Poll: Fuel cost for ground transportation as % of annual spend

[COcheesehead]

Less than 1%.

 

[Koolau]

Mine is close to 4%. I have a long commute. I live in Hawaii where fuel costs are high as well. The percentage was higher precovid. I work from home quite a bit now.

One of the things I love about Big Island is the ability to drive long distances. Often, the roads are relatively free of traffic. I suppose living there, it's more of a curse than a blessing - especially at $5++ per gallon. Strictly out of curiosity, how long a commute to you have?

Folks on Oahu have relatively short commutes (Ewa to Downtown is maybe 20 or 25 miles) but the traffic is brutal, leading to hour or likely worse commutes. I wouldn't do it. I hate even driving downtown to Queens for doctor appts. at 10AM! It was nice having my son on BI for a while so I had an excuse to hop over there and just let my rental car go and go. Here on the mainland, I'll drive 100 miles for an "event" (see sister or daughter, hit Costco, etc.) YMMV

 

[Gumby]

The whole of Connecticut is only ~ 100 miles east to west and ~50 miles north to south (actually smaller than the State of Hawai'i), so there's no need to drive far here.

 

[Gryphon]

Mine was just about 2.7% for the last 12 months, that included a few trips with the RV which gets rather poor mileage. Excluding those trips, it was about 1.1%.

 

[Koolau]

The whole of Connecticut is only ~ 100 miles east to west and ~50 miles north to south (actually smaller than the State of Hawai'i), so there's no need to drive far here.

At least YOU can drive to another state! In CT, "Interstate" Hwy means something. In Hawaii, not so much.

 

[Gumby]

At least YOU can drive to another state! ...

But why would we want to?

 

[Al in Ohio]

Pretty insignificant. One percent or less.

 

[daylatedollarshort]

Usually we fill up a mid size car at Costco every other month, so gas isn't much of a budget item for us. We live in a big metro area near a state park, which makes hiking, shops, post office, etc. all pretty close. We also make good use of the local commuter train system for outings, like museum visits and concerts.

 

[FANOFJESUS]

Around 3%

 

[Sunset]

Pretty insignificant. One percent or less.

Same here.

I have to remember to go drive somewhere just to the vehicles don't rust in place

 

[PatrickA5]

1.15%

Just filled up both cars yesterday at $2.76/gal!

 

[Merlin]

3% of our total spend for the last 11 months was for gasoline.

 

[ShokWaveRider]

It is so low we do not track it. Could not be more insignificant for us.

 

[pb4uski]

+1. About 2.5%. That is why the fixation of the general public and some friends have on gas prices is almost comical. Much bigger things to fret about.

 

[audreyh1]

+1. About 2.5%. That is why the fixation of the general public and some friends have on gas prices is almost comical. Much bigger things to fret about.

Yeah, but if we didn’t, prices would be higher because gas stations wouldn’t compete so furiously.

I think it’s more of American knee-jerk reaction to prices posted on big signs.

Plus less well off folks - it can be a much larger part of their budget.

 

[Koolau]

+1. About 2.5%. That is why the fixation of the general public and some friends have on gas prices is almost comical. Much bigger things to fret about.

Yes - like how much the extra cost of fuel translates to anything delivered, produced, processed, manufactured, heated, cooled (during storage), etc., etc. But YMMV.

 

[skyking1]

This last month it was so high I did not track it. < peeks through fingers over face> YIKES!