How much do you spend in gas?

[jbiscuit]

After doing some calculating and stuff this morning with gas mileage and such, Jeni and I spend a combined $400/month in gas.....not including the gas I put in the Biscayne when we take it out.

I've been averaging about 25mpg in the wagon and she gets about 26mpg in her Cavalier. How much do you guys spend? I was SHOCKED once I actually calculated our usage.....Its probably ± a little bit but still....why can't gas go back to $2/gallon :( I miss those days.....and my wallet does too

[CobraSnake]

Me and my wife probably spend about $450-500 a month in gas. Probably more because I'm just trying to calculate that number in my head right now.

Mark

[Todd Z]

I spend about 5K a month for business and personal use. These prices are killing me! I can't put a gas surcharge on contracts that were signed six months ago. We have raised our prices and current gas charge is 10% soon to be 15%.

[CobraSnake]

I spend about 5K a month for business and personal use. These prices are killing me! I can't put a gas surcharge on contracts that were signed six months ago. We have raised our prices and current gas charge is 10% soon to be 15%.

holy crap what do you do??? 5k/month??

[Todd Z]

I own a limousine service.

[kornholio788]

I am probably 400 a month in just my neon. But I drive alot as I live far away from work. But my rent is UBER cheap to make up for it. Gas prices don't effect me. I still drive the shit outta my car. Nothing I can do about the price. SO I just keep cruising and enjoying my car. So I don't get to eat out as much. Oh well.

[Karps TA]

I fill up once a week for around $50. the Monte avgs around 23mpg with almost all city driving.

[BAD LS1]

i switch on and off vehicles weekly between the S10 and monte, the camaro is not included yet.

rougly 60$ to fill each once a week so about 240$ a month in gas. Gotta pick up a bike ASAP to cut that in half hopefully.

[pOrk]

It costs me 340 bucks a month to drive to work in my truck, thank goodness I only work 3 days a week.

I have been riding the bike now that its nicer out, if I ride the bike to work every day I only spend 85 bucks.

[Silver350]

I think I spend from $200 to $300 a month.

Last week i figured I would do the math on the milage. Car said it's getting 25.5 mpg but when I did the math it said I was getting 23.2 MPG. The math is what I been going by when thinking about it the G6 only gets three more miles to gallon then my truck did which is bull Sh*t. I hate that car.
All I do is drive to work and to softball games and my car is probably 95% freeway driven a week. When I am on the freeway I am the guy that sets his cruise about 5 over the speed limit. Weekends I spend sitting in my apartment not going all over tarnation like I use to do back when it was $2.00 a gallon. I use to go on rides just for something to do. Now I will try not to go anywhere unless I have multiple places to go and there next to each other. If I get bored in my apartment I will take the dog for a walk or go and talk to Neighbors at my apartment complex.

[07ROUSHSTG3]

my truck gets 13 mpg, so if i drive that 5 days a week to work it comes out $92 a week.

my mustang gets about 18 mpg, so that comes out to $64 a week.

my wifes milan gets 28 mpg, so that comes out to $43 a week.

in the average week, i take my car once, my truck once, and her car the remaining 3 days. roughly figuring that out, I use about $60 a week, so around $240 a month just getting to work. There are weeks that I use the truck all 5 days though, and that adds up, LOL!

[Nick]

Now that I fill up once every 7 days and not every 3...

Between $200 and $250 a month

Probably less once I get my new mountain bike

[dfr225]

lets say my work truck is empty, it'll cost about 55-60 to fill and that disappears after like 3 days ( 190 miles to 16 gallons of fuel..ouch lol )


my car is about alittle over 60 to fill completely up.

[SmokinRAM114]

200 in diesel in the DD, and 300+- for diesel in the race rig. and $150 in race fuel for the bike.. yikes.

[sacstoy02gt]

Just for the wife and I to get to work - ~$500/month. She works in Illinois, I work in Franklin so my drive isn't too bad.

Add in all other driving and it's probably close to $650-750/month depending on if we take any trips.

[jbiscuit]

are you guys shocked by this? $700/month is more than my last apartment cost per month! $700/month times 12 is close to what West Allis thinks is appropriate for property taxes :rolf

[Mr Twigbert]

I vote you turn this into a poll.. To make it easier see the results..

I spend about $200-300 a month.. Thats why rising gas prices don't really freak me out.. I fill up my car once ever 2 weeks, the wifes van once every 2-3 weeks and the Mustang maybe once a month..

[Silver03SRT]

I spend atleast 375 just on my daily driving to and from work and running around. I put another 300 in for my fishing tournaments between the truck and the boat. The prices are killing me but I gotta pay it so I :alcoholic to make myself feel better. If something isnt done about these prices soon our economy is going to be i some serious danger as if it isnt bad enough already.

[CobraSnake]

I own a limousine service.

well that explains it.

Mark

[WhatsADSM]

are you guys shocked by this? $700/month is more than my last apartment cost per month! $700/month times 12 is close to what West Allis thinks is appropriate for property taxes :rolf

NO kidding 700/month is a TON for gas, can't believe some of you guys pay that!... I fill up about once a week at ~$50, so figure $200-$250 a month. I get about 19-20 MPG in the 240, and maybe once I play with the tune a bit more I can bump it up an MPG or 2.

Now as a side note, $700 a month in West Allis for property taxes?! :durr You sure? You own a 5000 sq/ft house or something?
I'd shoot myself if I had to pay that much in Stalis.

[dfr225]

im going to guess about $400 a month currently.


damn i thought i was paying a lot lol

[Josepy]

I think I spend from $200 to $300 a month.

Last week i figured I would do the math on the milage. Car said it's getting 25.5 mpg but when I did the math it said I was getting 23.2 MPG. The math is what I been going by when thinking about it the G6 only gets three more miles to gallon then my truck did which is bull Sh*t. I hate that car.
All I do is drive to work and to softball games and my car is probably 95% freeway driven a week. When I am on the freeway I am the guy that sets his cruise about 5 over the speed limit. Weekends I spend sitting in my apartment not going all over tarnation like I use to do back when it was $2.00 a gallon. I use to go on rides just for something to do. Now I will try not to go anywhere unless I have multiple places to go and there next to each other. If I get bored in my apartment I will take the dog for a walk or go and talk to Neighbors at my apartment complex.



yeah the g6's suck ass for gas mileage. we geta bout 20 or so. im looking to get rid of it.

[jbiscuit]

Now as a side note, $700 a month in West Allis for property taxes?! :durr You sure? You own a 5000 sq/ft house or something?
I'd shoot myself if I had to pay that much in Stalis.

it was just a joke :thumbsup:rolf

[jbiscuit]

poll is up

[sacstoy02gt]

Yup it sucks. In our case, my drive is only 14 miles one way to work. Not much of an issue. The wife drives a bit more being in FIBland. But, even with what it costs in gas, a job here in WI doesn't pay near enough to make up what we'd cut out in gas. So, it's still worth it to drive there for work. Her next car is going to definitely be more efficient given the amount she drives though. The old v6 Avenger does ok; she gets 26-29 mpg with it, but that still sucks when a one-way commute is 50+ miles (sometimes more depending on the day).

[dfr225]

50+ mile commute is crazy long for just one way. dang.

[A B4C Z]

$90.00 a week in the truck, gets 17mpg and its 30 miles a day gaurentee to go to work and home. Camaro gets 13 and if i take it out its usally half tank so thats like 35 bucks to fill everytime that comes out. Id say i spend about 300-350 a month easy.

[wikked]

56 miles for me to work & back.
/
~23mpg
=
2.4 gallons used per day
x
~4.19gal premium.
=
It costs me $10.05 a day to go to work & back :(
x
22 work days a month...
=
Roughly $221 a month for just work.

So probably around $300/mo after misc. extra travel.

[jbiscuit]

^^^ its sick how much we are spending JUST to get to work!!

[FANAT1C]

I was driving my Excursion daily and in one month, also with the wife driving to work and using the fun cars a little on the weekends, I think we were just under $600. I guess it's time to have at least one vehicle without a v8 (or larger).

Great thread J!

[Smokey1226]

It really Depends on how many times i have to deliver in a month. So if none (which has never happened) i can make it through the month on 1 tank. $130 +/-

If i have to tow usually twice a month I have to fill up 3 times. $400

The good part for me, 18 Miles round trip to work and back. 8 miles round trip to the Golf Course and back from home. Most friends/Cousin live either within walking distance or under 3 miles. So that helps big time.

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

My wife's commute is going from 70 miles a day round trip to 10 miles round trip starting the May 27th, at 15mpg we should notice the money in our pocket right away. :thumbsup:banana1::headbang:D:banana

My commute is like 2 miles so gas prices dont hit me that bad.
We also still cruise around on the weekends in the Cobra but not as much as we did 2 years ago when gas was "cheap". :rolf

[Poncho]

I spend over $400/mo for gas. In our house, our half of the rent is only $400

[Silver350]

yeah the g6's suck ass for gas mileage. we geta bout 20 or so. im looking to get rid of it.

If I knew I was going to be paying out of the ass for gas in it I would of bought another truck. I would like to get rid of mine but I need to get some more paid off on it maybe in a couple years.

[jbiscuit]

just trade it in Scott....the deals on trucks right now are really good. A lot are offering 0% financing

[88Nightmare]

JUST going to work with my truck, I spend about $280 a month, and this isn't counting any additional fuel for "leisure" driving.... so while I voted for the 100-300 option, I really should have gone for a notch higher...

[jbiscuit]

^ I bet you spend more than you think.

[88Nightmare]

If I knew I was going to be paying out of the ass for gas in it I would of bought another truck. I would like to get rid of mine but I need to get some more paid off on it maybe in a couple years.

the saturn aura we have (same platform as your G6) with the 3.6 DOHC and 6 speed auto gets about 20mpg on straight city, sometimes 18. on the freeway it can do about 30mpg.... I didn't think it would be that terrible on city driving for a V6, but I guess I was wrong

[dfr225]

new superduty w/ powerstroke FTW!!

[Smokey1226]

Gasser FTL ^ Ive been avg 18-20mpg. But that is will no horseing around i got that out of my system for now.

[88Nightmare]

^ I bet you spend more than you think.

I'm sure I do. I don't wanna sit down and calculate it, I'll probably vomit

[johnny--2k]

450-500 just myself. Can get up to 600 during a busy month....

[88Nightmare]

Gasser FTL ^ Ive been avg 18-20mpg. But that is will no horseing around i got that out of my system for now.

yeah but diesel is also 50 cents more expensive

[Silver350]

the saturn aura we have (same platform as your G6) with the 3.6 DOHC and 6 speed auto gets about 20mpg on straight city, sometimes 18. on the freeway it can do about 30mpg.... I didn't think it would be that terrible on city driving for a V6, but I guess I was wrong

Yeah I have the 3.5L and like I said 95% of my driving is freeway miles and it is only getting a killer 23.3 which really sucks for a car.

Come summer when my lease is up I am moving back to stallis to be closer to work so I will be walking/Biking. Just have to wait till end of August.

[Yooformula]

my wife spends $550 a month in gas and I spend $225 with me only driving 8 miles to work each way.

[forest]

I was at 680.00 per month and managed to cut it down to 363.04 per month.
nissan gets 33mpg on average and i drive 102.6 miles sat and sunday, and 108.7 miles M-F = 748.47 miles a week just to work and back. that is 22.69 gallons per week= $90.76 a week= 363.04 a month.

[Voodoo Chick]

I don't even bother trying to calculate it, it doesn't bother me any. Like I mentioned in a different thread, a while back, I don't have kids or high bills, our rent isn't too bad, so what the hell? Gotta spend it on something. Plus, when I take one of the cars to get gas, there's always the added fun of making a smartass comment to the inevitable person that says "That's gotta be a killer at the pump......."

[michelle]

Now I am depressed.

[Cryptic]

I live real close to work (~5miles)
My truck gets like 11mpg :(

If I am not driving on any long trips I can keep it to a tank (20gal) every 2 weeks, so around $160/month. I haven't been driving much.

[TraceDaddy]

I honestly try to not think about it. There is not much we can do except consolidate trips. We do that anyway just to save time. It's pretty depressing but cheap beer makes things a little better.

:alcoholic

[Bobby "Big Daddy" Flay]

The Buick gets average 25 or so and I fill that once every 6 days, so about $250 to get back and forth from work. I am wanting to sell the car and get a 4cyl. Honda again - the wife gets 38-40mpg in her 04 Civic.
Driving the Camaro and being nice on the pedal gets 19-20 but not when i'm having fun:headbang

[wikked]

I drove like an absolute grandma last week, to see how much more mpg I could get.
Never went into boost, kept it under 3000rpm at all times.

I average 23mpg usually, and driving like a dinosaur, I got 27.5.

Driving all old n' shit will save me $1.53 PER DAY on gas.
Or $33.66 a month.

[jbiscuit]

I drove like an absolute grandma last week, to see how much more mpg I could get.
Never went into boost, kept it under 3000rpm at all times.

I average 23mpg usually, and driving like a dinosaur, I got 27.5.

Driving all old n' shit will save me $1.53 PER DAY on gas.
Or $33.66 a month.

I literally just did the SAME exact test with the Subie wagon to see what the results would be. Started with a full tank of Shell 93 and drove it down to dam near nothin. Last tank of gas I got 25.3 mpg and this tank driving "grandpa-style" I got 25.4, dam near no change. Not even enough to say the .1 better MPG was a result or driving easier on the pedal. Well, back to driving like normal I guess. I was hoping I would see close to 28mpg if I can get 25 driving however I want

[Nix]

The wife and I use about $450-$500 depending in a month. That is not including me driving my ta. also this is just pertaining to driving to and from work, this does not include any side trips.

[wrath]

What I spend on gas fluctuates. We were paying around $250 assuming we didn't go to Michigan. Each trip to Michigan adds another ~32 gallons of gas.



just trade it in Scott....the deals on trucks right now are really good. A lot are offering 0% financing

I have a 2007 G6 I bought last October. G6s aren't worth a shit on trade-in.

It has saved us about $2,000 in highway mileage and reduced operating costs over my Silverado/GMT800 but it gets the same shitty mileage as my Silverado in the city. If I wouldn't lose my ass on trading it in I'd get another pickup. The G5 sucks for going long distances but the G6 costs just as much to operate as a pickup with a much worse residual value. So, I think we can deal with the crappiness of the G5 for long distances if we need to.

The G6 is definitely a nice expressway car though. Just too fat for city use.

[SmokinRAM114]

yeah but diesel is also 50 cents more expensive

i get about 17,18mpg mixed driving, 20,21 mpg highway. what kinda mileage do u get?

[Prince Valiant]

I spend ~ 120-160/month in gas. I drive ~ 3,000 miles a month now though in the insight.

My cost would likely be b/w 650-700/month if I still had the Jeep.

[Silver350]

[QUOTE=wrathweb;381811]

G6s aren't worth a shit on trade-in.

QUOTE]


Yep I took mine in to find out what kind of trade in I could get and they would only give me 12,500. That price was given by two dealers. Pretty much in order not to completly screw myself with monthly payments more then what I have now I would of had to get a 2003 or older truck.

Maybe I should trade it in for a 5k dollar honda civic or accord.

[USMARINE1108]

About $250.

[Sleeper Sierra]

my wife fills up twice a week at 50 each time, I fill up at leas once a week at 115 per tank so I guess we spend about 900 a month in gas. I drive 90 miles round trip to work and she drives about 80. I have been riding the harley alot lately to cut down on costs, but 90 miles aday on a sportster is not comfy. What are you gonna do. I am considering getting a job closer to home, I would if I could find comparably priced benefits to what I get through work.

[pnad]

1800 miles per month just commuting.
27mpg in the Olds Intrigue (Team 3800 yo!)
$4 per gal for 87 right now
---------
$267 per month.

The wife drives the Town&Country to work. Short, in-town commute but at 17mpg city she is probably another $150 per month.

[Lash]

Right around $300 for us. My wife is about $200 of that....the rest is my Ram which I mainly only drive on the weekends (work van with company gas card FTW!!!)

[BAD LS1]

Yeah I have the 3.5L and like I said 95% of my driving is freeway miles and it is only getting a killer 23.3 which really sucks for a car.

Come summer when my lease is up I am moving back to stallis to be closer to work so I will be walking/Biking. Just have to wait till end of August.

Ha! 23.8 last fill up on the monte... yeah its got that 4 banger mode BS but im 80% highway though... straight up 18 all day long 100% city and no jacking around from stop lights.

[Ricky Bobby]

wifes jeep is about 120 a month and me 0 work van ftw :thumbsup once and awhile ill throw 20 in the vic to get around town though

[wrath]

http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/wayoflife/05/20/geo.metro/index.html

[Rocket Power]

$300 or so by myself and I drive the more economical vehicle(22 mpg) . My wife drives the Super Crew because she works in New Berlin and I work in Burlington. We pretty much use the truck when we go anywhere as a family. I'd say at least $500

[Breecher_7]

I spend atleast 375 just on my daily driving to and from work and running around. I put another 300 in for my fishing tournaments between the truck and the boat. The prices are killing me but I gotta pay it so I :alcoholic to make myself feel better. If something isnt done about these prices soon our economy is going to be i some serious danger as if it isnt bad enough already.


$320 Just to fill the boat and truck here....


I feel your pain.

[Breecher_7]

Me and my wife probably spend about $450-500 a month in gas. Probably more because I'm just trying to calculate that number in my head right now.

Mark

Wait a second, Your Married????!!! And you still took your mom to an interview with you? :rolf

[Smokey1226]

Wait a second, Your Married????!!! And you still took your mom to an interview with you? :rolf

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[88Nightmare]

i get about 17,18mpg mixed driving, 20,21 mpg highway. what kinda mileage do u get?

15 or 16mpg of mixed driving, and in optimal conditions on STRAIGHT highway driving, I've gotten over 22mpg. A lot of that may have been spent drafting semis :rolf

[theavenger333]

i have to fill the buick up about twice a month, depends on what i'm doing. sometimes 3 times, which is 55ish a pop. i fill the scooter once a month usually, that is 1.25 gallons.

[Flicktitty]

$450ish - 550 PER MONTH Just for me. i'm in the market of looking for a cheaper car.

[GRAMPS SS]

right now..it depends on how far i go to a costomer....so far theis week....started sat...i have put 140.00 in the suv,....and the week is not over yet....maybe 210.00+ a week.....

that's not including the wifes car....

[Want_Notch]

I am at $900+ a month.

It's almost cheaper for me to not go to work..........LOL