the prices in the heart of the city. If it doesn't get up to at least $4 per gallon by this weekend, I'll be impressed. I wouldn't be at all surprised to be driving home from work today to see it at that price....

[mawilson 2,133]

Sorry Mark. I have a Buick Skylark that gets about 21 miles per gallon.

$15 would buy 4 gallons of milk.

And the term 'Jap' is a bit outdated as well as unnecessary.

Fair enough, Becca.

[Marilyn. 340]

when you don't have a alot of dollars to begin with $15 dollars is a lot of money.. like rebecca said.. it could buy 4 gallons of milk..

$15 is a lot of money? Are you for real?

yes I am for real... when you don't have alot of money every dollar counts... 15 dollars is more then just pocket change to us....

Edited May 9, 2008 by MarilynP

[rebeccajo 14]

when you don't have a alot of dollars to begin with $15 dollars is a lot of money.. like rebecca said.. it could buy 4 gallons of milk..

$15 is a lot of money? Are you for real?

No, it's not a 'lot'. But picture this.....

You get your wages, with health insurance premiums and all taxes withheld.

You pay your mortgage and your car payment. You pay the one credit bill you owe (not the minimum payment but you can't pay off the full balance). You pay all your utilitiy bills. You put back some for real estate taxes, homeowners insurance and auto insurance. You buy monthly medications. You put a little in savings.

After you have done all that, you have $800 to $900 to last the entire month. That's about $225 per week to buy gasoline, buy groceries, go out to a movie, buy a pair of shoes, etc.

Would you mind then if gasoline prices were taking an extra $15 bucks from you at the pump?

[Marilyn. 340]

when you don't have a alot of dollars to begin with $15 dollars is a lot of money.. like rebecca said.. it could buy 4 gallons of milk..

$15 is a lot of money? Are you for real?

No, it's not a 'lot'. But picture this.....

You get your wages, with health insurance premiums and all taxes withheld.

You pay your mortgage and your car payment. You pay the one credit bill you owe (not the minimum payment but you can't pay off the full balance). You pay all your utilitiy bills. You put back some for real estate taxes, homeowners insurance and auto insurance. You buy monthly medications. You put a little in savings.

After you have done all that, you have $800 to $900 to last the entire month. That's about $225 per week to buy gasoline, buy groceries, go out to a movie, buy a pair of shoes, etc.

Would you mind then if gasoline prices were taking an extra $15 bucks from you at the pump?

[Amby 490]

Yesterday it was $3.97 for premium here. If I drive about 5 miles to Kentucky it's normally 30-40 cents a gallon cheaper.

$15 isn't really a lot of money to me but when you put it how becca did I can understand how it could be a lot.

Edited May 9, 2008 by Amby

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

Poor people don't actually exist. That's a creation of the librul media to soften us up for their tax extortion projects.

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

I remember learning in Egypt that when they throw the peace sign at you it doesn't mean peace. It means they recognize you're American and that most American's have two cars for every house hold. They are giving a sign of two cars for every American. I guess the idea is we're seen as needless wasters since most of them don't own cars, ect...

But yes us college students down here on the bottom rungs of the ladder right now are feeling the squeeze. $15 is a lot of money to us. Especially when we have to spend $500 on books each semester and when we go back to sell them we only get .01% back. Grrr... Gas prices are going up and I imagine that the farmers who plow the fields in the heartland of America are feeling it too. I live in one of these rural regions so I guess that's why it's all the buzz today where I am at. Food prices are already high now imagine farmers can't plow the fields of America to make the foods because of fuel prices.

Its not like food it going to get cheaper importing and exporting foods.

[Zee Bee 61]

Its about $3.65 or so at the gas station next to my house.

I hardly ever drive, I take the train wherever I need to go. I filled up my tank 2 weeks ago and I probably won't fill it for another 3 weeks or so (only because I plan to do a lot of driving).

I think I put about 3K on my car last year.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

All those oversize and colored fonts should be banned.

They're fugly.