$3.50/gallon Gas - How will that change your behavior?

[BelleLovesTheBeast]

The rising prices are effecting my household. My husband has worked for the same company for 3 years without a pay raise or bonus. Gas costs twice as much so not only do we pay more to fill up our cars (both Honda Civics) but everything we buy costs more. We have much less money to spend on non-necessities than we did.

[poeticeclipse]

This is a touchy subject with me and I can get very heated when dealing with the average truck driving Michigander.

I always get terribly upset when I see people that are loaded with money drive off of the lot in a huge 10mpg gas hog of a truck/SUV. They make HYBRID trucks and SUVs now and people that have the choice to drive anything in the world pick the thing that is worst for the environment and worse off for their pocket. I really don't think that many people have been exposed to the effects of global warming that we are dealing with. Just place that on top of the financial strains of not just America, but the entire world.

My husband and I are a young couple just starting out and we are in search for a new car. If we could afford it, i'd have a Toyota Prius. We're actually looking into a Scion xB (not the '08) because the gas mileage is very good for a really decent sized vehicle.

We also carpool when we go out of town on weekends. It's so much easier on the wallet to split the cost of gas between all of the travelers.

[NewmanFamily6]

We are fortunate that DH works maybe 2 miles down the road. I am a full time RN student and SAHM. Luckily no classes during the summer so in our case the kiddos will just have to play close to the house with maybe the occasional trip. Budgeting isn't a problem since we became Dave Ramsey envelope users last year. It is amazing what his common sense ideas helped us pay off

[jillluvsdisney]

I 'm still going to have a 46 mile round trip commute to work every day. I do drive near the speed limit and keep my car maintained because I know this helps gas mileage.

It will affect my other habits like eating out for lunch or hitting the sales at the mall. I'm already doing less of both now and I can see the saving adding up.
I guess I'll need that to fill up every week.

I drive a car that gets about 25-26 mph on the hwy. Most of my driving is hwy miles.

[Dakota Rose]

I wish I could say that I'll drive less or carpool more or something. But, I live miles outside of the city. Just taking DS to school is 15 miles. So the only behavior that will change is the level of complaining. I'll just gripe more.

[PirateLover]

But at least if you fill up in Jersey you'll only pay around $2.79 a gal.

Oh totally. When I'm working, or when I'm visiting my fiance who lives in NJ I always fill up there.