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Post by mullis56 on May 18, 2007 21:33:36 GMT -5
I am not canceling either of my Canada trips. Art, you should because of the high gas prices....think about it, it might cost each of you $30 or $40 more for the trip!! Wow, not even that much!!! No biggie, it is what it is!
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Post by mullis56 on May 18, 2007 21:39:50 GMT -5
No way..... Let's pretend that we had a trip planned to Los Angeles..... From Indy that's 2073 miles there, or 4,146 round trip. Gas has been over $2 forever, and people seemed somewhat comfy when it was $2.50/gal., so at that price your total fuel costs in a 20mpg vehicle would have been: $518 Now, fast forward to today and a gas price of $3.29/gal.: $682 or an additional fuel cost of $164. So, taking a very extreme driving trip to LA and back, you mean to tell me that you would cancel your trip over $164? C'mon...... If guys are bailing out on trips over $50 here or there, than you probably shouldn't have been spending the 'jack on the trip in the first place. By the way.......here's the link to the fuel cost calculator, it's a pretty cool tool to get your fuel costs. www.roadtripamerica.com/roadtripamerica_cfmfiles/calculator.cfmWell spoken by a guy with an education, and a good job. If you didn't have a good job at the news station you'd think diffently about your gas prices. It would make since for you to quit your job so you can like some of these other folks that really aren't making any since. They are the ones that spend $10 to $20 a week on scratch off's, $5 a pack of cigs, $1.50 for a 20 oz coke, $5.00 for McD's at lunch. When all they need to do is make a few small life changes to make of the difference that they are spending in gas instead of ing about it. I'm guilty of chew, cokes and McD's but before I'd about gas prices I'd quit chewing, bring coke for a 12 pk at home (it is a lot cheaper) and buy a 1 lb package of bolonga and a loaf of bread and I could eat lunch for the whole week for $4 instead of $5 a day!
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Post by JohnSmiles on May 18, 2007 22:01:29 GMT -5
No way..... Let's pretend that we had a trip planned to Los Angeles..... From Indy that's 2073 miles there, or 4,146 round trip. Gas has been over $2 forever, and people seemed somewhat comfy when it was $2.50/gal., so at that price your total fuel costs in a 20mpg vehicle would have been: $518 Now, fast forward to today and a gas price of $3.29/gal.: $682 or an additional fuel cost of $164. So, taking a very extreme driving trip to LA and back, you mean to tell me that you would cancel your trip over $164? C'mon...... If guys are bailing out on trips over $50 here or there, than you probably shouldn't have been spending the 'jack on the trip in the first place. By the way.......here's the link to the fuel cost calculator, it's a pretty cool tool to get your fuel costs. www.roadtripamerica.com/roadtripamerica_cfmfiles/calculator.cfmWell spoken by a guy with an education, and a good job. If you didn't have a good job at the news station you'd think diffently about your gas prices. It would make since for you to quit your job so you can ***** like some of these other folks that really aren't making any since. They are the ones that spend $10 to $20 a week on scratch off's, $5 a pack of cigs, $1.50 for a 20 oz coke, $5.00 for McD's at lunch. When all they need to do is make a few small life changes to make of the difference that they are spending in gas instead of *****ing about it. I'm guilty of chew, cokes and McD's but before I'd ***** about gas prices I'd quit chewing, bring coke for a 12 pk at home (it is a lot cheaper) and buy a 1 lb package of bolonga and a loaf of bread and I could eat lunch for the whole week for $4 instead of $5 a day! So, the price of gas has tripled over the course of the last few years, but it is only the people who waste all their money and don't want a good job in the first place(basically, only those who actually deserve it) who are complaining about it . . . . . Thanks for clearing that up for me to.
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Post by JohnSmiles on May 18, 2007 22:16:21 GMT -5
No way..... Let's pretend that we had a trip planned to Los Angeles..... From Indy that's 2073 miles there, or 4,146 round trip. Gas has been over $2 forever, and people seemed somewhat comfy when it was $2.50/gal., so at that price your total fuel costs in a 20mpg vehicle would have been: $518 Now, fast forward to today and a gas price of $3.29/gal.: $682 or an additional fuel cost of $164. So, taking a very extreme driving trip to LA and back, you mean to tell me that you would cancel your trip over $164? C'mon...... If guys are bailing out on trips over $50 here or there, than you probably shouldn't have been spending the 'jack on the trip in the first place. By the way.......here's the link to the fuel cost calculator, it's a pretty cool tool to get your fuel costs. www.roadtripamerica.com/roadtripamerica_cfmfiles/calculator.cfmPretend is correct. Gas has NOT been at over $2 'forever', and living with it is hardly 'comfy' with it. Gas has doubled in less than 5 years. Now, what it would have cost me last week compared to this week is minimal. What it cost me in 2000 compared to today is NOT minimal. Trip to and from LA - 4146 miles. #1, better figure 5500 minimum if you expect to go and see anything anywhere in between. 20 mpg sounds fair enough, and 5500 miles at 20 mpg is 275 gallons. Which at $3.39 is $932.25. A VERY few years back, that would have been $467.50. 275 gallons at $1.70 a gallon. Which means you would need almost an additional $500.00, not $164.00. I am going to have to scrape very hard to find that very same $500.00 to buy a .454 Puma this year if the PCR goes through, and it is not looking promising. Might have to wait till next year. I don't make lots of money, and I don't have stocks in rising gas prices. I simply have a job that pays my bills, and gives me a few dollars in change to play on. Just a normal people here is all.
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Post by mullis56 on May 18, 2007 22:20:22 GMT -5
No way..... Let's pretend that we had a trip planned to Los Angeles..... From Indy that's 2073 miles there, or 4,146 round trip. Gas has been over $2 forever, and people seemed somewhat comfy when it was $2.50/gal., so at that price your total fuel costs in a 20mpg vehicle would have been: $518 Now, fast forward to today and a gas price of $3.29/gal.: $682 or an additional fuel cost of $164. So, taking a very extreme driving trip to LA and back, you mean to tell me that you would cancel your trip over $164? C'mon...... If guys are bailing out on trips over $50 here or there, than you probably shouldn't have been spending the 'jack on the trip in the first place. By the way.......here's the link to the fuel cost calculator, it's a pretty cool tool to get your fuel costs. www.roadtripamerica.com/roadtripamerica_cfmfiles/calculator.cfmPretend is correct. Gas has NOT been at over $2 'forever', and living with it is hardly 'comfy' with it. Gas has doubled in less than 5 years. Now, what it would have cost me last week compared to this week is minimal. What it cost me in 2000 compared to today is NOT minimal. Trip to and from LA - 4146 miles. #1, better figure 5500 minimum if you expect to go and see anything anywhere in between. 20 mpg sounds fair enough, and 5500 miles at 20 mpg is 275 gallons. Which at $3.39 is $932.25. A VERY few years back, that would have been $467.50. 275 gallons at $1.70 a gallon. Which means you would need almost an additional $500.00, not $164.00. I am going to have to scrape very hard to find that very same $500.00 to buy a .454 Puma this year if the PCR goes through, and it is not looking promising. Might have to wait till next year. I don't make lots of money, and I don't have stocks in rising gas prices. I simply have a job that pays my bills, and gives me a few dollars in change to play on. Just a normal people here is all. Sorry to hear about your financial hardships, maybe you should go back to dail up it would be cheaper too. Maybe that shotgun you already have would be suffice for deer, we all have choices, and my choice is realistic I have to work so does my wife we will buy gas at what the prices are.......that is a realistic approach.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 2:54:00 GMT -5
Smiley... You can rearrange my numbers all you want with "Clinton Math" if you would like. Woody asked a simple question, to which I responded with a realistic view, with real numbers. Yes, you can go back to when gas was $1.70/gal and refigure things to make them skew toward what you want them to be, but over the past 2 years they have fluctuated all over the $2+ gallon range, with $2.50 being a nice average. Then you go and tack on another 1,400 miles to add even more mileage to get your numbers where they are more shocking. Stop trying so hard to swing the pendulum into your favor. Nobody (except our good friend Donnie who is an oil barron on the weekends) likes high gas prices, but the folks that aren't whinning about it realize that their energy is best served in changing their lifestyle to lessen the hardship of fuel costs. I'm not going to feel sorry for any member of this board who is kicking and screaming about gas prices. Every one of us are sitting in front of a computer, paying at a minimum $20/month or $50/month for cable modems. If I couldn't drive my vehicle, the internet would be the first luxury that I would do without. BTW, you can check MY numbers on gas prices @ www.gasbuddy.com/gb_retail_price_chart.aspx
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Post by drgreyhound on May 19, 2007 5:52:09 GMT -5
Every one of us are sitting in front of a computer, paying at a minimum $20/month or $50/month for cable modems. I have actually chosen not to pay for an internet connection in my apartment so that I could spend the $40 a month on other things I needed more (like new clothes after my 56 lb weight loss, so that I didn't have to be naked!). I drive to nearby places that offer free wi-fi and campus if I need the internet--and on the rare occasion that those places are closed and I need the internet, I'll pay to use the internet at the 24-hour Starbucks down the road. It takes significant amounts of compromise and planning sometimes, but if you want the extra cash each month given any set cost of living, you'll make it work...
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Post by mbogo on May 19, 2007 6:00:59 GMT -5
The high gas prices won't change my plans because the summer months are the one time of the year I can't go anywhere any way due to work. However, I will still plan on taking any trips I might have during the fall or winter. Gas prices will undoubtedly be back down below $3 by then, more than likely they will stabilize in a month or so and start to decrease until it is time to switch back to the "fall blends". That is the way it has been for the past several years and the trend will likely continue.
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Post by mbogo on May 19, 2007 6:02:19 GMT -5
Mullis56 and Johnsmiles, cool it please.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 6:32:04 GMT -5
Way to be creative with the internet service Greyhound! Pretty clever!!!
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Post by drgreyhound on May 19, 2007 7:06:11 GMT -5
Way to be creative with the internet service Greyhound! Pretty clever!!! LOL--thanks Travis! I've noticed this too. It'd be nice if it happened again this year!
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 8:25:06 GMT -5
Mullis56 and Johnsmiles, cool it please. I won't respond to him anymore.
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 8:26:22 GMT -5
(except our good friend Donnie who is an oil barron on the weekends) likes high gas prices, but the folks that aren't whinning about it realize that their energy is best served in changing their lifestyle to lessen the hardship of fuel costs.
I really don't like them eithier.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 8:27:44 GMT -5
Next time I see ya Donnie, I want you to have on a turbin!!!
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 8:32:04 GMT -5
Next time I see ya Donnie, I want you to have on a turbin!!! That'd be a good photoshop project for you to put together. I need to still get my bear pictures up there.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 8:34:08 GMT -5
Yes...... Gimme a few days and you will be an arab!!!! Great idea!
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 8:43:01 GMT -5
Yes...... Gimme a few days and you will be an arab!!!! Great idea! Send it to someone via e-mail.
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Post by bsutravis on May 19, 2007 8:51:01 GMT -5
Back on topic: If you are in the Indy area, get your gas before the end of the week cause the stations always jack it up for the out of town race fans!
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Post by mullis56 on May 19, 2007 9:04:49 GMT -5
Back on topic: If you are in the Indy area, get your gas before the end of the week cause the stations always jack it up for the out of town race fans! True I'm going to fill up every tank I have this weekend.
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Post by drs on May 19, 2007 9:15:16 GMT -5
While I am uncertain how the price of Gasoline will affect everyone's driving plans. I am certain those who don't change their driving habits will simply alter their buying habits on other things. They might not eat out more often, buy that motor bike, computer, TV or other toy for themselves or their kids, put off buying household items, and ofcourse cut back on their recreational activities. This will have a negetive affect on certain segments of our economy. As for myself; I plan to cut back on my driving habits.
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