Sorry if this has been posted before -- didn't see it. I'm not necessarily advocating any of these, just curious. If I've missed a biggie or if you're doing something else, please discuss. Thanks!

I've started carpooling about 3 days a week.

Nothing, really. I don't drive that much anyway.

Nothing. We're not very wasteful of it as it is.

Drink and don't drive.

• combine trips for efficiency (I was doing this anyway)
• use public transport (MARC and Metro) for majority of commute (Columbia to Arlington)--had the following effects:
  1. driving, I needed to fill up 2-2.5 times weekly; using train/metro, once
  2. allows me to get some rest (or read Bible, or pray), impossible when driving--so much less fatiguing/stressful
  3. moneys otherwise allocated to Arlington parking-garage charge ($100/mo) pay 45% of MARC/Metro monthly pass

Next year, we're seriously considering moving to Arlington (rents are more expensive, but I will need less of both driving and commuting charges), Lordwilling (due to lease on apartment, can't do it till April 2009)

Nothing out of the ordinary.

Well, beer is cheaper than gas

I don't drive my wheels are in Kansas and I'm in Ottawa.ca

Other. I have converted my car to accept whale oil. I go harpooning this weekend.

Well I've already been carpooling to work for the past 2 years.

I try to run more than one errand per trip, we sometimes go to the movies at a closer location (though Disney is not as nice as Universal), and we went mini golfing closer to home last weekend - though not as big as the other location we were going to go to.

I have always combined all my errands into one trip. I have started driving my car that gets better mileage when I drive to college because it's really the only long distance trips I make. I've been spending $80/month more driving to and from college 4 days a week. I registered for all my class to be two days a week in the fall because I hate driving that far.

I moved closer to work.

I left my salary job that was an hour a way for an hourly one less than 10 min.... funny but my standard of living hasn't changed as long as I keep my work hours the same amount.

I no longer do extra work on my days off. I stay close to home and try to save gas at least 2 days in the week. I drive 35 minutes to work and am spending about $10 a day now on gas if not more.

I am really considering a job closer to home.

Jackie

I've never had a car.

Hubster, coming from the UK, has always been aware of high gas prices so has always been an advocate of public transportation....rode it as much as posssible in the UK and now that's what we do here, only occasionally using a car if we have a weekend trip planned or something.

I asked around for a used bike and got one for free, so I can run errands without using the car.

Can't vote if I've done nothing.

7/40 turn off the engine going downhill? 9/40 draft behind trucks?

wtf is wrong with people.

Electric car run on batteries energised by a photo voltaic system

I had to at turning off the engine who would do that? It takes way more gas to start the vehicle than if you let it run

I use Gas-X.

i would happily pay 10 dollars a gallon if it meant i could avoid the constant barrage of discussion about gas prices.

it's all i hear all day at work. i turn on the radio and they're talking about. get home the tv is the same.

can we just shut the f u c k up about gas prices?!

fine, i have to spend about 20-30 dollars more each week than i did a year or two ago. if your budget is broken over 20 dollars a week then you have bigger problems. you need to fix your lifestyle and quit complaining about this.

Oh man, you're gonna get reamed for this by the pauper crowd.

Really nice.

2 words...

siphon hose

I'm with you on the part, that people are complaining over spending $20 more a week. I'm so sick of it. No one complains at $7 for a box of cigarrettes, so stop complaining at the price of a gallon, or do something, call Exxon or Shell.

But I am not with you on offering to pay $10 a gallon. I'm not insane.

Call Exxon? Sounds like a winning plan!

Actually I used to smoke too. Aside from being bad for my health, when prices soared, I quit.

My budget won't break over an extra $20 a week, but it's wasteful so why shouldn't I make changes in my lifestyle? School's out for the summer, so I limit my driving and I walk to my second job (it's only about 12 blocks from my house). We did move when P was here in March to be closer to my job and closer to a public transport spot for him when he moves here.

Also I don't see that this is "complaining" about gas prices. I think this is the OP asking a question out of curiosity. I didn't see any answers in this thread that said "wahhhhhh.......gas too high .... waaaahhhhhhhhh."

Oh, add me to the "pauper crowd," mmkay?

well, not really something we have done but hubby's work now lets him take the work van home and they pay for the gas for it....

ok I am complaining it used to cost about 30 bucks to fill our car about 2 years ago now it costs about 60 bucks to fill our car... yikes..

*Proud member of the Pauper crowd*

We drive less. Combine multiple trips to store into one longer trip. Hubby turns off his a/c for a lot of his drive now, and it's so hot out! But he said it really made a difference in his gas mileage. He is smart about trying to spend less money(and overly frugal at times heh). If only "paupers" are saving their gas, then I guess we can thank them for helping with our gas crisis and not thank those who gas guzzle carelessly.

The quicker we burn all available oil, the sooner we'll make the successful transition to a non-oil based economy.

The guzzlers are doing us a favor.

That's like, "the faster I can get through this box of donuts, the sooner I can start my diet".

suuuure

Exactly! Finally, someone who understands


I have a theory that the body can only absorb a finite amount of fat in a small amount of time. So, when I encounter a box of donuts or cookies, I eat until it's all done. I trust my body will absorb what it can and excrete out the rest. If I space it out, like my wife thinks I should, all of it will go straight to my manboobs... and I don't want that.

HHO Generator

Your wife jealous that your boobs are bigger than hers?

why are you shocked/surprised, dork??

dork????????????????????

What have I done to save gasoline?

Slaughtered 2 soccer moms driving Ford Excursions, and 8 d!ckheads driving Hummers.

Platy is VJing while sleepwalking again

that's his new name VJ Dork

We make no useless trips and combine as much as possible into that trip.

We ride bus, train, carpool, and walk when possible.

As opposed to your Toyota Tacoma which gets what, 16/20mpg?

Currently getting 24mpg.

Thing is, it's a pickup. It gets used as a pickup - a lot. How many people need and fully use a Hummer?

Pick up chicks?