Now that gas is going up, will anyone consider
 

any type of lifestyle changes?

I suggested to my wife today that she drive to work with a friend, more for her friends benefit than hers, but it would help both out.

I guess one thing I would do if they hover over 3.00 per is to stop going out for cocktails and/or dinner and hang out at my house or a friends.

I don't see it as a big deal, even at 3.00 per gallon.

It's interesting to see these people driving Expeditions crying about 2.70 for fuel.

If a $4.50 per tankful difference is going to cause you to lose your house, there are other things far more wrong with your finances than rising fuel prices.

Thoughts?

bring on $4 a gallon. too many people drive vehicles that are far more than they need.

but good point on whining about a four buck difference in filling up your tank.

Not yet. I think my redline will be between $3 and $4. Might not be too distant a possibility.

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I pulled into a Texaco and right back out, because his cheapest gas was 2.75. That was a mistake because the next station I saw was 2.91! I drive short distances in congested D.C., so maybe higher prices will keep some people off the road to make it slightly more enjoyable.

I saw a dude a week ago pull in the gas station and ask for 2.00 of gas and complained about it being 2.45 a gallon.

Hello! How much of a friggin' difference would it have made? You can apply the same reasoning to aholes driving Hummers and Expeditions.

Europe has had >$5 per gallon for a long time, they think we are crazy for driving distances they would normally walk or bicycle to.

Yeah, like a story my grandfather told me fron his boyhood in Austin, TX (1890's). Cowboys would ride into town horseback. They'd get back on the horse to ride across the street. My grandfather said that they spent so much time on the horse that it just wasn't natural for them to walk anymore.

The European sentiment is right on the money for city drivers. But if you have a long commute or travel for a living, a couple hundred miles is just a wrm up. In Europe, that's 2-3 countries.

Here's how we could have mass transit: reduce the taxation on rairoads to make them more financially competitive with taxpayer-subsidized highways. It is INSANE that we tax railroads locally and also subsidize them nationally.

Until mass transit is competitive with highways, it ain't gonna happen.

You're right about that, but look at how small their countries and cities are compared to ours.

We have had it easy for a long time and now there is a price to pay for such good fortune.

The piper has come to collect.

:)

Today was my second day of carpooling. Round trip is around 75 miles ...Even if my 300D got 25mpg and Diesel stayed at $2.70/gal. I am saving $8.10/day If I carpool 5 days a week, I am saving over $40/week. There's four of us...which means a savings of $120/ month.
Since I rarely get 25mpg :o the $120 is a conservative estimate. Recently I have been mixing in a little bit of wvo...a guesstimate of about 15 gals. a month....there's another $40.
So...in about a month, I can finally afford to tint my windows! :D

The wife and I walk to work anyway and probably drive less than a 1000 miles a month between us so probably not.

I hate putting gas into the land crusier though, 12MPH. :mad:

Lifestyle changes will only happen when there's no gas to pump.

I'm going to cut down on Dead shows.

Garcia already did.

I'm stuck I gotta work and its 30 miles away, I cant afford a new car and don't like tiny little economy cars, hell I'm going to start saving for a new GTO. I do drive slower these days, but thats because I gots to fix my car :P

So you are trying to tell us that you drive a vehicle that is NOT more than what you need? You realize what will happen when you get your wish, don't you? EVERYTHING else will go up. Veggies? How do you think it gets to the supermarket? Meat? Your shirt?