Has the price of gasoline changed your life? How?

Question

I was paying over $450 a month in gas so I decided to quit my job and stay home with the kids. Savings of $810 a month. My part-time job paid less than what I was putting out in gas and after school care costs for the kids.

I'd like to know if anyone else has had major changes in their life due to the cost of gas.

Answer 1

I started biking to work during the rising costs of gas and save 2.5 gallons per day in commuting.  It's just under 18 miles one way and so I save a lot of money in gas, I've gotten in far better shape, and am helping to pollute by an awful lot (2.5 gallons burned everyday, just commuting!).

Answer 2

yes but it's only partially due to the cost of gas. I got a job further out from home, which paid better.

I suppose that if I worked closer to home, because jobs typically pay less closer to where I live, it may be a wash in terms of how much I made, versus how much I spent for gasoline.

Answer 3

Yes, because it is not just the price of gas.  It is everything that is associated with it.  My weekly food bill has risen 40%, a lot of it due to price hikes in shipping.  I live in an area that has 3 large lakes close by. Usually during the summer they are full of boaters.  Not this year.  We have a tourist town in our county.  They are scrambling to attact people.  No one wants to spend as much on gas as they do on lodging during their vacations.  They are staying home.

Answer 4

Last year I paid $15 to fill up my car this year its $30 so we rent less movies, eat out less, and basically cut the extras.Its no big deal.

Answer 5

Nope, I ride a scooter that gets 100 miles to the gallon and I only fill up about once a month.  They could charge $10 a gallon and it wouldn't phase me one bit.

Answer 6

No.  Gas is currently about $1.50 more than it was 3 or 4 years ago, I drive 9,000 miles a year, get about 30 miles a gallon, so I need about 300 gallons a year, costing me an extra $450, less than $10 a week.  Not the much, would I prefer gas to be less expensive?  Of course, but no big deal here.

Answer 7

Yes, we got rid of the Van which was a MAJOR gas hog!

Answer 8

WHEN I WAS 6 YEARS OLD (1937) GASOLINE SOLD FOR 10 CENTS PER GALLON. NOW DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU LIVE IT IS 3.00 OR MORE THAT'S QUITE A CHANGE OVER MY LIFETIME AND I'M NOT DEAD YET.

Answer 9

I know what you mean. Well eating out hardly happens. Now we try to get everything done in one car trip. Completely ridiculous. I live close to schools and work and i still spend $300 a month on gas. But not just gas has gone up groceries have hiked as well. The only good out of this is we are all staying home and eating home cooked meals.

Answer 10

I agree with what grumpyoldman wrote about the price of gas effecting everything. This next year (2008) will be another problem year for everyone because of gas and it's not the price, it's the price of corn that they want to make gas from. Stop and think of everything that depends on corn, it's not just a few items there will be price increases on alot of items because corn is in demand  for usage of producing gas. Even the big corn farmers aren't going to be able to meet the demand for corn, and still try to proved corn for the other items that have the need for corn. Our Government saw this taking place many years back and didn't want to look at different means of producing and meeting the gas needs until now when the supply and problem with other countries took place.

Answer 11

I ride my bike to work everyday. 4 miles each way and I get to work faster than when I drove. Walk to the store as well. Physically, I'm better because of it.........

Answer 12

well I don't visit family as much. I think that bothers me the most. like every one else the more I have to spend on gas the the less I have for everything else.

for those who are too young to remember

on Sept. 10th 2001 gas was .97 cents a gallon