How bout Dem gas prices..

[GenuineRisk]

I hope gas prices stay low through the holidays. We don't own a car (living in a city with good public transit, you don't need one), but the cost of renting one to go visit my parents ain't cheap. It's so expensive to rent a car in Manhattan, that being willing to travel an hour by subway to a branch in one of the outer boroughs is saving me over $200 off a week rental. Yeesh. The rental is still almost $500. Sigh. So yeah, less expensive gas would be nice.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

I hope gas prices stay low through the holidays. We don't own a car (living in a city with good public transit, you don't need one), but the cost of renting one to go visit my parents ain't cheap. It's so expensive to rent a car in Manhattan, that being willing to travel an hour by subway to a branch in one of the outer boroughs is saving me over $200 off a week rental. Yeesh. The rental is still almost $500. Sigh. So yeah, less expensive gas would be nice.

If you drive 8 hours each way or 1,000 miles total in a rental that gets 30mpg highway, the savings reaped with gas being $2.50 as opposed to $3.50 is a total of $33.30 and may cover half the taxes charged on the rental.

Nice, but not all that nice.

[GenuineRisk]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

If you drive 8 hours each way or 1,000 miles total in a rental that gets 30mpg highway, the savings reaped with gas being $2.50 as opposed to $3.50 is a total of $33.30 and may cover half the taxes charged on the rental.

Nice, but not all that nice.

Sadly, this year has been rough enough that $33.30 seems like a gift. There are things I like a lot about working freelance, but waiting 9 months to get paid is not one of them, for sure.