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[–] 54 points 7 months ago* (14 children)

I love all the comments from other countries stating "oh that's still cheap."

Lil bro, I probably drive more in a month just for the menial shit I need to do than you do in a year, and I work from home.

We don't even fucking have sidewalks where I live.

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  • [–] 18 points 7 months ago*

    Bro I live in the Netherlands one of the densest countries in the world, with great pedestrian and bicycle infrastructure and good public transportation. The average work commute here is still 40km per day that’s 200km a week so 120 miles per week. And the majority of people use the car to commute. Gas is €2.34/L and Diesel is €2.58/L that’s €8.84/gallon or $10.2/gallon for petrol and €9.57/gallon or $11/gallon for diesel.

    So people all over the world are screwed even if they travel less. And even if you don’t use a car guess what will happen to food prices and public transportation ticket prices when diesel is as expensive as it is now.

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  • [–] 9 points 7 months ago* (4 children)

    Swap the F150 for a prius.

    Roll less coal

    I'm being mean. Your country is damn big. But your fuel is hella cheap. Do you drive 200 miles per day?

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  • [–] 4 points 7 months ago

    I don't drive one of the giant brotrucks that I see daily, those guys are absolutely fucked. Gas is $4 where I am, but I expect it over $5 by the time summer hits and those assholes with their 8mpg highway are going to be hurting

    I drive like... 200 miles every 2 weeks or so in total? I fill up once a month and at current prices that's about $60 for my car

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  • [–] 2 points 7 months ago*

    It depends on the area, but it's not uncommon to drive more than 30 or 40 miles a day for a work commute in California (especially if you're trying to live in a cheaper area away from where the jobs are located).

    At my university, one of my professors told me his commute to campus was about 2 hours, so I'd interpet that to an easy 50 miles from his home (my 4 hour commute to move onto the campus was roughly 100 miles)

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