Can you afford to fill up your gas tank?

Question

Or do you leave your car parked in the garage. How about Large pick ups and 18 wheelers.. We should form a caravan in DC and demand that gas prices have to come down.

Answer 1

My husband is the driver in our household. And no we can't
afford to fill up anymore on our low retirement each month.
Living below the poverty level has been a major juggling act
each month. So we don't go anywhere anymore, except for
important errands and grocery shopping. When the gas money runs out, then he walks to a nearby store and pays
the price they ask. There's no running around to buy store
sales, like we used to. Now we hit one store for buying
some cheaper prices from overstock sales, and he goes to
the nearby store for staples. It's become a major challenge
just to get from one end of the month to the other.

Answer 2

I estimate approximately $75 to fill the tank, but I've never done it at these prices. I'm fortunate in that my commute to work and back is 4 miles roundtrip. My wife's commute is even better, (3 miles), so neither of us has felt the pinch at the pump like so many others. The situation we face is awful on so many fronts, especially for poorer people. Imagine a job seeker who finds a job they're fully qualified for, but doesn't apply because they know the gas prices would eat up too much salary. Experts say that in a few years, the price of a gallon of gas will be $7. If by then, my home and work situation is the same, I will be walking to work for eight months of the year.

Answer 3

I drive a small Ranger pickup and I don't dare let it get below half a tank. Just at half a tank and fill up it cost me around 20.00 or so. But if l let it get empty, then I am looking at about 45.00. I can't afford that. Most of the time now I just go to work and back home as I can't afford to go any while else. If I need something in town, I do it on the way home from work. I try to fill it up every week if possible, but sometimes I don't have the money.

We fill up the 5 gallon gas can for the lawn mower and that cost us around 20.00 to do that. That will last us maybe a month, (we have a big yard).

Answer 4

We fill my car at most twice a month. Most of the time we use my husband's car which is better on gas. Mine is primarily for trips or when he doesn't feel like driving.

To answer your question, we can afford it this week. Who knows about next week?

Gas prices won't come down as long as there is such a huge demand for it. The 18-wheelers use diesel, not the same gasoline formula that most automobiles use.

People have bought gas hog vehicles and all of us are paying the price. It isn't the government's fault, it's ours.

Answer 5

I fill it at the air base near me. That's the good news. I have to use premium gas in my Caddy. That's the bad news. A caravan to Washington won't do any good to get the price down. In the past thirty years the number of vehicles has gone up dramatically. With the coming of more shopping by catalog and on the internet, the number of delivery vans has gone up. Yet, in those three decades, we haven't built any new refineries to turn crude oil into gasoline. Add in the fact that the existing refineries have to produce over 50 different blends of gasoline to meet various state and local environmental laws, while those same governmental entities add at least 18 cents tax per gallon, and you begin to see why the price keeps going up as the demand keeps going up.
I lived through President Nixon's attempts at price controls. Took us over ten years to recover from the after effects. I sure don't want to see Washington try to solve this problem.

Answer 6

I sold my car 2 years ago. Of course,I'm retired,so I dont have to worry about getting to work. My apartment is close to a bus and I can go anywhere in Los Angeles I want to for 50 cents. Our city has senior dial-a-ride and my healthcare plan provides transportation to the doctors. Three of my children live close, so they help out too. The only thing I miss about having a car is getting up in the middle of the night and getting something horrible from Jack in the Box. I dont need the calories anyhow. I give my kids gas money when they take me somewhere because I've been there when they have to fill up. It's absolutely outrageous. I like your idea. Where do we sign up?

Answer 7

I just did today, 9.555 gallons for $27.32. But I only drive if I have to, and I plan a circular route on my errands. I don"t drive at night.
It won't do any good, the oil company's are heavy contributors, and they would not want to get all those cash cows mad at them. It's kind of like the Pharmacuticals. Need I say more. Just another way to S---- the public.Besides what do they care, they have government cars and chauffers to drive them around and they don't pay for their own gas, we do. I will get off my rant now, I could go on and on

Answer 8

I just bought a new car and it's very easy on gas. I don't spend more than $25 a month. Of course I only use it for work and a little shopping.

Answer 9

My gas costs $2.87 a gallon. That's not too bad for NY state. I have a med size Chrysler and I'm sorry I got rid of my Yamaha 1100cc motorcycle when I turned 65. That got me 40 miles to a gallon. I certainly don't drive as much as I used to. I've got the money but I personally wish to boycott it.

Answer 10

My car has a diesel engine. It used to cost about $10.00 to fill it up, now it is around $35.00. This sure cuts down traveling but I do more walking, which is good. Either way, the cost of fuel for anyone is outrageous.