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How much money do you estimate you've actually saved using GasBuddy?

Scoundreller 2y ago
At least in my area, it’s helped me realize which city I’m usually in typically has the best prices and realized that prices tend to go up during the day and drop late in the evening. There’s about a 13% difference between the cheapest and most expensive at the moment.
- koolba 2y ago
  You don’t even need to install anything, just save the link to the map view: https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=34.188030028165215&lng=-118.12179925955083&z=12 https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=34.188030028165215&... Or forget it all and go straight to Costco.
  - Scoundreller 2y ago
    > go straight to Costco No way, I value my time tyvm. At locations near me, I swear one spouse goes in to shop for 2h while the other waits in line for gas for as much of that 2h as they can.
    - ApolloFortyNine 2y ago
      It's not that extreme by me I guess, but it's at least 10 minutes minimum. And if you have a car with a small tank and decent mpg, its just not really worth the trip to costco or the time just to save $2 (20-30c a gallon).
kotaKat 2y ago
My gap is widening and is a three-digit dollar savings at this point, even with the paid subscription for their savings gas card. I’m a rural commuter in a hybrid running ~500 miles a week in the field and it definitely stretches the gas dollars.
ssl-3 2y ago
Not the person you asked, but I normally buy a fair amount of gas and I use GasBuddy. Actually, I pay for GasBuddy by the month at $9.99 for discounts on gas and roadside assistance. I've done so for years. For various personal reasons I haven't been driving a ton lately, so I'll pick a more typical month. My direct discounts were $17.88 in that month on gasoline that was priced at $269.49, at a cost of $9.99, for a total savings of $7.89. Plus whatever extra I might have paid if I didn't use GasBuddy at all to help with planning to buy gas where the price at the pump is cheapest (which anyone can do without a subscription or installing an app). The potential savings gained by being very selective of where I buy gas, using information provided by GasBuddy, is impossible for me to tabulate. If I had to guess, then I would guess that being selective saves me an average of around 10%. So, about $27 in my example month. (I do not participate in any of GasBuddy's drive-tracking programs, and it only knows my location when the app is open. Drive tracking is a thing they offer people to opt into (for "free") but I could see the writing on the wall with that, vis-a-vis this Allstate incident.)

At least in my area, it’s helped me realize which city I’m usually in typically has the best prices and realized that prices tend to go up during the day and drop late in the evening. There’s about a 13% difference between the cheapest and most expensive at the moment.

koolba 2y ago
You don’t even need to install anything, just save the link to the map view: https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=34.188030028165215&lng=-118.12179925955083&z=12 https://www.gasbuddy.com/gaspricemap?lat=34.188030028165215&... Or forget it all and go straight to Costco.
- Scoundreller 2y ago
  > go straight to Costco No way, I value my time tyvm. At locations near me, I swear one spouse goes in to shop for 2h while the other waits in line for gas for as much of that 2h as they can.
  - ApolloFortyNine 2y ago
    It's not that extreme by me I guess, but it's at least 10 minutes minimum. And if you have a car with a small tank and decent mpg, its just not really worth the trip to costco or the time just to save $2 (20-30c a gallon).

kotaKat 2y ago

My gap is widening and is a three-digit dollar savings at this point, even with the paid subscription for their savings gas card. I’m a rural commuter in a hybrid running ~500 miles a week in the field and it definitely stretches the gas dollars.

ssl-3 2y ago

Not the person you asked, but I normally buy a fair amount of gas and I use GasBuddy. Actually, I pay for GasBuddy by the month at $9.99 for discounts on gas and roadside assistance. I've done so for years. For various personal reasons I haven't been driving a ton lately, so I'll pick a more typical month. My direct discounts were $17.88 in that month on gasoline that was priced at $269.49, at a cost of $9.99, for a total savings of $7.89. Plus whatever extra I might have paid if I didn't use GasBuddy at all to help with planning to buy gas where the price at the pump is cheapest (which anyone can do without a subscription or installing an app). The potential savings gained by being very selective of where I buy gas, using information provided by GasBuddy, is impossible for me to tabulate. If I had to guess, then I would guess that being selective saves me an average of around 10%. So, about $27 in my example month. (I do not participate in any of GasBuddy's drive-tracking programs, and it only knows my location when the app is open. Drive tracking is a thing they offer people to opt into (for "free") but I could see the writing on the wall with that, vis-a-vis this Allstate incident.)