I've been trying to drive for gas mileage this time around, to the best of my ability without impeding the flow of traffic, and I've gotten about 6mpg better than my last fill-up. It's surprising how much of a difference driving style makes.
I know you can attest to it, but I'm surprised how expensive gas is here. Usually Michigan (and Grand Rapids) dodges the higher prices... Oh well. We're still paying less than the Europeans, but certainly a part of me wants the prices to go up a bit more so people FINALLY figure out that its stupid to drive these huge trucks/SUVs, and curb their appetite for fuel once and for all.
Hmmm. I think I paid around $3.30 last time around. My buddy thinks it's gonna reach $5 before the year's over. If that happend, I might consider a 250cc bike.
I'm thinking about a bike as well for the summer months. Filling up the Cooper costs about $40 and I can do 400-430 miles on one tank, so it's no bad, not great but it's livable. Combine that with a bike though and my yearly fuel bill would be much much lower.
$3.55 for premium today at the BP when I filled up. I'm still experimenting with what gives me the best mileage, Shell seems to be the best but BP is up there.
I just managed to put exactly £20 in my car... Not hard you say...
But, I was using a Tesco "5p off per litre" voucher which is only removed once you get to the till. So I knew I could go over £20 on the pump and but pay less at the till. So I went for a ball park estimate. Only to find out I got it spot on
So anyway, I paid 98.9p for a litre of 95 Octane. Not as bad as it has been.
What's sad is there is no reason for diesel to be so high--its that high because more people are buying diesel cars around here. If that isn't price gouging I don't know what is.
I'm paying around $3.25/gal for regular, but I've noticed that diesel is $4+/gal everywhere I look.
I'm waiting for it to get warm enough outside for me to put my new sparkplugs and wires in, so I can (maybe) enjoy better fuel economy. It's been in the lower 20s all winter.
I'll also be able to start riding the Ninja again...$10 premium fill-ups FTW.
108.9p x_x diesel is going for 114.5 iv seen, thats been going up quietly wheres all the motorists who complained when petrol went up to the high 90s everyones just given in lol its ridiculous now