Gasoline - how much per month?

[Tallpine]

I've got a grueling 4 mile round trip commute. I spend more on lawn mower gas and tractor diesel in the summer.

It's even tougher for me:  I have to somehow manage to stagger from the living room to my office in the back of the house  

(except when I have to fly somewhere - damn I hate the TSA   )

[Monkeyleg]

It's even tougher for me:  I have to somehow manage to stagger from the living room to my office in the back of the house  

(except when I have to fly somewhere - damn I hate the TSA   )

Yeah, since we moved from a 1300 sq. foot house to an 1800, my commute increased 38%.

[Scout26]

(except when I have to fly somewhere - damn I hate the TSA   )

Not enjoying your probulating Cartman ?

[Tallpine]

Not enjoying your probulating Cartman ?

Actually, I think I almost got arrested in Grand Rapids because I was so sullen.

I didn't say anything - anything! - and there was a brief tense moment when several hands of blue just stared at me.

[birdman]

Actually, I think I almost got arrested in Grand Rapids because I was so sullen.

I didn't say anything - anything! - and there was a brief tense moment when several hands of blue just stared at me.

Any eye/ear bleeding after the hands of blue scanned you?

[Tallpine]

Any eye/ear bleeding after the hands of blue scanned you?

No, just smoke coming out of my ears.

[Ben]

No, just smoke coming out of my ears.

No smoking in the TSA line.

[P5 Guy]

Just got the bill for last month, $67. I don't go anywhere

[Sindawe]

Gasoline is running me about $150/month at current prices.  The daily round trip commute is ~52 miles if I take the back way, 56 if I run main roads there and back again.  Plus some running around on the weekends so I'm filling up about 10 gallons a week.

Compact
Kia Forte
Hyundai Elantra
Toyota Corolla/Toyota Matrix
Honda Civic
Ford Focus

No Nissan on the list?  When I had to replace my last car that my idiot neighbor did a hit on run on last year, I test drove all those + Mazda offerings (had a Civic as rental).  The only one that felt right for me was another Sentra.  The Kia felt like an updated Yugo, the Hyundia, Mazda and Ford did not fit ergonomically and while the Toyota could have been a good fit, true to form the Toyota sales staff started the high pressue upsell so I walked (third time Toyota has done this in 20 years, never again).

[birdman]

Gasoline is running me about $150/month at current prices.  The daily round trip commute is ~52 miles if I take the back way, 56 if I run main roads there and back again.  Plus some running around on the weekends so I'm filling up about 10 gallons a week.

No Nissan on the list?  When I had to replace my last car that my idiot neighbor did a hit on run on last year, I test drove all those + Mazda offerings (had a Civic as rental).  The only one that felt right for me was another Sentra.  The Kia felt like an updated Yugo, the Hyundia, Mazda and Ford did not fit ergonomically and while the Toyota could have been a good fit, true to form the Toyota sales staff started the high pressue upsell so I walked (third time Toyota has done this in 20 years, never again).

Ugh...I wish had had that low of fuel consumption...my commute is identical, and I burn 14-20 gal a week depending on vehicle (or 6 if I take the bike, but it's been raining like every day!). Oh well, horsepower costs...

[zxcvbob]

I put skinny high-pressure tires on my truck a year and a half ago and picked up about 2 mpg *and* I get much better traction in the winter.  (now I'm wondering if I put the Michelin LRR version of the same skinny tires on next time if I'll get another 2 mpg, of if that would only help when I'm actually carrying a heavy enough load to flex the sidewalls.)

2 MPG might not sound like much, but it's a pretty healthy percent increase going from 15 to 17+.

[grislyatoms]

Wow. I wasn't expecting anything quite so disparate. From a few bucks to over $1000. 

[drewtam]

2 MPG might not sound like much, but it's a pretty healthy percent increase going from 15 to 17+.

Yup. In terms of most gallons of fuel saved a year, a hybrid suburban is much better ROI than a hybrid compact.

[Vodka7]

$0 - I live in a big city and my job is only 1.8 miles away. I walk it 95% of the time, and take the bus ($3.10 round trip) when it's raining or so hot I'd sweat through my clothes. Or when I'm hungover and don't feel like being under the sun that long.

Before anyone gets jealous, this city bleeds me in a million other ways.

[Fitz]

I have a 12 mile commute now, so hopefully i'll be paying MUCH less now.

[Nick1911]

Right now, probably $250-$350 a month.  Of course, a lot of that is running around for side jobs, so it's not all unrecoverable $.

My raw commute with my mustang at current fuel prices is $150 a month.

[cassandra and sara's daddy]

Wow. I wasn't expecting anything quite so disparate. From a few bucks to over $1000. 

i drive 140 miles 7 days for part time job  plus regular work and  wifes driving  it adds up quick at close to 4 bucks a gallon

[Lennyjoe]

Cost me ~ $95 to fill up the F-150.  Was driving it 125 miles a day, 5 days a week to work and back.  Would use 2 tanks of gas each week.  $190 per week = $760 per month. 

Decided to drop 5k on a 2003 VW Golf.  Cost $40 to fill up and now only spend $80 per week on the commute. $80 per week = $320 per month.  Buying that car saved me $440 per month.