has the cost of gas slowed your summer plans
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has the cost of gas slowed your summer plans
i know for me and the wife it has. just last night we were asked if we be interested in going to Munising ,Michigan for a week, with the wifes sister & brother in-law. but with the price of gas. we decided to pass this year. its like 375 miles each way and gas going to be maybe around $5 gallon we said sorry. figure it cost us like $150 just for fuel .then theres hotel, meals ,extra spending cost. was easy to figure we might be talking $600.-$1000 for the week. plus i know we will rent a pontoon boat for a day. can't go up there with out looking at picture rocks national lakeshore without doing this it's a must see!
so we figure we just do some local getaways this summer with the price of GAS.
it just cost us like $250 to drive the inlaws car back to michigan one way from Clearwater ,Florida last week. and gas was as low as $3.65 to $3.95 gallon on are way up I-75 .
so we figure we just do some local getaways this summer with the price of GAS.
it just cost us like $250 to drive the inlaws car back to michigan one way from Clearwater ,Florida last week. and gas was as low as $3.65 to $3.95 gallon on are way up I-75 .
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it's not affecting me yet...i have a short commute to work, so one-off trips don't matter much to me. the other effects are what suck...stock market effects...food costs, etc. just the cumulative is what will get us.
on the GOOD side of this: less teenage punks cruising around town polluting the neighborhood with ghetto boom-cars, etc. mile hehehehe
on the GOOD side of this: less teenage punks cruising around town polluting the neighborhood with ghetto boom-cars, etc. mile hehehehe
You know your right. I have noticed less of that around here this season.b-man1 wrote:on the GOOD side of this: less teenage punks cruising around town polluting the neighborhood with ghetto boom-cars, etc. mile hehehehe
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Nope, of course, my mother would kill me if I didn't visit her at least once a year. Being 1000 miles each way is killing me though. Even if I get a fuel efficient car.
That was the same thing I was thinking. I guess the kids in my neighborhood have more money though, because they are still driving around.on the GOOD side of this: less teenage punks cruising around town polluting the neighborhood with ghetto boom-cars, etc. hehehehe
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Yeah it sucks(Jeep Grand Cherokee), and I bitch and moan, but I still pay it. I mean gotta get to work somehow and I don't want to get there all sweaty from biking.
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I think your stratus was busted or you have a heavy foot lolDoPeY5007 wrote:We went from a V6 2005 Dodge Stratus to a 4-Cil Civic Hybrid, 17 mpg to 42 mpg.
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