every summer i usually drive to FL, IL, MO or MD

not sure i'll be able to do ANY traveling this summer...even Topsail might be a stretch at ~$100 in gas

5/2/2008 3:19:44 PM

yea rly
families are gonna be stretched thin this year for sure and things aren't going to get any better

5/2/2008 3:20:49 PM

DAMN!!! PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS BITCHING ABOUT GAS PRICES!!! MAYBE YOU SHOULD JUST QUIT DRIVING JACKASS!!! THEN YOU WOULDN'T HAVE TO SPEND SO MUCH OF YOUR PRECIOUS DAMN MONEY!!!

5/2/2008 3:21:47 PM

thanks for opening my eyes!

guess i'll do my summer vacationing in Fuquay and Cary

5/2/2008 3:26:35 PM

I could get to topsail and back for $40 or less

5/2/2008 3:28:23 PM

not in July...

shit's gonna be 4+ a gallon

5/2/2008 3:29:40 PM

Even if that's the case, I could get there and back in a tankful, which for me would be $40 (at the 4/gal rate).

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 3:32 PM. Reason : dfs]

5/2/2008 3:31:50 PM

I'm driving from CA to NC nope gas is not going to be a factor.

5/2/2008 3:33:05 PM

wish i had a 10 gallon tank

or great gas mileage for that matter

5/2/2008 3:33:18 PM

I will probably go to Florida and back a few times.

5/2/2008 3:35:00 PM

Quote :

"or great gas mileage for that matter"

What kind of vehicle do you drive?

5/2/2008 3:35:27 PM

you could if you wanted. buy an old civic just for the summer or something

5/2/2008 3:35:28 PM

def effecting our travels

5/2/2008 3:36:53 PM

Wont stop me.
Drove to Savannah last weekend.
Driving to Grandfather Mountain, New York/Connecticut/Canada this summer. Possibly to Gainesville, FL as well.

5/2/2008 3:42:42 PM

i have a Mazda3, but it doesn't get great mileage


i need to get the injectors cleaned

5/2/2008 3:42:45 PM

keep your tires inflated to recommended PSI and change your air filter will increase fuel efficiency by 3.5%

5/2/2008 3:45:53 PM

^^Tim, do what Beckers said. Your car isn't that old, your injector excuse is BS lol.

To answer the thread's question no not really. I still plan on going to the beach every available weekend that I can. Granted thats only about 140 miles round trip. Though I do plan on driving NYC to Raleigh at least once (that'll hurt if I'm going solo).

B/c of higher gas prices I'll just have to cut out other things, like the $100 nights out drinking.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 3:54 PM. Reason : PS my car only takes premium so I'm already paying $4.00/gal]

5/2/2008 3:53:27 PM

Driving slower with less acceleration for starts saves a lot of gas.

5/2/2008 3:57:22 PM

Quote :

"i have a Mazda3, but it doesn't get great mileage"

that's not what i was expecting you to say at all. you can't make it to the beach and back for less than $100 in your mazda3??

5/2/2008 3:59:17 PM

I've never gotten more than 11.2 gallons in my tank. And I've never gotten less than 350 miles per tank...

Regular gas is already 3.92 out here. Premium is averaging around 4.17.

And to the question about travel... I'd love to be able to go ANYWHERE, but seeing as how I get no break from school until Xmas, that ain't happenign.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 4:11 PM. Reason : x]

5/2/2008 4:02:17 PM

^^agreed. No way a Mazda 3 2.3 can't get 30+mpg on the highway.

^Bryan you're not pushing it enough! I'm pretty sure your tank is larger than mine. I've never put more than 12 in at any time (not counting the time I ran out )

5/2/2008 4:20:18 PM

omg gas $trike

5/2/2008 7:42:42 PM

well, our boarding revenue at the vet is down

5/2/2008 7:45:48 PM

Buy a cruiser.

5/2/2008 7:51:21 PM

obligatory "we have cheap gas compared to the rest of the world"v

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 7:58 PM. Reason : v incidentally, i've got one.]

5/2/2008 7:55:05 PM

obligatory "buy a fuel-efficient car"

5/2/2008 7:55:53 PM

PRIUS!

5/2/2008 7:58:53 PM

not really. Gas prices are to start going down. It will be about the same as it was last year. Even if they get up to 4 a gallon, the extra 15 a tank would be more than worth the trips.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 8:42 PM. Reason : ]

5/2/2008 8:42:20 PM

i know diesel isnt the fuel of most twwers vehicles, but....it is $4.49/gal here today

regular got up to $3.91 last weekend, but has already dropped back to about $3.65

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 10:20 PM. Reason : ]

5/2/2008 10:20:22 PM

I'm spending $440/mo. on gasoline right now. Do not want to drive anymore. Need to perform vehicular maintenance.

With all the money I'll save, I can get hammered every night that I can afford time to.

5/2/2008 10:30:01 PM

i drive where i want regardless. 4 cyl engines ftw.

5/2/2008 11:21:37 PM

my 1.9-liter saturn 4-banger gets no LESS than 30mpg city, and about 40mpg on the highway, depending on how much of a hurry i'm in and whether or not i've got bikes or a kayak on the roof rack

w00t.

5/2/2008 11:24:19 PM

2.0L infiniti. 25 city, 28 hwy. i'll take it.

206k and still kickin!

5/2/2008 11:25:24 PM

Even driving a diesel engine VW Golf, which is far more fuel efficient for the money than a gasoline powered car, I am keeping my tushy at home a little more. I use to drive to Greenville like 3 times a month and I'm not doing than nearly as often now that it takes $60 to fill up my tank.

5/2/2008 11:27:10 PM

diesel is still over $4 a gallon isn't it? that's enough to keep me home despite the mileage/gallon. it's a perception thing.

5/2/2008 11:29:19 PM

Diesel may be over $4/gallon, but I get nearly twice as many miles to the gallon as a gasoline car. So as long as diesel isn't twice as much as gasoline, I'm coming out ahead using diesel over gas.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:31 PM. Reason : But trust me, I get the whole perception thing. ]

5/2/2008 11:31:26 PM

i'd love to have a diesel rabbit...plz 2 come to US now, kkthx

you can make your own biodiesel for about $2/gallon, with about $1k in initial investment, IIRC

5/2/2008 11:31:40 PM

^^ i know you don't get 50+ mpg in that thing do you? (i'd believe 40, but over 50-55, i'd have a hard time believing.)

^ something like that. but you have to have a place to get it. (if i'm right, there's not too many places to get straight-up biodiesel around here unless you're looking at chinese restaurants.)

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:33 PM. Reason : add]

5/2/2008 11:33:15 PM

Right now I'm at 160200 on my Jeep Cherokee, another co-op rotation and I should be at 170000.

I want at least 250k before it's over. 18 MPG if I drive it like a normal person. I am not a normal person.

5/2/2008 11:33:50 PM

I'm sure we all waste money on worse things...try living in parts of the world where its $18/gallon...then you would figure out how to get places without owning a car.

5/2/2008 11:35:46 PM

^^^ you have to have a place to get what? you can make your own BD without buying any

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:36 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2008 11:36:03 PM

not too many people doing that these days though. i know of a biodiesel place in pittsboro

how would you make your own?

5/2/2008 11:38:43 PM

http://www.biodieselcommunity.org/
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
http://www.biodieselnow.com/blogs/methods/archive/2007/01/27/the-basics-of-biodiesel-production-101.aspx
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/diy-fuel/make-biodiesel-yourself-with-home-processing-plant-283650.php

though i admit, i didn't do much but glance at these...a year or two back when i looked at picking up a diesel golf, i debated doing this, but i hadn't bought a house then, and had nowhere to put the setup...i spoke with the people who own the pittsboro plant, and they said they've helped a number of people set up their own BD homebrews for around $1k

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:42 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2008 11:41:07 PM

I have a manual TDI, so I certainly get closer to 50 than 40 mpg. Esp on the highway.

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:44 PM. Reason : Going diesel was a great decision for me, financially speaking.]

5/2/2008 11:43:01 PM

ha

i'm a month or two, i'm gonna be driving 3000 miles in my 3/4 ton truck with its 8.0 liter V-10, pulling a trailer, praying for 10 mpg.

5/2/2008 11:44:31 PM

^^ nice

^^^ yeah, we took a tour of that plant for work. (I work for a company that uses diesel engines) and i remember them saying something similar now that you mention it. i know that e85 ethanol is quite common now, but didn't realize it was reasonably simple for the every day person to make biodiesel.

i'll have to read up. thx for the links.


^AMERICA, FUCK YEAH!

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:47 PM. Reason : ^s]

5/2/2008 11:45:08 PM

my next car will be a diesel (preferable) or an E85 equivalent

ethanol for about $1/gallon without using corn (because, really, corn is one of the stupidest materials to use):

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/27/business/27proto.php
http://www.wired.com/cars/energy/news/2008/01/ethanol23
http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/04/23/biofuel_microbe/

and no problem...i love this stuff...i'd love to have the money to pull together some working alternative fuel plants around here (it was my major, after all )

[Edited on May 2, 2008 at 11:47 PM. Reason : .]

5/2/2008 11:45:34 PM

i'm an engine guy. it's work and it's a personal interest.

5/2/2008 11:47:32 PM

The only problems that I have had with diesel is finding it (especially when I lived somewhere like yuppie central in Cary) and they can be a little more finicky than a gasoline engine.

5/2/2008 11:48:12 PM

ah, see, i know very little about the mechanics of engines and such...mostly just the biological and chemical aspects of biodiesel and ethanol production...oh, and environmental toxicology, for whatever reason

5/2/2008 11:48:46 PM