I certainly plan my drives much more than previously. An example is that
I call a FLAPS when before, I would simply "take a chance" that they
would have a needed item.

I have a little more incentive to do so since the T-Cab is a gas hog for
local driving.

JT

I always drive my Studebaker at the speed limit as it seems to "enjoy" that
experience;).  The only change I've made is I try to plan my trips better so
as to not go out of the way.  Also, I'm driving my motorhome less (8 mpg):(

Mark

Can you tell Bob is trying to start something here?  If more of us lived 4
miles from work, and used the auto for pleasure driving as Henry I intended,
we'd have a lot less fuel crisis, and WAY less panic about it.  When I
worked, I was 3 miles from the office and "car-pooled"--with my wife.
Retired, got feeling all righteous about energy self-sufficiency, then The
Wife Who Still Works received an unsolicited promotion (read: involuntary
transfer).  Now she commutes 35 miles each way each day, like the rest of
the yuppie scum.  Most guys with smart good-looking wives Of A Certain Age
worry that they'll "meet someone" at work.  Not me--I'm suspicious that
she's house-hunting on the way home.

Avanti is parked, Deuce is parked (3 MPG!), Toronado is parked, El Camino is
parked, and you know, biggish motorcycles only get 40-some MPG, so what's
the effective mileage of four people, all one-up, going for a sport ride,
compared to the same four limping out to the sushi bar in one Prius?.
Wonder how soon we'll see hybrid Gold Wings...

wow, this hurts to the quick of things for me today!

First I was selling my 63 wagon because I said it needed a garage and
Sam has his 23 in there.  So then I had a stude work shop and they
replaced my rubber around the sliding roof and cleaned out the hoses
for leakage, then I was sorta happy again(still feeling like he needed
a garage to do him right).  I drive him everyday to work.  So now that
gas prices have hit $3 here a gal, I gave up and last night bought a
little toyota rav4(not even Red) & I'm in shock at my actions.
I drove the kids little corolla to Vegas and back got in yesterday and
it was 28  miles a gallon!  What - Have - I - Done ?  I love cranking
the stero up with alittle Janis, sliding the roof back with a
shove....is life ever going to be the same?
Rhonda

I recently switched positions in my company.  I used to drive 40-50K a year,
and now will end up driving about 25-30K.  Reimbursement rates were raised
at the beginning of the year, but the latest round of increases have been
more than eclipsed by that.

Since I'm down to using slightly over a tank a week in my TrailBlazer (25
gal), I decided to do a little math.

Last year, fuel was at about $1.75.  My last tank cost $2.55 a gallon.  80
cents more per gallon than last year.  That means, if I use somewhere around
30 gallons a week, my fuel costs have increased about $24 per week.

I know several fellow employees who are social lunchers and proceed down to
the local watering hole every noon for their $10 lunch.  Despite the price
of fuel, they still go every day, spending $50 or so that way a week.

A business lunch at Applebee's or the like for two is likely to run about
$30.  The places are still packed every time I try to take a customer to
lunch.  I'd say fuel prices aren't affecting their business yet.

I hate the fact fuel is increasing.  But, if you take the 1967 base price of
about thirty five cents a gallon, and adjust it for inflation of all goods
as a whole, the price of fuel would be somewhere between $3.50 and $4.00 per
gallon today if gasoline had increased at the same rate as all other goods.

I had to pick up a loaf of bread for my wife last week.  Whoever thought
we'd have bread at almost $3 a loaf (for the good stuff, I guess).  Milk is
at $3.99 a gallon at the local truck stop.

Fact is, we can't produce and distribute an alternative fuel cheaper yet,
and we haven't built a refinery or expanded capacity in the U.S. since the
1970's.  Prices are rising because demand is rising.  In other words, if
someone wanted to drill a well or build a refinery in my back yard, I
wouldn't complain.  It's the only way capacity will surpass demand again
anytime soon.  It would be my sacrifice to bring your price down.  No one's
been willing to do it for years, so I'll be the first.