Paid $3.79 USD a gallon yesterday making this quickly out of date.
Despite appearances my car is pretty easy on petrol averaging 23 to 24 mpg in commuter driving and nearly 30 mpg when on the highway. Better than a family sedan, most smaller cars and certainly an SUV. The issue isn't the gas price itself, it is the rabid inflation that has come with gas prices recently. It was not long ago when I came to Arizona that I was paying $2.50 a gallon.
Despite appearances my car is pretty easy on petrol averaging 23 to 24 mpg in commuter driving and nearly 30 mpg when on the highway. Better than a family sedan, most smaller cars and certainly an SUV. The issue isn't the gas price itself, it is the rabid inflation that has come with gas prices recently. It was not long ago when I came to Arizona that I was paying $2.50 a gallon.While petrol is a small cost in monthly expenses for most people, being around than 25% of the monthly budget, rapid inflation that has been occurring recently does pinch. There is no way that salaries can expand so quickly to cover the increase costs of fuel, food and other essentials of modern living.
The US and Australia have it better than most countries as gas/petrol is pretty cheap. An English friend of mine complained about paying 75 pounds to fill up his car. We worked out it was about $9.50 USD a gallon he was paying. I recall when I was in Germany a couple of years ago being horrified at how much a tank of petrol cost.
I make a decent living and do pretty well for myself, if I am noticing the increased costs of gas, then I can only imagine what most other people are thinking of this recent inflationary burst in the cost of living.
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