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Posted: May 28 2008 11:11 AM
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with the cost of fuel i am actually spending less per month. i have cut an easy 300 miles of driving. if those storage tanks get topped off you will see it go down. yes you have to buy gas but most of us do a lot of bs running around.
 
 
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Posted by tlp1968  -  05/28/2008 11:37 AM
I have combined my trips so I can drive my fun car more often. I don't know if it has saved me anything but it will make my daily car last longer.
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Posted by orphans2  -  05/28/2008 11:46 AM
I started combining my trips last fall. We were running to the city twice on weekends for stuff. Set new policy to make one trip and only if what was wanted was actually needed. If not we stayed local. That really helped to cut gas consumption. Still have to go to work (100 miles round trip daily) to pay the bills. But the wife and I car pool, and when she works at home, I usually try to take the day off so no car has to make the trip. Have also cut my old car warm up and idling time to help save a bit. Trying, but still losing this game.
orphans2 [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Stewartstown, Pennsylvannia Charter Member since November 2001
 
Posted by sach  -  05/28/2008 12:01 PM
I TOO, HAVE CUT WAY BACK ON MY FUEL CONSUMPTION. I'VE ALWAYS ENJOYED DRIVING TO DIFFERENT SCRAP YARDS TO DO MY PARTS SHOPPING, BUT NOW DO MOST OF IT BY PHONE. THAT SAVES TIME , ALONG WITH THE FUEL, BUT I STILL MISS THE BROWESING PART. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT YOU'LL FIND ON A TRIP THROUGH ONE OF THOSE YARDS.

BEING RETIRED AND ON A FIXED INCOME, WILL TAKE AWAY SOME OF OUR PLANNED TRIPS TO VARIOUS CAR SHOWS AND VISITS TO OUT OF STATE RELATIVES. BUT, LIKE ALL OTHER COMODITIES, OIL PRICES WILL EVENTUALLY COME DOWN, ONLY THING IS, HOW MUCH ?

SACH
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Posted by fitzwell   -  05/28/2008 12:06 PM
yep doing my part. The Driver gets about 30 mpg. (over 30 if i can find 100% gasoline instead of the ethanol crap.) The 46 can get 20+ if i keep my foot out of it Every day i'm passed (rolling 60-65) by one person occupied large SUV's at a high rate of speed. So yeah, i guess i'm doing my part. Someone needs to kick Tom Klotz square in the chongs.
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Posted by 30 A pickup  -  05/28/2008 12:25 PM
I parked my 2002 Silverado, that gets 15 mpg. Now the daily driver is Toyota that gets 28 mpg.
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Posted by eriq  -  05/28/2008 12:43 PM
i just put a deposit down on a Camry Hybrid, only a 2 year lease so that i can be one of the first to drive the new 2010 Chevy Volt!
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Posted by cr55  -  05/28/2008 12:48 PM
I have definately cut down on my driving even though my earnings depend on it. No more unnessesary trips or joy rides for a while. Still have to go places......CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by bigdude  -  05/28/2008 12:52 PM
Mine is still setting in my shop--no problem--drink more beer!
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Posted by cr55  -  05/28/2008 12:57 PM
I can't get em to deliver my beer though!!!.......CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/28/2008 12:59 PM
buy by the keg big dude.......... maybe they will deliver
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by 1carguy  -  05/28/2008 01:11 PM
In the past, I never gave it a thought...just pumped in the car a took off any time I felt like it. Now I ask myself if it's really necessary to go somewhere so I end up staying home a lot. I also cancelled going to 2 southern ca.shows that I usually do.
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Posted by cr55  -  05/28/2008 01:11 PM
then all my relatives won't go away........CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by REBORN55  -  05/28/2008 02:03 PM
I just drink less beer and use more gas
Ken [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] De soto, Illinois
 
Posted by DaveHughes  -  05/28/2008 02:41 PM
I am gonna quit driving and start smoking... Its cheaper I think
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Posted by cr55  -  05/28/2008 02:49 PM
Beer gives me gas maybe that will help!..........CR
I thought that I knew it all , but.. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] dover, Delaware
 
Posted by ol bear  -  05/28/2008 02:57 PM
4.01 A GAL THIS MORNING ,, 57 BUCKS TO FILL UP THE MONTE CARLO ,IVE BEEN CONSOLIDATING MY TRIPS,,THAT MEANS IM NOT GOING OUT FOR NOTHING LIKE B4 ,, OL BEAR
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Posted by 29robert  -  05/28/2008 03:31 PM
Two years ago I gave up my office and the 80 mile round trip that went with it and started working out of my house and my wife retired which eliminated her commute altogether. I still have to drive to visit clients, but without the daily commute my gas bill went from just around $400 a month to about $200 a month. That was two years ago. Still doin the same amount of drivin to clients, but last month's gas bill was back up to over $425. ARGH!
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Posted by BigAlBre  -  05/28/2008 03:45 PM
I got rid of my truck (15 mpg) and bought a Hyundai (35 mpg).... gas savings pays the payments on the new Hyundai and I have a 10 yr 100,000 mile warranty.... can't beat that....
Big Al sittin back pickin & grinning in paradise. [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Saint Petersburg Beach, Florida Charter Member since June 1999
 
Posted by tlp1968  -  05/28/2008 05:24 PM
But Al......it is a Hyundai!!!! LOL Just kiddin :-)
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Posted by oilmanpat  -  05/28/2008 05:51 PM
I ride my bike everwhere i have to go intown.
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Posted by Ken_tech  -  05/28/2008 06:02 PM
I don't drive much but do try to combine trips. I just hope the weather is good, and then I can take the street rod!
Ken_tech [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Fairfax, Virginia Charter Member since July 2007
 
Posted by '40MercCoupe  -  05/28/2008 06:06 PM
I'm with Big Al........sold the Avalanche and bought a Toyota (35mpg).
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Posted by 41 Kustom  -  05/28/2008 11:45 PM
This year is gonna suck.
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Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/29/2008 07:57 AM
well it's the end of the month . my 1 ton is setting on 1/2 in both tanks. not too bad since i've only bought fuel once at the first of the month. so for this month i've used about 12 to 15 gals
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/29/2008 08:08 AM
i stand corrected. i last bought fuel on 4/28 at 3.99 gal. that fill up was 16 or so gal. cant wait to get my pu built so i can get off this farm some.
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by jchobbs  -  05/29/2008 08:13 AM
I started to carpool with Scoutmaster a few years ago. Back then when gas was cheap (LOL) we decided that we could make a carpool work. Glad we get along since our comute is over 80 miles a day. Nice thing is we are both car nuts so it makes the commute easy! The one thing we have decided was, that we are not going to let our hotrods rot away. We built them to drive and that's what we are going to do!
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Posted by fitzwell   -  05/29/2008 09:27 AM
money you save on fuel will get used as bail money of you get very far out of town
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Posted by da34guy  -  05/29/2008 10:15 AM
Yeah I'm doin my part-

Givin them oil BASTARDS almost $5.00 for diesel

What ya gonna do when ya need it?
Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/29/2008 10:34 AM
i stopped needing it. shipping is cheaper than fuel + time .
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by DaveHughes  -  05/29/2008 10:51 AM
I hear ya DON<- It turns my stomach everytime I put diesel in my Rollback or pickup.
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Posted by RedricoAdelphianet  -  05/29/2008 01:01 PM
there was a statement made that for every penny that the price of gas increases its a billion dollars in profit , so i guess we will just have to keep bending over for the greed mongers.
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Posted by scooting  -  05/29/2008 02:53 PM
Today from the head of Fidelity Magellan:


"There are trends stoking that demand that are not going to go away any time soon. For example, in the Chinese city of Beijing, over 1,000 cars a day are being registered, all of which will add to the demand for gasoline," he said.


"Those drivers have not experienced gas prices at significantly lower levels, as many of us have in the United States, so I think they'll be less likely to rein in their spending even if gasoline prices move higher," Lange added.


This all points to high gas prices staying with us.

So..........

When you have to drive......

Drive a Hot Rod!
scooting [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Elkridge, Maryland
 
Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  05/29/2008 07:10 PM
I always call ahead to see if the store has what I'm looking for and then combine as many trips into one as I can. 93 hit $4.62 yesterday.

Has anybody noticed after word leaked out that an investigation into oil companies started in December 2007 (something oil compaines didn't know about) a barrel of oil fell by over $4. 00 today? I wonder why?
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Posted by ol bear  -  05/29/2008 07:49 PM
HEY TOMMY ,, BAD PRESS WILL DO THAT SOMETIMES ,, I JUST YUV IT !!!!!!! OL BEAR ,, 401 HERE FOR THE LOW TEST STUFF
OL BEAR [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] crown point, Indiana
 
Posted by TYCHOOCHOO  -  05/29/2008 08:02 PM
I was just informed a gas station was shut down not far from me for selling the low stuff as the high stuff. I heard he was a car guy too. What a shame.
Tommy choo choo [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] MT. SINAI, New York Charter Member since June 2007
 
Posted by DaveHughes  -  05/30/2008 01:09 PM
Has anyone else had trouble stopping the dumb gas pumps on an even number now??!!? They are spinning so fast its quite a challenge to get it on an even .00.. Its like playing a slot machine that you lose everytime
DaveHughes [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] seaman, Ohio
 
Posted by da34guy  -  05/30/2008 11:33 AM
Dave, Why try to stop it, Just top it off,

Cause ya know the next time it's just gonna B more.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Don [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Prescott, Arizona Charter Member since October 2001
 
Posted by Crazyhorse Rod Shop  -  05/30/2008 11:34 AM
i count 1/2 as empty. i also use the slowest setting. they aint sucking none of my gas back out in vapor.
dont poke the porchdog........he bites [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] BLUFF DALE, Texas Charter Member since March 2003
 
Posted by 50pickup  -  05/30/2008 04:59 PM
Old Bluford won't be burning much gas for awhile....still up on jacks waiting for correct spindles.....
50pickup [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] POTTERVILLE, Michigan
 
Posted by ThunderGrunt  -  05/30/2008 07:45 PM
We should have done something like this in the 70's. No political BS, but we need to be MUCH more self sufficient. Maybe this is one of many ways. Check it out and make up your own mind. I want my grandkids to know the fun of driving a gas powered hot rod!


http://www.americansolutions.com/actioncenter/petitions/?Guid=54ec6e43-75a8-445b-aa7b-346a1e096659
Dale [ View ] [ Email ] [ Blogs ] [ Car Ads ] Jenks, Oklahoma Charter Member since December 2003
 
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