Saving Money on Gas

site_designer · #1 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 12:04 PM

Hi Everyone,

We put $70.00 in our mini van gas tank this weekend! What do you guys pay for gas each week?

noppenbd · #2 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 12:23 PM

Use a gas rebate card. My USAA Mastercard gives me 3% bonus rewards for gas purchases on top of the 1% normal rewards (4% total). This is equivalent to 15-16 cents a gallon.

EDIT: Also, Consumer Reports says that rolling down your windows doesn't help your gas mileage for highway driving because of increased drag. You are better off using the fan with the A/C off and the windows up.

eisor · #3 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 01:29 PM

I get pretty good gas mileage, so I put about $55 in gas in my car every week & half. I'm just glad I don't have my 100 mile round trip commute anymore. I would be broke. Literally!

I also use a credit card that gives me a percentage back on gas. With gas prices at ~$4 a gallon, a 3% rebate amounts to $0.12 off per gallon!!

Joan.of.the.Arch · #4 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 02:16 PM

$75.88 for the month, so that would be $18.97 per week. This is for one small car that my husband drives to work, or with which I carry husband to work. We also take a carless friend to and from work about 3-4 times a week, and take him to a grocery store about once per week.
We live pretty close to most things we use the car for. Sometimes we walk --like yesterday when we went to the pharmacy on foot. I try to drive "gently" for fuel savings, but my husband certainly does not.

cschin4 · #5 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 03:04 PM

My 05 Toyota Sienna gets crappy gas mileage at 17/18 mpg. I don't recommend. However, I bought it new and it is paid for and only has 23K miles on it so I am sticking with it.

Reldon · #6 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 03:26 PM

I put about $40-$50 dollars in every week for gas. I also use my Chase card for a 3% rebate on my gas, which is a good thing since gas is still going up.

AmbitiousSaver · #7 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 05:57 PM

Dh pays about $50 for his VW GTI and he fills up every week and a half

I pay about $63 for my '07 Odyssey and I fill up between 2-3 times a month

gamecock43 · #8 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 06:00 PM

I spend about $70 a week. Living in ther suburbs~ housing is cheaper, but everything is so spread out! I feel like I criss cross the town every day just to run errands and get around.

tripods68 · #9 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 07:07 PM

Odyssey $75 once a week
Altima $41 every two weeks

Taking the kids on weekend trips where VISA card is accepted
PRICELESS

tabbycat31 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 07:27 PM

My 99 Subaru cost me $48 to fill up today, and I fill up about every 2 weeks.

I basically drive only to work and back. If I need to do anything less than 3 miles away, I get on my bike or walk. I work across from a grocery store, so I do my grocery shopping at lunch.

SnoopyCool · #11 (**permalink**) 06-02-2008, 07:27 PM

Minivan - $65 per week, but soon to be a lot less when school is over!!!!

momof1in150 · #12 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 04:35 AM

I have a VW Touareg that costs about $75 a week to fill up. I drive a lot because my son is autistic so he goes to several therapies (horseback, swimming and his therapist) that are all off the island. I also drive him to and from school. I am also a Realtor so I am in the car a lot. I can write most of it off so at least that is a plus.

I run all of my errands in one day. I hit the stores clockwise from my house so I can get in and out easier (no left turns). If we need something during the week my DH will pick it up because it is on the way home from work.

We are also checking the pressure in our tires more often because that helps quite a bit with our gas mileage.

fruitbowlk · #13 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 05:55 AM

I just put 41 in my 2000 Elantra.

sounderella · #14 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 09:07 AM

It's about $60 a wk for my nissan altima and $75 wk for my husband's durango....we both drive about 60 mi a day(m-f) and sparingly on the weekends. If we do drive on the weekend, we take my car.

feh · #15 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 10:59 AM

Just estimating - I imagine my wife and I spend $25 combined on gas per week. We have fairly fuel-efficient vehicles, live 5 (her) and 8 (me) miles from work, and we try to drive as little as possible. I bike to work 3 times a week.

moneybags · #16 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 11:40 AM

We probably spend around $100/week on gas. I'm saving my AmEx 5% to buy a really nice camera. I should have it in no time

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Joan.of.the.Arch · #17 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 01:18 PM

Momof1in150, your no-left-turns plan appeals to me. It makes me recall that I actually put a little extra mileage onto our car when I drive our friend home because I turn right and circle around to avoid turning left onto one of the busiest, most accident prone streets in the city. Then I encounter a one-way street and so have to drive a bit farther just to avoid that left turn.

Later, when I am out

for exercise, I will also stop at the grocery for a box of crackers: No miles racked up except on my shoe tread.

KellyB · #18 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 01:25 PM

We spend about $45 a week for my Honda Accord, and another $40 for my partner's Toyota Corolla. I'm very glad these days that we bough fuel efficient cars! We had thought about an SUV when we last bought because our 3 boys were teens and stuffed into the back of our sedans. But they rarely all go anywhere wth us all together anyway, so I'm glad we went with the smaller cars!

Bookie · #19 (**permalink**) 06-03-2008, 05:45 PM

I budget $15 a week for my Toyota Avalon, and I usually spend less.

A retired urban dweller.

glock35ipsc · #20 (**permalink**) 06-04-2008, 06:48 PM

92 Subaru - $35 a week. I drive about 34 miles round trip a day to/from work.

02 GMC 3/4 ton - $85 when I do fill it. It's mostly for pulling the snowmobile trailer or the RV.

04 Yamaha V-Star - Less than $10 to fill. I ride it when I don't have to go get the kids, and the weather is decent.