# The bad, bad, bad gas costs too much thread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 22, 2022, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360 "2022-07-22T03:19:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TheCuse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thecuse/32/2854_2.png) [@TheCuse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheCuse)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/21 "2022-07-22T16:26:49Z")
when get down to 3/4 tank I fill it back up again. I don’t drive much so it’s about thirty bucks a week. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/22 "2022-07-22T21:52:24Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > I wish I could brag that I have an electric car, which I would really love to have. But I don’t. But what I do have is (a) retirement, which means I don’t drive much, and (b) a fuel-efficient compact car. What I would spend the savings on is not hypothetical – I can answer that: I spend it on booze, mostly wine and vodka. Same here. I think I’ve put maybe 5,000 km on my vehicle in the past three years. Only difference is I spent my savings on an oscilloscope I’m not using. I should have bought the wine. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [July 22, 2022, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/23 "2022-07-22T22:12:04Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > If you didn’t need gas for your gigantic SUV or muscle car what would you buy? Nothing yet, because I have a job to find first. But I’d be happy with a hybrid Prius right now. I’d go totally electric but my HOA doesn’t support me rewiring my garage. It’s not attached to my unit so my HOA fee covers the cost of the electricity I do use out there for the lighting and garage door. They understandably don’t want to pay for charging my car. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/24 "2022-07-23T02:48:04Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > We’ll need a two-seater. One of these, perhaps (a Y-Wing) Why can’t she sit in the R2 space? 😆 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/25 "2022-07-23T02:51:42Z")
Beep, beep whir, whistle ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/26 "2022-07-23T02:55:11Z")
C-3PO: You watch your language! ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/27 "2022-07-23T03:25:04Z")
Gas near me has finally dropped under $4. Paid 3.95 this afternoon. Lets hope it keeps dropping. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/28 "2022-07-23T03:37:13Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Just call me \_ “Beach Party Beck” _There was a young lady named Beck_ _Who established herself as a wrek_ _She is known to love cats_ _Dogs and possums and bats_ _But she wished for an island_ _That was her very own land_ _And therein live it up all to heck._ ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/29 "2022-07-23T03:41:38Z")
A veritable Lord Byron!!😉 ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/30 "2022-07-23T03:55:45Z")
Gas for my motorcycles ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/31 "2022-07-23T04:40:41Z")
Airline tickets, chocolate diamonds, electric toilet snakes, sheepskin seat covers for cars that haven’t been made yet… ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/32 "2022-07-23T04:42:08Z")
Oddly specific, Mr. Fishy ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/33 "2022-07-23T04:52:17Z")
Thanks. High praise coming from somebody Specifically Odd ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/34 "2022-07-23T04:52:42Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Beep, beep whir, whistle Hey, now, I understand what that meant. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/35 "2022-07-23T04:53:15Z")
Aww, you’re such a sweetheart ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/36 "2022-07-23T10:33:42Z")
I don’t own a car. 😲 😮 😳 So I bought a model railway instead. 🤓 [The GDLNER railway with dcc sound - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfh1A4ci7tU) ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/37 "2022-07-23T10:50:15Z")
> [@glee](#): > > So I bought a model railway instead. 🤓 > > [The GDLNER railway with dcc sound - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfh1A4ci7tU) That’s beautiful! What gauge is that? It looks like it might be G scale. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/38 "2022-07-23T10:52:30Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > A veritable Lord Byron!!😉 No, Lord Byron would have written a proper limerick. Mine has two extra lines, but I took artistic liberties! 😀 ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/39 "2022-07-23T11:18:14Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > That’s beautiful! What gauge is that? It looks like it might be G scale. Thank you! 😃 It’s OO gauge. The engines and carriages etc are from Bachmann and the track is from Peco. 🤓 ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2022, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360/40 "2022-07-23T11:47:59Z")
> [@glee](#): > > It’s OO gauge. That’s a great choice. I believe that’s very similar to HO. The trains look much bigger in the video, which is a testament to the realism. I had two HO scale trains as a kid, and my dad built a big plywood table in the basement on which we built some pretty elaborate layouts and scenery. Like yours, it had an elevated section and a bridge overpass. Apologies to **Beck** for hijacking her cost-of-gas thread. Jeebus, gas is expensive these days! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bad-bad-bad-gas-costs-too-much-thread/968360.md?page=3)