how much are you spending per month on gas now?

[Dukkha]

before * single handedly destroyed our economy I was spending $40.00 per month on gas. Now it's averaging $100.00 per month! and I hardly even commute much to work and I have a fuel efficient Honda Accord. On top of the sudden inflation jump on all goods & services the cost of living has exceeded beyond my capabilities.

[taterguy]

1. 10 bucks at the most, unless I have to go out of town

[Broken_Hero]

2. My wife

drives, an average of 75-80 miles a day...at current prices between 2.59-2.79, we spend right around 40 bucks, every four days....

We usually fill up, sunday night=25-40 bucks...(depending on how much was left in tank, from previous thursday filling)

again thursday evening=40 bucks....a strong 40 bucks....

So, right around...hmm, 65-70 dollars a week

on edit: she drives an 04 purple dodge intrepid...we spend, probably between 180-220$ a month on gas...it sucks.

[Midlodemocrat]

24. About $200 a month for my van.

The same for my husband's car. So we are at approximately $300-$400 a month depending on usage.

[Broken_Hero]

51. damn that sucks...

are you in a mini van? I just filled up our gmc vandura this past friday, so we could go on a road trip up to kansas city, and that was 81plus, for just over 28 gallons of gas...it was a hit in the guts, big time.

[MadHound]

3. I'm spending about $50.00/month

Of course I'm riding one of these for my fifty two mile round trip commute:

A Bajaj Chetak scooter, gets 100mpg, cruises at 55-60mph. I generally ride everyday when it's dry. Picked it up last fall when gas started to climb after Katrina hit, and have been on it, winter, spring and summer ever since.

Great bike, lots of fun to ride, I recommend it highly. For more information check out <http://www.bajajusa.com> for more information.

[qnr]

20. Scooters are great. Mine has 7,000 miles now. n/t

[MadHound]

21. I've put a bit over 5000 miles on mine

In less than a year, and she's still running like a champ. I've always enjoyed being on two wheels, about the closest you can come to flying without leaving the ground.

What kind of scooter do you have, a Bajaj or some other?

[qnr]

45. Mine is a 50cc Yamaha Zuma. Was going to go for something a little larger

but we're keeping this, as we're planning on getting a sailboat.
(when we were temporarily in OK)

[ikojo]

43. Isn't it sweet? The air in your face

and the whir of the scooter.

I love mine...

[tigereye]

4. I would guess in the 90 plus range

of course I don't work as much in the summer, so it could be a lot more!

[swag]

5. About 50 bucks.

I take the bus and ride my bike a lot. And I have a hybrid that doesn't eat much gasoline.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

6. $0.00

I haven't owned a car in about 4 years.

Public transport is one of the great advantages of living in a large city.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

41. Oklahoma City needs to get that clue.

God, what I wouldn't give for a subway!
Duckie

[hfojvt]

56. short bicycle trips and thin traffic

are one of the advantages of living in a small one
but I am not sure what I will do if it rains tomorrow.

[querelle]

7. Nothing

I use public transportation, my bike, or I walk. Don't need a car as I live in the downtown area of my city and can usually get everywhere quite easily on foot. But the natural gas bills for my house are about 30% higher than this time last year even though I am very careful about conservation.

Q

[redqueen]

8. $120+

I work 30 miles from home.

I don't know how people who drive SUVs both ways are doing it. I suppose they must have a lot more money than I do.

[Ariana Celeste]

9. Not a penny.

Everything we need is in town, we don't have licenses or a car. We walk everywhere. Kind of sucks mid-summer and mid-winter, but it's bearable.

[Nicole]

10. $5-$10

I don't drive very much. I ride the bus or walk unless I have groceries to carry.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. I'm getting gas about once a month, with my new Hybrid.....

It's averaging about $48/month......

Not too shabby.......and the car is still breaking in.......

[Pied Piper]

44. Good for you, Peggy

I don't own a car, but I rent occasionally for work. Last time, Enterprise offered to upgrade me to a hybrid for an extra $5/day. I took the bait and actually saved $15 in gas. Who ever thought that a rental upgrade would actually save my company money?! I'll do it again next time, heck, any time!

[dpbrown]

63. Me, too. I love my Prius

I can't wait until I fit it with the plug-in battery.

[Crazy Dave]

12. Public transportation sucks in this town

It's very spread out and unless you live within a half mile of the downtown area you pretty much have to walk over half a mile to a bus stop then wait close to an hour for a bus. I know perfectly well as I did it for almost two years.
I'm fortunate I'm working out of my home about 60% of the time. Dollar wise it's kept me close to about what I used to spend four years ago which is around $20 a week or $80 a month. $80 isn't a lot to some people but it's the equivalent of half the light bill in our house.

[China_cat]

33. We end up having to use the van more

since the handicap busses on routes were cancelled everywhere but downtown. Nothing like sitting there in a mobility scooter and having the bus driver tell you he's not allowed to pick you up anymore. If I get to go anyplace at all, it's maybe once every 2 to 3 months but we have to have room for the scooter and the wheelchair (depending on which stores we're going to and what will fit where) and usually for the 3 dogs, too.

[bigwillq]

13. About $200 (nt)

[Crazy Dave]

16. $200 a week or a month?

Not good either way but I guess you got to do what you got to do. I hope it doesn't get any worse for you.

[bigwillq]

19. Usually about $200 a month

sometimes more. I travel a lot for work. We get mileage checks at a whopping 29 cents per mile but it doesn't cover the whole amount that I spend on gas each month.

Stupid ass repuke company! :mad:

[Crazy Dave]

30. 29 cents a mile is really bad...

...if you get stuck in stop and go traffic for an hour or more. It happened to me recently. It took half an hour just to go about two miles. I should have parked the car and walked but was too much of a wuss to walk in the 95 deg. heat. Plus going to see a client all sweaty wouldn't be good either.

[mwooldri]

37. I'm also inthe 200/month range too.

A Ford Focus and a Ford Windstar. Focus wasn't bad but it does take $28 to full-tank it these days - and that lasts a week and a bit. The Ford Windstar has got a bigger tank so can be filled up once every other week in most cases. But that's still $60-$70 a fillup. Lately we've been moving as well. So therefore... we've had an expensive gas month.

That is of course we are talking petrol or gasoline. If it's actual gas then I guess I need to buy a cylinder of propane otherwise it's usually $0 a month - we're all electric here and it sucks when the power goes out.

Mark.

[Mutley]

14. About $100.

$40 every week and a half.

I don't even like to think about it. x(

[Fleshdancer]

15. Maybe $50.00

I work at home though and I don't drive much during the week.

[Initech]

17. I spend about $100 - $150 a month

At least I get reimbursed for the mileage I put on my car at work, so my gas bill doesnt hurt THAT much.

[Phillycat]

18. Around $25 per month.

I walk to work and school. I use my car about once a week to go grocery shopping, unless I go out of town.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

22. Just went up (AGAIN!) to $1.15/L

[WoodyTobiasJr]

23. Just went up (AGAIN) to $1.15/L

So, that will bring the monthly total up to $90 a month

[Random_Australian]

58. Here it is already about $1.35

Though I walk everywhere so it costs me no money, not even public transport fares.

[huskerlaw]

25. About $60

depending on how many times I go to the beach. $40 is about a full tank of gas (I drive a Sentra) and that is almost always good for at least 2 weeks because I take the subway to work. But I admit that I haven't cut down on burning gas for entertainment purposes, so if I trek all the way to Malibu more than once, I end up filling the tank mid-month.

[Dukkha]

26. also for you mass transit riders

has the fares gone up for your bus/light rail/ferry etc as a result of fuel costs? I imagine that would be the case with many.

I predict yet another USPS stamp hike too coming soon.

[Le Taz Hot]

29. Fortunately, no.

The mayor and City Council just infused another $700,000 into our Fresno Area Express to avoid having to have a rate increase. They WERE going to use that money to increase the frequency on a couple of routes and to add a couple more bus routes, but the monies had to be diverted because of increased fuel prices. Say what you will about Fresno but it has a pretty good bus system (better than most, anyway) AND a City Council that cares.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

32. Nope

I think there's something in the MTA's contract that they can only increase the fares every two or three years or something like that.

I do think, however, that they added a temporary (for the summer) fuel surcharge for taxis, but they have just been talking about it. I rarely take a cab unless I'm hauling a bunch of stuff around, so I'm not really sure...

[Nicole]

38. No

Plus on the ozone warnings days we can ride for free.

[Le Taz Hot]

27. Well, now that I can't ride the bus

(I can't walk to/from the bus stops/home/work in 110 degree heat) I'm having to fill up my tank twice a month for a total of about $140.00 a month and that's WITH carpooling with my husband. I'll be glad when I can go back to riding the bus as a bus pass is only $35.00 a month for unlimited ridership AND I get my walking exercise. It looks like I won't be able to resume until September due to the weather.

[electron_blue]

28. $30/month

[LSK]

31. about $75

Only live 5 miles from work.

[sakabatou]

34. $40 a month usually

Put in a quarter of a tank (to get half a tank).

[WCGreen]

35. About 200.00.......

[Deja Q]

36. About $70/mo

$60 of which goes to my feeble attempt to not be lonely such as support groups or bars... :crazy:

[Redneck Socialist]

39. I was spending $200 a month

and commuting an hour each way to work, but then I got transfered to a location five minutes from my door!

:bounce:

[malta blue]

40. I am spending about $400 a month

It is killing me. My job is 35 miles away, and I try to carpool at least once a week.

[ikojo]

42. $24 or so....I have a scooter

and it gets approx 60 miles per gallon.

[flamingyouth]

46. Probably about $75 now that I don't work anymore

When I was working, it was at least $100 because of my commute.

[u4ic]

47. It varies, around $40-50/month

and gas just went up again! $1.14.9 per litre. I was out this morning, it was 1.08.9, and jumped in the few hours I was inside. x(

(that's approximately $4.35 a gallon)

[Scout1071]

48. $250-300 a month.

When not telecommuting.

[Redstone]

49. About fifty bucks. We live in town.

A small town. And my office is in my house.

Redstone

[Fox Mulder]

50. ~$120/month.

My work is eight miles away (one-way) and my car only gets about 25 miles per gallon.

[Monk06]

52. Zero dollars. Haven't bought gas since 1990. Haven't owned a car since

1980. I guess I should be rich.

[yellowdogintexas]

53. about $35 a week x 4 = $140.00

this is average. Less if all I do is go to work 5 days and to church on Sunday, with one grocery trip. I actually fill up every 8 or 9 days and get almost 300 miles per tank. My commute is 18 miles one way.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

54. Not having owned a car for ten years, I'm good at avoiding driving

although it's impossible to avoid it entirely in Minneapolis.

On average, a tank lasts me four to six weeks, so I DO get sticker shock each time I fill up.

Some of you who have really long commutes might find that moving closer to your job pays in the long run if the price of gas continues to go up.

[billyskank]

55. About £100 a month

[Random_Australian]

57. $ 00.00 and I never catch buses or trains or even ferries.

I walk. Not even a public transport fare to pay, which are ridiculously cheap anyway. I can ride a fair way on eighty cents. :)

:) I think I win. :)

[BlueIris]

59. About $40. I walk a lot of places now and try to keep the A/C off.

And my vehicle is considered fuel efficient.

[REP]

60. About $45 with Car Wash - I Drive *Everywhere*

Except to work, because I retired on disability a few years ago.

[NMMNG]

61. About $110 for my puny Saturn

Thanks GWB. :sarcasm:

[FILAM23]

62. Have 3 drivers with 3 cars

in my household, all told we spend about $40 or less per week

[NMMNG]

64. I used to spend about $40 per month

That was back in the Clinton era. I don't think I'll ever see those days again. :cry:

[Silver Swan]

65. In NE Illinois

We are retired and we only have one car, but we still are spending $120-150 a month on gas.

[txwhitedove]

66. Start new job next week, so will spend $110/month for 50-mile a day

round-trip. Toyota Matrix gets 30+ mpg. Can't ride a scooter in Houston,
cause I would get squished like a pancake by the crazy drivers.

[WeRQ4U]

67. Not too much unless I travel out of town

Small town, no commute. Farthest I drive is to take my kid to daycare. Otherwise, I walk alot.