What's your current gas price?

[JadeIcing]

MyBabyBunnies wrote:

Okay, so I live in oil country and get this, gas is $1.219/L which is equivalent to $4.61/gallon. :X

What I don't get is you guys are reporting figures like $3.59/gallon which is about $0.94/L and I honestly don't recall the last time gas went below $1.00/L here. Where I live it's been over that since last November at least.

$3.59 is the HIGHEST it has hit in our area. We drive 20miles most days. Some times 40miles. Sometimes 80miles. Depends on what we are working. I make $8.25 an hour. He makes $7.75 an hour. So not much. Now that is not taking into account food,bills and rent. We visit family usually when we need gas cause it is cheaper there. Our lease is up and when we renew it our rent goes up $25. We don't go ANYWHERE else.

 

[slavetoabunny]

luvthempigs wrote:

$3.35 a gallon at the corner gas station right now. I don't have to drive very far to work so I only fill up every 10-14 days but it usually costs me right around $50.

Wow...$3.35/gallon. I may have to drive up to Ohio and get a tank, LOL!!!!!!

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

JadeIcing wrote:

$3.59 is the HIGHEST it has hit in our area. We drive 20miles most days. Some times 40miles. Sometimes 80miles. Depends on what we are working. I make $8.25 an hour. He makes $7.75 an hour. So not much. Now that is not taking into account food,bills and rent. We visit family usually when we need gas cause it is cheaper there. Our lease is up and when we renew it our rent goes up $25. We don't go ANYWHERE else.

While the stats say that the average income is increasing in Alberta, the truth is the gap is just getting bigger. There are so many people that are now working in the oil field that are bringing up our average income but for people not affected by the oil patch, they are not making any more than they did years ago. I am fortunate enough that I am working towards a degree in a field that is affected by the oil patch but neither my mom or dad's income has increased yet the bills keep going up. I'm just finishing up my first work term job and I am already making more than my mom is after 15 years as a legal secretary for the same lawyer.

I drive 55 miles everyday commuting to and from school. My dad's job involves him driving around the city all day so you can imagine the cost of gas in our house hold.

 

[JadeIcing]

MyBabyBunnies wrote:

JadeIcing wrote:

$3.59 is the HIGHEST it has hit in our area. We drive 20miles most days. Some times 40miles. Sometimes 80miles. Depends on what we are working. I make $8.25 an hour. He makes $7.75 an hour. So not much. Now that is not taking into account food,bills and rent. We visit family usually when we need gas cause it is cheaper there. Our lease is up and when we renew it our rent goes up $25. We don't go ANYWHERE else.

While the stats say that the average income is increasing in Alberta, the truth is the gap is just getting bigger. There are so many people that are now working in the oil field that are bringing up our average income but for people not affected by the oil patch, they are not making any more than they did years ago. I am fortunate enough that I am working towards a degree in a field that is affected by the oil patch but neither my mom or dad's income has increased yet the bills keep going up. I'm just finishing up my first work term job and I am already making more than my mom is after 15 years as a legal secretary for the same lawyer.

I drive 55 miles everyday commuting to and from school. My dad's job involves him driving around the city all day so you can imagine the cost of gas in our house hold.

In all honesty I rather not. Scares me.

Some private truck drivers on her went on strike recently. Why because of the prices. They make $40,000 a year and right now are spending $25,000 in gas for the trucks.

 

[slavetoabunny]

I started thinking about how much it cost me to drive round trip to work each day vs. getting a job locally, and unfortunately it still pays off to drive 120 miles round trip per day. This stinks!

 

[JimD]

$3.25USD here for regular

i gotst an itty bitty car and squeezed almost 30 mpg out of the last gas-up......and that's mostly city driving.
out on the highway it's great, as long as i don't go too heavy on the pedal.

i traded in my pickup for a kia rio almost 7 years ago.....best thing i ever did.

i only use it to go back and forth to work, pick up pet supplys on saturday, and pick up Woody Pet every few months.

i use about 5 - 6 gal a week....average aroud 150 miles

 

[MyBabyBunnies]

I wish I could drive highway all the way to school! When I got this job out here I thought it would be great because it's half the distance of my commute to school and it's all highway. Unfortunately, my gas milage is worse because it's all mountains. I'm only making 240 km on half a tank. Take into account that it is winter which is part of the problem but I make closer to 350 km when commuting to school.