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Old 01-16-2008, 01:26 PM   #1
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Thumbs down your weekly fuel costs

what you spending every week to drive your car and /or truck.
i know on avg we are dropping $75 to $100 in are vehicle's. and right now im now im not working as much as in the spring and summer were my costs may triple.
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Old 01-16-2008, 05:26 PM   #2
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I have to fill up my Saturn PoS every 6-7 days, costing me about $35. The Honda Accord my wife drives gets gas every 10 days or so, so our weekly average is around $50.
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Old 01-16-2008, 07:29 PM   #3
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About 200-300 a month right now. Wife does most of the commuting right now...poor thing.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:28 PM   #4
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Anywhere from $120 to $180 a week depending on the Dr. appointments. sharing my bros Land Rover because my truck is a standard and sucks in traffic.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:32 PM   #5
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For 2007,
Veh. 1:
1887 miles, 103.73 gallons, $358.58
Veh. 2:
2958 miles, 245.7 gallons, $781.46
Veh. 3:
2991 miles, 209.46 gallons, $644.56
Veh. 4:
1357 miles, 100.09 gallons, $315.90

Total:
10193 miles, 658.98 gallons, $2100.50

Average 15.47 miles/gallon; $40.39/week

As of last week I'm no longer in school or working, so I haven't yet bought gas this year. I'll probably go back to work in May.
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:34 PM   #6
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Anywhere from $120 to $180 a week depending on the Dr. appointments. sharing my bros Land Rover because my truck is a standard and sucks in traffic.

$120-180 per week????
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Old 01-16-2008, 08:54 PM   #7
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$120-180 per week????

Yes, I'm in Carlsbad, Ca. and my brother goes to LA for class. And my appointments, sometimes 3-4 per week, for my injury are in San Diego, a 50+ mile round trip. Also all the errands I run for my family from here to Pendalton, (like to hospital on other side of base), about 3 times a week adds maybe another couple hundred miles or so. I pay for about 80% of the fuel costs but its better than walking or using my POS truck.
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Old 01-17-2008, 07:12 PM   #8
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if i'm only driving my moped, $4 every 7-10 days. i last filled up my v6 truck on new year's for like $40 and i still have a little over 1/2 tank left.
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Old 01-18-2008, 10:18 PM   #9
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about $30 a week...but I get over 400 mpg...and I drive to and from Anaheim a few days a week. Once I stop doing that I imagine it will be every fews weeks that I fill up my gas tank.
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Old 01-18-2008, 10:37 PM   #10
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about $30 a week...but I get over 400 mpg...

400 mpg? Or do you mean miles per tank? If it's MPG then I want one!
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Old 01-18-2008, 11:21 PM   #11
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Let me see- I walk to work (about two blocks! Lucky me!) and ride a bike the rest of the time. Gas? Zero. Car payments? Zero. Car insurance? Zero. It is a nice luxury to have. And I live about a mile from the beach!
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Old 01-20-2008, 01:44 PM   #12
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60 miles a day. 30mpg. 3 bucks or so a gallon. 10 gallon tank. It should last me a whole week but I say 100 bucks a week. Traffic and all.
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Old 01-20-2008, 05:09 PM   #13
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400 mpg? Or do you mean miles per tank? If it's MPG then I want one!

per tank...oops!!
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Old 01-21-2008, 01:26 AM   #14
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per tank...oops!!

Heh, I kinda figured.

Well, filled another $64 on Thursday and topped off with $40 on Saturday making it another $164 week.
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Old 01-21-2008, 03:39 PM   #15
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Subaru WRX, and I fill up roughly every two weeks, so lets call it about $20/week. I really like living close to where I work.
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Old 01-21-2008, 04:33 PM   #16
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$40 every month or two
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Old 01-25-2008, 07:28 AM   #17
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Ray, do you have a hybrid?? It takes a little less than $45 to fill up my 96 4wd Runner. How much I fill it up depends on how much I drive because I usually ride the metro. But usually it sucks up gas quickly. So usually I spend probably in the high 80's or low 90's every month.

Someone sent me this article from the clubtomtom site. I was thinking about getting a TomTom ONE 3rd Edition for only 150 bucks but the 920 might also save me some money in the long run.


http://www.clubtomtom.com/general/pay-less-at-the-pump/

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TomTom is proud to unveil TomTom Fuel Prices, a new service that finds the lowest gas prices so travelers can make the best choices for fueling up. TomTom Fuel Prices will be available for TomTom 920 and 920T users in the US starting in Q1 2008.
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Old 01-25-2008, 10:39 AM   #18
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That sounds like a fantastic product. I fill up at Costco though--no local stations can ever beat them.
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Old 01-28-2008, 08:04 PM   #19
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$40 a week

I would love to chop that in half.

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That sounds like a fantastic product. I fill up at Costco though--no local stations can ever beat them.

That's what you think. I filled up at a local Shell station before I passed the costco. The shell station was a dime a gallon less. The Exxon station across the street from the Costco was the same price. I still love Costco even if their gas is not the least expensive.
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Old 01-29-2008, 02:27 PM   #20
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I always use Exxon, but they just build a Costco near my house so I might become a member and use them as well
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