Gently sipping
Demand for gasoline has been down of late, which hasn’t affected the price all that much for some reason. At least we know we can’t blame Amy Alkon:
I spent $153 on gas in 2010. In all of 2010. Don’t know what the 2011 tally was because I haven’t added it up yet, but it’s probably less. I work my life so I barely have to drive anywhere. Most people probably can’t do that. I also bought a Honda Insight hybrid in 2004, as the first new car I’ve ever had. I bought it so I wouldn’t pollute (it’s a SULEV — a Super Ultra Low Emissions Vehicle) but it’s turned out to be really amazing in savings on gas ever since.
A spin over to fueleconomy.gov shows the post-2008 figures for the ’04 Insight to be 45 city/49 highway. (Original sticker said 57/56.) I’m guessing she has the CVT version, because the stick-shift model just missed SULEV by a hair.
A hundred and fifty-three bucks would keep my car gassed up for, oh, seven weeks, maybe.
Tatyana »
10 January 2012 · 8:37 am
What a lively place, @Amy! I should be visiting often. Thanks for the tip!
Jeffro »
10 January 2012 · 9:33 pm
About two and a half weeks for me.
CGHill »
10 January 2012 · 9:52 pm
And of course, were I on a World Tour, $153 might cover seven days’ worth.
hatless in hattiesburg »
11 January 2012 · 12:00 am
i’d feel better about gas prices if they’d just go down as fast as they go up. i often see them jump over 5% in a week, but rarely see them drop 5% within a month.
jsallison »
11 January 2012 · 9:57 pm
Well lemmesee here… 172 miles round trip Lawton – OKC and back, 5 days/wk and have to fill up every other day. Brings my commute costs to, oh, let’s say approx 484.68/mo counting tolls and such figuring gas at 3.02/gal, give or take. And judging by the number of familiar license plate numbers on I-44 in the morning I’m not alone, by a long shot.
Yes, one could say that I should find another job locally. And one could be a complete idiot, as well. It took years to find *any* job that was even close to my capabilities. I’ve had local jobs. And I’m working in OKC, nevertheless. That should say something.