...Waiting for the FReepers that drive their Ford F350 one hundred miles each way to work every morning to jump in and complain....
You mean the jacked up ones that get 3 gallons to the mile? :-)
I put 50K/yr on my 97 Town Car, the last true Lincoln. Fed income taxes still cost me more than gas. I however have to figure gas into my variable cost of doing business, and when I buy my next vehicle it will probably be foreign- maybe a Scion xB.
Gas was $1.80 per gal when I bought my truck. Used to cost $45 to fill it once a week. Now it costs nearly $80, yeah $140 more a month than when I bought it.
I drive a small car, but let me bitch nevertheless.
We have two small gas cans that we use for lawnmowers, weedeaters, etc. Together they hold 11 gal. of gas. Yesterday, it cost $36.19 to fill them.
That's probably not a lot to Neal, but it's a lot to us. Our spending habits have already been affected.
Mom, Dad, Grandma and Grandpa all have their own car and go their own ways each day.
Not putting these folks down at all, but it’s a way of life that dips into the check book every month that we didn’t have 20 years ago. So I agree with Mr. B. STOP THE WHINING or change your lifestyle. We have choices!