Receipt in my car made me depressed

[SuperSnake2012]

I decided to do some spring cleaning (caused by the massive amounts of bird turds on my car) so I cleaned every nook and cranny of my car. For some reason I collect receipts from when I fill up my car with gas. I had a blast from the past when I saw a receipt from October 2006 where I filled up my car for $19.00 It's crazy to imagine that I was only paying $2.30 a gallon less than 18 months ago. Cost me over $36 to fill up my car at $3.56-ish for regular. Premium gas is about to break $4 here.

[JNowiski]

so you have like a 10 gallon tank, just be happy its not costing you $100. you're doing better than most, hopefully you get good gas miliage

[jonathan_matos5]

i remember in 2002 paying $0.99 per gallon

[thesteve]

$2.30 a gallon, what's that? I drove by a gas station today where the cheap stuff was like $3.95/gal.

[SuperSnake2012]

Well I drive a '96 Rav4 so I am not getting good mileage... I fill up when I reach 1/4 of a tank and that's usually not even 200 miles.

[Matt_W]

Hahaha, you Americans haven't got it too badly in the grand scheme of things, I pay $10.37 per gallon (£1.15 a litre of Diesel), but then I guess we have always had to pay more.

[Vic Winters]

It's crazy to think I've only been driving 6 years, and I've seen gas more than triple in that time.

2002 - $0.999
2004 - $1.799
2006 - $2.599
2008 - $3.649

[Hawaii Islander]

$3.70 per gallon for regular in Hilo, HI. Public transportation is almost nonexistent where I live. It costs about $8.00 per day to go to and from work each day. That doesn't include $3.00 per day for parking. That's about $220 per month. I only clear $1400 per month.

[Mr_Dave]

I don't know how the conversion would work but i just paid $1.46 australian a litre to fill my tank...

[peterbright]

It used to be 10 cents a gallon.

[ehque]

Petrol broke $2 here a while ago.

2 (Singapore dollars per litre) = 5.61 U.S. dollars per US gallon

[Happynoj]

My, you Americans really do have it hard don't you!!!




Here is a quote by a British person showing why the Americans shouldn't be complaining:

Originally Posted by Matt_W

I pay $10.37 per gallon

[pedroims]

You are not doing so bad, I fill my thank with $40 usd and I drive 70 miles everyday, so I need to fill the thank every 4 days, I also need to fill my wife's minivan every 10 days that is$ 70... lets see $ 40*6 = 240 plus 70* 3 = 210 grand total $ 450 usd per month .

I think this a good excuse to get a bike

[Mon Rominee]

It gives me a ragin chubby when the Brits come in and act all cheeky about how much they pay.

I heard a news bite today that said some people are now paying more a month in gas than they do on thier car payment. That is insane.

It costs me 10 bucks a day to go back and forth to work (about 28 miles one way....40-ish minutes) and I really really want to get a 4 banger to help alleviate that, but I simply cannot take on another (newer) car payment right now...the savings proportionate to what I spend out with my current car is not a wash.

[playinpearls]

i remember in 97 when i started driving, i could fill up my isuzu pup with premium for 8 bucks. It was like 89 cent a gallon...

[Megalomania]

Mr Dave, you're paying the equivalent of 5.30 USD a gallon.

[*smb]

Quit complaining - it's three times the US price in the UK.

[i_got_a_mohawk]

At least you guys can get fuel (not to mention we are still paying about twice as much as what you are).

Apparently Scotland will be short of fuel come friday/saturday with the only refinary closing due to strike action

[i_got_a_mohawk]

Originally Posted by Megalomania

Mr Dave, you're paying the equivalent of 5.30 USD a gallon.

Over here when the prices were good it was ~70p / litre. That works out to about $6.40 per gallon. Prices here are now closer to $10 per gallon

[Justpucky]

$3-4K for a 250cc motorcycle that gets 50-70 mpg.