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> I was previously spending $500 / month in gas. To me this seems extreme, what would you say the average gas price is for you and what cars do you drive and w

by oblio 3y ago

> I was previously spending $500 / month in gas. To me this seems extreme, what would you say the average gas price is for you and what cars do you drive and what's their fuel efficiency?

yurishimo 3y ago
This does indeed sound extreme. Even when my wife was commuting 120miles a day, we never spent that much in gas (2012 Honda CR-V). This was from 2018-2022, so lots of variability in prices. I suppose with a truck or large SUV, it's possible to spend that much, or a commute that is hundreds of miles. Ah, one more scenario, if you have a luxury car and fill it up with premium fuel, that can raise the price substantially.
brightball 3y ago
I drive to a neighboring town 2-3 times a day and I was driving a Dodge Durango that got 20/27mpg.
- oblio 3y ago
  I checked gas prices in Germany, which I'm fairly sure are higher than in the US, around €1.8 per liter. That makes it about 270l of gasoline. With the average fuel efficiency in Europe, I'd say the average car here uses about 8-9l in a mixed driving regime (town/city + highway). So that would mean about 3000-3300km per month, 36000-40000km per year. That's a TON of driving :-O Edit I: Though I imagine in the US we're a lot more likely for the fuel efficiency to be closer to 15l/100km (F150 or something), so those distance numbers go down by 60% or so :-) Edit II: Oh, I forgot the cost of gas in the US, so nevermind. Gasoline is about 60% cheaper in the US so at the end of the day... the distance numbers do end up closer to 3000km per month.
  - datadrivenangel 3y ago
    only ~100km/60miles per day. Do a 30 mile commute every day plus a weekend outing and you're there. It's a lot of driving, but not totally insane by US standards.
  - shinycode 3y ago
    100km a day is really not that much. A lot a friends work in an other town that it’s 50km away so 100km a day just for work.
    - joseda-hg 3y ago
      Jesus, I used to complain about a 30km commute

by oblio 3y ago

> I was previously spending $500 / month in gas. To me this seems extreme, what would you say the average gas price is for you and what cars do you drive and what's their fuel efficiency?

yurishimo 3y ago

This does indeed sound extreme. Even when my wife was commuting 120miles a day, we never spent that much in gas (2012 Honda CR-V). This was from 2018-2022, so lots of variability in prices. I suppose with a truck or large SUV, it's possible to spend that much, or a commute that is hundreds of miles. Ah, one more scenario, if you have a luxury car and fill it up with premium fuel, that can raise the price substantially.

brightball 3y ago

I drive to a neighboring town 2-3 times a day and I was driving a Dodge Durango that got 20/27mpg.

oblio 3y ago
I checked gas prices in Germany, which I'm fairly sure are higher than in the US, around €1.8 per liter. That makes it about 270l of gasoline. With the average fuel efficiency in Europe, I'd say the average car here uses about 8-9l in a mixed driving regime (town/city + highway). So that would mean about 3000-3300km per month, 36000-40000km per year. That's a TON of driving :-O Edit I: Though I imagine in the US we're a lot more likely for the fuel efficiency to be closer to 15l/100km (F150 or something), so those distance numbers go down by 60% or so :-) Edit II: Oh, I forgot the cost of gas in the US, so nevermind. Gasoline is about 60% cheaper in the US so at the end of the day... the distance numbers do end up closer to 3000km per month.
- datadrivenangel 3y ago
  only ~100km/60miles per day. Do a 30 mile commute every day plus a weekend outing and you're there. It's a lot of driving, but not totally insane by US standards.
- shinycode 3y ago
  100km a day is really not that much. A lot a friends work in an other town that it’s 50km away so 100km a day just for work.
  - joseda-hg 3y ago
    Jesus, I used to complain about a 30km commute