I'm not feeling so gassy these days

It's no longer economical to go far from the house to purchase gas either now. When you figure in the cost of a gallon, and how much gas it takes to get to the cheaper station, you reallize it's actually more cost efficient to purchase locally for sometimes almost five cents more per gallon..

I am paying higher food prices too, to cut back on gas consumtion, which is frustrating, but again it's more cost efficient to pay up to twenty dollars more for a grocery trip than it is to pay almost fifty dollars for the gas I would need for round trips to different markets for "bargains".


I haven't convinced my husband yet of the advantages of owning a horse and buggy, but it's getting close. Though I imagine the price of horses and buggies will rise dramatically if they don't do something about the petroleum issue.

Bet the Hummer, Navigtor, Yukon crowd feels persecuted right about now. On the bright side they have something to spend all that excess cash on and learned a good lesson.  

Piss on the oil companies, I'm still goin on vacation.  

wierd this thread isn't showing up in the recent list.. but it shows up on the "recent forum activity" sidebar ,... at least on my computer....
wonder if I need a reboot?

I know you John.  Your sense of a vacation is leaving the house, isn't it?  

Some how I knew this was a Zubaz thread.  




If you can afford a vehicle like this you can afford gas prices.


This weekend I spent $78 to fill up my truck and car at $3.45 a gallon. I don't think that's too bad.

Yes   


Actually, condo on the beach in Tampa - St Pete, Busch Gardens, perhaps a 'faux' Safari and plenty of Pool\Umbrella drink relaxation time.  

June 13 here I come!

Vacation! Gee, I wish I could go on vacation!

Actually, John knows I just got back from two weeks in Hawaii, Aloha all!

Oh, and my Jaguar gets 20-25 MPG!

That's nothing, it's $3.60/gal here if you're lucky

Hav a great time vStyler!  

I live near the coast in the Tampa Bay area. Nice for vacations...sucks to live here though. Gas has been up to $3.75 and food is up 40% just this year.
And now Bush is talking about sending $770M in food aid OUT of the country, and I thought everyone quit droppig acid in the 60's.

You lot wanna try livin in the UK, At a rough estamate I'm payin $10.90 a gallon (5 litres). So whats a vacation??????

How much driving you doing though Hog?  My impression (and short work visit in Budapest and Paris) indicated less of a need to drive a personal vehicle.

Here in Texas, mass transit (trains, buses) isn't really part of the culture so even if you wanted to reduce your driving it's difficult.  Also, the communities around Houston aren't designed around walking to the market or pub or what have you.  It's drive or do without.  (:(

Hopefully, as gas prices increase and become more painful the attitude will shift.

I lived in UK my first 18 years, gas has always been twice as expensive there due mainly to smaller vehicle size and shorter driving distances, i biked or modeped everywhere.

@ angus, I'm in Middleburg just south of Jax so its only about a 3-4 hour drive, why leave the state when your already in a vacation destination eh.. ...and your Dad is paying for the entire week   

Zubaz I live in a little village about 8 mile from the nearst town and public transport sucks, so without a vehicle you don't go anywhere,don't go to work, don't go shopping etc etc, so you see i have to have a car to do just about anything. On average i spend about £30 a week on petrol (Gas) and thats keeping my driving to the minimum.

I am one lucky SOB when it comes to gasoline.
I drive over 70 miles a day and I normally trade my car in for a new one when it runs low on gas.   
It's nice to work for a car rental company.

I drive a company car so that gas is paid for but the fuel bill on my personal vehicle (it's a pickup, I live in Texas; everyone drives a pickup in Texas) is close to $100 a month

<--- Kingwood, just north of Houston.

No pick-up . . but I'm an import. 

Rose Capitol (That's Tyler to non-Texans)

From the title of this post and considering it was posted by Zubaz, I was expecting .. no I was afraid of finding something ... a bit different.   

LMAO!

And still you clicked.
Sick.  Sick, sick SICK!

And your point is ...   

I don't own a car - haven't in over 20 years now - so I've been pissing on the oil companies and the revenue man for yonks, when it comes to paying for fuel myself... not to mention, repayments repairs, registration, tyres and general servicing.

I've always made sure that I live somewhere with a good public transport system - right now I can get either a bus or train every 30 minutes to anywhere I need to go - and when I need a car once a fortnight to get the groceries home, I pay for a $5.00 - $6.00 cab fare.

OK, so I'm paying a little more for fares these days, but not a lot, and food prices have increased some because of oil prices rising, but all in all, I'm still saving thousands every year by not owning a car.

Personally, I think this oil pricing thing is one huge rort/ a con job of gigantic proportions... and the revenue man is gleefully rubbing his hands because his share goes up with every fuel increase. So think about it... what is our/your government doing to help ease the burden on motorist struggling to meet ever increasing costs?



*** Oh, and Zubster, on another note, I'm feeling as gassy as ever!! ***

That's why I wanted to be sure and post down wind of you

haven't made it in time to see the roses sinces 1984 - mom's side is from Longview





an it's about 40 miles to work