I'm not driving the truck on weekends

I'm not driving the truck on weekends

03-10-2003, 08:24 AM

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TboneMan

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I'm not driving the truck on weekends

Well, the price of fuel in central New York is hovering around $2.10.

Running errands on weekends with the truck really kills my fuel mileage. To help me out at the pump, I've decided to drive the truck only if absolutely necessary on weekends. My wife is paying $0.40 less a gallon for gasoline so we take her Intrepid.

So the truck sits in the garage.

If fuel prices stay at this level this summer, it is likely that we will be camping in our back yard instead of a campgrounds.

While it is not going to break me financially to pay these prices, I JUST DON"T WANT TO.

I have placed a ceiling on what I am willing to pay for fuel at $2.25. If it goes any higher than that and gasoline prices are still disproportionately lower, the truck will stay in the garage and we will become a one vehicle family.

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