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How are the rising costs of gas affecting your daily commutes to work or school and what are you now paying weekly?

raves +6   by Sajama posted May 25, 2008 04:04PM GMTMay 25, 2008 16:04:27
How are the rising costs of gas affecting your daily commutes to work or school and what are you now paying weekly?
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  • raves     [-] by jackie posted Aug 20, 2008 02:32AM GMTAugust 20, 2008 02:32:20
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    Answered Yes

    I've gone to 4 "10's"
  • raves     [-] by fireware0062 posted Jul 21, 2008 06:55PM GMTJuly 21, 2008 18:55:09
    fireware0062 reply

    Answered Yes

    every state is stretching a dollar!
  • raves     [-] by luigi1 posted Jun 27, 2008 11:16AM GMTJune 27, 2008 11:16:08
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    Answered Undecided

    i'm a shift worker. work is 20 miles away,mostly highway. can't bicycle it. can't carpool. there is no public transportation. i can't move closer to work because housing costs are double. i'm stuck paying,no matter what.
  • raves     [-] by dnanna posted May 30, 2008 03:26AM GMTMay 30, 2008 03:26:12
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    Answered Yes

    4.28 but in the next town 8 miles away 4.13 went to the coast and it was 4.03 so sad how each gas station can jack up the price.
  • raves     [-] by Foo Master~(_E=MC2_) posted May 29, 2008 01:23AM GMTMay 29, 2008 01:23:57
    Foo Master~(_E=MC2_) reply

    Answered Yes

    I really don't go anywhere but to work and back home. Whenever I have to go anywhere else, I kind of dread it. Right now, I'm only filling up about once a week - but even that is $45
  • raves +1   [-] by Taylor posted May 26, 2008 11:48PM GMTMay 26, 2008 23:48:15
    Taylor reply

    Answered Yes

    I am mostly unaffected by high gas prices

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  • raves +1   [-] by Sajama posted May 30, 2008 01:38AM GMTMay 30, 2008 01:38:16
    Sajama reply
    LOL..I love that!!!
  • raves +1   [-] by Taylor posted May 30, 2008 02:39AM GMTMay 30, 2008 02:39:35
    Taylor reply
    ; )
  • raves +1   [-] by Marked for Life posted May 26, 2008 09:56PM GMTMay 26, 2008 21:56:02
    Marked for Life reply

    Answered Yes

    We will be staying close to home this year my dear......But we are going to go to Maine...:o)
  • raves +1   [-] by Sajama posted May 26, 2008 10:00PM GMTMay 26, 2008 22:00:19
    Sajama reply
    Ahhh....I so can't wait for that!!! ;o) Get ta' plannin'!!!
  • raves +1   [-] by Marked for Life posted May 26, 2008 10:11PM GMTMay 26, 2008 22:11:12
    Marked for Life reply
    We need todo it all together ...and plan what week...:o)
  • raves +1   [-] by Eager Beaver posted May 26, 2008 04:43AM GMTMay 26, 2008 04:43:01
    Eager Beaver reply

    Answered Yes

    not so much of a change but taylor now peddles back and forth to work and i am the only one that drives....but he is weird sometimes. i am the one that drives now cuz he refuses to get behind the wheel
  • raves +1   [-] by Sajama posted May 26, 2008 09:56PM GMTMay 26, 2008 21:56:16
    Sajama reply
    Yeah...he said!! LOL Sounds like he needs to stay off anything with wheels for a while. ;o)
  • raves +1   [-] by Shane - oldschoolelf posted May 26, 2008 04:30AM GMTMay 26, 2008 04:30:30
    Shane - oldschoolelf reply

    Answered Undecided

    I wouldn't know. I'm jobless.
  • raves +1   [-] by Angel41 posted May 26, 2008 03:21AM GMTMay 26, 2008 03:21:35
    Angel41 reply

    Answered Yes

    I can only use the preminum in my car and it is now 3.99 a gallon. Thank God I don't live that far from my job and my daughter is out of school now. I stopped to fill up this morning. I had 1/4 of a tank of gas and it cost me $67 to fill up. I'm seriously considering buying a bike, just afraid I'll end up in the ER instead of work....
  • raves     [-] by Sajama posted May 30, 2008 01:38AM GMTMay 30, 2008 01:38:57
    Sajama reply
    OUCH!!! Thats gotta hurt!!!!
  • raves +1   [-] by chilton posted May 26, 2008 01:42AM GMTMay 26, 2008 01:42:14
    chilton reply

    Answered Undecided

    Not a huge effect. I drive a little non-gas-guzzler and always have done mininum needed driving, except for vacation....then anything goes for one week....and GULP!
  • raves     [-] by roger posted May 25, 2008 11:38PM GMTMay 25, 2008 23:38:00 (edited)
    roger reply

    Answered Yes

    Well let me say this...I have a economical van...travel a three or four state area working...a recent trip to Northern VA and back cost me $230. One year ago it cost $132.00. I have raised my rates as high as I can...and I have put all my clients on notice that when gas hits $4.50 to $5.00 per gal...I will be parking vehicle and they will have to find someone else...and today that is going to be near impossible to find anyone willing to do my type of work.
  • raves     [-] by Ace posted May 25, 2008 11:18PM GMTMay 25, 2008 23:18:32
    Ace reply

    Answered No

    :)
  • raves +1   [-] by Trinity posted May 25, 2008 10:57PM GMTMay 25, 2008 22:57:57
    Trinity reply

    Answered No

    WE have no choice but to drive to our jobs,between our 2 trucks we spend 2-300 a week in gas.Just depends on how far away the jobs are.
  • raves     [-] by edmo posted May 25, 2008 06:08PM GMTMay 25, 2008 18:08:01
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    Answered Yes

    Thanks to McBush I pay thru the nose! Something like 120.00 a week!
  • raves     [-] by princessinadump posted May 25, 2008 05:36PM GMTMay 25, 2008 17:36:05
    princessinadump reply

    Answered Undecided

    LAst week I paid $105 to get throught the whole week. So far this week I've spent $65 and need to finish filling the tank probably another $40 or so. It hurts alot.
  • raves +1   [-] by PaPa.s GiRl posted May 25, 2008 05:08PM GMTMay 25, 2008 17:08:38
    PaPa.s GiRl reply

    Answered Yes

    I do a lot of driving to and from meetings for work, in which I only get .38 cent to the gallon reimbursed. So if I can send a report without attending I do that or try to have the meetings at my agency. I try to shop on my way home from work so I don't go out of my way. I use to run to the store multiple times a week. Now we just do without, until it's time to shop. Gas here is as high as 4.09-4.12 a gallon. Thats why I'm home this holiday weekend. We're cooking out later today on the grill.
  • raves     [-] by ~Robin~ (Colstfan) posted May 25, 2008 04:15PM GMTMay 25, 2008 16:15:52
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    Answered Undecided

    I"m fortunate I work from home. My husband drives 10 miles round trip if that....we used to drive 165 miles roundtrip per day between the 2 of us...thank heavens we don't do that anymore....I'd say gassing up his truck he uses about $20-30 per week just for work.
  • raves     [-] by magmeister10 posted May 25, 2008 04:12PM GMTMay 25, 2008 16:12:58
    magmeister10 reply

    Answered Yes

    Absolutey! It costs me $50 a week to drive my car just to work, that's about $20 more than last year, so it's like I just got over a $1000 a year pay cut.
  • raves +1   [-] by Sajama posted May 25, 2008 04:07PM GMTMay 25, 2008 16:07:23 (edited)
    Sajama reply

    Answered Yes

    Luckily, for my family, its not affecting us much. I live 2 minutes away from work and my husband has a company vehicle so we don't pay alot out for gas. Maybe $30.00 a week.
    But I know people who are sinking $75-$100 into their cars every week and its really starting to take a financial toll on them.
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