Comments on: Gasoline Gaining on Mortgage http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/ Survive the Tough Times, Get Out of Debt and Save Money Tue, 20 Apr 2010 14:35:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mrs. Micah http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-710 Mrs. Micah Thu, 29 May 2008 00:52:05 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-710 I'm so excited, we're about to start carpooling with a friend! :) I’m so excited, we’re about to start carpooling with a friend! :)

]]> By: marci http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-706 marci Wed, 28 May 2008 23:00:49 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-706 Hope the training is done soon - that will save you a lot of $$ :) Good luck til then. Last year I would have said the gas price was bothering me - as my 3 kids were all over 75 miles away... But I made a major life change and moved away from 'the big city' and back home...rural..and in the same little town with 2 of the 3 kids. The 3rd kid is 80 miles away now - and that's my once a month trip out of town - and for all the discount stores while I am there - Costco,kmart, target, etc. Before I was driving down 3 weekends a month to the coast(home now) and one to Albany to see kids/grandkids. Now I just have the one to visit still once a month. Luckily I made the move BEFORE all the gas stuff hit :) Yes - the self-employed are probably being hit hardest... you have to keep driving to make a living. Luckily, my big lifestyle changes were made over a year ago. I was fortunate to move home and drop my miles by 150 minimum per weekend :) Good luck! Hope the training is done soon – that will save you a lot of $$ :) Good luck til then.

Last year I would have said the gas price was bothering me – as my 3 kids were all over 75 miles away… But I made a major life change and moved away from ‘the big city’ and back home…rural..and in the same little town with 2 of the 3 kids. The 3rd kid is 80 miles away now – and that’s my once a month trip out of town – and for all the discount stores while I am there – Costco,kmart, target, etc. Before I was driving down 3 weekends a month to the coast(home now) and one to Albany to see kids/grandkids. Now I just have the one to visit still once a month. Luckily I made the move BEFORE all the gas stuff hit :)

Yes – the self-employed are probably being hit hardest… you have to keep driving to make a living. Luckily, my big lifestyle changes were made over a year ago. I was fortunate to move home and drop my miles by 150 minimum per weekend :)

Good luck!

]]> By: cindys http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-705 cindys Wed, 28 May 2008 22:33:10 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-705 Emily, Yes, I have cut down trips to see my kids who are 2 1/2 hours away to one trip per month instead of two. Marci, It does seem like a lot doesn't it. I am figuring actual gas costs for the last month and I have been making a weekly trip to the city for training. That's an additional 150 miles a week. My business is 15 miles away and I work 6 days a week. It's my business and my boss is a slave driver. :) I groom dogs and believe me after 8 hours, I am pretty much done... or done in. I also drove up to my kids house and that was an extra 350 miles when it was all said and done. I would say yes, I probably put between 1600 and 1800 miles on my van in the last 30 days. Emily, Yes, I have cut down trips to see my kids who are 2 1/2 hours away to one trip per month instead of two.

Marci, It does seem like a lot doesn’t it. I am figuring actual gas costs for the last month and I have been making a weekly trip to the city for training. That’s an additional 150 miles a week. My business is 15 miles away and I work 6 days a week. It’s my business and my boss is a slave driver. :) I groom dogs and believe me after 8 hours, I am pretty much done… or done in. I also drove up to my kids house and that was an extra 350 miles when it was all said and done. I would say yes, I probably put between 1600 and 1800 miles on my van in the last 30 days.

]]> By: marci http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-704 marci Wed, 28 May 2008 22:05:21 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-704 So at $300/month for gas and 25 mpg, that's about 1900 miles a month? That must be one heck of a commute to work! The price of gas has NOT affected my driving at all. Yet! Also Rural, NW Oregon coast - no public transportation goes my way. I spend about $60 a month on gas with one trip out of town a month to the nearest 'discount' stores, which are over 80 miles away. In my town we have only a Freddies and a Safeway - no discounts there. Gas at $4.09 now... Luckily my work commute is only 5 miles round trip, and my 8 yr old Subaru Forester gets a minimum of 25 mpg. Yes, I drive under 400 miles a month usually. Any chance you can get your boss to agree to 4 days instead of 5? or similar? I did that - just for the extra day off/repairing my old house - not for the gas, but it might help you some. I hear some bosses are getting better about flex hours/days. So no, I have NOT made any changes in my driving habits to save on fuel... HOWEVER....I HAVE made changes in my eating/grocery buying. Rural Coastal Oregon - end of the earth for Freight trucks, and the price of Groceries has gone sky-high already here...So my Garden is my Savings account... I have the biggest garden I have EVER had and plan (on a 50x100 city lot) on freezing, drying, and canning all and everything that comes my way. Lots of vertical gardening and edible landscaping. I am vowing to stay OUT of the grocery store unless it is truly a terrific buy!!! That's how the price of gas is affecting me. Good luck with your miles :) So at $300/month for gas and 25 mpg, that’s about 1900 miles a month? That must be one heck of a commute to work!

The price of gas has NOT affected my driving at all. Yet! Also Rural, NW Oregon coast – no public transportation goes my way. I spend about $60 a month on gas with one trip out of town a month to the nearest ‘discount’ stores, which are over 80 miles away. In my town we have only a Freddies and a Safeway – no discounts there. Gas at $4.09 now…

Luckily my work commute is only 5 miles round trip, and my 8 yr old Subaru Forester gets a minimum of 25 mpg. Yes, I drive under 400 miles a month usually. Any chance you can get your boss to agree to 4 days instead of 5? or similar? I did that – just for the extra day off/repairing my old house – not for the gas, but it might help you some. I hear some bosses are getting better about flex hours/days.

So no, I have NOT made any changes in my driving habits to save on fuel… HOWEVER….I HAVE made changes in my eating/grocery buying. Rural Coastal Oregon – end of the earth for Freight trucks, and the price of Groceries has gone sky-high already here…So my Garden is my Savings account… I have the biggest garden I have EVER had and plan (on a 50×100 city lot) on freezing, drying, and canning all and everything that comes my way. Lots of vertical gardening and edible landscaping. I am vowing to stay OUT of the grocery store unless it is truly a terrific buy!!! That’s how the price of gas is affecting me.

Good luck with your miles :)

]]> By: Emily @ Taking Charge http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Emily @ Taking Charge Wed, 28 May 2008 21:36:11 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-703 Riding a horse to school? Haha, that's really going old school. I unfortunately have had to cut down on the driving. My family lives three hours away and I haven't been home to visit in a while because it's so darn expensive -- that's not even counting the driving around to see all my family once I'm there. We commissioned a Roper poll at CreditCards.com and found that over half of Americans are already cutting back on visiting family and friends due to the prices: http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/home/permalink/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080527006417&newsLang=en I can only imagine how much that number will rise when gas goes up to $6 or $7 a gallon... Riding a horse to school? Haha, that’s really going old school. I unfortunately have had to cut down on the driving. My family lives three hours away and I haven’t been home to visit in a while because it’s so darn expensive — that’s not even counting the driving around to see all my family once I’m there. We commissioned a Roper poll at CreditCards.com and found that over half of Americans are already cutting back on visiting family and friends due to the prices: http://www.businesswire.com/po.....ewsLang=en

I can only imagine how much that number will rise when gas goes up to $6 or $7 a gallon…

]]> By: cindys http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-702 cindys Wed, 28 May 2008 20:34:32 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-702 Joe, I just don't make extra trips. There isn't much I can't live without for 24 -48 hours so I just find a substitute or do without. Grace, Yup, my 1991 Toyota Previa gets about 25 mph on the highway. Since I live in the country it's pretty much all highway miles. There is not a traffic light in my whole county. :) Joe, I just don’t make extra trips. There isn’t much I can’t live without for 24 -48 hours so I just find a substitute or do without.

Grace, Yup, my 1991 Toyota Previa gets about 25 mph on the highway. Since I live in the country it’s pretty much all highway miles. There is not a traffic light in my whole county. :)

]]> By: Bouncing Betty http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-701 Bouncing Betty Wed, 28 May 2008 20:34:03 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-701 My new to me vehicle costs about $50-$55 to fill up and I can get about 8-10 days out of a tank PROVIDED I don't go "road tripping". Like you, I don't live close to any major stores, etc and I'm trying to take one day a week to run all my errands-bank, post office, grocery store, DIY, Target. Sometimes living rural has it's disadvantages, this is one of them. My new to me vehicle costs about $50-$55 to fill up and I can get about 8-10 days out of a tank PROVIDED I don’t go “road tripping”. Like you, I don’t live close to any major stores, etc and I’m trying to take one day a week to run all my errands-bank, post office, grocery store, DIY, Target.

Sometimes living rural has it’s disadvantages, this is one of them.

]]> By: Grace http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-695 Grace Wed, 28 May 2008 20:12:29 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-695 You're getting 25 miles per gallon with your mini-van? That's certainly better than my '99 Dodge Caravan is getting. I live in a city with pretty good public transportation, and my employer subsidizes my annual bus pass. Even then, I budget $40 a week for gas, and lately, that hasn't been enough. You’re getting 25 miles per gallon with your mini-van? That’s certainly better than my ’99 Dodge Caravan is getting. I live in a city with pretty good public transportation, and my employer subsidizes my annual bus pass. Even then, I budget $40 a week for gas, and lately, that hasn’t been enough.

]]> By: JoeTaxpayer http://achingdebts.com/gasoline-gaining-on-mortgage/comment-page-1/#comment-694 JoeTaxpayer Wed, 28 May 2008 18:33:06 +0000 http://achingdebts.com/?p=201#comment-694 I view the trips as you do, and try to plan ahead. Depending where I am, I'll stop at a different place on the way home, and avoid going out for one item. If you have to run out for only a half gallon of milk, you just paid an extra $3.89 plus your time. A bit of planning saves that time and money. Joe I view the trips as you do, and try to plan ahead. Depending where I am, I’ll stop at a different place on the way home, and avoid going out for one item.
If you have to run out for only a half gallon of milk, you just paid an extra $3.89 plus your time. A bit of planning saves that time and money.
Joe

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