Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 I would be curious what people are currently doing, or are considering for the future, about the gas prices? Taking public transportation, downsizing vehicles, not driving as much, canceling or changing vacation plans, etc? The gas prices are soon going to have an enormous impact on our other costs too, food and goods. Any contingency plans for that? linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 HI Linda: Lucky for me I live 2 blocks from a train station and my office is also about 2 blocks, so I started taking the train to work. My husband and I share an old mini van and my son has the other car. My husband drops my daughter at school and then drives to work. I think round trip maybe about 5 miles. My work is about 7 miles each way. I know its not a lot but the train pass for the month costs $58 which is more then one weeks of gas but less then 2 weeks of gas. gayle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 We are trying to consoldate short trips and make longer trips less frequently. We have a van and the gas milage isn't great, but LOVE all the room. I take my girls to an amazing music teacher, but he is about 1 hr away. We go every week and between it costing us $25 total for each of their half hour lessons each week and $20 in gas, they had really practice hard...... for that weekly $45 cost. LOL It really makes you think more conciously of every thing you do. WE do consider this cost for these music lessons, something we won't quit though. My oldest is 15 and she sings in several languages and love singing Italian Opera. He also has her singing Broadway musical songs, spirituals, folk music, amazing arrangments of Christian songs and also writting songs. Music theory is a part too. We are getting ready to take off of lessons for the summer, and hopefully the gas prices will come down by the fall. Judy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 7, 2006 Report Share Posted May 7, 2006 Linda I have a few plans however I go nowhere on the weekends at all. There is no public transportation here. I am 12 miles from work, needless to say I drive. I do have a beat up old '69 VW that is going to get driven just to stretch my gas out . I go to see my mom and paint in the valley(Willamette in Oregon) and I am going to do that. I don't get over the mountains in winter. I also have to say our company just gave everyone a 20 cent an hour raise to help out with gas it was tremendously appreciated. It does stop me from doing anything on the weekends though unless I absolutely have to. It is something we have to deal with so I do as little driving as I can. I get all of my errands done after work. Once I am home on Friday night that is where my car is parked till Monday morning. Linda C-in sunny Central Oregon - linda Sunday, May 07, 2006 8:17 AM OT: Gas question I would be curious what people are currently doing, or are considering for the future, about the gas prices? Taking public transportation, downsizing vehicles, not driving as much, canceling or changing vacation plans, etc? The gas prices are soon going to have an enormous impact on our other costs too, food and goods. Any contingency plans for that? linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 We don't normally drive more than 10 miles a day, we live in a city where nothing is more than a few miles away, but it's not walking or biking friendly and it's too much of a hassle and too expensive to ride the bus with all of us. We sold our 2nd vehicle last year so we only have the mini van now. We need a larger vehicle since there are 6 of us, soon to be 7. We're probably going to trade it in for a small conversion van when we move later this month and hubby has to get his own vehicle again for work purposes. While we don't normally drive more than 10 miles a day we will be in the next few weeks as we're moving to another state, but once we get there we wont be more than 13 miles or so from hubby's work. I'll be driving a bit more to get my kids to and from their homeschool activities and dance classes and stuff because of the more remote location. OTOH, we are also going to be paying less in house payments and have double the house size, so it's really going to be same-same in the end. The gas prices were hurting us because my husband was unemployed, but honestly, he was unemployed for a long time so if gas was still $1.99 a gallon it would still have hurt us. The only difference was at $3.00 a gallon we could only get 4 gallons of gas, versus at $2 a gallon we could get 6 gallons....so really, that's not a huge difference in our lives. Meg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Trying to get more organized so not making so many trips. We have a public bus system here but I can't seem to get it to " fit " my schedule. Haven't done a lot about this yet but has been on my mind a lot. Vacation? Hasn't happened in years so no chance of that this year either. The day trips I love (just getting out of town and hitting all thrift stores & garage sales I can find) won't be happening either. And that I will miss. Samantha I would be curious what people are currently doing, or are considering for the future, about the gas prices? Taking public transportation, downsizing vehicles, not driving as much, canceling or changing vacation plans, etc? The gas prices are soon going to have an enormous impact on our other costs too, food and goods. Any contingency plans for that? linda _____ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 In a message dated 5/7/2006 9:16:43 AM Pacific Standard Time, lindai81 writes: > I would be curious what people are currently doing, or are considering for > the future, about the gas prices? Taking public transportation, downsizing > vehicles, not driving as much, canceling or changing vacation plans, etc? > The gas prices are soon going to have an enormous impact on our other costs > too, food and goods. Any contingency plans for that? > linda > I drive a newer Saturn that gets about 34mpg on the highway. Back when gas was 'only' $1.65 per gallon I advised hubby to please buy two 50 gallon drums one of which had a pump to make filling the car easier. The two drum set up was about $100 so he didn't do it since he believed that gas prices would soon go down. My belief system says that gas prices will top $6 per gallon. All that being said, we live about 55 miles round trip from somewhat decent shopping and I make one 110 mile round trip once a month for a supply run. I no longer go 'shopping' instead I do 'supply runs' once a month. I am looking to extend the time between 'runs' to six weeks to cut down on fuel usage. I do make a once a week 22 mile round trip run to the closest library. I live only 4 miles from a very small town (pop. about 675) but shopping there is out of the question. The same can of green beans there is $1.29 that I can get 27 miles away for $.79 or if I go 55 miles away I can get it for only $.65. Too far and too expensive for a quick trip for only a few items. My husband is a salesman and is on the road 5 days a week and there is nothing he can do to cut his fuel costs. Long ago he implimented the few conservation methods he could. He has planned his routes so that he doesn't have to back track much and drives at 55mph to conserve fuel. Simply said, higher gas prices are making me more self reliant. I go to the doctor much less, and I believe, am healthier for it. Haven't had a cold in about 4 years now, but these allergies are killing me. <BEG> !! !! Lisa Marie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 The gas question is a big one for our family of 4--all who drive and have destinations that are far away almost every day. My husband and sons all have pretty efficient cars, but I'm still driving the 12 yr old van that uses more. Public transportation is not an option, or riding bicycles, etc. Everywhere we go pretty much involves the highway a good part of the way. 20 years ago when we found this neat country land, the isolation seemed pretty neat--and there's a lot I still enjoy about it very much.....but I find myself wishing we were a bit closer to town. Both boys will be leaving for college soon--one this fall--and one in a year, so they plan to live near campus and maybe take the shuttles to classes. I agree that the coming years will be very interesting and just hope some serious efforts towards conservation, and some serious research dollars can be put into viable energy options for the future. Oh, and yes, everytime I see this email subject come up on the screen OT:Gas question, I think, ok, here's someone who has a problem with beans asking for advice....lol--- cuppa mentioned that in her little poem, too. Paula On Sun, 7 May 2006 08:17:23 -0700 " linda " <lindai81 writes: I would be curious what people are currently doing, or are considering for the future, about the gas prices? Taking public transportation, downsizing vehicles, not driving as much, canceling or changing vacation plans, etc? The gas prices are soon going to have an enormous impact on our other costs too, food and goods. Any contingency plans for that? linda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Simply said, higher gas prices are making me more self reliant. I go to the doctor much less, and I believe, am healthier for it. Haven't had a cold in about 4 years now, but these allergies are killing me. <BEG> !! !! Lisa Marie>> I totally agree, I think those that survive the higher gas prices will be folks that are willing to see what they really need in life to be happy with. Susie or Susan Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. ~Woodrow Wilson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Well put in my opinion! linda " Whatever you do will be insignificant and it is very important that you do it. " Mohandas Gandhi <zainypagan > > I totally agree, I think those that survive the higher gas prices will be > folks that are willing to see what they really need in life to be happy with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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