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Economy

multigraincracker

(34,242 posts) Thu Sep 19, 2024, 07:38 AM Sep 19

I'm paying $2.10 a gallon for gas. [View all]

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. [View all] 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