Some math...

Say on your you drive 10,000 miles round trip and get an average of
17mpg (that's what my '85 1.9 averaged). That means you would burn
588 gallons of gas. Assume that gas averages $3.00/gallon. Your cost
of gas would be ~$1,765.

What happens if gas goes up and averages:
$3.25 = $1,911
$3.50 = $2,058
or *gasp*
$4.00 = $2,352

So yes, it is a lot of money - much more than in the past, but it's
still a lot less than a lot of the world pays for fuel. I don't like
it, but I can and do save money in a lot of ways with driving the van
and sleeping it it vs. driving a car and using hotels. Plus I ride my
bike a lot of the time, so it's kind of fun to burn some gas every
once in a while.

On Apr 27, 2006, at 6:44 PM, Malcolm Stebbins wrote:

> --- John Rodgers <inua@CHARTER.NET> wrote:
>
>> It is possible for this fuel price thing to completely kill off my
>> long
>> planned trip up north. Fuel cost could go beyond my means.
>
> Do the math and figure that if you cut back on eating out one meal
> a week, you'll pay for the
> added fuel cost.  OR! if you 'stealth camp' (or one night in a
> truck stop etc) one night a week,
> you'll pay for the added fuel cost.  IMHO it would really be a
> shame to 'kill' off "a trip of a
> life-time" for just a few hundred extra dollars.  More than likely,
> gas will be MORE expensive
> next year, and every year there after.  m2cw.  Malcolm
>