I was going to stick around and have a cookout, but it appears most people are leaving town. Thought about driving down to NC but don't want to pay for gas. There are other factors, like something I'd like to do Saturday plus the traffic doesn't seem worth it.

Who is nixing plans based at least in part on gas prices?

5/23/2007 4:07:25 AM

Not many people--according to AAA:

Holiday drivers shrug at record gas prices
National average tops $3.11 a gallon to reach yet another all-time high, but AAA says rising prices won't slow driving for the Memorial Day weekend.

http://money.cnn.com/2007/05/17/news/economy/record_gas_prices/index.htm

5/23/2007 4:40:43 AM

to tell the truth, i'm gonna drive more than i usually would

5/23/2007 8:57:52 AM

We're still going down to oak island like we do every year for memorial day, but this year we're taking my wife's Jetta TDI instead of the 4runner.

5/23/2007 9:04:31 AM

i mean really

is that couple of bucks that the difference would have been going to break your vacation

if it is, you shouldnt have been considering going anyways

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:06 AM. Reason : e]

5/23/2007 9:06:35 AM

The price isn't going to dissuade me on its own, but cost + heavy traffic + other things to get done around here are enough to dissuade me when summed up.

Also I would be driving at least 350 miles each way to get to where I was looking at, so that makes a bit of a difference.

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 9:18 AM. Reason : .]

5/23/2007 9:16:40 AM

We have been driving more than usual and will be staying home.

5/23/2007 9:19:21 AM

I am going to be avoiding the beach just because I know most people are still going to drive their fat asses around in their 12mpg tanks and clog up the roads and beaches.

5/23/2007 9:37:05 AM

aha yeah, i'm going home to the virginia mountains in an effort to trick the crowds

though i bet the national parks are gonna be heavily visited

5/23/2007 9:58:06 AM

^you know where smyth county virginia is?

ever heard of the town atkins or marion...its kinda in the mountains of VA

5/23/2007 10:00:59 AM

Normally I would go home this weekend for a big family cookout but I was just home last weekend for a wedding and I am not going anywhere this weekend especially with gas prices being so gay!

5/23/2007 10:07:23 AM

i'm driving more than i normally would

atl->louisville->raleigh thurs-mon

5/23/2007 10:08:21 AM

Joe's mom is taking us to the beach in her big van... So not too concerned about gas prices. Poor Mark!

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 10:22 AM. Reason : man!]

5/23/2007 10:21:58 AM

Hey, I'm with you markgoal. Its not just the gas prices, and even though my Wife & I have a place down at Sunset Beach, the crowds + the traffic + the gas prices + my gas guzzler of a "family vehicle" + my sick daughter = not traveling down there this weekend.

We have a beach house...forget it, we'll go next weekend and at least only be dealing with the gas prices.

5/23/2007 10:27:26 AM

350 miles each way? If you get 20mpg that's only 35 gallons for the round trip. Even if gas prices are up a quarter per gallon, that's less than $10 difference. If you get decent gas mileage, it's even less of a difference.

Gas is cheap.

5/23/2007 10:29:32 AM

^ I get about 350 miles on a full tank, which costs me ~60-65 dollars to fill up completely right now. I would easily run through 1 & 1/2 tanks on a roundtrip from here (Durham) to Sunset Beach and back, taking into account driving down there, and sitting in traffic as well. Easily.

The issue is not so much that the Gas prices are outrageous (they are getting there), but I also need a more fuel efficient car. This Ford Explorer shit aint cuttin it. Especially my SOHC V6 4wd. This mudda fucka is TERRIBLE on gas.

5/23/2007 10:39:58 AM

Quote :

"i mean really is that couple of bucks that the difference would have been going to break your vacation if it is, you shouldnt have been considering going anyways"

Quote :

"you know where smyth county virginia is?"

I've got some land for sale up there

5/23/2007 10:42:25 AM

lol cool...i wonder if its near my parents inlaws

5/23/2007 10:44:23 AM

might be, peep my company website and check

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 10:49 AM. Reason : .]

5/23/2007 10:49:04 AM

pm me your company website...i'd have to google earth it...dont know their exact address but marion va is not that populated so i could probably just find it on google earth

5/23/2007 10:57:24 AM

I'm not going anywhere... but that's because I need an actual day off.

5/23/2007 11:00:23 AM

I'm going to the NASCAR races, but not really by choice.

5/23/2007 11:40:37 AM

Quote :

"^ I get about 350 miles on a full tank, which costs me ~60-65 dollars to fill up completely right now. I would easily run through 1 & 1/2 tanks on a roundtrip from here (Durham) to Sunset Beach and back, taking into account driving down there, and sitting in traffic as well. Easily. The issue is not so much that the Gas prices are outrageous (they are getting there), but I also need a more fuel efficient car. This Ford Explorer shit aint cuttin it. Especially my SOHC V6 4wd. This mudda fucka is TERRIBLE on gas"

Yours gets shitty mileage, mine averages about 16-17 in town and only costs about 50 to fill up.

5/23/2007 11:47:03 AM

Quote :

"finds a record 38.3 million will be traveling 100 miles or more over the Memorial Day holiday, up 1.7 percent from a year ago. And most of those - 32.1 million - will be driving on their trip, despite the higher gas prices and a rise in hotel room rates found by the travel agency. Those driving will be up 1.8 percent. "

This is why prices will remain high and probably go up even more in the next couple of days

5/23/2007 12:16:13 PM

going to hilton head thurs-mon and pretend to be rich

5/23/2007 12:23:40 PM

^^ it can't be supply and demand. it must be a conspiracy.

5/23/2007 12:32:26 PM

skankinande, provided the statistics you have given us and assuming a gallon of gasoline is $3.10 and taking your high figure of $65 to fill up, you get an average of 16.666 miles per gallon, which is appalling. More so than that, it is satanic!!

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 12:35 PM. Reason : sp]

5/23/2007 12:34:48 PM

^^I know that, but I get so sick of hearing people whine about gas prices and then tell me there planning long trips and shit.

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 12:37 PM. Reason : .]

5/23/2007 12:37:36 PM

We're going to the beach simply b/c my folks have a camper that we're staying in for free, but I won't deny that the gas prices will bother me.

Had we not had a free place to stay already, we'd probably just hang around here.

5/23/2007 2:15:55 PM

Quote :

"I'm going to the NASCAR races, but not really by choice."

Me too!

5/23/2007 2:46:10 PM

^^damn, def. not crackin', but I hadnt heard of anyone using a Camper at the beach in years.

Thats damn old school right there.

5/23/2007 2:49:20 PM

I drove down to Los Angeles (~800 miles round trip) and back this weekend and I'm going to Lake Tahoe (~230 round trip) this next weekend. Gas was 3.49 the cheapest when I filled up for regular.

I don't know, but I'm really not going to let gas prices dictate my life. I'll just buy one less expensive dinner every 2 weeks and make up for it..

V yeah, pretty much. It's not like I'm leading some lavish lifestyle while in grad school..

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 2:55 PM. Reason : x]

5/23/2007 2:53:12 PM

I don't know, but I'm really not going to let gas prices dictate my life. I'll just buy one less expensive not eat and make up for it..

5/23/2007 2:54:42 PM

regular is $2.91 on the NJ turnpike right now

Not leaving the city this weekend, but driving my car up from NC next weekend to use for summer beach trips.

5/23/2007 3:05:03 PM

^^^ haha, when I say camper, I mean:



it's fly

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 3:05 PM. Reason : ^]

5/23/2007 3:05:46 PM

Yep I'll be kicking it old school in a camper this weekend down at the beach. Been doing it every since I was 12 or so I guess. What used to be just one trip a year to the beach turned into about four when we made the change from staying in a hotel to getting a camper. Don't get me wrong, I love staying in a hotel if I am with friends, but if its a family trip, I find that a campground is way more relaxing.

5/23/2007 4:30:43 PM

Gas is like $1 more a gallon. So your trip might cost say $60 more. If you are freaking out over $60 then you shouldn't be taking a trip, no matter what the cost of gas is.

5/23/2007 4:39:23 PM

i will drive my moped around for memorial day

5/23/2007 4:44:28 PM

^^nice blanket statement

[Edited on May 23, 2007 at 4:45 PM. Reason : .]

5/23/2007 4:44:49 PM

i'll be driving ~2500 miles.

5/23/2007 4:49:59 PM

^^ TheOffice *is* a blanket statement.

^ Where from/to?

5/23/2007 5:04:00 PM

5/23/2007 6:14:22 PM

mopeds are really fun!! so fun that after my roommate rode mine, he had to get one

5/25/2007 5:17:28 AM

according to abc news...3 in 10 are not traveling this memorial day b/c of gas prices

i wish they'd make gas 10 bucks a gallon already...fucking fat ass americans would get in shape then

5/25/2007 7:51:33 AM

Also you have to figure that many people (most that are traveling?) make their Memorial Day travel plans well in advance. Gas prices will obviously not keep them home, although they may go out to eat one time less. If people's plans are up in the air, gas prices combined with other factors may dissuade them from making the trip.

5/25/2007 10:09:15 AM