Changing Habits

[bjarvis]

I tend to fill up my car at the 7-11 across the street from my office: it's convenient and is usually at least $0.05/gallon cheaper than any station near home.

This particular station automatically prints receipts at the pump. Not everyone takes their receipts. Indeed, sometimes a strip of paper with 4-5 different purchases will be left flapping in the wind until I come along.

As I'm waiting for my own tank to fill, I sometimes peruse the purchases made before me. Until a few months ago, they were typically in the $30-40 range. Lately, I've noticed the values have been skewed to either end: some folks are spending huge amounts to fill their tanks ($116 I noted on one receipt) while others are buying only 1 or 2 gallons at a time, presumably all they could afford.

Comments

[ciddyguy.livejournal.com]

I typically spend around $20 per "fill up" and every now and then when I've not been to wild elsewhere in my budget, I'll put $40 in the truck's tank. Even at $20, I can get around 77 miles or so before I have to add more gas and that at around 5.5 gallons or so.

When you think about it, that's not shabby when you realize I drive a 2WD Ranger w/ the largest V-6 offered.