Price of a gallon of Gas
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I was looking at the log for the HCHII today, and see that when we bought the car in November 06, the average price for a gallon gas bought in November was $2.359.
For May 07 the average price for a gallon of gas was $3.299.
That is a 28.5% jump in 7 months!
Sure am glad that we got the hybrid. Now if I could just get my wife not to be such a lead-foot, and get the lifetime average above the current 39.63 mpg. With the Civic and its car-pool stickers, she loves driving solo in the hyper-speed (I mean car-pool) lane, but the minimum speed there is 80! Still, her current mileage is double that of her old Audi!
For May 07 the average price for a gallon of gas was $3.299.
That is a 28.5% jump in 7 months!
Sure am glad that we got the hybrid. Now if I could just get my wife not to be such a lead-foot, and get the lifetime average above the current 39.63 mpg. With the Civic and its car-pool stickers, she loves driving solo in the hyper-speed (I mean car-pool) lane, but the minimum speed there is 80! Still, her current mileage is double that of her old Audi!
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LOL! I hear you on that one! I rode with my wife on a quick errand last night and she dissolved the 54.5mpg/10mi I scored on my commute home into 48mpg/15mi in just 5 miles! The ironic thing is that the HCH is her car and I was the lead foot of the family prior to buying the hybrid...
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With the high gas prices(and going to get higher) it's nice to think that there isn't much else we could be doing to lessen the blow other than driving a hybrid. There's NG but that doesn't seem too practical.
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Price of a gallon of gas in the northern IL area: ~$3.60
Filling up your hybrid after 10 days of driving (with 1/2 tank left), taking the receipt and smiling at the SUV driver behind you approaching the $60 mark and still filling her tank even though she started before you: Priceless.
Filling up your hybrid after 10 days of driving (with 1/2 tank left), taking the receipt and smiling at the SUV driver behind you approaching the $60 mark and still filling her tank even though she started before you: Priceless.
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Price of a gallon of gas in the northern IL area: ~$3.60
Filling up your hybrid after 10 days of driving (with 1/2 tank left), taking the receipt and smiling at the SUV driver behind you approaching the $60 mark and still filling her tank even though she started before you: Priceless.
Filling up your hybrid after 10 days of driving (with 1/2 tank left), taking the receipt and smiling at the SUV driver behind you approaching the $60 mark and still filling her tank even though she started before you: Priceless.
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Gas dropped to $3.109 this week...woohoo. It sure is nice to drive by and only read the gas prices and not need the gas for another week or so!!
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