Monthly Gas Expense(s)?!

[MiDiablo]

So who's tallied up their monthly gas expenses recently? :-o :crack:

It really makes me sick that with what Amanda & I pay in gas/month; we could own about a $100k home! :puke:

-Josh

Edit: Forgot to post my monthly gas expense... I spent $401.14 :roll: Amanda spends about $18 each way to work, but she's not done her April expenses yet ((slacker))

[moshman1205]

would you like to buy an efficient car?? pm me!!!

[Stoopid Wendy]

i've been driving my toaster every day lately about 60 miles round trip, but i only go into the office 4 days a week. my weekly gas bill is about $30 (thats $120 a month for you slackers)

[moshman1205]

i've been driving my toaster every day lately about 60 miles round trip, but i only go into the office 4 days a week. my weekly gas bill is about $30 (thats $120 a month for you slackers)


thats not bad at all!!

[cochese]

I'm at $35.00-$40.00 per day x 6 days a week.

[moshman1205]

I'm at $35.00-$40.00 per day x 6 days a week.



good lord... what are you driving.. a semi??

[GNs-r-slow]

200 a week easily, yeah this sucks!!! Thats why I am willing to trade the Pony for a cheap on gas truck
101.xx to fill up the F-150 2x aweek. This is just mine then I still have the wifes, not near as much though

[BigDawg]

500.00 on my wifes malibu, and my F250 for the month. This is bullshit.

[bottlefed93]

We have been usually $600/month ++ It SUCKS!!!!! I had to start riding the motorcycle to work to save some money.

[StangItMan]

Well ... the wifey's Cobra slurps 93 Cartel-o-Tane and my 5.0 Explorer still gets high on 87. We both drive about 40 miles daily. This expense has taken a big bite out of our cash flow also, even with well tuned rides.

Fuel in South Carolina was 20 cents cheaper last week on vacation --- let's all go on vacation! Right-Huh?

Good thing Cory feeds his 347 now-a-days.

Chris and other bikers ... BE CAREFULL

[REDLIGHTRACER]

our Expedition $440 a month min
(if we tow our rv to go camping $100 each way to crystal river and back ! yep my azz hurtz!)
our tuscan $250 a month easy
the stang $100 if we take it out of the garage ( im afraid the garage will run away if the stang is not there to hold it down!)lol

so if you guys see josh and i at a stop light begging for cash (sign will probably read help the homeless josh needs money to get frankie back on the road!) so pay up suckers if you see us!!!

[**CHRIS**]

I spend about $30 every month.

The good news is that my work pays for my weekly driving fuel costs...$80 every two days. That's about $800 per month. :-o

[LS1COUPE]

i drive 6 miles a day:D

[Hurstmeister]

We have 3 vehicles. 92 Astro van, 4.3 v6, averages 18 - 23 mpg. 87 GT mostly stock, averages 16 - 17 mpg. 96 GT Cobra clone, averaging 16 - 22 mpg. We average $200 a week for all 3. Roughly $800 a month just for gas. In less then 4 years we've gone from $400 a month to $800 a month for gas expenses.

Its outrageous. We need to pull together and march on Wash DC and let our Govt know that we are sick of paying through the nose of fuel prices.

Friend of my father inlaw drives a semi truck. Says it costs him $1000+ a week in diesel,.. he just passes it on to his broker who passes it on to the consumer. We are the consumer. Thats why food and everything else will be going up through the roof with fuel prices. My salary hasnt gone up to match the added expenses. I wish I knew what we could do get a message across that we wont stand for this. At this rate,.. we'll be paying $5 gal gas in the next 12 - 15 months. Dont know about you guys,.. but $5 gal is my breaking point. Mustangs will be taken off the road and removed from DD duty at that point. I'll be riding a scooter.

Hurst

[MiDiablo]

Well I drive from Pasco to Tampa daily; then tour Tampa, Pinellas, and Pasco all day, each day showing our homes.

I can't drive a scooter to work - no way I'd live longer than a week! A scooter on the Vet or I-275, fahget aboud it!

My lady drives 49.5 miles EACH WAY to work. She works in Brooksville! So she puts over a 100 miles daily on the car, and she gets good gas mileage - but it's still so expensive. We're waiting to compute her expenses, and then add in our tolls :crack:

I bet we eclipse the $1,000 mark for the month :( :mad:

[$hawn]

now...about 500 a month :(

[Badlatitude]

daily driving gas about $20.00 a month. Race gas $360

[slow poke]

daily driving gas about $20.00 a month. Race gas $360

:lol: :lol: :D



about $20-$25 a week for me.. its nice living close to work... :)

[ODB]

600 per month

[moshman1205]

if any of you want something efficient you should buy my car... 91 olds... im tellin you i just put $$12 in and i got half a tank!! and i will have that gas for a while to... i drove about 40 miles and it didnt even move... and its a 3.3... but thats just what im sayin.....

[02LINCOLN]

i spend about 100 bucks a month on gas boy am i glad i got a v6 after my GT

[MiDiablo]

if any of you want something efficient you should buy my car... 91 olds... im tellin you i just put $$12 in and i got half a tank!! and i will have that gas for a while to... i drove about 40 miles and it didnt even move... and its a 3.3... but thats just what im sayin.....

Bro, no one wants to buy your piece of shit Oldsmobile. :lol:

This isn't a free plug for you to try and sell your shit either, put it in the F/S forum, and be done. :evil:

[Strokd85]

looking between $500 and $600 depending on what's going on that month...
working on picking up a commuter and parking the f250 except for when it's truly needed.
ran a report from last year and we were @ $320 a month in April of 07, April of 08 = $490...

[racingrick]

now that I moved less than 1/2 mile to work very little!!!

[moshman1205]

Bro, no one wants to buy your piece of shit Oldsmobile. :lol:

This isn't a free plug for you to try and sell your shit either, put it in the F/S forum, and be done. :evil:


yea i know i was joking...

[MiDiablo]

yea i know i was joking...

;)

So was I; sorta :P

[351coupe]

Yeah life sucks,but what are we gonna do?They got us by the balls!We can't stop driving,we can't stop working,were fucked!I pretty happy I got rid of my Lightning and got the Focus when I did.Me and my wife make good money but I was tired of throwing it away on gas and insurance.

[Hurstmeister]

I feel the same way. I got an email from a friend saying we should all not buy gas on the same day,.. that would teach the gas companies. I laughed. So then what? We just buy that much more then next day. They wont notice. The only thing that would hurt the gas companies is if we all buy electric or alternative fueled vehicles.

I myself am leaning toward buying a 99 - 03 Ford 7.3 diesel truck and setting up a veggie system as a DD vehicle. I get a tow vehicle and get to keep my Mustangs. Thats the only thing I can think of. Its that or buy a scooter. LoL

Hurst

[Stewart Scott]

bought a new diesel about a month back.

Power Stroke diesel = alternative fuel = LOVING IT!

Have three friends that run it ....fuck the fossil fuels as DD's.

[MiDiablo]

How much does a Veggie Conversion cost, and where would one find fuel for such a thing? I know I heard that some restaurants used to GIVE it away; now are charging :dunno:

I did see an ole beater Diesel on C/L a while back for like $7k because it was a Veggie Burner.

I just don't know how else to get ahead, or even break even at this point - with having at or over $1k/month in gas/tolls for Amanda & I. With that rate of expense, we'll never be able to move closer to work for either of us, because we won't be able to put enough money away to stay ahead of the curve :mad:

[EvrAce]

i average about 35 per week so about 140 a month which im pissed of cause i drive a little 4 cylinder neon and their supposed to be good ill be lucky if i get close to 170 per tank my buddy gets 300 + with alot of race mods ...this upsets me.....

[CressdaBowii]

$60-80 per month.:)

got to love good MPG.

[plazma]

I spend about 80/week on fuel.

Personally i'm still waiting for the e-85 stations as that will make things a bit cheaper for the stang or truck.

[DrDirt]

I guess I need to get out more. I drop about $45-50 into the Ranger every 2 weeks.

[plazma]

I miss driving the ranger. Damn jeep 4.0 isn't to good on gas.

[DrDirt]

You should fix that thing...really. :)

[MiDiablo]

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[S281-335]

That's It! I have had it. If I am going to spend this much on f___ing gas, I am going to damn well enjoy it.

Starting tomorrow the NOVI install begins!

[MiDiablo]

Plazma, how's the Jeep 4.0 do on MPG?!

[Skee]

ahh if i go to work and back i spend about 300 but if i go out on a saturday night i can blow 20 bucks in a few hours in gas

DRILL MORE !!!!!

[RICK_DIZZLE]

I have driven about 30 miles and flew 50 miles today...total gas bill 0.00$ God I love the ARMY!!!!

[Failure]

Biodiesel kits are around 3000 for everything.. then 70c a gallon if the vegi oil is free. :) im buyin that and a damn TDI golf or passat.. haha

[plazma]

Plazma, how's the Jeep 4.0 do on MPG?!

The jeep doesn't do to bad really. I get about 17-18 miles a gallon. Turn the a/c on and sit in traffic and it drops down to the 15 range.

I've been pretty impressed by the 4.0 though as it sure runs well and has plenty of low rpm tq to get it moving. Not exactly fast but i'd say with a good cai and exhaust it would pick up a good bit.

[MiDiablo]

Well I drove ONLY to work and back home today; no appointments - did admin work at the office all day - and still drove 63 miles :roll:

[bvh]

2000 to 2400 a mouth . two trucks on the road every day pulling trailers.. my ass hurts .. btw it was more but one truck is only being use every day the other is sitting unless we need to run both trucks .

[Ford DNA]

About $100/mo for me, but I don't drive near as much as I did before the economy shit on us.

[FrodoGT]

Well I pay about 35 bucks every week and a half to 2 weeks.. usually the latter.

[lexusondubs]

for me about $375-$400 for both cars :(

[GB]

$900-1000 per month

[Scott]

$65 fill ups x 3 -4 a month. Sucs my balls but whatcha going to do ! ?

[MiDiablo]

Well I drove ONLY to work and back home today; no appointments - did admin work at the office all day - and still drove 63 miles :roll:

Monday: 43,420 miles - 63 miles traveled.
Tuesday: 43,483 miles - 120 miles traveled.
Wednesday: 43,603 miles - ...

Over 180 miles in two days :crack: How exciting!

[Ford DNA]

When our company was still going, our fuel bill was usually around $7000/mo.

[79 pace car]

just filled the truck today from a 1/4 tank. cost me $66. around town i average just at 15mpg. i'm at about $150/month but i carpool to work. between my wife and i it's about $340 or so/mo. it sucks but what are you going to do?

[MiDiablo]

Monday: 43,420 miles - 63 miles traveled.
Tuesday: 43,483 miles - 120 miles traveled.
Wednesday: 43,603 miles - 43,724

304 miles already... :crack:
2nd fill up (both only to 3/4 of a tank-ish @ $60/each) of the week = $120 thus far

[MiDiablo]

Monday: 43,420 miles - 63 miles traveled.
Tuesday: 43,483 miles - 120 miles traveled.
Wednesday: 43,603 miles - 43,724

304 miles already... :crack:
2nd fill up (both only to 3/4 of a tank-ish @ $60/each) of the week = $120 thus far

So I took a day off of work last week (Friday) because I was sick (still am; yuck). But here's what I wound up with:

43,899 miles = 479 miles in one week.
As an average (using 6 days for this particular week) = 79.83 miles/day.
$3.63/gallon average
18 miles/gallon average
32.976 gallons bought
$120.00 spent
18 miles = $3.63 (average)
$16.09 daily travel expense
$96.54 spent on this particular week

Does that math look right? I think so... Considering I've got a little bit left in the tank this morning and made it to work already :dunno: Either way you shake it; basically $100/week + tolls... :yikes:

[KAILUAZ]

I have driven about 30 miles and flew 50 miles today...total gas bill 0.00$ God I love the ARMY!!!!

I too dont mind burning Govt fuel. I had to fill up twice last night!
Jo$h, that Smart car is looking better all the time, go rock it yo!

[Ford DNA]

"average" just bumped up to $3.73 or so. :(

[95coBraSVT]

Fill up every payday (every two weeks) to the tune of about $45 per tankful, so about $90 per month...unless there's a tournament or something.

[MiDiablo]

"average" just bumped up to $3.73 or so. :(

Yeah, I know. I was using the average cost that I actually incurred on those two fill-ups particularly. I can't believe this shit; it's getting ridiculous :mad:

FWIW - I saw a Honda Insight w/an RSX-TypeS swap that is getting over 40mpg :yikes: in the LHT Performance "shop forum" here on TR. Insane.

I just can't afford to a.) not have a tow vehicle, b.) go completly upside down on trading my truck in on a "new" gas sipper, or c.) even afford to get financed on ANY vehicle at this point in time (income is = Zero; job is a 1099, so no W-2 income; etc)....

[GNs-r-slow]

job is a 1099, so no W-2 income

Thats why I bought new, I write off all payments, maintanence, depreciation, and fuel. Cant do that on w-2

[Patrick]

my gas bill for the week so far is $471. I'll be back to update.

[JDL1000]

$600 a month for me and my wife. I drive a 4 cyl Ranger because I drive the most miles. My wife drives the Diesel Excursion.($200 for every fill)

[79 pace car]

just went out to the store. local bp is up to $3.94 for reg. this is really starting to suck.

[MiDiablo]

:roll: I hate gas.

[Patrick]

filled up today

$4.79/gal @ 28 gallons = $134.12

total for the week now.... $605.12

[MiDiablo]

/\ :puke:

[Patrick]

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:lol:

thank god for the company Am Ex! :D