Have you been driving less ?

With the insane rise in fuel prices , I have been driving less. Still have places to go like work and other essential places , but I have curtailed other driving tasks quite a bit.

What say you ?

I haven't changed my habits yet. Not saying it won't happen, but not yet.

Nope. But I don't that much anyway. Got a couple beaver jobs to start tuesday so there will be some driving this week.

Other than go to town 2 times a month, don't have a reason to go anywhere else, but the closet town is 30 miles away.

From the looks at the casino, gas prices haven't hurt the snowmobilers, yesterday over 150 trucks and trailers in the parking lot, another trailhead had over 100 couldn't get another truck-trailer in it. I would guess that most were from downstate. Gas on the rez is $4.25/ gal reg.

No but i don't have anywhere to go Have to say the few times i've been out only been passed once and i cruise at 55 more or less

I now plan my post office , coffee run, and parts pick ups , all in one swoop….so yes,trying to get the 12 mpg to be more efficient. Plus been brown bagging lunch for the last 2 months….no need of spending 10.00 for a small sub everyday….that saved money goes in the tank.

And I set the cruise on 64 mph or less

No. This time of the year I don't do a whole lot.

I wish. I told my wife we need to get some horses.

yes

I’m very fortunate that my work pays for gas. I have to drive quite a bit.

Yes

Now that I'm retired, only reason to go out is for perishable groceries. And with free delivery, we're cutting out major monthly shopping trips too. When it gets warm, we'll travel and spend more time (weeks rather than weekends) at the lake cabin.

hybrid gets 40MPG

not cutting back on miles...yet

My work place is 25 miles away. I have to drive that every day and if I get called (weekend.... after hours) out gotta drive those miles everyday also. I have cut down on my evening drives to check our farms and just see some scenery. I also cut back on checking trail cameras but only once every month or so. I can put a $100 of gas in my truck each week just doing what has to be done. Kinda sucks but that's the price I gotta pay just to keep in the game. I turn 65 in May and if gas keeps climbing it may be a factor in how long I work at a job so far away. Then again with inflation rising as fast as it is, a good paying job with great benefits is kinda hard to give up.

Yes

Out west, driving distances is routine for the majority . Those in towns , who work in the same town , don't have it that bad for driving.

Supply runs, etc, are just over an hour's drive one way for me. Some are closer, but most all of them I do in one scheduled drive. I don't drive as fast as I used to, even with 70 plus hi way speed zones . I am careful about that anyway, with deer , elk and moose crossing these roads at almost any time. And the groups of wild turkeys who like to travel roads where the snow isn't deep.

I have cut back on some foods to have more cash for feeding my truck.

I have reduced my driving and I never let my tank get below 1/2 full. Wife and I are both retired and most days my car isn't used.

We don’t drive just to be driving since we got old so no, we drive about the same.

Been combining shopping visits, stops, to get it all done in one trip.

Gas hear is only 40 cents higher than a month ago, done trapping till ice out. So little driving any way the geo gets better milage than most side by sides any way . My wife has a35 mile camute she's filling the pain at the pump,

My friend Ryan had a deal like that going one time. He put thousands of miles each week. He got the SA card and racked up some serious points.

Regardless of the price I have to buy it. I work 110 miles away and stay at my house that's 40 or so miles from work when I'm working. I stayed at moms last week it's around 12 miles from work and saves about a tank for me.

Changing jobs for something closer would be nice but the local Jobs are around 6-8$ pre hour less, have no pensions, the insurance cost more and covers less. Add in I cam Wright my check up to 80hrs a week every week if I want. I have been there nearly 16 years and it's recession proof . At best it would be a 30k a year pay cut up to 65k depending on how much ot I work.

I roughly figured between food an fuel I spend 5-6k going to work they will increase but it's a long way form the pay cut. Plus who wants to be the new guy when we are headed into a recession.

Definitely combining errands to drive less. I live 5 min from work so no biggie there. No more warming up the pickup till it’s hot inside in the morning, lol….

Nope

combining trips , we did a fair amount of this any way , around town doesn't amount to much when it's a mile an a half end to end.

the wifes work health and wellness intiative has a list of thing you can do to reduce , reuse , recyle , cut energy costs , they fill out the form to get points.
they are about 20 years late on half the list and 10 years late on the rest.

getting rid of your incandescent bulbs was on the list , yup 20 years ago I did that , one mostly LED now

they get to write in things , I told her to put reduced heating oil consumption by 600 gallons buy burning wood for heat.

using boxes at the grocery store

Not yet

Got a new beaver trapping job. And I'm charging them $100.00 a beaver and A $200.00 set up fee.

I drive like I'm on probation.

No

no, but my old pickup stays in the shed . i drive my hyundai to the city to work ,typical week is 350 // 500 miles a week .

Still putting Premium Gas in the Garden Tractor. I don't care if it costs me $40.00 a week in Gas to snow blow the Driveway!

Got to have some fun !!

I try to but my usual week to stores,gas etc is 600 miles. Where I live its a drive to most places. I have cut back on trips to the city to get things not available around here.

That's because you are.

Yes, I've been driving less. I only drive occasionally anyways, but when I do it's typically far. We have 4 vehicles and most don't get driven in any particular week. Some weeks none of our vehicles get driven at all.

Keith

Not much in the truck anymore.Use the 4 wheeler and skandik more-they use hardly any gas at all.

Group trips so yes

I can fill up only once a month, have to go to town to do it. I'll probably switch to the motorcycle here soon to save even more on fuel.

I'm going to cut out any more trips to Minneapolis/St. Paul. Won't really save much cause I didn't go there before.

No driving a Mustang GT, smoking, or weekends in NYC.
Never did those before either.
But, driving just as much as before.
Those fossilized dinosaurs were put there for me.

Yes I don't take as many joy ride's to look things over deer watching,crop watching in season and goose scouting trips in the fall will be cut back if prices keep going higher.Glad work pays for the gas in their work trucks even though we the people are paying for it.I'm on the fence this year as for applying for a out of state hunting trip,because of the gas prices.

No

I'm, pretty much, hosed. I drive an average of 150 miles a day for work. I get the standard mileage rate, but that is based on last year's cost estimates ,$0.585 I'm thinking break even per mile now is closer to $0.80. It's going to be a long year at this rate. Of course, once the recession kicks in, I should be traveling a lot less...

Every year I do everything less

No, but I anticipated this a year ago and went from a F-350 getting 6 mpg to a Ford Ranger that gets 18 mpg around the farm

No, still living like I always have. Glad I’ve already booked my flight though. That flight already went up almost $250.

No

Yes. A lot more conscious about making every trip count. Try to make every trip to town count and get everything I need.

Gonna use the wife’s hybrid more gets 40 mpg.

You know it's shameful the milage those things get. Back when I was in collage I drove a 92 Saturn SL1. It got 40mpg city 45 highway, without having to do all the hybrid crap. If they were capable of that back then just imagine what they should be able to do today with technological advancements. But all they have advanced is the price of the vehicles the mpg at best has been stagnate, to me it seems to have actually declined.

Happy Birthday Dana I.

Yep, time to start buying beer by the case instead of 12 packs.

Have they taken down the posts of him at the Post Office yet ?

i wish....my brother and i have to drive 30 miles to tech school everyday and up until last week we had to drive my diesel truck that gets 14 mpg and to fill it up 3 times in 2 weeks it gets really expensive. my brother just got a little suzuki that gets a whole lot better mpg so the trucks been doing a whole lot of sitting now