Change in driving habits with cheap gas?

[fdcg27]

Today, the expensive stations on my commute were at $1.989, while the cheaper ones were at $1.789.
I've bought fuel in the past two weeks for as little as $1.599.
We drive about as many miles as we would have when gas flirted with four bucks, but we do appreciate the savings.
What are all of you doing?
Do you drive on more trips?
Do you drive the thirstier vehicles in your fleet more?
How has cheap fuel influenced your driving?
We're simply enjoying the five or six cents a mile fuel cost we're now seeing with our DDs.

 

[Chris142]

My jeep gets slightly more mpg than my truck. But the trucks fuel is cheaper so it costs me the same no matter what I drive.

 

[Vern_in_IL]

I'm actually [censored] at low prices, bought a highly efficient car, that gets 40 MPG!!

When gas was $4, I was saving big bucks... now I'm not saving much at all.

I will be driving around looking at Christmas displays in yards!!

Other than that, I won't be changing my driving habits.

 

[Tdbo]

I was using six tanks/month in the Accord and one in the pickup prior to retirement.
Now retired, one tank for each of the two vehicles/month, and I go wherever I want to.
Basically, I'm just enjoying the savings.

 

[dareo]

I've actually gone slower to enjoy the novelty of completing highway runs for less than a hamburger.

 

[HTSS_TR]

Where are all complaints about oil industry manipulate/control oil/gas to raise the price ?

When demand was high price went up everybody complaint that oil industry was devil, when price goes down because of low demand high supply they are so silent.

If the oil industry can control(or manipulate) supply and/or demand then we will never see a barrel of oil went down to below $40 from more than $100 in less than 2 years.

 

[spasm3]

Doing nothing different.

 

[Mr Nice]

No change in driving habits. On the road for 3 days, 2 days work from home.

 

[Roob]

I enjoy saving money on gas and my car gets great mileage, so big plus when it's cheap!!!
If travel is for a project then those expenses are covered anyways.
In all honesty though, if I have to go somewhere I go, gas price isn't much of a concern then.

 

[Andrew1972]

Makes me not even think twice about owning(paid for) vehicles that average 20MPG & 22MPG. That is about it.

 

[fdcg27]

Originally Posted By: HTSS_TR
Where are all complaints about oil industry manipulate/control oil/gas to raise the price ?

When demand was high price went up everybody complaint that oil industry was devil, when price goes down because of low demand high supply they are so silent.

If the oil industry can control(or manipulate) supply and/or demand then we will never see a barrel of oil went down to below $40 from more than $100 in less than 2 years.


Microeconmic theory holds that if you make something more expensive then you'll get more of it.
OPEC did a great of of limiting production and thereby making oil more expensive.
Unconventional recovery operators in North America responded by producing crude here to take advantage of these high prices.
The result is a North American unconventional recovery industry that can make money at ever lower oil prices and an OPEC crowd that has little choice other than producing large volumes of crude for whatever they can get.
The result has been $34.00 oil with no end in sight.
Too bad for the Saudis and their partners.
Good for the rest of the world's economies.

 

[supton]

Sorta. When I sold my daily driver I figured I'd be into another daily driver faster than the glacial pace I'm moving at. But I'm not driving any more than I normally would, nor faster. I always drove the truck slow for the mpg's, still do, still will. Next daily driver will still get driven slow too, whatever the price fuel becomes.

 

[sciphi]

Nope. Maybe using the turbo a little more, and thinking about getting tires more biased to the grippy side than the MPG at all costs tires on my car now.

 

[LoneRanger]

Nothing diff here, same driving. The Soob gets 24 - 25 around town no matter how I drive it, sort of weird. Very consistent.

 

[Cutehumor]

nothing different here. I just smile getting a tank of gas for $20 in my rides.

 

[eljefino]

My driving's about the same but I didn't order firewood this year and I'm holdng off burning my current stash. Substituting #2 heating oil while it's cheap.

 

[splinter]

Nope. Still drive like an old man. Take it easy, take it slow.

Occasional WOT blasts through the gears to keep things working properly of course.

 

[HerrStig]

I jumped at the chance to buy a low miles V6 Camry from a family member. It gets good mileage but right now that's not an issue at all. 285 HP in a car that size --- a sleeper.

 

[jcwit]

Wifes car is a 2003 Kia Rio, it's never seen salty roads, gets stored in the winter, has just over 100,000, last months avg. MPG is 34, overall MPG since bought 32.

My vehicle is a 2005 Vibe base model, last months MPG is 30, MPG since I bought it is 34.

I buy the cheapest gas available, not going to concern myself with anything else.

 

[Nick1994]

My driving hasn't really changed. I drive about 25,000 miles per year. I bought my Camry 4 months ago to replace my TDI. Camry gets 26 mpg average and the TDI got 37 mpg average. What I save in not repairing a VW FAR exceeds the mpg savings. The Camry costs $500 more per year to drive as far as fuel costs. The VW cost $5,000 per year in repairs. Camry has cost $0 so far in repairs the past 4 months and 8,300 miles I've owned it.

I'll take the Toyota LOL.