The Coffee House

[JonA_CT]

@JonA_CT really? Seems like we burn that much in a week and don't go anywhere!

My job and pretty much everything else I need is within 5 miles of my house. For the most part, we take my wife’s car for anything further or when it’s not just me.

 

[snowbear114 45]

That sounds great, Jon. We commute 45 minutes each way, if the traffic is normal.

Dinner, tonight is some leftover beef roast and a couple of eggs. MLW woke up this morning with a stomach bug, and has been in bed all day.

 

[smoke665]

@JonA_CT My wife and I are retired but unfortunately, we are 15 mins from 3 Super Wal-Mart and 10 mins from granddaughter which might account for our gas useage.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. I just saw a posting of a Shell station gas sign in San Diego. $4.35/gallon Is this normal or just an isolated price. I just got gas this morning $2.15/gallon, and that's higher than most.

That is way overpriced. I just filled up a few days ago @ $2.75 a gal. Even though California is a petro exporter we have high gasoline prices because the gas companies can. California has two different blends of domestic gas, one for summer and one for winter ... the gasco's say that unique special blending requires a special price.

 

[Gary A.]

cmw3_d40_gasprices by Charlie Wrenn, on Flickr

With the "gas points" discount we get for using one of the supermarket chains, I filled up at $2.01 (regular), yesterday.

Fill 'er up with Regular!

 

[jcdeboever]

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[Gary A.]

@JonA_CT really? Seems like we burn that much in a week and don't go anywhere!

When Gary was working at Ft, Irwin (in the Mojave Desert) and San Diego (alternating days), he would fill up nearly everyday.

 

[JonA_CT]

That sounds great, Jon. We commute 45 minutes each way, if the traffic is normal.

That was my commute for the last 6 years. I moved 35 some odd miles closer to home with my job. I’m incredibly lucky because we live in city proper. When we move in the next couple of years, we will likely have a 15-20 minute drive to everything .

@JonA_CT My wife and I are retired but unfortunately, we are 15 mins from 3 Super Wal-Mart and 10 mins from granddaughter which might account for our gas useage.

Walmart is the farthest away we go, and that’s about 5 miles. It takes 15 minutes though because it’s through town. There are close to a dozen traffic lights between here and there.

My parents live about 25 minutes away, and my mom puts a ton of miles on her car between visiting us and my brother’s family, garden club, her daily shopping, etc.

 

[JonA_CT]

I should also mention that my Mazda 3 gets nearly 30 mpg even in town, haha.

 

[smoke665]

@Gary A. Those prices are still high but not as bad as I thought. Shortly before Thanksgiving the price of regular here went from $2.05 To $2.15. Since then most stations have dropped back to $2.09. Unless something major happens I look for it to fall back to below $2.00 after Christmas.

 

[Gary A.]

@JonA_CT really? Seems like we burn that much in a week and don't go anywhere!

My job and pretty much everything else I need is within 5 miles of my house. For the most part, we take my wife’s car for anything further or when it’s not just me.

Gary needs to travel only a few times a week. Other than those scheduled days he can easily be self sufficient working from home and walking for stuff. Even the local theatre is within walking distance. More often than not, Gary will walk to stores for foodstuff and to Home Depot for most all else. There's multiple Japanese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Chinese, Fast, Pizza, Ice Cream, et al, restaurants all within an easy walk. But Gary chooses to drive all over because ... he chooses to drive all over. Variety is the spice of life.

 

[Gary A.]

@JonA_CT really? Seems like we burn that much in a week and don't go anywhere!

My job and pretty much everything else I need is within 5 miles of my house. For the most part, we take my wife’s car for anything further or when it’s not just me.

Gary needs to travel only a few times a week. Other than those scheduled days he can easily be self sufficient working from home and walking for stuff. Even the local theatre is within walking distance. More often than not, Gary will walk to store for foodstuff and to Home Depot for most all else. There's multiple Japanese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Chinese, Fast, Pizza, Ice Cream, et al, restaurants all within an easy walk. But Gary chooses to drive all over because ... he chooses to drive all over. Variety is the spice of life.

I should also mention that my Mazda 3 gets nearly 30 mpg even in town, haha.

My Crown Vic get 26 mph ... with interior room to spare.

 

[Gary A.]

@Gary A. Those prices are still high but not as bad as I thought. Shortly before Thanksgiving the price of regular here went from $2.05 To $2.15. Since then most stations have dropped back to $2.09. Unless something major happens I look for it to fall back to below $2.00 after Christmas.

I think the primary difference in prices can be attributed to taxes. Our gas tax is supposed to support all road maintenance and new construction.

 

[waday]

@JonA_CT really? Seems like we burn that much in a week and don't go anywhere!

My job and pretty much everything else I need is within 5 miles of my house. For the most part, we take my wife’s car for anything further or when it’s not just me.

Gary needs to travel only a few times a week. Other than those scheduled days he can easily be self sufficient working from home and walking for stuff. Even the local theatre is within walking distance. More often than not, Gary will walk to store for foodstuff and to Home Depot for most all else. There's multiple Japanese, Mexican, Vietnamese, Chinese, Fast, Pizza, Ice Cream, et al, restaurants all within an easy walk. But Gary chooses to drive all over because ... he chooses to drive all over. Variety is the spice of life.

I should also mention that my Mazda 3 gets nearly 30 mpg even in town, haha.

My Crown Vic get 26 mph ... with interior room to spare.

You’re too young to be driving a Crown Vic that slow.

 

[pixmedic]

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