I drive a Jetta Diesel....To go to work and back is 30kms a day.
Its getting 44mpg or 18.7km/L so yes just under $2.00 a day to get to work.
Now if I have to go to town later in the day, or want to go out for supper, or anything extra in my life another trip to town is $2.00, then any running around town is no doubt another $2.00 worth of gas...so now its $6.00 a day.. So $30 a week in just the necessities...right now I am burning on average $50 a week in fuel...and I do not really go anywhere..just into town and doing my normal things..
If I was driving my Jeep, which I haven't driven since Aug 05, I would be up around $75 a week just to do the normal things and the Tiburon is around $60 a week.
Before you all get in a huff about me having 3 cars...the Jetta is works, I don't pay for that... The Jeep I have had for 5 years and is my toy...The Tiburon I bought for a second vehicle, before I knew I would be driving a jetta...so now the Tiburon is for sale, since I no longer need it.
Even though I have reduced my fuel usage..I still think its tooooo high...I have a friend that has lived in the UAE for a few years now...and its silly what there gas costs..around $.53/L canadian...and if you are a resident UAE person you get an Oil Check each month...
Things are just not getting cheaper here, they are gonna continue to rise and rise...I wouldn't care if my check went with the rises..but it doesn't..its costing a lot more to live these days...hydro went up, cable/phone/internet went up, fuel is always going up, pretty much everything...just leaves me with less spendable income...
