Save Our Community was founded in the movement to resist Wal-Mart's development in Rosemead, California. Now, it has become a general site for news, information, gossip, talk, and blogging about Rosemead. We also have stories about South San Gabriel, San Gabriel, Montebello, and occasionally about Pico Rivera, El Monte, South El Monte, Alhambra, Temple City, and other nearby communities. Your host is Todd. If you want a blog just sign up, get approved, and start writing. Good posts will be moved onto the home page.
Cheap(ish) Gas
I just did some quick figuring. If you drive 10,000 miles a year and get 20mpg, you'll need to buy 500 gallons in a year. At $4 a gallon, that's $2,000 a year. If you drive more and/or get worse mileage, you'll pay more. If you drive less and/or get better mileage, you'll pay less. Also, there's no way to know if gas prices will keep going up, level off, or drop a bit. But, no matter how you look at it, there are some pretty serious dollars going into your gas tank.
It's probably not worth it to try to buy a new car to save on gas costs (your car payments will far outweigh your gas savings), UNLESS you were planning to buy a new car soon, anyway. If you were, you can see that there's a substantial financial incentive to look into something that gets good mileage.
Cheap(ish) Gas
Well, I drove down to Peck and the Pomona Freeway this evening. It was a little bit out of my way but I wanted to see if the tales of bargain gasoline were still true. :D
Tonight, both the Mobil and the Shell station had gas at $3.79., which is about 15 to 18 cents cheaper than the stations nearer my house. On the downside, were are a lot of small flying bugs there that were annoying. And the cars are still lining up for gas, so you may need to wait a while. But I put in twelve gallons, which means I saved a bit over $2. That means, based on gasoline costs, I saved more than I burned. This assumes I value my time at zero. And, let's face it, at the time I went for the gas, I wasn't doing anything important, so I'm willing to say my time value for the trip to El Monte was zero.