Re: How to save gas money when prices are very hig... - Page 3

Suzeecat · ‎05-05-2010

I always buy my gas at my local Costco, they always have the lowest prices in town and using my Costco credit card I get a percentage rebate. I usually go on Saturday night because the gas pumps are open later than the store, and the lines aren't as long. Or, I will go early in the morning on my way into work, before the store opens. My car has that feature that turns off my engine if I'm stopped in traffic. I hate it and usually manually turn it off, but I will consider using it if it saves on gas.

qvcaddition · ‎03-10-2010

I do all the suggestions on here to save gas. I remember the 70's and 80's. The news said, Monday's and Fridays best time to get gas. I only put in 30 to 40 dollars, but I don't work and am elderly, so that helps in one way. I combine all errands.

We did this years ago.

sometimesQVCaddict · ‎03-09-2010

I try to go to Costco if I can. I can go through 1-3 tanks of gas a week!!! No gas guzzler, just lots of driving for my business. I'm trying to combine trips for shopping/errands for when I drive near those areas, but sometimes just don't have the time or doesn't work out.

It is what it is, and while very annoying, like another poster so eloquently stated; I'd rather pay more at the pump than worry about getting bombed or killed by snipers! Perspective is a beautiful thing!

CelticCrafter · ‎03-09-2010

@spumoni99 wrote:
@Snowpuppy wrote:
@fthunt wrote:
Those big Big SUV's might be having second thoughts... those that tower over all other vehicles in a mall parking lot.

Those must swallow plenty....................(gas of course)

I got one of them. Need it to haul stuff and 4WD here is a must. It's paid for, been paid for and ins is cheap.

It'll cost more to commute when/if we're called back to the office.

This too, like 2008 will pass.
Exactly everyone forgets about 2008.

I doubt "everyone" has forgotten about 2008.....I know lots that haven't forgotten.

Sooner · ‎03-10-2010

@SilleeMee wrote:
I don't drive much at all so the price I pay for gas is nbd. But I'm afraid of what I will be paying for everything else down the road.

ETA - The high price of gas isn't making me want to buy an electric car any more now than in the past. When I see that there are only 3 EV charging stations in my city, it makes it even less attractive.

@SilleeMee And why do we have electricity? Mostly fossil fuel. And anything affordable in power? Fossil fuel. Like it or not, ideal or not. . . it is what it is now.

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

I remember 2008, and have continued to follow the same money savings ways I set in place then.

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

@Dar321 wrote:
Thanks for posting. My family is struggling already, but at least another country isn't isn't invading my neighborhood.

feline groovy · ‎07-29-2014

@Queen of shop wrote:
@feline groovy Thanks for posting these tips. Maybe it will help some younger people here. As for me, I lived through the odd even license plate gas rationing of the 70's. I did my college homework on those lines.

Having been through that, it became my lifestyle that some of the posted tips have mentioned. I always map out my route around town and only do errands once a week.

As history has shown us, the prices will go down again. I don't get sticker shock anymore. I don't complain either. It is what it is. The early 2000's rocked high gas prices also. Having said that, I am grateful that I have a car and the ability to buy gas.

It's funny how QVC tells us that for the price of one latte, we can get an item home on easypay. Same applied to me in the 70's with gas prices. Starbucks OR QVC weren't even invented yet. So as an end result, I have NEVER been in a Starbucks to this day and I give great respect and thought to my money with easypay. I don't use it. If I can't pay for something I want, I figure I don't need it.

In the 70's I would get a cup of coffee or tea at a sweetshop. Tea was 10 cents and coffee was 15 cents. Doesn't sound like a lot but at time it was if you did it daily. There was also no bottled water like we see everyone carry around nowadays. I had a small thermos and used that for coffee in the morning and rinsed it out at lunch and filled it with water. There is always a solution. My saved dimes paid for the gas increase.

I wasn't raised poor. I was raised to use my common sense.

Good luck to everyone getting their gas. It will change back again. Trust

Porcelain · ‎02-19-2014

How about get a bike and ride the bus? The train, if your town has one. Ride share and carpool. Get the Lyft and Uber apps.

Basically do all the things people in their early 20s do when they're fresh out of college and trying to make ends meet by economizing however they can.

If you have a choice between living somewhere with ammenities within walking distance or not, opt for the choice that reduces your need to drive.

When you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression.
"Power without love is reckless and abusive, and love without power is sentimental and anemic." - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr

sandy53 · ‎03-12-2010

@Porcelain wrote:
How about get a bike and ride the bus? The train, if your town has one. Ride share and carpool. Get the Lyft and Uber apps.

Basically do all the things people in their early 20s do when they're fresh out of college and trying to make ends meet by economizing however they can.

If you have a choice between living somewhere with ammenities within walking distance or not, opt for the choice that reduces your need to drive.

You obviously do not live in rural America. My DH has two doctor appointments (specialists) this week in a city 90 miles away. My DS has a 120 mile round trip daily commute. He has a hybrid and he is trying to work from home one day a week to economize. My plan is to just make fewer trips away from the house. For instance, making only one trip to the grocery store each week saves me miles. We are very car-dependent in rural America.