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View Poll Results: Now that gas prices are going down, will it have any effect on your driving habits?
I'm going to go back to my old driving habits 1 6.25%
I'm going to continue driving the same way I do now 8 50.00%
I'm going to continue to find new ways to save gas 7 43.75%
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Old 08-10-2008, 08:16 AM   #1
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Will your driving habits change now that gas is costing less?

No matter how low gas goes, I'll always do what I can to conserve. That doesn't mean I'm going to give up my car, but I'll still try to combine errands and not do any unnecessary driving.
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Old 08-10-2008, 02:59 PM   #2
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I hadn't changed any before, not going to change now.
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Gas prices are not going down that much!! I am still searching for new ways to conserve!
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Old 08-10-2008, 03:54 PM   #4
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Although they have dropped some, gas prices are still ridiculously high to me. We are still trying to conserve however we can.
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Although they have dropped some, gas prices are still ridiculously high to me. We are still trying to conserve however we can.
I agree. The price of gas is still high enough for me to try and conserve.

I just paid $3.96 gallon and that's the lowest I've seen in awhile, but still a lot of $$$.
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Wow still 3.96?!!

I think the highest we ever paid this summer Was 3.95 for Regular.


I don't think gas prices Were ever that much Higher than we were paying last yr.
gas was 2.85 a gallon last august when filled up for vacation. I was looking through old Receipts
A Month ago they were about 3.85- and now 3.55.

I Don't drive enough to have ever changed My habits Really.

I Have not and Still will not Conserve more, Cause I go where I Have to Go and that is About It.
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I do not drive much. Have not since I have been home. But I have since it got soo expensive had to stop going to playdates and such in nearby towns. So We have been doing a lot of home sitting. It is making me nuts. If it gets lower I will at least be going out once a week ro playdates in nearby towns. I miss my friends and I miss just getting out. But, I will not go back to going to two to three or more outings a week anymore. I Think we were wasting a lot of gas doing that.
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It really hasn't gotten that lower and I don't intend on increasing my driving any and will continue to do the best I can for conserving.
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Old 08-11-2008, 05:51 PM   #9
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I think it's gonna need to drop a couple of bucks ~ not a couple of cents ,before people are back to traveling freely
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It really hasn't gotten that lower and I don't intend on increasing my driving any and will continue to do the best I can for conserving.


I have also just started using my car's cruise control option. Why didn't I do that before Dummy!!! Anyway, it is great on the highway and makes driving distances less tedious and saves gas without all of the braking, accelerating and slowing down....
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