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<blockquote data-quote="Psycareyo" data-source="post: 4432256" data-attributes="member: 582405">In the last year I&#039;ve done so much more with my life because the price of gas has gone insane.Instead of waiting in fast food lines with the engine running I parked and went inside.&nbsp; That saved me a pretty shocking amount of fuel everyday.&nbsp; From there I got annoyed with having to go in and eventually started buying healthy food and prepairing my lunch at home the night before.&nbsp; I&#039;ve lost 22 pounds so far and I feel better than I have since I was in college.I&#039;ve completely stopped needless trips.&nbsp; Unless it&#039;s an emergancy I save my running around for my way home from work.I don&#039;t run to the gym at all.&nbsp; The membership money I saved bought me an Eliptical that I used every day at home while watching TV.I only buy gas from a local Sunoco station that has special sales on Thursday. 5 cents off per/ gal.&nbsp; In addition to that I buy most of my meat there. They run a special where in the event that you buy 1/2 pound of competitively priced ham or turkey they discount gas 20 cents per/ gal up to 20 gal. So it works well for me.&nbsp; They are one of the cities premier meat markets so I don&#039;t mind at all.I used to only fill my tank to half.&nbsp; Filling to full means your burning gas to hual gas.&nbsp; Whats the point? I get better mileage filling only to half.&nbsp; The downside is that everytime I fill up gas costs more and more and more so I don&#039;t do it as much as I did because I don&#039;t think I get the same return.I use coupons now. I never did before but I&#039;ve saved hundreds of dollars a month with them.&nbsp; My wife and I make it a fun game cutting them out.&nbsp;&nbsp; As a result of getting better deals with coupons we cook together more now and we feel closer now than the say we married.&nbsp; You would be surprised how much more turned on a woman is when you cook together!We don&#039;t eat out more than once per week.&nbsp; Originally we wanted to drop it to once per month but I like the socializing for business.&nbsp; It has a good return.&nbsp; That was the hardest thing to curve.I recently sold my F150 that got me a net 7.56 MPG city and 10-12 highway.&nbsp; I bought another V8. A much nicer veicle and it gets double the fuel economy my jacked up F150 got.&nbsp; I don&#039;t feel bad about driving it at all.&nbsp; In fact, I&#039;m bothered less by the cost of gas because I&#039;m driving something I greatly enjoy.Gas still cuts into my life more than I&#039;d like it to but there is very little I can do other than reduce my fuel consumption.&nbsp; If everyone else in the country did this the demand would go down and prices should fall.&nbsp; The economy would strengthen.&nbsp; That is an economic fact.In short, even if you don&#039;t feel the gas crunch as bad as others you should do whatever you can to reduce your dependence on oil.&nbsp; It adds up so fast you would be amazed.&nbsp; You can do your part without having to drive a V6, 4 or a moped.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Psycareyo, post: 4432256, member: 582405"] In the last year I've done so much more with my life because the price of gas has gone insane. Instead of waiting in fast food lines with the engine running I parked and went inside. That saved me a pretty shocking amount of fuel everyday. From there I got annoyed with having to go in and eventually started buying healthy food and prepairing my lunch at home the night before. I've lost 22 pounds so far and I feel better than I have since I was in college. I've completely stopped needless trips. Unless it's an emergancy I save my running around for my way home from work. I don't run to the gym at all. The membership money I saved bought me an Eliptical that I used every day at home while watching TV. I only buy gas from a local Sunoco station that has special sales on Thursday. 5 cents off per/ gal. In addition to that I buy most of my meat there. They run a special where in the event that you buy 1/2 pound of competitively priced ham or turkey they discount gas 20 cents per/ gal up to 20 gal. So it works well for me. They are one of the cities premier meat markets so I don't mind at all. I used to only fill my tank to half. Filling to full means your burning gas to hual gas. Whats the point? I get better mileage filling only to half. The downside is that everytime I fill up gas costs more and more and more so I don't do it as much as I did because I don't think I get the same return. I use coupons now. I never did before but I've saved hundreds of dollars a month with them. My wife and I make it a fun game cutting them out. As a result of getting better deals with coupons we cook together more now and we feel closer now than the say we married. You would be surprised how much more turned on a woman is when you cook together! We don't eat out more than once per week. Originally we wanted to drop it to once per month but I like the socializing for business. It has a good return. That was the hardest thing to curve. I recently sold my F150 that got me a net 7.56 MPG city and 10-12 highway. I bought another V8. A much nicer veicle and it gets double the fuel economy my jacked up F150 got. I don't feel bad about driving it at all. In fact, I'm bothered less by the cost of gas because I'm driving something I greatly enjoy. Gas still cuts into my life more than I'd like it to but there is very little I can do other than reduce my fuel consumption. If everyone else in the country did this the demand would go down and prices should fall. The economy would strengthen. That is an economic fact. In short, even if you don't feel the gas crunch as bad as others you should do whatever you can to reduce your dependence on oil. It adds up so fast you would be amazed. You can do your part without having to drive a V6, 4 or a moped. [/QUOTE]

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