How has the gasoline price crunch affected your driving habits lately?
 

Well, gasoline prices are shooting through the roof and there really doesn't seem to be any end in sight. So I'm just curious to see how this may be affecting everyone's driving habits. Is it making an impact in your lifestyle?

I don't go out much during the week. Back and forth to work. Except for Doctor's or Dentist appointments, I usually only run errands on the way home or to work. Keep in mind I work at night. I drive as little as possible during the peak traffic times. Except for an occasional cruise, I don't even take the Z out on my days off (They are during the week). When I actually get any, we use my wife's car. I've been working 6 and 7 days a week. I can get one tank of gas to last almost two weeks.

Scott

Honestly not one bit. Perhaps when it reaches higher prices such as $4.00/gallon I might drive a bit more gas-conscious...right now I try not to let it affect me, however. At the end of the year it's not going to add up to enough to where I would want to not drive the way I do. Right now I'm paying mid to high $30's for gas per week in my Audi (requires 93)...with the Vette it's going to be a jump from that.

I have a company car so I only put a few thousand miles a year on the car anyway. I average from 2500-5000 a year. 95% of my use is fun or relieving the "itch" to feel the acceleration beneath my seat.:)

I dont even look at gas prices. It's not like I'm not going to buy gas and the oil companies know this.
I'm little lighter on the pedal and doing the 1-3-5 shift deal sometimes.

No, I haven't backed off driving. It's still cheap entertainment all things considered, and driving the Z is entertainment for me. I don't use it for a beater. I hate what the petroleum companies and the speculators are doing to gas prices though. I drive a lot in my work. I am a real estate appraiser and real estate sales associate, so I'm out everyday driving Sarasota and surrounding counties. I really think about the gas I'm burning driving for my work. But, when I get in the vette and go for a spin, I don't give it much thought. Best money I can spend. Figure it this way, just pleasure driving, I might burn $25. a week, maybe a little more. But hey, most enjoyable $25. I spend in a week. I know to some extent the petroleum industry is counting on my continued use of their product, I will do what I can to conserve when I'm working and running to the store for something, but I drive the Z as much as ever and will continue to do so.

Zach, if you can keep your foot out of it you will be surprised how the vette compares to the Audi. 28 to 30 MPG is not an unreasonable expectation :)

Considering I do quite a bit of highway mileage, if I drive like a normal human being I'll get great mileage!

My Audi is rated at something like 22 MPG city/ 25 highway...I was suprised to see that I get just a little under 20 when I'm driving it hard all the time.

To me, my Vettes are cheaper than seeing a shrink. So no, do not even really look at the price of gas.
If i want to play, i need to pay anyway.

Jack

Heck, and I thought I was just being a jerk because I didn't give a flip about the cost of gasoline either. Otherwise I would be de-tuning the engine to be able to run the regular gasoline in the Z.

I do so little driving anyway, that I suppose it's not going to make that much of a difference either way. But I am glad that the wife and I got rid of our full sized Broncos we had when we first moved down here. They would have been eating us alive by now guzzling the gasoline like they did.

But still, you have to wonder how these gas prices are going to affect a lot of other things.

I've been doing a little too much wondering lately. I'm writing a detailed research paper on something very closely related - peak oil.