Originally Posted By DyGDisney AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!! Regular unleaded was up to $4.22 today. It's costin my husband $100.00/month more to go to work than 1 1/2 months ago!!! We can't afford for him to work!
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder Here's what I want to know. How can the oil companies continue to post record profits and then say there's nothing they can do about the rising price of a gallon of gas? And before (and if) anyone answers- screw the shareholders. Record profits doesn't mean they're barely getting by. It means they're making money hand over fist. They can still make money and not make as much as they made before.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Bought diesel today --- $75 = 15.031gal or almost 1/3 a tank!
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains BTW - I can't wait for summer - No school - no kids to pick up - no leaving the house if at all possible!!
Originally Posted By pecos bill When this post started, gas was 3.65 a gallon! I especially enjoy hearing about it every morning when I turn on the news.
Originally Posted By SuperDry Last week, I for the first time learned what my normal gas station authorizes pay-at-the-pump credit card transactions for ($100), since I was unable to fill my tank before the pump cut off. Wow - a $100 tank of gas!
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Originally Posted By DyGDisney I'm going to start taking donations for my husband to get to work. Who wants to donate to my worthy cause???
Originally Posted By DyGDisney gottaluv--are you saying you paid $5.00/gallon? And when are they going to change the shut-off at the pump from $75.00? My hubby can never even fill up. Well, he better be taking the Saturn at least a couple of days next week. And I guess our DL trip is going to cost an extra $100.00 more to drive than last April.
Originally Posted By gottaluvdavillains Yes I pd $4.99 9/10 - okay What the heck is that - why don't they just say $5.00 - and that was at a rotton robbies - I heard chevron diesel in Livermore was at $5.22
Originally Posted By DyGDisney GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTH! WHY is the price of gas climbing so fast right now????????? I seriously am afraid we will get to the point where we can't afford for my husband to drive to work.
Originally Posted By friendofdd I'm sorry UK and Europe are getting so costly. It must be dreadful to fill up the fuel tank. I rely more and more on my big scooter (48mpg in town) and my little scooter (67mpg in town). DW is suffering a bad back at the moment, so it is the Honda CRV when she or the two of us go. It's difficult to comprehend that filling the 2 1/2 gallon tank on the small scoot costs ten dollars.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks FoDD. It is pretty costly. It is now about $160 to fill the tank. thankfully we go about 450 miles on that, but still. The price of everything over here is skyrocketting - frut and veg costs are up 60% on this time last year. And the airlines have just raised fuel surcharges to $400 for each flight over 9 hours (this is in addition to the ticket and baggage handling costs). Needless to say, we may not make it back to the States for a little while with 4 flights to buy :-(
Originally Posted By mrkthompsn <But I'm sure once gas hits $10 a gallon people will stop caring about the environment and drilling will start.> Apparently right now, I assume environmentalists care ~nothing~ of the environment of the Middle East (which is part of the earth), and are not concerned that we have zero control or influence over it.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 Last Saturday, my spouse went to the chiropractor, while I did a couple of errands. The chiropractor is right across the street from a Mobil station. When we walked in, regular was 4.19. When we walked out of that office about 90 minutes later, it was 4.28! I kid you not, they didn't even wait for overnight - it went up 9 cents just while we were in the chiropractor's office! It was weird to see it change almost literally right before your eyes like that.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<I seriously am afraid we will get to the point where we can't afford for my husband to drive to work. >> Can he carpool?
Originally Posted By DyGDisney I wish. His schedule is extremely hard to predict because he's not 9:00 to 5:00. Sometimes he has to be at work at 5:00AM, sometimes 6:00, sometimes 7:00. He rarely gets off on time (after 8 hours) either. And he doesn't usually know what time he has to be there until the day before. We can't buy the hybrid we wanted because, even though the gas savings would almost pay for it, it would give us two car payments and our debt to income ratio would be too high to refinance, which we'll need to do within the next year. We thought about selling his truck, but he needs a truck for his side business, besides, who would buy it with gas prices the way they are??? Guess we'll just have to start really scrimping on extras, and he'll be taking the Saturn to work a lot. I feel bad for those who have to give up food to pay for gas, and I know there are people like that.
Originally Posted By pecos bill I saw a homeless guy with a sign that said...Please help, I need gas for the Hummer!
