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Old 10-07-2012, 10:44 PM   #11 (permalink)
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I can't speak for anyone else's situation, but I spend a LOT more of my income feeding myself than I spend feeding and maintaining my vehicles
Heck, I spend more feeding and maintaining my horse than I do on gas & repairs for the vehicles. The dogs probably run about even with them.

Ethanol for personal use is nowhere close, though. What can I say? I'm just a cheap date, can't tell the difference between the expensive stuff and the $3.99 a bottle Trader Joe's special.

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I spent an average of 50 cents/day for groceries July-Sept., but it's gonna go up from that.
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Old 10-08-2012, 12:02 AM   #14 (permalink)
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Old 10-08-2012, 12:05 AM   #15 (permalink)
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HA! It would have to be a mighty, mighty strong wind!

And I spent $1.50/day average on eating and drinking out during that period... that's one of the bigger money wasters.
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2008 didn't open their eyes ...
In the U.S. we had an event called huricane katrina back in 2005.
It shut down oil wells in the gulf of mexico and refineries in the gulf cost states.
Supply, demand and panic drove the price of gas to closer to $4/gal (when adjusted for inflation).
When the country didn't implode after paying $3.50+/gal (prices at the time) for a few weeks I knew that sooner rather than later $3+/gal gas would be the norm.
I was working out side the U.S. when it happened. When I got back state side in 2006 I went to work finding my diesel.

Now we are headed towards $4/gal gas.
Our Department of Energy projections says by 2014 we will be paying $4/gal. I think they are right.
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FWIW, I consider myself fairly well-off, but one of my two vehicles is a 2000, the other is an '88.
The rich live as if they were poor, and the poor live as if they were rich.

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...our 2004 Pontiac Vibe 1.8L with 4-speed automatic, good for 32 mpg normally, but certainly NOT during rush(snail)-hour traffic.
It's annoying, but I get better mpg rowing through gears in rush hour traffic than traveling a steady 70mph on the freeway. Not suggesting a manual is a good option for LA traffic, but it can be done.

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I spent an average of 50 cents/day for groceries July-Sept., but it's gonna go up from that.
And I thought I was frugal. Are you on a Ramen diet? I'd like to know how to get down to 50 cents a day.
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Almost no Ramen; I have a few pretty good scavenging spots, but for some reason bidnesses with good scavenging would much rather see all that good stuff go in the landfill... if I am so effective at recycling that they notice, they do all kinds of things to sabotage their cornucopias.
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CA is averaging over $4.60 this week. In my area, it seems like most places are over $5.00. Makes me glad I'm getting high-40s for MPG.

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Im driving the 4cyl toyota techoma and just shortfilled at 4.87 to top it off.

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