Gas costs to date

**prairiewife** · 03-12-2008, 01:29 PM

I know we are paying less than many for gas. Yesterday $3.09/gal. I just figured what we have spent so far this month. $355 and it's only March 12th! We did both fill up yesterday. His pu $85.

This is gas for vehicles for work purposes and one trip 1 1/2 hours away to visit ds. We have a two hour trip planned to visit my family for Easter. If this keeps up we will spend over $700 this month on fuel. We could get a loan for a newer more effecient vehicle but both are paid for, older and not worth a trade in.

I am cutting back on trips to town other than work days. I will try to combine more errands in town during lunch hours. No more special trips to town. And although I hate the thought might start doing my weekly grocery trip after work at night to save a trip to town on the weekend.

My fiance has been using my vehicle at night when he needs to go check cows. This saves a few dollars on gas for the pu.

We are starting to wonder if my part time work in town is really netting us anything.

**COUNTRYBUMPKIN** · 03-12-2008, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by prairiewife

I know we are paying less than many for gas. Yesterday $3.09/gal. I just figured what we have spent so far this month. $355 and it's only March 12th! We did both fill up yesterday. His pu $85.

This is gas for vehicles for work purposes and one trip 1 1/2 hours away to visit ds. We have a two hour trip planned to visit my family for Easter. If this keeps up we will spend over $700 this month on fuel. We could get a loan for a newer more effecient vehicle but both are paid for, older and not worth a trade in.

I am cutting back on trips to town other than work days. I will try to combine more errands in town during lunch hours. No more special trips to town. And although I hate the thought might start doing my weekly grocery trip after work at night to save a trip to town on the weekend.

My fiance has been using my vehicle at night when he needs to go check cows. This saves a few dollars on gas for the pu.

We are starting to wonder if my part time work in town is really netting us anything.

Oh my goodness, That is a rather large chunk of change and it is still early in the month.

Gas was 3.45 here as of yesterday morning. We do get good gas mileage on our new Vibe and that is a very good thing considering these astronomical prices! Our DD is driving a cavalier and we are footing her monthly gas bill to travel home on weekends from college. It is 180 miles round trip.

You and fiance might want to sit down and discuss if it is worth the part time job for you. Hang in there and hopefully prices are not going to continue to rise.

**Hannahs mom** · 03-12-2008, 02:17 PM

I would check into the numbers of working part time and cost of gas vs. staying at home and making trips to town for supplies etc. and cost of gas. If your job doesn't provide you with any benefits, your hours of hard work might not be bringing home what you thought. The bad thing is that gas keeps going up . . .

I understand about the paid for vehicle vs. car loan. My SUV is also paid for. DH and I discussed trading it in for a honda and we found out that we can't get what it's worth, so we wouldn't be in any better shape moneywise. Enjoy your Easter trip.

**peanut** · 03-12-2008, 06:46 PM

I think it was "Your Money or Your Life" the authors had you figure out your real pay. You took your wage/salary and deducted all the costs associated with working. You figured out your time going to and from work as well. then computed a real hourly wage. It sure was enlightening for DH and I! I decided to not look for work after all. DH started walking and taking the bus, and brown bagging his lunch. We started being careful to buy quality clothes that would last for work for him...instead of the cheapest thing that fit and looked good. Invariably they lasted less than a year. The quality stuff just keeps going.

Jean

**qtkitty** · 03-12-2008, 11:52 PM

* blinks * $700 in fuel a month .. * blinks*

Oh my goodness thats a lot of gallons of gas!!

For me personally sometimes it feels like its not worth it to come to work. I work 7 mins away from home, so for a 5 day work week i probubly go through 3-3.50 gallons of gas per week... right now our gas is at $3.24 so that would make it about $11 every week for me to just come to work. Thats 2 hours of work off my bring home pay per week to pay for gas to get to work.

If they have me come in for a 4 hour shift that really agrivates me because i just made a round trip on what i normally would for 8 or 12 hours.. Ehh the way my mind works .. *lol*

**prairiewife** · 03-13-2008, 12:05 AM

It is a lot of gallons. My fiance's pu only gets 10 miles per gallon. He works two jobs one is south of us and of course the other north of us. Somedays he goes both places. He needs a pu for the type of work he does. He also has to leave home at night now to go check cows. After calving is over he won't need to go at night and this with save about 30 miles a day so I hope this helps lower the gas bills.

**YankeeMom** · 03-13-2008, 08:35 AM

Wow! That is a lot.
Gas here has been between $3.29(january)-$3.40(now) and we've only spent $400 on gas for my van and dh's little pick up truck since January.

**KKCondrey** · 03-13-2008, 09:02 AM

Yesterday it was 3.129 at the grocery store where I usually go. This morning it was 3.189 but the 3 stations across from work are still 3.129. The station across the street use to give a 3cent per gallon discount if you paid cash, but when it hit 3.079 last week they took those stickers off the pumps.

It takes $55 roughly to fill my Liberty up and I can usually go a week and half without having to fill up. Joes Wrangler takes abuot $45-50 to fill up and he can go about the same (more now that his unemployed and doesn't have to drive to work and back everyday).

**JustMegan79** · 03-13-2008, 09:46 AM

It was $3.19 when I came home from work last night. DH is spending about one and a half tanks a week...roughly 65$. Which is equal one so so night at work for me....my car gets much better mileage so I am not spending as much, but certainly between the two of us 100 a week. With only making 350 a week between the two of us....it really burns. But there are no options of quitting school or work so...onward we go.

Megan

**mmy2grls** · 03-13-2008, 09:57 AM

It costs me about $60 to fill up my tank. A tank will get my daughter to and from school for a month, I work at home so I do errands on the way to pick up my daughter. It takes a gallon of gas to visit my parents.

Gas was 3.39 in town this morning.

When I got my license I remember paying over .90 was expensive

**bclements514** · 03-13-2008, 10:18 AM

Lastnight our gas was 3.45 a gallon. I just can't believe it.

**nessarowdy** · 03-13-2008, 10:27 AM

Gas was $3.12 here yesterday in Montana. Although I am a SAHM (Ha, does anyone stay at home anymore?), I have to pick my son up every day from half-day kindergarten. That is $1.50 every day. Ugh. We live in a rural area, and we live around 20 minutes away from where dh works. We have a paid for minivan that doesn't get great mileage, but like you all said, it's not worth it to have to pay for a car payment just to save a few dollars in gasoline. We have a new pickup that is DH's pride and joy. I have been trying to get him to trade it in and get an older pickup and an older car that gets good gas mileage. It would probably equal the payment on the pickup. Sigh... Our monthly gas bill is between $430 and $500 every month. KILLING ME!

**mombottoo** · 03-13-2008, 07:08 PM

Yesterday it was $3.45, now today it's $3.28...who knows how they decide to raise & lower prices. Personally I think when one station does it, they all do it...must have gremlins that drive around and scope out other stations and their prices...

**FrugalMomof3** · 03-13-2008, 07:23 PM

Gas right now is $3.29 a gallon, DH drives 80 miles a day to and from work and I drive about 10 miles per day to my grandmothers house and driving DD to and from school.

Since DH drives with a co-worker to work, each week they alternate on paying gas and since DH works in another state and gas is about 20-30cents cheaper he just fills up 2 5 gallon jugs for me. I say we spend about $150 a month on gas which isnt bad, that's just 1 days work for him.

**FrugalMomof3** · 03-13-2008, 07:27 PM

Guess I should mention that we both have 4 cylinder cars., mine is a dodge neon and DH has a small toyota pickup both paid for.

I average about 32 miles per gallon and I drive less than that in a week, my car only holds 12 gallons so a full tank can last me over a week and a half if I dont go anywhere.

I actually miscalulated DH's gas spending (his part), is about $200 a month and it's just a little over 1 days work for him.