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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 02:27 PM
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suby budgets: how much does it cost you to commute?

miles to work(roundtrip) : 32
miles per gallon : 17
gallons used: 1.8
cost per gallon: $3.39
cost of commute: $6.10
car: 2004 STi (stock ecu,mild mods)

just curious of what everyone else is paying to go to work.
(i think my math is right)
**for the lazy---> get your total mileage, get your average miles per gallon, divide those 2, get your price of gas, multiply that cost times gallons used**


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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:39 PM
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miles to work(roundtrip) : 6
Fillup 1 every 2 weeks.


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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 03:59 PM
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okay this is my daily (M-F) commute:
pearl city to kuliouou: 20.5 mi
kuliouou to manoa: 8 mi
manoa to kalihi: 5.5 mi
kalihi to kuliouou:11.5 mi
kuliouou to hawaii kai: 5
hawaii kai to kalihi: 16
kalihi to pearl city: 9.5

TOTAL: 76 miles per day (without errands)

FILL UP: every 4 days ($43 each)

COST OF COMMUTE: TOO MUCH!!!

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Old Sep 12, 2005 | 04:21 PM
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Car Info: Version 7.5 2002 STi
Round trip miles to work: 6
Average MPG in the Legacy: 24
Last fillup of cheap gas: $3.29

Cost of commute: $0.82

See, it pays to live in town! :banana:
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 06:01 PM
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Car Info: 09 xt
roundtrip miles to/from work 30 miles
21 mpg avg.
if gas is $3.45 a gallon, then my daily commute= $4.94 a day
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 06:16 PM
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fill up twice a week, i'll do the math and re-edit this post later
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 06:46 PM
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Car Info: 2005 Legacy GT Lmt
miles to work: 15
miles per gallon: 25-27
gas used: I dont know. I suck at teh math.
cost per gallon: $3.37
cost of commute: see "gas used" ^
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:21 PM
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i am not good at math but i commute from town to schofield which is 40 miles round trip with errands around schofield i probably put on 45. as far as filling up it was 34 to 36 dollars once a week. i havent driven my car since late july so i dont know what would gas prices would be for me at this time. with a little luck prices willl be back to normal when i get home in october.
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:57 PM
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Car Info: 03 WRX
miles to work(roundtrip) : 7
miles per gallon : ~13
gallons used: .5
cost per gallon: $3.39
cost of commute: $1.69

Not too bad I guess....Sux if I gotta go somewhere long distance though....
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 08:58 PM
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Mines identical to yours...except...

Originally Posted by gdogg
miles to work(roundtrip) : 32
miles per gallon : 17
gallons used: 1.8
cost per gallon: $3.39
cost of commute: $6.10

just curious of what everyone else is paying to go to work.
(i think my math is right)
**for the lazy---> get your total mileage, get your average miles per gallon, divide those 2, get your price of gas, multiply that cost times gallons used**



aoha from the summit of *-^-Mauna Kea-^-*

I'm going the other way!

BTW...Greg, that guy is getting close to buying...he and his wife like the Ridgeline...give me a call...left a message...330-7718
Old Sep 12, 2005 | 09:16 PM
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well, im retarded with math, but thankfully my work is less than 1/4 mile away....i could almost walk but its one big hill. so i drive. but yeah, gas is almost $4 here....in aiea at the chevron down halawa heights. east coast is below $3....
Old Sep 13, 2005 | 03:48 PM
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moved from HIIC to better serve our other members . . . plus we have a similar existing thread by keirnna



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Old Sep 13, 2005 | 07:40 PM
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Car Info: No car right now....sob.
Miles to school: like 10.1 or something.
MPG: Appx. 19
Cost per gall: 3.19
Galls used: 0.53
Cost to commute: 1.70
Old Sep 14, 2005 | 02:47 AM
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Car Info: 02 Impreza WRX sedan
miles to work (roundtrip) : 30.0
miles per gallon : 22.5 mpg (average during commuting)
gallons used: 1.33
cost per gallon: $3.25
car: 2002 WRX (reflashed ecu, catback, 59,000+ on odometer)
cost of commute: $4.32 daily

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Old Sep 14, 2005 | 07:33 AM
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I commute 51 miles per day, five days a week. At 22 MPG (my calculated average commuting mpg) that's 11.5 gallons of Chevron premium at 3.29 a gallon. That's $37.80 for fuel every week. I paid cash for the car when I bought it in '03. That was just under $23K (purchase price plus tax and license), so $23K minus the $1.5K the car will be worth when I sell it in year 2013 is $21.5K... divided by 520 weeks that I will own it... that's $41.30 per week just to use the car. Another roughly $2K per year for maintenance, insurance and registration fees... that's another $38.40 per week.

Looks like the cost to commute with my WRX is $117.50 per week or $23.50 per day or 46 cents per mile.



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