WOW.

Thanks but I'd like to avoid the pain just because others think we should experience it.

"Time for the USA to share the pain."

Now that is a quote.

Just having a dig. Every time I've travelled to the US I've always been extra jealous about the price of your fuel.

I'll say we have it good - many in the US might not know how good. However, driving habits changed dramatically when gas went to $4 gallon here previously. If it goes there again the same will happen and we will see more smaller cars with higher mileage being sold.

Fortunately for the enthusiast (me being one of course) there are a bunch of new small cars that are great on mileage and have premium interiors, handle well and are generally better than any small car we had available before.

Now above $4.00 a gallon for premium and it aint even spring yet.

Took our new rapid transit line (light rail) downtown for meetings today. Two blocks walk to the station, then $2.10 to ride it a few stops. Haven't noticed the gas prices lately.

I couldn't even get close to my budget $3.99 station so I ended up at a Union Station down the street where the price was $4.09. I pumped 12.924 Gals for a total of $52.98. But that's cool. I also re-charged my senior Clipper Transit card and will be taking public transit when I can just like JCL..... .:thumbup:

As I said. It's time you lot shared the pain. Over $6.00 a gallon here now for decent octane, no-ethanol, petrol. Diesel is about the same.
My E53 3.0d is okay with 8-9 litres/100km but it''s almost time to park the old 3.9-litre V8 Range Rover with its 13 litres/100km (nanny pace) and 17 litres/100km (trying to keep up to the 3.0d).

Hey maybe we could all do some hypermiling.

I saw this on Good Morning America. I forgot people did this. Some of the stuff they do (like coasting) when ever possible and a few other interesting methods have to drive other drivers Bananas and has to be dangerous.

What is hypermiling? According to a a fantastic August 2006 story in the Washington Post, it is a method of increasing your car's gas mileage by making skillful changes in the way you drive, allowing you to save gas and thereby have an easier time withstanding the rising oil and gas prices.

Hypermiling :: Even without a hybrid car, no more need to compare gas prices

Coasting to a red light to avoid making a full stop and using neutral going down the hills...

Anything else might be too extreme.

I have seen a few videos as well...but honestly some of those techniques applied in day to day traffic would be chaotic.

Back to the rising fuel prices...I am driving an 06 Jetta TDI so I can't really complain that much.

I was looking at a VW TDI. It was missing a few creature comforts I was expecting. But the big turn off was the salesmen. They were worse than leaches. No matter how many times I said I wanted to look they kept up badgering me. First one salesman, then another, then the manager. I finally asked "do you fellas understand english? They just kept it up. I finally gave up and left.