Gasoline Prices, will this change your driving habits?

Hi all. Well as of today August 15 2005 a gal of petrol is $2:55. I for one have started to cut my speed down by 10 or 15 miles. I work the afternoon shift and there is not much traffic so I leave five minutes early and set the cruise control on the old Buick for 55. I am also watching my trips and planing them out so I can run errands on the way too work. Are any of you changeing your driving habits to the ridiculous price of fuel? What a huge ripoff and we the consumers of this land are in the middle.

ah, lukily my car gets hell of a lot mpg, dont have to fill up my tank for like 2 weeks, and is only 25 bucks when i do. got a o2 cavi non-eco 115 hp, most econimical engine you can get b/f you hit hybrid. just waitin for some crazy asshole to go to a gas station and blow him and his car up the way these prices are going.

The problem with America is that most of the driving public loves to drive those big gas suckers.
I get with my Buick 3.1 engine (2000 Century) around 8 litres per 100 km. That is quite a good gas economy.
In Europe in sixties, I was driving Skoda car, four cylinder, 2. litres engine and got the same economy. Biuck has 6 cylinders. The engine development since sixties is quite something!
Oil market experts are predicting $1.50 price (per gallon) in Canada in next 6 months. Time to dig out from my garrage the old bycycle...

The problem with America is that most of the driving public loves to drive those big gas suckers.
I get with my Buick 3.1 engine (2000 Century) around 8 litres per 100 km. That is quite a good gas economy.
In Europe in sixties, I was driving Skoda car, four cylinder, 2. litres engine and got the same economy. Biuck has 6 cylinders. The engine development since sixties is quite something!
Oil market experts are predicting $1.50 price (per gallon) in Canada in next 6 months. Time to dig out from my garrage the old bycycle...

I agree, we've got a big problem in the U.S. with people driving gas guzzler like SUVs. It doesn't matter how much you conserve because others don't follow suit. What we need is a rude awakening like the 1973 Arab Oil embargo. I just paid $2.65 (US) a gallon for mid-grade and its going up and up.

2.75 a gallon for premium is a bit high, but although I can't control the oil prices(oh boy I wish I could!) I'm not changing anything. I drive about 10 miles a day generally, so there isn't much I could do anyway. If gas wasn't so pricy, maybe I could afford a car with better than 14mpg