Erica in PA Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 This is a follow-op from the the thread below. The discussion made me curious to know how much other families are spending per month on gas. We spend about $650 per month: $400 for dh's commute, $250 for the rest of our family. How about you? Erica Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renee in NC Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Currently, $1290 per month. I commute 5 days per week. Dh commutes 6 days per week. I go to church 1 day per week. He drives a diesel-guzzling truck and I drive a big van. Both are necessary, but not necessary for us to drive everyday. Dh and I work different hours and many times here at the store both vehicles are needed on a regular basis. We tried riding together, but it didn't work well - trying to get 6dc and 2 adults out of the house by 6:30am and returning at 6:30pm was not good for anyone involved. I hope to find a small car with high gas mileage for me (dh would not drive a car.) We may end up living in an RV here behind our store before too long! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karenciavo Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 My dh bought a motorcycle and his office is only a few miles away, but we do go to church for various activities 4x a week and music lessons, I would guess we spend around $350 a month, each filling up about 3x a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairie~Phlox Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 In May, we spent total of $261.63, April was $264.53 so far this month, 122.73 but I've had more running lately, this month will probably be more. We drive a 1996 dodge grand caravan, and a 1993 Ford F-150 is what dh drives. Most places we go are with in about 5 miles, with 10 miles one way being the most around town. I did go see my parents, (75 miles 1 way) in May also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TraceyS/FL Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I"m trying to stay under $25 a week. I can't afford any more than that.... so some weeks its higher, and we stay home the next. But my budget doesn't have room for gas right now :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lori in tx Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Well we just moved and b4 we moevd dh had to fill up 3 times a week (at the time it was $3.00) a gallon spending $45 each time spending about $600 per month. Well we moved and dh gets roughly a tank of gas every 7-10 days at $50 for a total of $150. I say we did the right thing. Plus he commute went for almost 3 hours per day to 1 hour. blessings lori Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracy in Ky Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I think around $300-$400 per month. We live pretty far from town, and dh works in town. I hardly go anywhere :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
runningirl71 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Right now, with gas prices going up, I think we'll be paying $160 a month. Last year, we weren't spending more than $100 a month on average! We live a mile away from where dh works and I don't work outside the home. When weather is good, dh rides his bike. I like to go around on my bike too if the kids aren't with me. Well, we DID just go to the library together on our bikes yesterday. We own a Ford Focus station wagon and an older Toyota Corolla. :) I'm sure the month of July will be much higher as we will be traveling to two different states, twice. :) I like the fact that we don't HAVE to commute though. One reason we're sticking around this little town instead of moving to a bigger city! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jennifer in MI Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Between $300 and $400. Dh is a priest and it really depends upon who is sick and what meetings he needs to travel for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tvaleri Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We spend about $$200 for me. I don't go anywhere. Dh is self-employed and commutes 40 min one way most days. His gas bill last month was $1290. He purchased a newer truck recently and his gas bill went down :) We're actually looking at purchasing a 3rd vehicle for me to run errands. Wish we lived in a community where we could ride our bikes or walk. Teresa in NC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citrusheights5 Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Right now we are spending about $300. DH wants to volunteer at the park.... but in figuring gas it would be an additional $500 a month... We found out that a monthly bus pass into the park is only $90... So I am thrilled with the savings... Lee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WyoSylvia Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I can't say... it hurts to say. My dh commutes an hour each way and I hardly move from my chair. I will say that some of the other people's costs make me feel better though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*anj* Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We budget $250/month for gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I don't know, I don't want to know. My dh is a carpenter and drives all over town. We only have one small SUV and it gets decent gas mileage, but I'm sure we spend over $500.00 a month in gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmgconner Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 3 months ago we spent $200/month. Our budget for this month is $375. DH drives 15 miles to work. We rarely drive anywhere else. On Sunday's, we drive to church and the grocery store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caitlinsmom Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We live 6 miles from town and another 45 min to the city. We only go to the city 2 times a month. I dont work and dh's job is only 6 miles away. Since we have older gas guzzeling vehichles we still spend about 250 a month on gas. Our truck only gets 8 miles to the gallon and the van only gets 20ish. It is killing us as we have NO extra money. Dh bought a bike so he bike in everyday which will help alot. i remember when we got married 9yrs ago we could drive from Utah to Oregon on 50 bucks! And monthly gas was pretty much the same. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmoira Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Using current gas prices, $120-$140. DH lives close to work and the girls and I use public transit which is about another $40 a month (neither child has to pay yet). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nutmeg Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 The minivan takes 2 tanks per month, so $100-$110 monthly. Dh commute 2 miles daily, sometimes he walks it. His car is filled every other month. So....maybe $125 total, on average. The grandparents are 1/2 to 1 tank away, so our costs will double if we are traveling. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Me Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I budget for $200 in gas. Hopefully, now that dh is not driving to school four days a week, that number will go down. We both work at the church we go to, which is about 2 miles away. Dh rides his bike to work when he can (ie. when it isn't 100 degrees out!), and I don't really drive far if I can help it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenny in Atl Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 ~$200. Dh has a diesel Jetta and I have an old Volvo that get pretty good milage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We are just beginning to track this. I have an new car, no more gas guzzling van. Dh fills up weekly around $60. My van caused me to never drive it...my car takes less and uses less. I'm hoping we can survive our summer activities and keep it too an every other week fill up of under $60. That would average the two vehicles at $350 a month. Wow, in black and white that looks....:w00t::driving: I don't see myself driving much at that price. I combine errands and look for more to do closer to home. I used to enjoy :auto: driving....:crying: No more road trips for fun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diana in OR Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We are just beginning to track this. I have an new car, no more gas guzzling van. Dh fills up weekly around $60. My van caused me to never drive it...my car takes less and uses less. I'm hoping we can survive our summer activities and keep it too an every other week fill up of under $60. That would average the two vehicles at $350 a month. Wow, in black and white that looks....:w00t::driving: I don't see myself driving much at that price. I combine errands and look for more to do closer to home. I used to enjoy :auto: driving....:crying: No more road trips for fun. What did you replace your van with? Just curious, b/c dh wants to replace our van with something more fuel efficient. We were spending about $300/mo. Now that dh traded his car for a Prius, we spend about $150/mo. Whoever is driving the most on any given day 'gets' to drive the Prius. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Niffercoo Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 It's not pretty when you put it on paper: my dh has a long commute in a Ford F150, 6 days a week, so that's around $500 per month for his gas alone. I usually budget $40 per week for my gas, but with the prices going up I'm going to allow more when baseball and dance start back up. So we spend $700 or more per month. It is nice to see there are a few other folks who spend as much or more. My husband wants to get a motorcycle for his commute, but the idea scares me to death. I can't tell you the number of times he's been nearly run off the road during his commute in his big ole truck! I can't imagine how much worse it would be if he were on a motorcycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClassicMom Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We spend about $500 to $600 a month. Dh commutes 1 hr each way to work. I only work about 20 minutes away but in lots of traffic. I also have to take the kids to lots of doctors appointments. Luckily, most of my errands are between here and work. :rant: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrscopterdoc Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Wow some of you have *cheap* gas bills. We have an explorer and F150. When we fill up at the same time it's $150. He drives 5 minutes to work and I stay home but we still average 3 or 4 fillups a month. I guess we drive a lot. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kristavws Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We only spend about $75 per month on gas, but my dh works from home, and we drive a hybrid. Krista Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tracey in TX Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Suburban $450/mo DH's car $225 (approx) Total:$ $675 Anyone remember both gas and milk .99/gallon in 1999? Seems like a dream... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim in Appalachia Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We live close to my dh's job, so all the traveling is mine. But we live an hour from almost everything. The true amount might be closer to $450, because I am not calculating in what my dh spends, and sometimes he does travel out of town for things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jami Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 Now that we're not driving to kid activities, I think we're spending about 200$ a month, maybe 250$ if we have a lot of extra running. Most of the places we need to go are a reasonable distance, and dh only has to drive about 20 min. to work. He drives an older Honda Civic with pretty good gas mileage, so that helps. And I try and combine trips as much as I can. But it still stings. And it's certainly affected our summer and fall plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcconnellboys Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 I spend about $240 ($60 per week), IF I don't have to go out of town for anything. Trips out of town completely blow that budget for me. This was before gas hit $4 a gallon, so I don't know what it will be like for me this fall, once we get back into our regular round of activities. I don't even know what my husband spends, but he has a compact car that gets very good gas mileage, so I feel it's not the same as me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted June 10, 2008 Share Posted June 10, 2008 We spend about $550 per month. He spends about $100-$120 on his car (stick/cavalier) for the commute and I put about $50-$100 per month in my van. Which is good when you consider it's a 15 pass. Dodge Ram Van and gets about 8 mi. to the gallon. We go NOWHERE, literally. Even grocery shopping waits 'til the weekend when we can take his car. The one exception is if we go somewhere with all the kids. We are moving closer. We're actually giving up our home to move closer to dh's work - an hour away. And I'm glad! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kari C in SC Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 I drive a 2003 Hyundai Sonata 6 cyl. I try to go two weeks on one tank. The farthest place I drive is Sam's Club and I think that is like 17 miles away. I go twice a month and fill up at a cost of about $50 to $60. The rest of the time, I am able to stay around town for errands. DH works 3 miles from home, but he is driving an older big pick-up because our ds needs my dh's little Hyundai till he goes in the military. The truck uses more gas, but he still only fills it once a month for about $100. I can't imagine if we had to budget more. I am already trying not to go anywhere and I don't have near the gas bill as some of you. Ugh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tutor Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 We're about $150 a month. We have one vehicle, a Suburban (ugh), and it cost about $125 the last time we filled the tank. Usually, one full tank gets us through the month, but we have a few more activities in the summer, so it will go up a bit. We live within 4 miles of campus, dh's part time job, town, and church, so most round trips are under 10 miles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kokotg Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 right now it's costing me $70 to fill up my minivan, and I've been mostly stretching it to filling up every week and a half. So say $210 for me. DH is a teacher and just finished school for the summer, so he's not driving his car much at all right now. During the school year, he drives 6 miles (no traffic) to work--maybe fills up every 2-3 weeks? So, all told, somewhere between $300-350, I'd say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaReese Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 My dh's commute is 45-60minutes one way. His gas per month is between $700-800. I run errands and the kids have baseball, swimming and dance, I usually fill up once a week at $60 each time. So total our gas bill is $1040 a month. OUCH!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Mungo Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 According to the check book $507 for me and DH. I drive an expedition and he has a 30-45 minute commute (he drives a small jeep). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Nothing - no car. We probably spend about seven US dollars a day on public transport. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jane in NC Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 This thread has been interesting to me because I thought that I did a lot of driving--apparently I do not do as much as I thought in terms of gas usage. As a family, we spent roughly $250 a month on fuel through the winter (hockey season when I am driving back and forth to the rink--my husband's commute is 10 miles one way). Because I live a distance from almost everything, I have always combined trips for the sake of time more than anything else. So there are days when I drive and put 100 miles on the car, but then the car sits for two or three days. We use our bicycles a lot--always have. It will be interesting to see what happens in the fall with regard to hockey. My son plays recreational, not travel. The travel people were already complaining about the cost of gas and motels. But I wonder if both groups (travel and recreational) will have trouble with numbers. Many people drive 30-45 miles to the rink--I think that sports will be one of the extras first eliminated from budgets, particularly if families have several children playing different sports at different places. Jane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sixmeadows Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 and my husband drives all over the city every day for his job. $100 didn't even give 3/4 of a tank this last time. Cheri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
akmommy Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Around $300 a month. Probably a bit more during the summer as we make regular trips to the fil's 90 miles away, but our primary vehicle is a big dodge truck. Thankfully DH's company provides him with a company truck and gas for any work related driving. What makes me mad though is that we live in an oil town with a refinery but our gas is still 40 cents higher then the national average per gallon.:mad: Also for reasons nobody has ever been able to explain adequitely it is trucked to the city 170 miles away before being brought back here and ditributed to the gas stations.:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nakia Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Around $100-150 for us. My husband rides in a company truck to work. I stay home at least 2 full days a week. We live about 15 minutes from the girls' activities and church. I do commute 36 miles one way to work, but that is only one day/week. I drive a Dodge Caravan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plaid Dad Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 It's hard to say with gas prices changing so rapidly, but last month we spent $245, and so far this month it's been $93. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassenach Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 Ballpark- $500-600 a month. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
debbiec Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 $625.00 a month ~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PineFarmMom Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 $400 or so. Dh has a company truck. They pay for his gas. Our gas-guzzling Yukon is our only family vehicle. That, I would trade for an economy car if 1) I didn't have 4 children and 2) I felt that small cars offered the safety of a large SUV. Dh just won't have us in an economy car. It's his thing...we couldn't fit anyway, so it doesn't really matter. ;) This wasn't about cars but about gas...but to me, right now, I'd give my left arm for a tank of a vehicle that got 40 miles to the gallon. :001_smile: T Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KidsHappen Posted June 11, 2008 Share Posted June 11, 2008 There is not really any way to lower that number either. I have to make at least two round trips to the airport 30 miles away every week. A couple of other trips that far once or twice a month. Everything else I do is within a mile or two of my house. I drive a Town & Country mini-van. It cost $70 to fill it up right now. I get about 330 miles on a tank and I usually put about 18-20 gallons when I fill up so I guess that I get about 18 mpg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tess in the Burbs Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 ours varies based on activities and I don't plan to drive all over tarnation anymore... $500-600 most months. we have a minivan and a civic. We are trying to spend less and I am seeing the difference now. Aiming to get it around $350 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mommylawyer Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 We're probably at about $350 a month - I drive a Camry and DH drives a Corolla. On the days I work, I commute (round-trip) about 70 miles, but fortunately, that's only 3 days a week. We are discussing changing our road-trip summer vacation plans and sticking closer to home. Especially if gas starts edging close to $5/gal. I paid $3.93 last time I filled up, about a week ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marie in Oh Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 up from $200 from the 1st quarter of 2008. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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