Old people's obsession with gas prices.

[cardsfantx]

When your are never able to get more than $75 worth of gas because the pumps shuts off at that much, you care a little bit about how much gas you got... but really I just fill up at the station next to work. It's always about 10 cents cheaper than by my house. With as much as I spend a month on gas, I am looking forward to it being warm enough to convince myself to ride my bike to work at 5am. Just by doing that a couple days a week I'll probably save over $50 a month.

if i did that, i'd have to get up at 2 am to get to work on time....plus get a bike.....and get in shape...and learn how to ride a bike. [expletive] it.

[MrCrowesGarden]

There's a grocery store in Omaha that also has a gas station attached to it. If you buy something in the grocery store, you get a discount on gas (usually three cents a gallon, but I've seen them do as much as 20 cents a gallon). My family would obviously take advantage of it if we were going grocery shopping, but there would be times where my dad would buy a pack of gum in the supermarket just to get three cents a gallon off. Even on an empty tank for his Silverado, I don't think he ever saved enough to offset the cost of the gum.

[wart57]

There's a grocery store in Omaha that also has a gas station attached to it. If you buy something in the grocery store, you get a discount on gas (usually three cents a gallon, but I've seen them do as much as 20 cents a gallon). My family would obviously take advantage of it if we were going grocery shopping, but there would be times where my dad would buy a pack of gum in the supermarket just to get three cents a gallon off. Even on an empty tank for his Silverado, I don't think he ever saved enough to offset the cost of the gum.

But then he had a full tank of gas, and a pack of gum.

[IMADreamer]

Don't Corvettes still get upper 20's MPG, because of the low weight and great aerodynamics? Yeah the extra 4 MPG you're getting in that Honda I bet is INCREDIBLE. They can afford an extra $5 footlong each month.

Yeah, you can actually get over 30 driving right. It's a pretty good commuter car really if you don't need much room and have a light foot. I'll admit it's hard to have a light foot in that car. lol

[AWvsCBsteeeerike3]

I understand the 'it's only $1' argument. And, I'm one of those people. I never really care about filling up at A vs B because of a 5 cent difference.

That said, it's not really logical to be upset with the general notion of worrying about gas prices. It might not directly hurt some people, but overall imo higher gas prices are bad for everyone.

This list can go on forever, but higher gas prices are going to take discretionary or even necessary funds out of the avg American’s pocket in the following ways:

1. Average Americans drive 12,500 miles per year and get on average about 20 mpg. At an increase of $1/gallon, that’s $625 per driver or $1250 for a family typically.
2. Diesel going up means shipping prices go up meaning costs of goods go up.
3. People less likely to drive places for family vacations due to increased costs of gas. Yeah, this is somewhat illogical, but if you’re already suffering from a loss of discretionary income and it’s going to cost an extra $50 to go on the same vacation as last year….
4. Moving on to government agencies…. Costs more to fuel troopers vehicles…more for gov. officials to travel to and fro….
5. Blah blah blah.

I don’t want to sound all foxnewsish and I agree it’s stupid to wait 1 hour in line to save $5 in gas. But, it’s equally foolish to just shrug your shoulders and say ‘well, just another $5 every time I fill up. Who cares?’

[Hungary Jack]

Don't Corvettes still get upper 20's MPG, because of the low weight and great aerodynamics? Yeah the extra 4 MPG you're getting in that Honda I bet is INCREDIBLE. They can afford an extra $5 footlong each month.

Yeah, you can actually get over 30 driving right. It's a pretty good commuter car really if you don't need much room and have a light foot. I'll admit it's hard to have a light foot in that car. lol

Sheesh. That puts my VW Wabbit to shame.

[IMADreamer]

Really? I'd have assumed those got pretty good mileage.

[MrCrowesGarden]

Group of co-workers gave themselves a good pat on the back for filling up Monday when gas was 15 cents cheaper.

I wonder if they'll do the same next week when it's up 15 cents from where it is now.

[st.lewis11]

I'm just as concerned of my gassy problems as I am of gasoline prices.

[ghostrunner]

I understand the 'it's only $1' argument. And, I'm one of those people. I never really care about filling up at A vs B because of a 5 cent difference.

That said, it's not really logical to be upset with the general notion of worrying about gas prices. It might not directly hurt some people, but overall imo higher gas prices are bad for everyone.

This list can go on forever, but higher gas prices are going to take discretionary or even necessary funds out of the avg American’s pocket in the following ways:

1. Average Americans drive 12,500 miles per year and get on average about 20 mpg. At an increase of $1/gallon, that’s $625 per driver or $1250 for a family typically.
2. Diesel going up means shipping prices go up meaning costs of goods go up.
3. People less likely to drive places for family vacations due to increased costs of gas. Yeah, this is somewhat illogical, but if you’re already suffering from a loss of discretionary income and it’s going to cost an extra $50 to go on the same vacation as last year….
4. Moving on to government agencies…. Costs more to fuel troopers vehicles…more for gov. officials to travel to and fro….
5. Blah blah blah.

I don’t want to sound all foxnewsish and I agree it’s stupid to wait 1 hour in line to save $5 in gas. But, it’s equally foolish to just shrug your shoulders and say ‘well, just another $5 every time I fill up. Who cares?’

No doubt it affects the economy. My point is you can't really do anything about it, and even trying to reward places that sell cheap gas won't keep them from hiking prices the next day. And you can waste time and money trying to beat the system.

Just using my place of work as an example - I'd presume everyone last filled their tank at a time when it was convenient for them and they were already out, and perhaps even off the company clock. Yet when my boss tells everyone to go make a special trip and fill up, if everyone does that he loses 2.5 hours of work while 5 people fill their tanks. Not only the money he paid them is lost, but the money they might have brought in during that time is lost. All this to save a maximum of $2.60 per car, or $13.