Your response to rising gas prices?

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Yep, gas isn't a huge issue yet it adds up, I mean most people spend more on food and drink a month than fuel.

At 50 mpg highway average mpg, over an annual 15,000 miles, my Prius will use 300 gallons, x $3 is $900 annually, which is $75 a month.

A minivan that got (highway) 25 mpg would double the gallons used so that’s 600 gallons x $3 = $1,800 annually, which is $150 a month.

A full sized van that got 15 mpg highway over the same mileage would be 1,000 gallons used x $3 = $3,000. That’s $250 a month.

So if a person could stand being in a Prius, over a year, they could save $2,100 ($175 a month) assuming the 15,000 miles driven.

Now I know some dwellers may not drive 1/10th that but I do, bi-annual trips to BC and down to AZ as well as trips from the Oregon coast the the east coast and return.

So for me the gas increases keep me (uncomfortably) in the Prius as opposed to a full sized mid-top conversion van, which would be the “lap of luxury”.