Its never worked out for me. At one time I lived and worked on the other side but went to school on this side, moved over here then graduated and got a job on the other side... just can't win.
Seriously, where are these people driving? Do they work on the moon? Ooooo, wait, I forgot...it's America and in true American fashion 20mpg is considered GOOD gas mileage for your vehicle to get. Driving a gas guzzling monstrosity around hauling half of your possessions with you is a good idea and certainly not bad for the environment.
Mind you, I get that most people can't afford to live close to where they work and public transportation in this country is shite, so it isn't all our fault. We'll just blame that rather than doing what we can. Okay, good plan. You get on with your bad selves you Hummer drivers. And while you are at it, please feel free to take up as many parking spaces as you need to with your over-sized and hideous vehicle. It doesn't matter if anyone else has a place to park. I know you are more important. I can tell by the car you drive.
$100 a month in gas is less than 2 tanks. Ghost drives 30 miles each direction to work each day, that's a tank a week, and he has a decentish gas mileage car. It's just the way life is sometimes. Trust me, I'd rather spend less money on gas, but unfortunately for us, there is no way around it right now.
Dude, he's hispanic, all he does is mow lawns.
I regularly run the numbers on what's cheaper. A new, fuel efficient car payment or a gas bill. Guess which wins?
If you HAVE to buy a new car, minus whale buy one with great mpg.
I wonder how much money DJB spends on gas a month seeing as you're all freaking out about $100. From what I hear he's done 80k miles in 2 years.
I used to drive ~35,000 miles a year, of course that was back when our gas was $1.30 a gallon, you're paying what, like a pound a litre or so? :shudder:
I regularly run the numbers on what's cheaper. A new, fuel efficient car payment or a gas bill. Guess which wins?
Ya, it's a bit more in Canada than in the US as well, still not as bad as Europe though. It was $1.27 a litre this morning, which works out to about $4.81 a US gallon.
So roughly $8US a gallon.£1.35/litre here (over $2?/litre?)
So roughly $8US a gallon.
Dang.
If I drove to the office it'd be about $200 a week at a minimum.
I could rent an apartment within biking distance for that much
what the hell would you do with a bicycle?
Sell it to a hippie for cab fare.what the hell would you do with a bicycle?
Just saying...you could have bought a fuel efficient car to begin with. It's not like this is a new concept, just there's more selection now. I see your point though. Sort of like how it doesn't make sense to buy a Volt because no matter how much money you save in gas it will never be enough to offset the cost of the car and the increases home electric bill.
How did you get a car for $3K? How many miles?
Most people don't have that opportunity unless they buy a beater and then wind up putting some serious money into it for repairs.