CNN Poll: Can You Afford a Full Tank of Gas?

[emilyg]

http://www.cnn.com/

[againes654]

1. I haven't been able to afford a full tank of gas

for 3 years now. Now I can't even afford a half a tank of gas.

[mcscajun]

2. I've finally reached my limit. I do Not have an SUV or gas-guzzler,

but if I get a full tank now, it's close to $40!

GEEZE!

I've been driving an awful lot less, but now I'm going to have to start buying by the half-tank, and limiting my trips even more. :(

I haven't taken a pleasure drive (sightseeing, leaf-peeping, backroad roaming) in AGES.

[htuttle]

3. In my scooter? Sure. In our Chevy? Fuck no!

[lonestarnot]

10. Kid has one of those scooters you plug in, I think I'll steal it.

[Richard Steele]

46. Same here. I just topped off my Metro yesterday- cost me $1.11.

Filling up the Chrysler? Fugeddaboudit!

[MrsBrady]

4. i don't see the poll...just the story n/t

[lonestarnot]

6. It's there I saw it.

[lonestarnot]

5. Damn! 41% NO.

[emilyg]

24. Sad. Very sad.

[Irishonly]

7. Some people still can

59% yes 41% no

As much as it pains me, I fill up at a half of a tank. I am too afraid of what the gas prices will be if I wait.

[margotb822]

9. I thought I would wait at $3.12

Now it's $3.39! Messed that up!

Isn't price gouging like this illegal?????

[Irishonly]

22. It's supposed to be

Guess it was before a cartel got into power.

[Andy823]

53. It's illegal

If we had someone in that would take them to task for it, but we don't! Bush and his buddies are making a killing, and congress doens't have the guts to stand up to Bush, so the American people lose, again!

[margotb822]

8. Only on pay day

And I have to get my oil changed, too. I don't know if I'll make it...

[dysfunctional press]

11. when i was in college, i used the odometer as the fuel gauge...

because i could hardly ever afford to put in enough gas to make the needle move off "E".
i'd figure 15 mpg, put in two gallons or so at a time, and when i'd gone close to 30 miles, it was time for another couple gallons.

[Extend a Hand]

13. I did that too!

[verges]

15. That's about what I do now.

15 mpg. And ten dollars at a time. Sometimes I can only afford five.

[Speck Tater]

12. Small tank. Good milage. Seldom drive. Fill every 8 weeks or so. NT

[tech3149]

20. I'm quite like you

I can squeeze 40 mpg from my tired old Honda if traffic and tire pressure don't mess me up. I chose my apartment because I could get anything I needed in a 2 mile radius. Having spent my working life on the road, staying away from the fools on the road now is worth more than the cost to keep my tank full.

[Cleita]

14. I can spend $40 a month on gas.

It doesn't matter what it costs, this is what they get from me when my SS comes in. It came in today and I went and pumped $40. It didn't fill my tank but it will have to last me until the next check in a month. I think that I am more agitated that I have to pump my own gas and that it costs this much.

[lonestarnot]

17. Sheet! I bought a hybrid went into debt to spite the big oil assholes.

Whatever I could do to fuck them over, even if it means fucking myself. Snort! Funny dat! :rofl:

[CoffeeCat]

18. We are considering that too...

We have no credit card debt or car loans. However, we are so pissed, we are considering
buying a Prius.

My husband actually did the numbers and figures that the gas savings alone (if we traded in my SUV)
would be about $170 a month. So getting rid of my SUV would be like getting rid of a car payment.

[lonestarnot]

21. And you will like pulling up to big black SUV bushitler immitators and laughing at them

while you drive off and they are still pumping their money into the tank for the big oil assholes. Trust me, it's very fun and they just hate it.

[taterguy]

33. It's even more fun to do that on a bicycle

Trust me

[lonestarnot]

37. It's not so difficult to sit through red lights on either!

:toast:

[taterguy]

42. Actually sitting at a red light on a bicycle next to an SUV is quite unpleasant

But the other benefits of cycling make up for that inconvenience

[lonestarnot]

47. Why are you next to instead of in front of, especially at a light?

[taterguy]

49. Because some SUV owners don't take kindly to others being in their way

[lonestarnot]

50. Point well taken.

[Dr.Phool]

23. I surprised my wife with a new Prius for Valentines day.

She loves it. And my Harley-Davidson gets better gas mileage than that. So we're in pretty good shape there. The nice thing about Florida, is I can ride it pretty much year round. Except for tonight. It's frickin' cold out there.

[lonestarnot]

38. Wootie woot Dr. Phool!

[emilyg]

25. My daughter loves her Prius.

[trof]

30. Me too.

Um...mine, not hers.
;-)

[lonestarnot]

39. I love her Prius too!

[spinbaby]

34. You get a tax break, too

We got, I think, $780 off our taxes for buying the Prius. Plus it saves us about $80 a month in gas over my last car (a fuel-efficient Saturn).

[lonestarnot]

40. I thought they finished that off last year no?

[nonconformist]

43. I got rid of my SUV last year

I couldn't afford a hybrid, but I downsized big time and bought a Chevy Aveo, which gets about 35 miles a gallon. It's a tight fit for a family of four, but the costs are SO much lower.

[lonestarnot]

52. Yeah nonconformist!

:applause:

[CoffeeCat]

16. Three years ago, our entire budge for gas....

...for two weeks was $90. That was for two cars.

I filled up our car (SUV...sorry) last night. $90. That will keep me driving for a week to ten days.

Our two-week gas expenses are now about $230 for both cars.

Amazing difference.

Don't even get me started about grocery prices.

[Missy Vixen]

19. We have a Nissan Sentra and a Toyota Tacoma

I rarely drive any distance, so a tank of gas lasts me two weeks on the average. That tank is now over $30. When we bought the car fourteen years ago, that tank of gas was less than $15.

My husband drives back and forth to work an hour each way. His tank is $50+. Each week.

We're now looking into other alternatives. It's too expensive for us to move, buying another vehicle is also too expensive, and he drives in weather conditions six months of the year that he needs the ability to use four-wheel drive.

Julie

[and-justice-for-all]

26. Barely, I try not to let it get under half a tank...nt

[MrSlayer]

27. Yeah, if I owned a car.

But I don't need one so I don't have one.

[MadHound]

28. Yeah, I can still afford a tank of gas,

However the kicker is going to be this summer. I've got five acres to mow, and it's getting expensive(I use about a gallon an acre). I'm seriously thinking about getting a few sheep and let them do the cutting.

[taterguy]

29. I only fill up about once a month

So my gas bill is less than what a lot of people spend at Starbucks.

Of course I only use a car to get to work if there's precipitation and it doesn't rain too often where I live.

[RebelOne]

31. I fill my tank up once a week for about $30 to $35.

I only drive about 26 miles a day round-trip to work. So far, I can afford it.

[ThomWV]

32. Last week it cost me $126 to fill my truck, that was difficult

And unexpected.

[spinbaby]

35. Gas, yes

It's the home heating oil tank we can't afford to fill up.

[demodonkey]

36. I can't afford gas OR home heating oil. And especially not a Prius, congrats to you who can.

Enjoy your wealth and good fortune while you can because if you are like most of us you are one stroke, or other serious family illness away from catastrophe.

Our "youngest" car is a 1995 and sometimes I have no choice but to fill it. McDonald's has a great (but not healthy) dollar menu.

Heating oil is a mess, have kept the house near 60 degrees all winter and that is damn cold. And still can only afford 100 gallons at a time and pray we don't run out.

My mother didn't ask for what happened to her (a major stroke) and she deserves healthcare and ongoing therapy, not to be warehoused in pain and misery in a smelly nursing home (and should not have to give up everything my family worked for for three generations to Medicaid to pay some for-profit pigs for this wonderful "care".)

If we don't have fair and accurate elections NOTHING WILL CHANGE, not energy policy, or healthcare, or anything else.

A lot of us have been giving our all to this at great personal cost, and are barely hanging on. Take me seriously when I say support the (preferably state or local) election integrity organization of your choice, rather that the cash-stuffed major campaigns, with another stolen election at stake.

SUPPORT ELECTION INTEGRITY NOW, NOT NEXT DECEMBER.

[fed-up]

41. no-I put in $10-15 a week, which is still too much from my meager earning from flea market-nt

[guitar man]

44. uhhh...no

I can afford to fill up the Sportster, but the car or pickup? No way, about 1/2 tank if I'm lucky :(

[KansDem]

45. Only on payday...(nt)

[iamthebandfanman]

48. they changed the poll

i think

[w8liftinglady]

51. yeah-I cant find it