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JT Moderator	Message Posted: Nov 6, 2005 12:01:00 AM Ignore JT Report Abuse How far are you willing to go for cheaper gas? Closest Station To Me 10 to 20 miles/km 20 or more miles/km Post your thoughts about this poll below.

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How far are you willing to go for cheaper gas?
Closest Station To Me
10 to 20 miles/km
20 or more miles/km

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YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2009 9:31:14 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse 5 miles
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2009 9:31:08 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse 5 miles
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2009 9:30:46 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse No more than four to five miles total.
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2009 9:30:25 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I'm willing to go about 5 miles out of my way..
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Jan 9, 2009 9:30:01 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I've gone 5 miles to save 10 cents a gallon
bobren All-Star Author Connecticut Posts:599 Points:897,860 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Nov 23, 2008 4:12:51 PM Ignore bobren Report Abuse The local station was $2.09/gal on Friday; 9 miles up the road, here is a gas price war raging and they all had gas for $1.75/gal. So I drove 18 miles to save 34 cents per gallon and bought 12 gallons.
bobren All-Star Author Connecticut Posts:599 Points:897,860 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Oct 5, 2008 3:20:14 PM Ignore bobren Report Abuse I normally go to the cheapest station along my travel route. However, if I do not have a planned destination, I always go the closest station to my house to give business to the local guy. He is usually within 5 cents of stations further away; today he has the cheapest gas in the area!
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Sep 9, 2008 7:12:16 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Z51Corvette: You'd go to the "Closest station to me or one that is on a regularly driven route." If it's on a regularly driven route, it shouldn't make a difference how far away it might be; it's still on your regular route. Or do you mean you wouldn't go to the next closest station even if the price is cheaper? If it's not going out of your way, it doesn't matter how far away the gas station is; it's still on your way; you were still going to go passed it.
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2008 1:49:48 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse Not more than 5 miles
dmatte85 Sophomore Author Louisiana Posts:194 Points:17,580 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Aug 4, 2008 12:40:24 AM Ignore dmatte85 Report Abuse ill try to go to the cheapest one within a few miles of my house.
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,480 Points:1,670,195 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Aug 3, 2008 5:15:38 PM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse Closest station to me or one that is on a regularly driven route.
Crywolfe Rookie Author Illinois Posts:30 Points:550 Joined:Jul 2008	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2008 8:38:23 AM Ignore Crywolfe Report Abuse I wont go very far for cheaper prices unless it pays for itself (which is not likely)
in_orbit Champion Author Orange County Posts:334,750 Points:1,656,790 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Jul 28, 2008 8:15:39 AM Ignore in_orbit Report Abuse Closest station to me
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 22, 2008 1:39:17 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse Redstar5: If it's in the direction you're going "anyway", what difference does it make how far away the gas station is? If it's one mile, five miles, one hundred miles, or a full tank of gas away, you said, it's in the direction you're going; or do you mean that you'd automatically stop to get get the cheaper gas before you drive five miles, regardless of how much gas you have left in your tank, with the possibility that you might get gas at the same or lower price further down the road?
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 18, 2008 4:22:49 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse gasisoutrageous: So you're saying that if you didn't have enough gas to dirve five miles, then you'd buy the higher priced gas? I'm not so sure that I'd wait until my car got that low, that it only had five miles worth of gas left, before I'd pay a higher price. Somehow I think that if I was down to a gallon or two I'd be more worried about where I could get some gas than about what it cost.
gasisoutrageous Champion Author Lansing Posts:8,585 Points:926,830 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 17, 2008 9:20:05 AM Ignore gasisoutrageous Report Abuse 5 miles or less, unless, there is not enough gas in the tank to make it. I also, though, might not mind driving up to Murphy USA in St Johns.
Gas_Buddy Champion Author Maryland Posts:25,967 Points:3,033,090 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Jul 7, 2008 3:19:19 PM Ignore Gas_Buddy Report Abuse ShiftySidney: You'd drive 30 minutes from home to get cheaper gas? Before I ask how how much cheaper it has to be, a 30 minute trip from home for me is upwards of miles, meaning it's about a 60 mile round trip, meaning that I'm using about 2 gallons of gas, and most people are using closer to 3 gallons of gas to drive that distance. That means if gas near you costs about $4 a gallon, you'd have to save about $12 at the cheaper gas station just to break even. If you buy 20 gallons of gas, you'd have to save 60 cents a gallon - just to break even. Even if you bought 40 gallons of gas, you'd have to be buying gas (at the station 30 minutes away) at 30 cents a gallon cheapr - just to break even. And even then you're wasting 3 gallons of gas. Assuming you have nothing better to do than drive an hour there and back, gas might be costing more per gallon closer, but 1) you're not wasting gas to get there, and 2) you're not driving just to break even. Think of it this way: You can buy a carton of cigarettes next door for $30, or you can drive 30 minutes away to buy a carton of cigarettes for $25. The 30 minute drive, again assuming you have nothing better to do than drive an hour to get cigarettes, costs you $12 in gas in order to save $5. Or, said another way, to save $5 on cigarettes, you spent an extra $7 out of your pocket and used an hour to do it.
gasisoutrageous Champion Author Lansing Posts:8,585 Points:926,830 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2008 12:35:44 AM Ignore gasisoutrageous Report Abuse 5 miles or less
Philmar Sophomore Author Cleveland Posts:248 Points:76,475 Joined:Mar 2008	Message Posted: Jun 5, 2008 11:30:28 PM Ignore Philmar Report Abuse 5 Miles (8km) or Less
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: May 4, 2008 12:09:09 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse No more than 5 miles
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Mar 10, 2008 2:20:22 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse Not more than 5 miles
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2008 9:04:27 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse 5 miles
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2008 9:04:22 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse 5 miles
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2008 9:03:59 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse No more than four to five miles total.
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2008 9:03:43 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I'm willing to go about 5 miles out of my way..
YB1234 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:7,565 Points:1,739,315 Joined:Sep 2005	Message Posted: Feb 21, 2008 9:03:16 PM Ignore YB1234 Report Abuse I've gone 5 miles to save 10 cents a gallon
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jan 29, 2008 9:51:06 PM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse 5 miles or less
Blubberpuppy Champion Author Baltimore Posts:18,355 Points:1,903,760 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Jan 26, 2008 9:44:44 AM Ignore Blubberpuppy Report Abuse Within several miles of where I am going.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,049 Points:2,671,340 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Dec 31, 2007 8:01:25 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Closest Station To Me
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Dec 25, 2007 12:13:28 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse No further than 5 miles
Dorkchop Champion Author Maryland Posts:11,392 Points:1,795,565 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Nov 8, 2007 9:19:40 AM Ignore Dorkchop Report Abuse Within 3 or 4 miles of the route I am taking.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,049 Points:2,671,340 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Nov 4, 2007 8:14:26 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Closest Station To Me
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Oct 20, 2007 10:09:25 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse Not more than 5 miles
GasXing Champion Author Grand Rapids Posts:9,203 Points:1,848,935 Joined:May 2007	Message Posted: Oct 19, 2007 1:12:54 AM Ignore GasXing Report Abuse If I am buying gas anywhere, it is most likely at a station where I do not drive out of my way in order to get it.
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,049 Points:2,671,340 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Sep 1, 2007 7:45:18 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse The Closest Station
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Aug 30, 2007 8:28:36 AM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse No more than 5 miles (8km)
Firehawk Champion Author Maine Posts:5,054 Points:1,121,225 Joined:Apr 2005	Message Posted: Aug 21, 2007 6:37:12 AM Ignore Firehawk Report Abuse 5 miles
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,799 Points:2,429,460 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Aug 21, 2007 6:36:15 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse closest
truckdude Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,265 Points:1,333,820 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Aug 14, 2007 8:54:38 AM Ignore truckdude Report Abuse 5-10 miles
nyuknyuk49 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:13,676 Points:2,760,890 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 21, 2007 10:45:16 PM Ignore nyuknyuk49 Report Abuse 5 miles max
Quazar911 Champion Author Texas Posts:2,070 Points:514,305 Joined:Apr 2007	Message Posted: Jul 21, 2007 9:59:49 PM Ignore Quazar911 Report Abuse No more than 5 miles
ShiftySidney Veteran Author Edmonton Posts:325 Points:30,775 Joined:Jul 2007	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2007 9:46:55 AM Ignore ShiftySidney Report Abuse No more than 30 minutes from home.
nyuknyuk49 Champion Author Rhode Island Posts:13,676 Points:2,760,890 Joined:Mar 2005	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2007 8:20:25 AM Ignore nyuknyuk49 Report Abuse a few miles
webbudd Champion Author Tallahassee Posts:1,779 Points:770,845 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2007 8:14:41 AM Ignore webbudd Report Abuse up to 5 miles
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,799 Points:2,429,460 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jul 20, 2007 8:02:12 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse up to 5 miles
buddydill Champion Author Kentucky Posts:9,799 Points:2,429,460 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jul 8, 2007 6:13:32 AM Ignore buddydill Report Abuse up to 5 miles
impala1 Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:8,366 Points:2,222,575 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2007 4:39:23 PM Ignore impala1 Report Abuse 10 to 20 miles/km
april4 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:12,169 Points:2,399,885 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2007 4:22:16 PM Ignore april4 Report Abuse 5-10 miles
truckdude Champion Author Twin Cities Posts:3,265 Points:1,333,820 Joined:Feb 2003	Message Posted: Jul 5, 2007 8:35:19 AM Ignore truckdude Report Abuse 5-10 miles, but only if I am heading in that direction
Guido4 Champion Author Pensacola Posts:13,049 Points:2,671,340 Joined:Jun 2005	Message Posted: Jul 1, 2007 9:46:04 AM Ignore Guido4 Report Abuse Closest Station To Me