Gas Prices!

[MCI transplant]

<_< ----- With the increase in gas prices seemingly every week, I believe it's starting to effect all of us! How is it effecting you? :unsure:

 

[Garfield1966]

I only drve 12 miles to work each way so its not a huge deal. My wofe on the other hand is a home health care nurse who drives about 100 miles a day or so. Currently she has a $200 a month fuel bill. Ouch.

Looking at it objectively though, I am glad the fuel prices are finally going up. When I was in Europe, I was paying over $8 a gallon. Funny thing is, never saw a pick up or SUV while Iwas there. Maybe it will cure our addiction to big cars.

 

[AMFAMAN]

My wofe on the other hand is a home health care nurse

WOFE-Is that like a wife/wolf hybrid, I've seen that before. 😛

 

[Garfield1966]

WOFE-Is that like a wife/wolf hybrid, I've seen that before. 😛

Full moon can make things a bit ....... dare I say it .... hairy

 

[Vortilon]

I only drve 12 miles to work each way so its not a huge deal. My wofe on the other hand is a home health care nurse who drives about 100 miles a day or so. Currently she has a $200 a month fuel bill. Ouch.

Looking at it objectively though, I am glad the fuel prices are finally going up. When I was in Europe, I was paying over $8 a gallon. Funny thing is, never saw a pick up or SUV while Iwas there. Maybe it will cure our addiction to big cars.

I wasn't aware that everybody felt the same way you did. People in Europe lead completely different lifestyles than Americans as far as driving goes. That $8.00 per gallon gas helps pay for their socialist governments. That along with the steep income tax imposed on the few that actually work. Hey, given the choice - I'll stick with what we have over here.

 

[TWU informer]

I am riding a bicycle to work...what fuel prices?

Oh yeah, and the fuel prices are not effecting my household nearly as bad as the 17.5% paycut, reduced paid time off, and the unbelievable out-of-pocket medical expenses from a recent surgery. Also known as "without further ratification" industry leading concessions.

 

[Nor'Easta]

I only live 8 miles to my commuting airport. Then AA picks up the fuel bill for my drive to work on a 767/757!!

 

[FWAAA]

Great hardship for me: I've been forced to curtail my boulevard cruising to five or six nights a week instead of seven. B)

 

[High Speed Steel]

I paid $3.39 on the water over the holiday weekend only got me a little over 58 gallons for $200.00 bucks. Does'nt go to far when you are feeding twins <_<

The prices right now really suck! Just makes it hard to have any fun.

 

[Garfield1966]

Hmmm. I could have sworn I said "I am glad"….. yep, I see it there in black and white. I was not aware that all of Europe was socialist. Have you told them that?

When fuel prices increase, people are more conscious of their driving habits. After Katrina hit, fuel consumption fell by 3%. Very few cities in the US have any type of viable public transportation system. Here in TX, the house hold car is a truck which is hardly ever used for what a truck is designed for.

Not sure how the roads are in your neck of the woods but here in the DFW area, they suck. It’s one giant pot hole. I have no problem paying extra for fuel if the funds were to be put back into the society for road repair and public transportation.

I also support an over haul of car registration. The fees should be based on the weight of the vehicle.

People in the country have a tendency not to look to the future, just at the here and now. There is no reason we should not have more efficient vehicles on the road in the states. People have this addiction to SUV and trucks. Fuel prices go up and they start bitching. I bust out laughing at people at the gas station all the time. They are such dumb asses. The big 3 are hanging them selves. I saw in the paper that truck sales are down again (OH imagine my surprise). I went to a Ford dealer with my father in law and they were practically giving away the trucks. A F-150 SLT for less than $20k.

It was funny when the fuel started to go up, the car commercials all were touting the mileage of their cars.

I could care less what the $8 goes too. If it makes us kick our dependency on oil and gets all these oversized pieces of crap off the road, I am all for it.

Spare me the socialist government crap. We either pay for it up front, or at the back end. My mom fell and broke her elbow in Germany. She had 4 screws and a plate put in. Hospitalized for 11 days with IV antibiotics and physical therapy. The cost was less than $5,000. That’s the regular cost. So as a tax payer here in the US you can either pay more tax and get excellent health care or you can pay less tax and pay for your health care your self and go bankrupt doing it. Have you priced out a minor surgery lately? Personally, I’d rather everyone pay a little so that we have a system in place that can help us all.

 

[Nor'Easta]

Hmmm. I could have sworn I said "I am glad"….. yep, I see it there in black and white. I was not aware that all of Europe was socialist. Have you told them that?

You really like to piss people off by flabbing your gums. Maybe you should write the TX DOT and tell them to finish the Hwy 183 interchange in Irving.

 

[Garfield1966]

[quote name='Nor'Easta' post='394552' date='Jul 7 2006, 01:24 AM']You really like piss people off by flabbing your gums. Maybe you should write the TX DOT and tell them to finish the Hwy 183 interchange in Irving.[/quote]


Try the ignore button next time.

 

[Nor'Easta]

Try the ignore button next time.

I do have the ignore button on! Its used when I call CS and it knows when Garfy is on the other end. It then routes me to someone else. Besides, I have the phone code to go directly to the SOD, without speaking to you!!

 

[Garfield1966]

[quote name='Nor'Easta' post='394594' date='Jul 7 2006, 02:43 AM']I do have the ignore button on! Its used when I call CS and it knows when Garfy is on the other end. It then routes me to someone else. Besides, I have the phone code to go directly to the SOD, without speaking to you!! [/quote]


Excelent, one less person I need to talk to when I work that base. Make my life easier. Much appreciated.

 

[s80dude]

I traded my CRV for a Hybrid Civic. I only fill up once a month now. Miss all the extra space I had in the CRV, but the fuel bill is certainly much lower.