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Main Forums => The Roundtable => Topic started by: grislyatoms on May 22, 2011, 09:31:32 AM
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I was running around $160/month. Now I'm in the $200 range. That's for an '88 F150 4x4. Does that seem high, comparatively? What do y'all pay, if I may be so bold?
I'm thinking about buying a neighbor's old Toyota Tercel for a daily driver and parking the pickup for awhile.
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About $450 in March.
About $650 in April.
I'm driving more then normal this month. I hope it drops soon.
jim
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Now that I'm working I'm averaging one fill up a week, about $70 for $280 a month. Wife's consumption is about the same. Grand total is $550 a month easily.
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bout a grand a month for both of us. unless i fire up the f 250 then it goes up
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About $600 a month.
Wifey and I bought burn about 18-20gal per vehicle per week.
Chris
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Holy mackerel, y'all! :O
I think I will hold off on the car purchase. After titling, registering, insuring, maintenance, and all that jazz I would only end up saving probably 10-15%. Seems like it's not worth all the hassle.
Yet. :lol:
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Working from home, I put on few miles. I'll fill up the Mustang about once a month. Last time around was $46 back on 4/19. (Of course, the car only gets 12 mpg with the A/C on).
My beater Saturn I'll also fill once every four to six weeks. That usually runs $25 to $30.
The amounts some of you are paying for gas would really put a crimp in my budget.
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Working from home, I put on few miles. I'll fill up the Mustang about once a month. Last time around was $46 back on 4/19. (Of course, the car only gets 12 mpg with the A/C on).
My beater Saturn I'll also fill once every four to six weeks. That usually runs $25 to $30.
The amounts some of you are paying for gas would really put a crimp in my budget.
My truck will be paid off in under a year. Then, I'm picking up a car (hyundai elentra most likely....prius mileage without the gay hybrid motor).
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The amounts some of you are paying for gas would really put a crimp in my budget.
+1, Monkeyleg.
With our little Hyundai, I'm probably hitting between $60 - $80 per month. That's if I don't make a trip to LA for SWMBO's medical stuff. The last trip ran about $75 for gas, round trip. She'll be calling to set up another appointment tomorrow.
DD
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Around 300 for me, and it's killing me.
EDIT: and that's in one of the cheapest gas states.
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$40 per day X 5 days a week = $800 per month. That's not including the gas for my lawn service equipment.
I drive a 2011 Dodge Ram 2500HD with the 5.7L Hemi. I briefly considered buying an economy car, but then 95% of my driving requires the use of my truck, so I would not be saving anything.
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I don't know but its only a six mile round trip to work for me so probably not much.
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Somewhere between $100 and $200,. It depends on whether I Drive my truck or take the bike.
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~$160 / month, both vehicles (my daily driver to work and the family-mobile).
Wife stays home, and I live 5mi from office.
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about $300 a month at current prices
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About 350-400 a month...
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Maybe $100 a month; I'm not really sure. I only fill up the truck every couple of months, but it seems like I'm always putting $30 worth in the Cadillac. I don't drive much except to goto work and to church, and I'm starting to ride my bicycle more for errands. The weather is just starting to get nice; I'm gonna start riding it to work a couple of time a week. I did that last year and it worked out pretty well, just wear a dirty shirt and change into a clean one when I get there.
Wife drives a Ford Focus that averages over 30 mph and gets 41 on the highway. I don't know what she spends on gas, i just make the car payments.
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Around $400/mo for me. My average monthly driving is a 30 mile daily round trip to work, a couple of 500 mile round trip drives, and then maybe a few of hundred miscellaneous miles per month for errands and local recreation. Then throw in two or three ~1000 mile trips a year for fishing and hunting.
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This thread inspired me to look into it and I found I'm we are spending $250-$350 per month. It surprised me it was so much. Since we live close to our shopping, the absolute only places we drive are work and church. We both have about a 10 mile commute. She gets 18mpg, I get 14. That's not good mileage but with such a short commute it surprises me we spend so much. Many people I work with commute 25 miles or more.
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$80-100/month. I've got a short commute, but I do more driving in the summer. It'll go up a bit soon.
I'm looking to get a new(er) vehicle soonish, and I'm factoring in gas costs heavily. Already ruled out a truck, to my dismay, and most SUV's.
The 2011-'12 models I've been looking at:
Full-size
Kia Optima
Hyundai Sonata
Toyota Camry
Honda Accord
Ford Fusion
Compact
Kia Forte
Hyundai Elantra
Toyota Corolla/Toyota Matrix
Honda Civic
Ford Focus
Sub-compact
Kia Rio
Hyundai Accent
Toyota Yaris
Honda Fit
Ford Fiesta
Compact SUV
Kia Sportage
Hyundai Tucson
Toyota Rav4
Honda CR-V
Ford Escape
Subaru Forester
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60-70 gallons a month, total cost varies - especially with this effing $4+ gas in recent weeks. At least the car gets 23 mpg instead of 15.
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About $250 a month.
Dodge Ram 1500 4.7L V8.
I work from home 4 days a week, but in the evenings and weekends I do most of my driving for socialization reasons. I can cut down on that to save a few bucks if I need to. Just paid off the truck so I'm $350/month ahead on my budget after that.
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It varies widely from < $100 to > $200 depending on how much we have to drive.
Also depends on the weather and road conditions whether we can drive our 30mpg car or the 15mpg 4wd Suburban.
It cost a lot when my wife had to drive the Suburban to take me to/from the airport (120 mile round trip). But then at least I was making lots of money.
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I've got a grueling 4 mile round trip commute. I spend more on lawn mower gas and tractor diesel in the summer.
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~$100 a month.
<---- '99 Saab 9-3. It's a 5 speed and gets about 30 in town 35 on the highway.
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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 >:D )
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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 >:D )
Yeah, since we moved from a 1300 sq. foot house to an 1800, my commute increased 38%.
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(except when I have to fly somewhere - damn I hate the TSA >:D )
Not enjoying your probulating Cartman ?
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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.
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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?
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Any eye/ear bleeding after the hands of blue scanned you?
No, just smoke coming out of my ears.
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No, just smoke coming out of my ears.
No smoking in the TSA line.
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Just got the bill for last month, $67. I don't go anywhere :facepalm:
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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).
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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...
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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+.
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Wow. I wasn't expecting anything quite so disparate. From a few bucks to over $1000. :O
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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.
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$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.
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I have a 12 mile commute now, so hopefully i'll be paying MUCH less now.
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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.
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Wow. I wasn't expecting anything quite so disparate. From a few bucks to over $1000. :O
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
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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.