How much are you willing to pay to fill your gas-tank?

The price of gas where I live has reached anywhere between $3.35 & 3.49 a gallon. I try to only drive my car to work and make a round trip of all my errands that I have to make. I would like to get a 4 cylinder car, but can't afford it at the moment, as right now I drive a 1992 olds delta 88. I feel bad for my son as he owns his own cleaning business asnd he has a lot of out of state contracts, he is most likely spending a fortune in gas. I think we shoul all try to conserve on gas as much as possible, but in a society where everyone has to work it is really hard, and the oil compinies know they really have us by the balls "so to speak", and I don't see where there will be any relief in site anytime soon.

I am willing to pay what I can afford, which isn't much. My husband builds homes for a living and has a truckload of tools he uses for work on a daily basis. The other people at the company he works for are usually at other job sites, or there is no room for him in their truck, so car pooling is not an option for him the majority of the time. Though he has gotten a ride with a buddy of his from work on occasion, especially for those long commutes. Unfortunately this is rare. In the 7+ years, it has happened maybe 3 times. My husband drives a 4 cylinder truck, but it can eat more gas than our V6, especially when my husband has to push the pedal to go up hills up on the freeway. If it was just my husband and I we would probably still only have the one vehicle (his single cab truck). But since we have our kids, 2 vehicles are needed, even more so since we live out in the boonies where we can't just walk to places like the store. And no, there is no public transportation out where I live. One thing I do try to do is do all my errands at once so that I don't have to do any unnecessary driving, regardless of the gas prices.

My van is 10 years old and long paid up. It is not costing me in a payment, trading down to a smaller vehicle will cost me more even if the gas is less. I don't do any joy riding, and 95% of my gas usage is related to work or medical appointments. How much else can I cut. BTW: My mini-van is 4 cylinders and get 22-25 miles per gallon....better than many cars.

I just paid $20.00 to fill up to half a tank on my little car. I'm not driving it nearly as much - I've combined errands and not used it a couple days this week. I don't see my neighbors cutting down on driving since they need their cars to go to and from work and carpooling isn't increasing around here yet. I don't know how much the price of gas is going to have to hurt our pockets before we all cut down. Not much incentive with the price of gas for the local governments to increase mass transit without subsidies.

Good choice of discussion. Is a major concern here in England. Our petrol per litre is more than £1.00, so after conversion it is already more than $2.00. We had a major fuel strike a few years ago where tankers could not get through to deliver fuel to the gas stations. The country practically came to a standstill. The queues at gas stations were miles long. It was not a good time. It just goes to show how dependent we are on our vehicles. We only have one car. Instead of a second car we have bought a scooter (50cc motorbike) for my husband as he only needs to get round town, and not travel more than a few miles. It is far more fuel efficient and costs so much less.