How much would you charge your friend for car gas?

Question

Let's imagine this. You go to work or school. You live about 50 minutes away from campus or work. You have a friend or co-worker who takes the bus and going to the same workplace or school as you. It's late at night, and they ask you if you can drive them home twice a week. Your friend or co-worker lives about an extra 7 minutes or so from you, so you drive an extra 14 minutes (7 minutes to drive them home, and 7 minutes to get back to your house). So, in this situation, would you take your friend or coworker home? Would you ask them for gas money? And how much would you charge them for gas? Remember, you drive an extra 14 minutes and it's only twice a week. So how much would you want for gas?

Answer 1

I would take a friend home, co-worker – no!

The rest depends on how many weeks / months this covers.

Yes, I would ask for money, eventually. At first, I would drop them off. But I would hope that they would offer gas money.

But, today’s generation thinks my gas is free, yet they have to pay for theirs.

It’s not the minutes, it’s the miles I would charge for.

Gas is around $3.50 a gal, at 12 mi per gal, $5-$7 per trip to drop off. If that doesn’t work, stopping at my house for an hour or so, on the way to drop them, might make them rethink the situation.

Answer 2

7 minutes works out to 3.5 miles if I presume a 30 mph speed limit. Also assuming that the car in question gets 20 mpg, it works out to a little more than a gallon of gas by the 3rd round trip.

I don't mind giving up $3.05 to a friend every other week. I won't stop them if they want to buy me dinner or a snack, or even bring one for the ride.

I wouldn't ask. When a friend lost his license, he'd often put more gas than I needed in the tank at a gas station on the way to work. When my car got totalled, I was donating about a hundred bucks a week to the neighbor that didn't mind taking me to work in the morning and picking me up in the evenings. (Gas was around $1.50. I figured the extra covered the wear and tear.)

But for $3.05 every third trip, buy me a sandwich and a beer on the way home every other week or so.

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Answer 3

I would charge them $10.00 a week for gas

Answer 4

I'd probably only ask for like $5 per week.

Something small, but enough to compensate.

Answer 5

friends will suck you dry you got involved  now its your problem

Answer 6

Eh, I wouldn't ask  for anything at first.  If it becomes a regular thing, they'd probably offer on their own.

Answer 7

I agree. $5.00 a week whether it is a friend or not. It is money out of your pocket.