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08-18-2005, 09:53 PM

Well, here's my vast age showing, but I remember when gas was maybe .35 cents a gallon. Granted, everything else was cheaper back then too, but there's still no way around the fact that gas prices are taking a higher percentage of our money than they used to.

I miss my old Explorer, but it was a gas hog (Patrick, you have my sympathy). My little Toyota RAV that I now drive gets easily double the mileage of the Explorer, thank God!

At $2.00/gal I could buy a week's worth of gas for $30. Prices in my town have now gone up to about $2.70/gal, so I now pay $40.50. That's an extra $42.00 a month. If you are on a tight budget, that $42.00 extra hurts.

08-18-2005, 09:53 PM	#3
marichiko Guest Posts: n/a	Well, here's my vast age showing, but I remember when gas was maybe .35 cents a gallon. Granted, everything else was cheaper back then too, but there's still no way around the fact that gas prices are taking a higher percentage of our money than they used to. I miss my old Explorer, but it was a gas hog (Patrick, you have my sympathy). My little Toyota RAV that I now drive gets easily double the mileage of the Explorer, thank God! At $2.00/gal I could buy a week's worth of gas for $30. Prices in my town have now gone up to about $2.70/gal, so I now pay $40.50. That's an extra $42.00 a month. If you are on a tight budget, that $42.00 extra hurts.