Economy

multigraincracker

(34,239 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:38 AM Sep 19

I'm paying $2.10 a gallon for gas.

I get a 30% discount on the highway by driving 10 under the speed limit and up to 40% in the city by staying off the brakes and gas. I use a soft touch on the gas and brake pedals. I pull over to let others go around me, just to be nice.

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I'm paying $2.10 a gallon for gas. (Original Post) multigraincracker Sep 19 OP

$2.10 a gallon is great. At that rate you can afford to not be the one... brush Sep 19 #1

I leave early and am never late. multigraincracker Sep 19 #6

I'm 75 and on SS. Not rich like you. multigraincracker Sep 19 #10

Brake pads will last longer too. bucolic_frolic Sep 19 #2

I have put new pads the front on my Focus once. multigraincracker Sep 19 #7

I imagine True Dough Sep 19 #3

When I'm being tailgated I slow down and allow them to pass me. multigraincracker Sep 19 #5

Here in Northern California it is 4.50 to 5.00 a gallon. JohnSJ Sep 19 #4

Lucky you DFW Sep 19 #8

Depends where you are. Europeans have always paid significantly more for fuel prices. JohnSJ Sep 19 #9

And they/we still do DFW Sep 19 #11

brush

(57,965 posts)

1. $2.10 a gallon is great. At that rate you can afford to not be the one...

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:42 AM

Sep 19

slowing up traffic.

multigraincracker

(34,239 posts)

6. I leave early and am never late.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 08:04 AM

Sep 19

My last and only ticket was in 1990 for ten over. I had just gotten off the free way and that can throw you off.
I also save a lot on insurance.

multigraincracker

(34,239 posts)

10. I'm 75 and on SS. Not rich like you.

Reply to brush (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 10:09 AM

Sep 19

bucolic_frolic

(47,435 posts)

2. Brake pads will last longer too.

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:43 AM

Sep 19

Joe Biden energy broker reduced volatility in oil markets by partnering with Big Oil and managed to hit the low end of prices just around election time. Joe told the country, and Republicans specifically, at SOTU 2024, "I am a capitalist!"

I guess so!!!

multigraincracker

(34,239 posts)

7. I have put new pads the front on my Focus once.

Reply to bucolic_frolic (Reply #2)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 08:07 AM

Sep 19

It has 150K miles on it. Save on repairs too.

True Dough

(20,696 posts)

3. I imagine

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:45 AM

Sep 19

you get a lot of road raging drivers right up on your bumper before you get a chance to let them go by. There's so many people in a big rush.

multigraincracker

(34,239 posts)

5. When I'm being tailgated I slow down and allow them to pass me.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:56 AM

Sep 19

I laugh at those that get pissed and think about their blood pressure, not mine.
If someone is in a hurry, they should have started earlier. I’d bet most of those folks are just out for a drive.
I pulled into a rest area and a guy came up to me and asked if knew what the speed limit was. I said yes, do you know what the speed minimum is, I was driving 10 over
It. He shook his head and walked away.

JohnSJ

(96,792 posts)

4. Here in Northern California it is 4.50 to 5.00 a gallon.

Reply to multigraincracker (Original post)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:49 AM

Sep 19

DFW

(56,776 posts)

8. Lucky you

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #4)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 08:50 AM

Sep 19

Here it is still 50 cents either side of $7.00

JohnSJ

(96,792 posts)

9. Depends where you are. Europeans have always paid significantly more for fuel prices.

Reply to DFW (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 09:00 AM

Sep 19

DFW

(56,776 posts)

11. And they/we still do

Reply to JohnSJ (Reply #9)

Thu Sep 19, 2024, 10:52 AM

Sep 19

We haven’t seen $4.50 here for close to 20 years.

Plus, since a little over ten years ago, Germany slapped VAT on the gas tax included in the pump price. The tax is about 2/3 of the total by price. The German constitution forbids double taxation. I asked a friend who is a judge on the tax court here. He wrote his doctorate on double taxation. I asked him why the double taxation was still standing. He asked me if I was willing to instigate a class action suit against the German government over the extra €4.83 I pay when I fill my tank? That’s why.

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