Do You Spend $4000 A Year For Gas?

[cwitte]

I spent $1678.10 to drive 16948.9 from 12/1/10 to 12/1/11. (yes I track it that closely) 11820.5 was work driving at >75mph and reimbursed at the current IRS mileage so that is a good deal for me.


My wife spends more than I do for gas for the Minivan. It costs her almost $3000. So I would say we probably spend slightly more than average. I don't track her as closely its just an estimate of $50 per tank every 8 days.

She needs the minivan though as we use that as a pickup.

[digitalrain]

Spend $1000 a year driving 6000 miles a year. Wow you got an awesome deal on your Can dollars / Only 10 cents to buy a buck. Been paying $5 a gallon for some time now, It's not so bad with the MPG of the Yaris tho'.

Originally Posted by bronsin

Purportedly it was what the AVERAGE household spends on gas for their cars. Nothing about heating, machinery etc.

Frankly I know Americans are dumb but I didnt think they were THAT dumb. (The Ford F150 is the biggest selling vehicle here. What does that get...20 mpg or less in town?)

Personally when they want to charge me $4 a gallon for gas (or even $2.50)I view it as a gun being put to my head.

I think its too much Barney is whats doing it...


This summer I paid $1.50 a liter for gas in the Yukon. PLUS it cost ten cents to buy a Canadian dollar with an American one. So thats like $6.50 for a gallon of gas.

[tk1971]

I got my Yaris back in January and have been tracking everything from gas prices to number of miles driven.

I took the average of gas prices, miles driven, mpg, and the price of regular vs. premium fuel for the last 6 months and multiplied it by 2 for an estimated annual number. This is what I got:

Spent $1,715.43 per year driving 19,152 miles.

Using my previous car that requires 91 octane (turbo) getting 21 mpg, I'll be saving $1,846.90 yearly.

I can't imagine what the numbers will look like if I drive my Expedition on a daily basis.

[Hamster]

Originally Posted by thebarber

Living close to work = winning

Hah, hah, yeah, I have to agree with you. I moved this past summer so that I can be close to work. I now live 2.5 miles from work, and take the public transportation. I hated driving to and from work. Not so much because of the cost of gasoline, but rather because I view stop-and-go rush hour traffic as such a waste of my time. Anyway, because I don't use my car to get to work, I need to fill up the tank maybe only about once every two months. So, that probably averages out to me spending $12 a month or so on gas, so $144 a year. That's mere pocket change. I guess that's why when the media comes up with these statistics, they say "average" for a reason. You're going to get some people who drive a crazy high amount, and your going to get other people, like me, who drive a crazy low amount. And then it all balances out.

[Nanook]

Originally Posted by tk1971

I got my Yaris back in January and have been tracking everything from gas prices to number of miles driven.

I took the average of gas prices, miles driven, mpg, and the price of regular vs. premium fuel for the last 6 months and multiplied it by 2 for an estimated annual number. This is what I got:

$381.19 per year driving 19,152 miles.

Using my previous car that requires 91 octane (turbo) getting 21 mpg, I'll be saving $1,846.85 yearly.

I can't imagine what the numbers will look like if I drive my Expedition on a daily basis.

Your math doesn't add up to me?? $381.19 to drive 19,152 miles?? Maybe i need to spend the night at a holiday inn?

[nemelek]

I know someone at work that puts 30,000 miles on his truck a year. At 15 miles/gallon and gas being 3.25/gallon he spends $6,500 a year for gas. This idiot still finds it necessary to polk fun at smaller cars.

[bronsin]

Originally Posted by nemelek

I know someone at work that puts 30,000 miles on his truck a year. At 15 miles/gallon and gas being 3.25/gallon he spends $6,500 a year for gas. This idiot still finds it necessary to polk fun at smaller cars.

[MadMax]

Originally Posted by Nanook

Your math doesn't add up to me?? $381.19 to drive 19,152 miles?? Maybe i need to spend the night at a holiday inn?

Yeah, at 35 MPG it still requires nearly 550 gallons to go 19,000 miles...

So unless gas is 69¢ a gallon in southern California (which I don't believe it is! ), someone's math is a little messed up!

[thepartsmancometh]

Originally Posted by nemelek

I know someone at work that puts 30,000 miles on his truck a year. At 15 miles/gallon and gas being 3.25/gallon he spends $6,500 a year for gas. This idiot still finds it necessary to polk fun at smaller cars.

I work at a Toyota dealer, but we are also a Ford dealer. We have a mechanic that drives at least 700 miles a week in his older F150 and bitches about gas prices (he says he spends 120-150 per week on gas).

Then he makes fun of the yaris, and similar cars.

then he tells me about his 45ft diesel motor home....

and how taxes aren't fair to him, and he's struggling....

Gotta love people

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by thebarber

Living close to work = winning

Working from the crib = bigger winning

[salmonz]

$45/week in gas here = $2340/yr+ just for the commuting. (well, was, up until last week)

Canadian gas prices suck.

[MUSKOKA800]

We do less than 80% for that figure burning more expensive Canadian gasoline. But no Full size vehicles here. Our Escape is no gas sipper but it doesn't do much duty with the wife only a few blocks from work.

[jerome]

I've spent $334.26 (in almost 7 months) since 5/29/11

I haven't filled up my tank since 11/1/11! Although it's coming soon.

[hyprmiler]

Looks like I spent $2,848.99 cents last year ;)




That's with 2 cars in our family. Both yaris sedans (08 and 09). Both commuters that do a combined 80 miles a day, 5 days a week... that's 1600 miles a month.

1600 x 12 = 19200 miles a year (combined on both cars)

Not bad.


p.s. I love mint.com - it indexes EVERYTHING for me.

[Altitude]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

Working from the crib = bigger winning

+1

Owned Jeep for 13 years put about 60K on it - about 10K of that is from cross country trips.

Owned Yaris for 3.5 years put about 22K on it - about 6K of that is from cross country trips.

[tk1971]

Originally Posted by Nanook

Your math doesn't add up to me?? $381.19 to drive 19,152 miles?? Maybe i need to spend the night at a holiday inn?

You're right, it doesn't add up. I somehow copied and pasted a cell that didn't work.

It should be:

$1,846.85 saved per year driving 19,152 miles, and spending $1,715.43.

[bronsin]

My 09 Yaris has ~28k on it of which ~18k miles are x country trips.

Very comfortable, very affordable trips I might add...