I am so po' I can't afford the last two letters of the word.

[chibi_trillian]

I SURVIVED THE WEEK WITHOUT WANTING TO SLIT MY WRISTS TOO BADLY. YEAY.

I spent my last $20 on gas yesterday. Sadly, this didn't even buy me a half-tank, and with the length and stop-and-go nature of my commute I'm worried about managing to stretch six gallons of gas 'til Wednesday, when I get paid. My car, a '98 Honda Accord named Essie, gets about 25 mpg in shitty traffic and about 30 mpg with highway driving. She needs a tuneup, a serpentine belt replacement, a new set of spark plugs, and for me to check her goddamn tire pressure more often, so that's nibbling into her fuel efficiency.

So why is shitty fuel efficiency like that being touted as awesomesauce nowadays? Srsly. Chevy's been advertising that they're hot shit because their cars get all of 28 MPG HIGHWAY HOLY SHIT. Maybe I'm a little biased by the car I grew up around, but that's nothing to be cheering about. Probably why I'm planning on getting one of these when Essie kicks the bucket. 55 mpg it ain't, but it's cheaper than a Prius and 38 mpg is a sight better than 28. That, and subcompacts = ♥. I make grabby hands every time I drive past a small car in traffic. I'm starting to feel like Reducto.

Metal!verse Chaka/Pell this weekend, I think. Or Jango/Fullbody. Or maybe just some more Usopp backstory.

Comments

[vampire-otaku.livejournal.com]

Good luck getting your gas to stretch until Wednesday. It's so hard to afford to drive to work anymore, with gas prices going through the roof. I can only imagine that they're even worse where you are. @.@

And yay, it's the weekend! I hope you get to do something fun/relaxing for Memorial Day. :)

[astrokender.livejournal.com]

I was gassing up my Ford Escape yesterday (children + lots of travel almost necessitates a SUV so we bought the barbie car of one.) $20 dollars got me barely over half a tank and this guy behind me pulls up in this massive GMC truck and starts complaining about it take a hundred dollars to fill his up.

O_o

WTF...sell that SOB!


Seriously, If I wasn't so afraid that he'd get hit by some idiot driver, my husband would so</> be biking to work.

I will hold my breath that your gass holds up. We need every bit of help we can to survive this (wishes gas prices were income-based)

I have to take my mom home to the goat dimension this weekend. A 2 and a half hour drive on Memorial Day prices. *grabs at money as it flies away*

[astrokender.livejournal.com]

I will hold my breath that your gass holds up.

Haha...not only did gas get spelled wrong, if taken out of context this sentence would be so messed up... (should not try to type until fully woken up from nap :P)

[silmaria.livejournal.com]

Whee, seriously, you're lucky you don't live in England. If my maths are right, for my 20 litres or 5.3 US gallons, it cost me £20 today, which is $39.7 ...

But I'm lucky, with my little car I can get about 45mpg.

/wave btw, first time posting here! ^__^ I love your work.

[chibi-trillian.livejournal.com]

$7.50 a gallon?! Damn, I feel kind of bad for whining now. >>; Though I'd actually read about that a few weeks ago--auto manufacturers actually make less efficient models for Americans, because a) the can get away with it (our fuel efficiency standards are very lax) and b) we can afford it, since our gas prices are usually half to a quarter of what Europeans pay. That, and efficient vehicles don't sell well here because Americans are largely retards in regards to that sort of thing unless gas prices hit the roof as they're doing now.

It's nice to meet you! ♥ I hope I don't disappoint or scare you off with my spazzing.