<p>So glad to have a Civic hybrid, but I wish I was driving less and I wish it didn’t have more than 100,000 miles on it. It won’t last forever!</p>
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<p>Tthat’s why the stock market reacts so badly when oil prices go up. It has a tremendous impact on our whole economy - far beyond just the cost to fill up the tank. With our fragile economy, higher oil prices is a very bad thing…unless of course, you’re Exxon. :)</p>
<p>I spent 40 dollars on gas the other day and about cringed but hey what’s a girl to do. I could work from home but if I did that’s a permanent 5 days a week thing. About 1/3rd of our staff does it. The company pays for their internet and whatnot. It’s a win win for the people that do it. They tend to be very productive without distractions and work much more overtime when working at home. They also help cover for us when we come in late due to weather and whatnot. That’s part of why I bought my house in this location - it’s a 5 mile highway ride to work. A tank of gas lasts me about 2 weeks give or take a few days depending on how much other driving I have to do. I do feel bad for my father, he drives over an hour each way to his job!</p>
<p>I just spent over 500 dollars on 150 gallons of oil for my house as well!</p>
<p>I love my Civic Hybrid, too. It’s small tank has a cruising range of about 450 miles, and we’ve topped 500 a couple times.</p>
<p>That being said, what is luckier for us is that we also walk to work and can do many of our errands by foot or bike. As BCeagle says, we’ve been planning for this for a while. Gas isn’t as high here in NJ since our gas tax is low, but 3.30 is still a lot higher than it was.</p>
<p>Unfortunately, we do drive a 300 mile round trip almost every weekend, which means we do have to pay attention to gas prices, hence the Hybrid.</p>
<p>$3.67 is the cheapest regular gas in our zip code. I work at home, but I also have to go visit job sites and clients.</p>
<p>Speaking of getting a “bike”…</p>
<p>My H has a truck - VERY normal for where we live in the midwest. Lots of snow and they don’t clean our roads very well. He is a paramedic , so people depend on him to be able to get to work. He gets about 13-14 mpg. He spent a fortune every week just going to work.</p>
<p>Two years ago, he bought a motorcycle. The cost of the mototcycle each month was quite a bit less than what he was spending in gas. We make that last payment in May. He drives it late March through November. At first, I thought he was crazy, but he can run a month on about $7 that way !</p>
<p>“higher oil prices is a very bad thing…unless of course, you’re Exxon”</p>
<p>Or mass transit. Or the solar/wind/nuclear/hydroelectric industry.</p>
<p>No one on the thread has mentioned that high prices have inconvenienced them to the point of considering a car pool as an option. That makes me think the inconvenience isn’t a big deal at this point.</p>
<p>I don’t have a car. I’m lucky to have my current job 1 mile from my home, but it’s not luck that I don’t need a car in general. It’s careful planning based on making energy use a priority.</p>
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<p>Not yet but it will be. I remember back in 2008 (?) when gas prices spiked, the hospital I worked out had an online carpool exchange set up and even started encouraging people to work from home. Then suddenly, gas prices dropped and all that went out the window. Will be interesting to see how high they have to get this time before the carpooling idea re-surfaces.</p>