I never change any habits due to gas prices. I have always figured if I am going to spend my most valuable resource (time) doing something. Then I am willing to spend the money to do it.

The economy in general has had a muuuuch bigger affect on my spending habits (including travel). 2 years of operating on the razors edge and I have second thoughts about buying a pack of gum, and then I wonder if I can get by chewing on the gum I already have some more.

SG:

I don't know where their milage cost data came from. I just used their miles times my projected cost of about $6.00 a gallon. Clint tells me its more than that now and I know it gets even more spendy the farther north you go. We will be towing a raft and have two weeks worth of gear, plus a 100 lb dog. I used a milage estimate of 14 MPG. I suspect $1,000 won't be too far off the mark.

I will bet you a Kokanee, which costs more than gas up there, to be consumed on the hallowed ground, my number is closer than your $600.

I know one of my big boat buddies is complaining about the 200,000 dollar bill everytime he fills up.

i've always been a cheapskate when it comes to fuel prices. i've never owned anything bigger than a 4 cylinder, and my 4x4 tacoma pulls my 14' sled, which takes $25 to fill the tank for a day of fishing(at current prices), just fine. if i'm bank fishing i take the corolla that gets 35mpg.

no sympathy for the guys that commute to work in fullsize trucks here.

Yup. I end up like Stam and it costs me more to drive around. I'm also probably pissier than usual.

I'm hooked like a junkie. Honestly, it would probably have to get a lot more expensive for me to change much. I do have a smaller car so I don't have to drive my SUV everywhere. And my power boat has a 90 hp Yamaha that sips compared to a lot of the stories I hear. I'd love a bigger boat but don't want to start paying 2 or 3 times more per day than it currently cost me.

-AP

I think you can see from the above posts many folks already have. That is also shown by national gas consumption data.

It will be going down some this summer, but I predict we will never again see gas at less than $3.00 per gallon.

C-Dory, 22' Angler or 26' Venture.

Your probably right DV as oil prices are tied to the dollar and it has devalued 20% in the past two years. The lower the dollar value on international money markets the higher the price per barrel as the exporters maintain the value they want and get. Not a lot of competition in OPEC.

Gas prices are at $2.50, price goes to $3.50, people bitch and consumption goes down, price lowers to $3.00, no bitching. 1 year later price goes to $4.00, people bitch, consumption goes down price lowers to $3.50 people happy. On it will go till we are at %8.00.

Agree. does not help that speculators buy and sell the same goddamn barrels of oil several times throughout the day driving the price up each time....

My commuter is a truck with 216K miles on it and gets about 16 mpg. It owes me nothing. Gas is going to have to go out of sight for me to drive a little death trap.

Slab

You might want to take a look here.

http://www.iihs.org/ratings/default.aspx

My everyday driver is a '71 Superbeetle and my wife drives a 6 cyl . Cherokee so gas prices haven't hit too hard.

Dave, your point's well taken, however the problem with the tests is that they are not compared by crashing one into the other. While a more modern vehicle fares well in wall-crash tests, and the older vehicles (my truck included) do poorly in vehicle/wall crashes, my older, heavier truck will fare quite well (comparitively speaking) in a crash with a smaller, lighter vehicle. (And I haven't had a car payment in quite a few years.....It's hard to not like that!)

I have to admit that no payment part is hard not to like. Mine are all paid for too, but one gets good mileage, so . . .

54 miles round trip, at roughly $8 .00 a day.

We just took delivery of a boat with a 25. Will mostly use it on local lakes. Guess our gas use will go up.

I ride a bike.

Bout 17 MPG on the old 4 runner with 215k...moving to downtown Snohomish will save me $150 a month to drive to work in Monroe plus the added Milf factor of Snohomish Bar scene is a win-win...

Shohomish will also save you fuel to chase Humpies in September .. . . . . .