I just love paying $2.50 for diesel. It isn't really bothering me yet, but when it hits $3 I will probably try to drive less.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200

Since my house is 46 miles one way from my work, I have been staying at my family's house during the workweek quite a bit. I am thinkin of selling my house and moving back closer to my job. I am going to have to downgrade though...won't be able to get as nice of a place for the money.

That's why I dumped the 15mpg cherokee on my sister for a 28 mpg accord. I knew it was going to get worst. I've been telling all my friends for 2 years now.

What I did not expect was for diesel to be as expensive as regular gas. That's got me stumped for sure.

Surprisingly boat fuel is about 2.80 per gallon, only 40-50 cents more than car gas. I have typically paid up to a dollar more for boat fuel.

I think Marina owners prefer to swallow a bit of profit, as opposed to having no customers at all use their boats, esp at a storage marina like where mine is kept.

Imagine customers saying fock it, gas is 3.50 per gallon, I'll stay home, as I imagine some will.

What does the marina owner do then?

Can't sell other services to people who aren't using their boats can you?

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Enough about me, how are you doing?

"Are gas prices affecting your driving habits yet?"
Mostly, no. I'm not driving the SD as much, but other than that nothing's changed. That's what's nice about having a variety of vehicles. Something for every occasion

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past MB rides:
'68 220D
'68 220D(another one)
'67 230
'84 SD
Current rides:
'06 Lexus RX330
'93 Ford F-250
'96 Corvette
'99 Polaris 700 RMK sled
2011 Polaris Assault
'86 Yamaha TT350(good 'ol thumper)

Nope. Just a fact of life. I am surprised to see the gas price in MD is almost a match to CA. Just got home after a week of absence. The Exxon gas station I drove by was selling Regular for $2.50 and high test for $2.85

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95 R129
04 Infiniti G35.5 BS
10 X204

Well my 300D gets mostly city miles, and I try to keep the RPM under 3000 on initial acceleration... sometimes i just cant resist, even though it has ample power at 2000 rpm or so. Usually the way I drive i get around 21 mpg. I'd like to go on a roadtrip and see what I get on 100% highway miles...

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1985 CA 300D Turbo , 213K mi

we pay so much for gas in zimbabwe that i would even pay $5 a gallon no sweat. (i was just home for chirstmas)

$2.50 aint nuthin.

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bmw 2002.
long live the legend

It hasn't changed my habits, I don't drive much anyway, and what I do drive isn't really negotiable. It has drawn my attention though...Geez, how high is it going to go? I was used to getting Diesel cheaper than regular; in my area its higher by about 2-7 cents/gallon.

Makes driving the Suburban a bit rougher (8-10 mpg on regular). Makes me glad I bought 2 diesel cars in the past 12 months. Driving the same, just use one of the diesels as much as possible. May go ahead and try veggy/fry oil in the '83 300D. Reg gas is $2.349 around here and diesel about $2.259. That make the diesel an even better deal. Flying J down the highway a bit had reg. for $2.249 and diesel for $2.169 the other day. They are almost always cheaper. Wife should be crying about putting 93 octane in her 560SL (16 MPG), but she just uses the CC so she doesn't really feel the pain-I do at end of the month! Then again, the hardtop will probably come off the car this weekend and then who cares about gas prices-let's go for a ride!

$2,000 to buy my SDL
$3,600 to maintain
$5,600 since last June
20,000 miles driven

$0.28 per mile to buy and maintain

$600 per year to insure ('fleet' discount)
$0.03 to insure

$0.31 per mile
$0.07 per mile 25 mpg, $1.75/gallon
$0.08 per mile 25 mpg, $2.00/gallon
$0.10 per mile 25 mpg, $2.50/gallon

$0.38 - $0.41 per mile, or $0.03/mile difference, or 8% increase.

I guess I won't change my driving habits too drastically...

That said, we use the Suburban only when we have a lot of stuff, or people, to haul, since that 40 gallon tank does get your attention at the pump!

Best Regards,
Jim

. . . but that's only because I've always consolidated trips as much as possible, kept the car in top condition, tried to drive smoothly with less braking, etc. If I still had the 420SEL, which got 17 mpg, I'd definitely be rethinking every trip three times. Now, with the 4-cylinder W202 C230, I rethink a trip only once.

I'vbe been telling people right along that there was no guarantee that gas prices were going to stay (relatively) low. (I don't think $1.50/gal. was low, but that's for another thread.) Everybody shrugs and says, "Don't matter to me." Well, while they're gassing up their heavy fuel-wasters, I'll be cruising right along, and my budget won't be destroyed, because I planned for this. Hope for the best, plan for the worst, and you'll usually be ok. . . .

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('03 Buick Park Avenue, charcoal/cream)
Formerly:
'97 C230, smoke silver/parchment; '86 420SEL, anthracite/light grey; '84 280CE (W123), dark blue/palomino

I typicly don't go out driving for the hell of it.....when I go I need something....otherwise its real short local trips....so no I haven't changed anything yet.

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Proud owner of ....
1971 280SE W108
1979 300SD W116
1983 300D W123
1975 Ironhead Sportster chopper
1987 GMC 3/4 ton 4X4 Diesel
1989 Honda Civic (Heavily modified)
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Section 609 MVAC Certified
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"He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you." - Friedrich Nietzsche

otoh usually can squeeze a couple extra mpg's when they switch over to summer diesel...

for short trips in town i use the wif's gasser vw now..

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1984 300D Turbo - 231k....totalled 11/30/07 RIP

I think it's because less oil is refined into deisel fuel than gasoline. With less refined, the price remains high due to demand.

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Current:
2014 VW Tiguan SEL 4Motion 43,000 miles.

2016 Hyundai Santa Fe Sport (wife's).

Past:
2006 Jetta TDI 135,970 miles. Sold Nov. '13.
1995 E-320 Special Edition. 220,200 miles. Sold Sept. '07.
1987 190-E 16 valve. 153,000 miles. Sold Feb. '06.
1980 300-D 225,000 miles. Donated to the National Kidney Foundation.
1980 240-D manual, 297,500 miles. Totaled by inattentive driver.

I bet up here this summer at the marina's diesel/gas are at or above $3 a gallon! I know where I work the mark up on fuel is very small, the owner likes to keep the price down. If people don't use their boats they won't break things. That means we won't have things to fix.

Next semester I will try to have all of my classes 2-3 days a week. That way insted of driving to New Haven 5 days a week I can cut out a couple of trips.

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1999 SL500
1969 280SE
2023 Ram 1500
2007 Tiara 3200