Opinion Talk

By jct

June 18, 2008 7:53 AM | Link to this

$50.02 in a compact car. Started taking MARTA two years ago so I fill up about every 3 to 4 weeks.

By Jack Stilton

June 18, 2008 8:09 AM | Link to this

$27 Geo Metro once a week. That use to be my monthly gas bill 6 years ago!

By cpb

June 18, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

$89.00 in my Dodge Ram.

By ron

June 18, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

If I let the tank in the Ranger go empty,it will hold $60 worth. When I bought the Ranger the tank wouldn’t hold $20 worth.Either the tank got a lot bigger or the price went way up.

By Jeff

June 18, 2008 8:48 AM | Link to this

$75.50 in my Altima. Problem is, I do roughly that twice a week. (Pitfalls of living 100 miles from work!)

By Navigator

June 18, 2008 8:55 AM | Link to this

$100 in my Lincoln Navigator at $3.96 per gallon last weekend. I am looking for a small used car as I type.

By Navigator

June 18, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

$100 in my Lincoln Navigator at $3.96 per gallon last weekend. Thats $400 a month if I just drive to work and home! I am looking for a small used car as I type.

By Navigator

June 18, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

$100 in my Lincoln Navigator at $3.96 per gallon last weekend. Thats $400 a month if I just drive to work and home! I am looking for a small used car as I type.

By D-Bomb

June 18, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

I’ve got enough in my drawers to fill up every one of you pretty little while girls! All You Haterz Too!

By Thurston Howell, the third

June 18, 2008 9:32 AM | Link to this

When the gasoline level in the Benz gets low, Lovie and I have the chauffeur drive it to the self-serve station to fill it up. He puts it on the card and my accountant pays the bill at the end of the month. Honestly, I have no idea how much it costs - and, frankly, I don’t really care. It’s just money, after all.

By Stan

June 18, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

Another mindless and pointless blog form the AJC…

By cpb

June 18, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this

For my commute to work it was costing me $48.00 every 4 days, As gas has gone up I finally decide to get a motorcycle to drive to and from work. now it cost me $12.00 and I get about 72 miles to the gallon.

By HAROLD

June 18, 2008 10:42 AM | Link to this

Ford F-150 4x4 crew cab $100.00 per tank. Twice a week. Ouch!

By theprogressivebigot

June 18, 2008 10:59 AM | Link to this

WTF!!??

Don’t we in fact need to raise gas taxes to pay for bridge repairs…, remember!?

No…, no increases in supply or refined product. We must have higher gas milage now, regardless of cost or economic pain! Forget the poor, not everyone will be driving in our futuristic progressive society anyway. That will only be available to politisians and elite members of society. Haven’t you ever been to Europe!?

So either get use to it or buy a bike! Just stay out of my way in the fast lane. I love high gas prices…., less traffic!!

By DWG

June 18, 2008 11:20 AM | Link to this

We need to increase supplies and keep building more efficient cars. Vote for McCain - he’s finally coming around. Obama’s windfall tax on big oil will only make things worse. Oil companies already are taxed %45 compared to %30 of other industries. They need to invest profits to get more supplies. Less profits = less supplies = more reliance on foreign oil. Do the research before you vote this November. Don’t just assume that big oil is the bad guy.

By Josh

June 18, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this

toyota tacoma - $55 in my 13 gallon tank every 2-3 weeks. I’m looking to get a little honda civic sometime soon!!

By Token Gringo

June 18, 2008 12:52 PM | Link to this

In the far off future, we may not need oil, but right now we do. Yet, election and party politics drives the Dems to block drilling yet again. Drilling would lessen our dependence on foreign oil and create domestic jobs, not to mention more supply will equal lower prices. How can this be bad? Too many are suffering now due to blind environmental restrictions which inhibit our country from reaching our potential.

By JJ

June 18, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this

$50 for aweek to 10 days in my Explorer Sport. I live less than 20 miles from work. I am on the road by 7:00 to avoid sitting/idling in traffic. I leave work at 4:00 - no traffic there either……I also try to run errands on the way home, so I don’t have to get out on Saturdays with everyone else in Georgia……..I’m home playing in my garden!!!

By reagandemocrat

June 18, 2008 1:18 PM | Link to this

Yes,Democrats for MCCAIN,we dont need a false American Messiah,that is going to resolve all of our problems.I realized that Thanks Bill Clinton I am spending $85 a week today,he vetoed the bill in 1995 that allowed the drilling of oil in our shores and in the Alaska artic area rich in oil,the gallon of gas could be as low as $1.50 today,and we would not import any oil from our enemies,and make Hugo Chavez and the saudis more millonaries.By the way to all to blame President Busch fot the oil prices check this out for your education.JUNE 15.EQUIVALENT PRICES OF A GALLON OF GAS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION.FRANCE $10,GERMANY $10.50,BRITAIN $9.50,BELGIUM $8.10,SPAIN $7.73 and Turkey$11.00,and they are not blaming their presidents,THEY ARE BLAMING THE OPEC!!!>

By Not OPEC

June 18, 2008 2:17 PM | Link to this

They are not blaming OPEC, they are blaming their governments since taxes are the reason their prices are so high. Get your facts straight before you post.

By Not OPEC

June 18, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Don’t get me wrong, OPEC stinks (IMO).

By Doug

June 18, 2008 2:23 PM | Link to this

Sure, I spend about $60 per fill-up, but that is about every three weeks or so. I have a four-cylinder car and employ many of the safer hypermiling principles (look it up if you have never heard the term) so I average about 34 mpg per tank. I keep the cruise at 55-60 on the way to work, and then on my way home. It just makes it clearer and clearer how many of you are wasting gas as you’re speeding by me doing 70-80 on 285. Slow down everyone and save gas. Supply and demand, econ 101!

By Marie

June 18, 2008 2:55 PM | Link to this

$140.00 to fill up my Tahoe!! We just stopped buying groceries…it’s been a GREAT way to diet! Really!

By Marie

June 18, 2008 3:16 PM | Link to this

Oh, and I average a tank per week!!

By One step ahead

June 18, 2008 4:43 PM | Link to this

$3.95 to fill up my scooter!! 5 miles to work each way, 85+/miles per gallon… lasts me about 2 weeks with other running around town. So the total gas budget for the month is under $10. No kidding… makes me chuckle at huge SUVs…

By butch

June 18, 2008 5:40 PM | Link to this

its them lying yellow dog democrats fault

By Simon

June 18, 2008 6:24 PM | Link to this

Newsweek magazine has repoted that the high cost of Diesel fuel has had an effect on the Prostitution industry in Neveda.The truckers can’t afford the entertainment services due to increased cost of fuel. It seems the client count is off a staggering 45% year to date according to the Neveda Association of Brothel owners. Talk about pain at the pump.