As I was riding home from work on the 65, I watched through the windows as we passed through the route to my house. Unleaded regular gas prices have finally broken the $4 “wall” leaving a grand total of $4.09 per gallon of gas. At times like these, I’m kind of glad I don’t have my car anymore. That is a lot of money I just saved, by taking the bus and spending $20 for a 4-month pass.

Of course bus riding does have its flaws. Certain limitations as to where you can travel without doing a little research ahead of time (which usually requires a computer or an iPhone as some of my friends have been getting). I personally don’t mind it too much. Taking the 522 in the morning is a dream for me. Although I wish my stop in Lake City wasn’t the last stop before going downtown (usually all the good seats are gone by the time I get on). But the really comfortable seats and space makes up for it. Plus I can sleep while commuting, another thing that could get me injured if I were driving and sleeping.

Back in the days, with my driving habits. I would maybe have to refill it at least once every week and a half. Lets do a quick math note here.

• my old Taurus had a 16-gal tank…
• then take its 16-gal tank * $4.09/gal = $65.44 per 1.5 weeks to fill up a 16-gal tank…
• keeping in mind that there’s, 52 wk/12 mo = 4.33 weeks per month…
• which means, 4.33/1.5 = 2.88 times per month that I’ll fill up my tank…
• and finally, $65.44 * 2.88 = $188.46 per month alone on gas.
• Oh yeah and $188.46 * 12 mo = $2261.52 per year!

Of course this is all assuming that the price will always stay at $4.09/gal. Then again I could do a little more research and find out the rate of fuel-efficiency decrease, add in some transaction charges (since I rarely carry cash) as well, but lets save that for another day.