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Gogirlgo
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 Posted: 09/01/05 - 12:29 Post subject: Thoughts on gasoline
Reading Diva's thread on RRHO made me think. If it takes $100 to fill up your car a week, or some other number that you're just not mentally prepared to spend, what are some of the things you'll have to stop doing?
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robp
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:19 Post subject:
Driving.
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sonnylax
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 13:21 Post subject: Re: Thoughts on gasoline
| Gogirlgo wrote: | | Reading Diva's thread on RRHO made me think. If it takes $100 to fill up your car a week, or some other number that you're just not mentally prepared to spend, what are some of the things you'll have to stop doing? |
Probably won't take many, if any, planned weekend road trips this Fall. I would limit trips as much as possible (to/from work, to/from stores) and consolidate trips.
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purple hayes
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:14 Post subject:
The first thing to go would be internet access at home.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:17 Post subject:
Eating out.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:32 Post subject:
Quit running the a/c on my 12 mile morning commute.
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cherylpf
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:46 Post subject:
| AlaninTX wrote: | | Quit running the a/c on my 12 mile morning commute. |
I heard that driving with the windows down is actually less efficient than running the a/c as it creates more drag on the car. 
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sonnylax
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 14:49 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | AlaninTX wrote: | | Quit running the a/c on my 12 mile morning commute. |
I heard that driving with the windows down is actually less efficient than running the a/c as it creates more drag on the car. |
That is correct.
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AlaninTX
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 15:41 Post subject:
Hmm, hadn't thought of that. Sadly, my average mph on my commute is around 15 mph, so I wonder if the drag coeficent comes into play at that speed?
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Tri as I might
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 16:17 Post subject:
When the price of gas is high enough, someone in America will be motivated by entrepreneurship (and profit, natch) to market personal transportation more cheaply and efficiently. I put my complete faith and trust in the free market in this situation to work, just like it always has, to deliver a new innovation when another is no longer feasible or cost-effective.
But don't wait until it gets too high, whoever you are. 
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airehead
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 16:32 Post subject:
Weekend trips. To Napa and Sonoma and Berkeley.
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crazyfrog
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 16:46 Post subject:
| cherylpf wrote: | | AlaninTX wrote: | | Quit running the a/c on my 12 mile morning commute. |
I heard that driving with the windows down is actually less efficient than running the a/c as it creates more drag on the car. |
maybe true, but i swear that i get better gas mileage out of my car when i dont use the a/c. like 25-30 miles difference.
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MechEngDropout
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 18:41 Post subject:
| airehead wrote: | | Weekend trips. To Napa and Sonoma and Berkeley. |
Can I live with you before that stops?
First to go will be driving. I wouldn't mind getting rid of the internet. Perhaps the phone would go next. High-cost food products. Liquor.
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camelia bedelia
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Posted: 09/01/05 - 21:45 Post subject:
We down-sized from comfortable Sable to a base model Corolla that gets much better gas mileage. We're going to be making a real efort to take the car intead of the van whenever possible, even though riding around with the 3 kids crammed in the small back is not fun for anyone.
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runswithscissors
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Posted: 09/02/05 - 09:13 Post subject:
| camelia bedelia wrote: | | We down-sized from comfortable Sable to a base model Corolla that gets much better gas mileage. We're going to be making a real efort to take the car intead of the van whenever possible, even though riding around with the 3 kids crammed in the small back is not fun for anyone. |
Good thought, CB. We're heading out of town in a week, and I think we'll take the neon rather than the mpv...
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