I have filled up the Caddy up 4 times since June. I have resorted to riding around on this ridiculous thing.
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At what gas price do you change driving habits?
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Right now. With gas at $3/gallon here, and me driving 60-90 miles per day of 2-lane roads up/down steep hills, you bet I'm coasting the Buick everywhere possible. I have to stick to a schedule that sometimes dictates driving quickly. I gun it to speed, and do my best to maintain that speed on flat or downhill areas. With this engine, it's less wasteful to accelerate quickly than slowly.
The ScanGauge II in the Buick paid for itself years ago, during the last gas price spike.
The ScanGauge II in the Buick paid for itself years ago, during the last gas price spike.
Has anybody made Scangauge knock-off, like from China on EBay? I can buy an expensive OBD interface for like $10 there.
When gas price was at its highest, I went on a trip to Montreal, going about 75mph, plenty of SUV's and minivans were passing me, so I think the prices were not high enough.
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That is the problem.
For many of us, the drive to work and back constitutes the bulk of our driving, and that is a constant.
I drive whatever I'm using as a daily around 400 miles each week.
300 of that involves commuting.
Not much you can change about that.
For many of us, the drive to work and back constitutes the bulk of our driving, and that is a constant.
I drive whatever I'm using as a daily around 400 miles each week.
300 of that involves commuting.
Not much you can change about that.
My job is visiting folks wherever they are. It is built around my car. I can't change that. My driving habits, yes, those can be easily changed.
Originally Posted By: FZ1
I drive my car as easily as I can,not to save gas money,per se,but to make my car last as long as possible. I plan to keep and maintain my things as long as possible. The longer you can defer the purchase of a new car:the better the mpg the new car will get.
That's why I am still driving my 32-40 mpg Corolla with 19 years on the clock. I am waiting for a diesel awd Corolla or just a awd Corolla like they had in the old day. Give me a 35 mpg awd Corolla or Civic with 4 doors and 100 hp and I'll be happy. My Corolla is plenty powerful for my commute, which sees 70 mph driving. I am having a hard time not going pass 70 mph because this thing is smooth and just creep up on me. I literally have to take my foot off the gas every other minute and it is barely on there to begin with.
I drive my car as easily as I can,not to save gas money,per se,but to make my car last as long as possible. I plan to keep and maintain my things as long as possible. The longer you can defer the purchase of a new car:the better the mpg the new car will get.
That's why I am still driving my 32-40 mpg Corolla with 19 years on the clock. I am waiting for a diesel awd Corolla or just a awd Corolla like they had in the old day. Give me a 35 mpg awd Corolla or Civic with 4 doors and 100 hp and I'll be happy. My Corolla is plenty powerful for my commute, which sees 70 mph driving. I am having a hard time not going pass 70 mph because this thing is smooth and just creep up on me. I literally have to take my foot off the gas every other minute and it is barely on there to begin with.
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During the 2008 record prices I drastically changed my driving habits.
I used to drive mostly in the fast lane, going whatever speed we all happened to be going, usually 80 or more. Now I stay in the middle or slow lane, still going the speed of other traffic but its 65 instead of 80. I went from barly getting 300 miles on a tank to 380 miles on a tank these days.
I drive 500 miles a week, of which 450 is my work commute.
I used to drive mostly in the fast lane, going whatever speed we all happened to be going, usually 80 or more. Now I stay in the middle or slow lane, still going the speed of other traffic but its 65 instead of 80. I went from barly getting 300 miles on a tank to 380 miles on a tank these days.
I drive 500 miles a week, of which 450 is my work commute.
Originally Posted By: LT4 Vette
If gas is $3 a gallon or $10 a gallon, it will not change my driving habits.
Same here...I do not take off fast at traffic lights and just keep up with traffic on the highways no matter how fast they are going or you will be run over down here...I try to keep it around 70MPH when I can.
I can not slow down like I would like to at red lights [unless it is late at night] to avoid long waits because I will be rear ended by the lunatics down here...I will still keep the a/c on all the time all year long no matter what gas costs.
If gas is $3 a gallon or $10 a gallon, it will not change my driving habits.
Same here...I do not take off fast at traffic lights and just keep up with traffic on the highways no matter how fast they are going or you will be run over down here...I try to keep it around 70MPH when I can.
I can not slow down like I would like to at red lights [unless it is late at night] to avoid long waits because I will be rear ended by the lunatics down here...I will still keep the a/c on all the time all year long no matter what gas costs.
I didn't even consider thosew wo pay for commuter gas.. I drive a company truck to work. As long as I am not doing burnouts and goijng overly fast the VDR doesn't report me as out of norm.
I drive a steady 1k miles a month in that f150 with knobby tires.
My driving habits consist of my recreational9FJ) and trip (4 runner) vehicles).
I drive a steady 1k miles a month in that f150 with knobby tires.
My driving habits consist of my recreational9FJ) and trip (4 runner) vehicles).
About $6 is right. when diesel hit $5.00 a gallon out here the fuel surcharge on all my trucking receipts did that for me. People stopped moving equipment
I guess at some point I would start car pooling, as gas here is about $3.70/gallon now. Right now it costs me $6/day for my commute, and I could squeeze a bit more mileage out of the Neon but I'd have to coast down to lower speeds which probably would get the odd person upset...
I think prices of around $5-6/gallon here would get alot of people car pooling, at least at my work. So it would be pretty easy to cut commuting expenses if necessary.
I think prices of around $5-6/gallon here would get alot of people car pooling, at least at my work. So it would be pretty easy to cut commuting expenses if necessary.
At 55 cents a gallon. Which is to say, for my entire driving career I've made it a point to get the best mileage I could.
The how much I drive does change a bit. When it was $4.00 a gallon in '08, I still had a car note, and so I thought three times before each trip other than going to work and to get my hair cut. Now it wouldn't be as agonizing . . . but I'd still ask myself, "Is this trip necessary?" and "Can I combine it with 3 or 4 other errands, instead of 1 or 2?"
The how much I drive does change a bit. When it was $4.00 a gallon in '08, I still had a car note, and so I thought three times before each trip other than going to work and to get my hair cut. Now it wouldn't be as agonizing . . . but I'd still ask myself, "Is this trip necessary?" and "Can I combine it with 3 or 4 other errands, instead of 1 or 2?"
When we had almost $5/gal in So Cal few years ago, traffic on busy HWY 405 was slow down by more than 10 miles per hours. Normally, traffic was at 75-80 MPH slowed down to 60-65 MPH outside the rush hours. Now traffic is back to normal speed 75-80 MPH even the limit is 65 MPH.
I think we're about to find out how much it'll take to change people's driving habits. I don't like the way the current pricing trend is moving. Gas prices typically go down this time of year due to the ending of the summer driving season, but this year for some reason, they're going up. For whatever reason, speculators seem he!!-bent on driving up crude prices, which in turn is driving up gas prices. I guess the oil companies are going to be sure to prevent any possibility of an economic recovery by squeezing every penny of the consumer dollar they can get. With current prices near, at, or in some places, over the $3 mark, it looks like the oil companies will try to make another run at $4 gas again by next summer. I guess once bitten by the greed bug, it's hard to get it out of their system. As poor as this economy is, that will force many more people to stay home, walk, or ride bikes. $4 gas changed people's driving habits before. I see no reason it won't change them again.
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CrownVic,
be very careful if you are on the Turnpike near the Okeechobee (US 27 exit), Dolphin Mall/Doral area, FIU exit as FHP has set up a speed trap and been catching speeders. I drove by the other day and saw 5 cars pulled over.
Theres nothing you can do if you have to go to work, grocery shopping, take the kids to sports events/practice, etc....etc. If gas shot up to $6 a gallon I would still be driving the same miles per week but I would now be [censored] every time I payed at the gas pump and swiped my credit card.
be very careful if you are on the Turnpike near the Okeechobee (US 27 exit), Dolphin Mall/Doral area, FIU exit as FHP has set up a speed trap and been catching speeders. I drove by the other day and saw 5 cars pulled over.
Theres nothing you can do if you have to go to work, grocery shopping, take the kids to sports events/practice, etc....etc. If gas shot up to $6 a gallon I would still be driving the same miles per week but I would now be [censored] every time I payed at the gas pump and swiped my credit card.
Thanks for the heads up LT4...My buddy lives in Doral so go by there alot via Turnpike.
when we use less fuel the refinery has to spread the same cost over less fuel, so unit price goes up. higher volume means less unit cost. when it cost to much to drive, i just go to a care home
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