Am I the only one !

« **on:** March 22, 2008, 08:16:24 PM »

Not panicing about the gas prices . I drive far as hell too . Come on now , relax people .

-beerjet-

« **Reply #1 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:29:05 PM »

Whatcha gonna do ? I'm not givin up my trucks ,boats ,etc etc ,just going to deal with it best we can Tom

« **Reply #2 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:31:27 PM »

I just pull up to the pump, bang my card in the slot and fill er up.

If you cant afford to play the game....dont play!

! Just my .02

« **Reply #3 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:32:07 PM »

I hear ya, I drive a 99 Expedition, and now goin to buy a new F250 Diesel, with diesel way more than reg gas but watcha gonna do......keep drivin and dont complain......aint no one gonna listen anyhow....LOL

« **Reply #4 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:40:13 PM »

I have a friend that just sold his 04 tacoma 13k and picked up an 01 GMC Z71 to tow his boat with and also bought alate 90's honda civic as a comuter . I thought to myself . Twice the registration , 8 tires , they are both gonna need oil changes , insure both , so on and so forth . I guess I must be the crazy one then .

-beerjet-

« **Reply #5 on:** March 22, 2008, 08:44:00 PM »

supply and demand, they got it, we need it, so what are you gonna do. 35miles each way to work and haven't really thought about it till now

« **Reply #6 on:** March 22, 2008, 09:03:06 PM »

62 miles one way , I think about it every other day

-beerjet-

« **Reply #7 on:** March 22, 2008, 09:08:58 PM »

20 miles 1 way and ill stick with my beast and then the new one shortly ya notice I said "1" no way gonna spend the bucks for 2 rides, cant save any money that way

« **Reply #8 on:** March 22, 2008, 09:11:39 PM »

Quote from: 76NORDIC on March 22, 2008, 09:08:58 PM

20 miles 1 way and ill stick with my beast and then the new one shortly ya notice I said "1" no way gonna spend the bucks for 2 rides, cant save any money that way

x2. Gonna take a LONG time to get that money back in the bank

« **Reply #9 on:** March 22, 2008, 09:31:42 PM »

Just going to have to find a way to make more $$$

« **Reply #10 on:** March 22, 2008, 09:37:15 PM »

Quote from: OC2Vegas on March 22, 2008, 09:31:42 PM

Just going to have to find a way to make more $$$

I was just talking about that today

« **Reply #11 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:17:41 PM »

I thought I would chime in and let everyone know that I work out of my home, I have a company truck, the maintence is paid for by the company, they pay the insurance, and they gave me a gas card for my company truck. I love my job.

« **Reply #12 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:21:29 PM »

Quote from: hotrod56cars on March 22, 2008, 10:17:41 PM

I thought I would chime in and let everyone know that I work out of my home, I have a company truck, the maintence is paid for by the company, they pay the insurance, and they gave me a gas card for my company truck. I love my job.

Rod, midget wrestling is not a career.

« **Reply #13 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:23:05 PM »

Quote from: Luckie Stiff on March 22, 2008, 10:21:29 PM

Rod, midget wrestling is not a career.

LMFAO

« **Reply #14 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:32:29 PM »

Quote from: Luckie Stiff on March 22, 2008, 10:21:29 PM

Rod, midget wrestling is not a career.

Says who?

« **Reply #15 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:36:12 PM »

Quote from: OC2Vegas on March 22, 2008, 10:32:29 PM

Says who?

Not these guys, saw them in Bonneville in 2005, what a fukcing riot! I laughed so hard I peed.

http://www.halfpintbrawlers.com/

« **Reply #16 on:** March 22, 2008, 10:52:56 PM »

My wife has been driving my Colorado more and leaving the Tahoe to me because of fuel costs. She's driving about 50 miles round trip compared to my 15, but it is making a difference in total fuel costs.

She has been talking about wanting to trade in the Colorado for a Hybrid Toyota/Honda, I don't know that it will make that much difference once you figure in the vehicle payments and everything else.

I think I need to put my foot down and not allow any driving that is not required

unless it has to do with repairing or using the boat

« **Reply #17 on:** March 22, 2008, 11:57:14 PM »

I drive all over town (just goes with the job) but when I have to drive to henderson (about 30 miles) I take the wifes pathfinder instead of my Titan. I see a noticable difference in what we spend in gas, ruffly saving 8-10 gallons a week at $3.30/gallon.

« **Reply #18 on:** March 23, 2008, 12:35:50 AM »

had to park Ford crew cab dully diesel $3.85 gal $3.18 reg now have to drive Bronco 302 4x4 gas mileage is a little better going to buy permit from Indians $80 and launch in river save drive to lake 4 miles be low Avie no crowed to fight with , boat gets good mileage know but may add trans soon 454BBC Chev soon to be ford with auto flat bottom 5 miles to river love

that no drive down to get here ( BBC fore sale soon) fast and new 454

« **Reply #19 on:** March 23, 2008, 08:45:11 AM »

Quote from: OC2Vegas on March 22, 2008, 11:57:14 PM

I drive all over town (just goes with the job) but when I have to drive to henderson (about 30 miles) I take the wifes pathfinder instead of my Titan. I see a noticable difference in what we spend in gas, ruffly saving 8-10 gallons a week at $3.30/gallon.

$3.30 a gallon. Thats a steal

« **Reply #20 on:** March 23, 2008, 09:00:27 AM »

I'm pissed about it but certainly not worried about it for Jan and I. Diesel has hit 4.19 here in town..groan

With that said, I do worry about how my kids can pull it off cuz they're just starting out and don't quite have the disposable income we all do.

« **Reply #21 on:** March 23, 2008, 11:39:08 AM »

Quote from: flytime on March 23, 2008, 08:45:11 AM

$3.30 a gallon. Thats a steal

Not for us its not! When you live in the OC you know you are getting yanked!

« **Reply #22 on:** March 23, 2008, 01:43:26 PM »

After reading all these posts I am amazed at the common sense that we are using . Good work guys . Keep your foot out of it . My truck that I use exclusivley for work does not move otherwise . I spend a little bit of extra money to get good tires so they last longer , I also get the insurance they offer . Within 2 months two the tires got screws in them and were no longer any good (I had to change one tire on the freeway once) and because I insured them , each tire was free and the only thing I paid for was to insure the new tire $15 each time . I guess (with me anyways) everytime my wallet gets in a pinch I learn to stretch my dollar a little futher . Hell , I dont even rev my Tahoe above 2K rpm around town anymore .

-beerjet-

« **Reply #23 on:** March 26, 2008, 10:19:39 PM »

Yea, my jeep gets 12, wife's truck gets 10. Both are paid off.

We did the calcs based on 3.50 a gallon, using our mileage we drive a year.

To break EVEN, we got to buy a $13,000 car that got 28 MPG. Obviously, a little more mileage meant a hair more money to spend, but remember this is the BREAK EVEN point. So really we were looking at driving a used POS buzzbox to save what we would spend on a bottle of wine at dinner.

No, I don't like spending $70 a fill up vs $50, but it isn't the end of the world either (they canceled the whole global warming thing)

« **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2008, 06:22:54 PM »

Anybody see the news saying 4 bucks a gallon for regular?

At that price my truck will be $112 to fill up...........WHAT A JOKE!

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