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- badenglishihave, on 10/04/2008, -2/+38I noticed the Vegas student who drives around "looking for the lowest gas prices."
I hope he realizes that the extra miles he spends driving around probably costs him as much as he will "save" by not filling up at the CLOSEST gas station. - astroslut, on 10/05/2008, -0/+27Why do we forget so quickly what the price that gas used to be. I hate hearing people say,
"Wow, $3.50, that's cheap. It used to be almost $4.00."
Ya and it used to be around a dollar only a couple of years ago. I not a "old timer" but gas is not cheap, why do we accept such large price increases just because it went down a smaller % a few days later. I get inflation, but it still costs a lot more then it was for no real good reason.
If a beer went from $4 to $9 at the bar, you'd be pissed. If the bar dropped the price back to $5 later on, wouldn't you still be pissed by the huge price increase, or would you say,
"Wow, $5, that's cheap, it used to be $9."
No it used to be $4. - paloooz, on 10/05/2008, -2/+22Because all students are alcoholics with rich parents.
- spaceman84, on 10/05/2008, -2/+20Oil drops by over 30%, gas prices only drop by 10%. WTF is this *****?
- bstockwell, on 10/05/2008, -3/+17We're being raped by Academic Institutions already, a drop in gas prices isn't going to change our finances much.
- Flummoxer, on 10/05/2008, -1/+15Ya! College students definitely have 30k to drop on a car!
- Lith25, on 10/05/2008, -4/+16Hell, if I have to choose between beer or gas, I'm choosing beer every time. I'll bike to class if it means an extra 24-pack every weekend.
- bluetytanium, on 10/05/2008, -0/+11You should get a car with a one gallon tank because then it would only cost about four dollars to fill up.
- ChromaVita, on 10/05/2008, -5/+15As a college kid this doesn't make sense to me. Shouldn't college kids, especially those living on campus, be driving the least? You can find most of the things you need to live within a couple miles of most major college campuses. It seems like college kids should find it the easiest to cut back on gas, and bike or walk for a lot of their trips. Not to mention that there is usually public transport/shuttles around campuses. I live off campus, but I still take the bus to school, and bike the 10 miles home.
Feel free to Digg me down though. - bluetytanium, on 10/05/2008, -0/+9You could strap a grill or a football to it or something.
Would that then be manly? - bluetytanium, on 10/05/2008, -3/+12http://www.aptera.com/
-300 mpg, $30,000
-available for preorder now, in driveways by the end of the year.
-It looks that way for aerodynamics - spaceman84, on 10/05/2008, -0/+8Not to mention the ***** colleges pull with tuition. Tuition costs have increased on average, approximately 50% faster than inflation per year for the last decade. So while the average income in this country has decreased when adjusted for inflation over the last 8 years, colleges are charging more than ever.
- arctorkogi, on 10/05/2008, -2/+10Awww, sounds like no one ever got invited to the parties. Poor boy.
- ChromaVita, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7I use the bike rack on the front of the bus...
- johanrocks, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7True, tuition is RIDICULOUS. I was looking at $50k/year (a Ferarri, or college): luckily some schools with huge endowments really help out. I believe Harvard is something like 10% of the parent's combined income + $2500 student contribution + $2500 or working for 5 hours/week. Or something like that. All things considered, not bad.
I just really wish that the price of tuition in general would go down. I understand the costs of running a large institution, but I'm looking at coming out of college with debt already, then having to pay for Medical School while paying that debt off, then making $40-50k/year for 6 years while I do my surgery residency before really being able to make enough money to pay off all of that. The interest at that point will be ... "fun". I just can't help but feel ripped off when I'm asked to pay $50,000/year (total costs, tuition, room, board, etc.) to attend a university. - KingGorilla, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7gasbuddy.com
- TheGuruStud, on 10/05/2008, -1/+8Oh, look, we have a douche that thinks everyone is made of money, especially after they are bled COMPLETELY dry by everything that jggube mentioned.
Money doesn't grow on trees, unlike at your house (apparently). - lolwutpear, on 10/05/2008, -0/+7>early 2000
>Bush
>January 20, 2001
he's not a good president by any measure, but you can't personally blame him for everything. - penguinofspades, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6as a college student currently in the throes of trying to graduate and find a second job so i can make rent, i humbly invite you to jump off a ***** bridge and die.
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6Check the gas futures for a more accurate correlation between commodities trading and gas prices. They trade a month ahead. But still, they won't lower the price of gas at the pumps as much, as they will keep it as high as they can before someone else's station decides to cut their profit margin even more.. that's what lowers the prices in towns.
- whatthefu, on 10/05/2008, -0/+6Living day to day on the money you have and not being able to work full time while trying to keep up your studies sucks. A lot.
- rootsm3, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5Yea it's good to know I have my degree to fall back on these hard times...Wait.
- SuburbianMike, on 10/05/2008, -1/+6***** that. Spend ALL extra money on beer. It's ok to be smashed since you won't be driving.
- Moebaca, on 10/05/2008, -1/+6One of the main reasons I am heading to CSU Chico next year...everyone rides bikes.
- solidsnake1298, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5 But you don't fill up as often as many other cars.
- wushin, on 10/05/2008, -0/+5***** them. When I was in college the only time you drove was when you went home for holidays. If we wanted to go anywhere we walked or rode bikes. Chances are most these college students are the same obese ***** bitching about how McDonalds made them fat. I mean look at how fat that one chick is. Even the skinniest chick is chubby. They should be happy they can't drive it probably just added 10 years on their life and deducted $10,000 worth of hospital bills.
- RadiatedAnt, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Dropped gas prices? who's smoking the crack pipe again?? Im still forking over 4.25 on average in Chicago!
- jggube, on 10/04/2008, -2/+6It's definitely a big burden - with the expense of college such as books, food, rent - gas makes it all the more that much tougher.
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Truer words have never been spoken.
- CubFan185, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5I drive 40 minutes to class four times a week. It does indeed suck. If the gas prices ever jumped up to $5 per gallon or so I'd probably have to drop out.
- Lutremi, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4(i forgot to mention my love for parentheses)
- rda1441, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5Boohoo....cut your drinking and drug purchases, and you'll be fine.
- inactive, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4So what if it's a Honda? It could still be an SUV or truck. This just in: Honda also sells V6 and V8 engine vehicles.
- robbh66, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Pfft. Graduate student's are poorer.
- riptor666, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Students shouldn't be driving at all. Driving will become a luxury in about a decade and we will no longer judge what people drive only if they have a car. You can see it all over the place people are losing their Bmw's and Mercedes for Toyota's and Honda's. This is purely because of mileage. These are working middle class to upper middle class with decent incomes and since students often make little to no income a car is the stupidest thing to blow your money on unless you absolutely need one.
- KingGorilla, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5add a machine gun turret and hang a pair of metal testicles
- iceman0113, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Most campuses have their own shuttles to drive students around and biking is a great way to save. I know UCSC has a shuttle service. UC Davis, the campus is so close to where ever you are living that you can bike there or you can ride the student-run buses they have. SJSU gives annual bus passes for its students. Skateboarding and longboarding are other alternatives also...
- TVarmy, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4Agreed. Usually, there's a spread of 6 cents, so even if you need 14 gallons, that's barely a savings of 86 cents vs the most expensive place. Appreciable, but the time spent driving, and the lost gas, makes it worthless.
- Rioracer916, on 10/05/2008, -0/+4I have to second the UCSC reference.
I graduated from UCSC a year ago and I can tell you that from my experiences, driving back and forth to school every day for MOST people was a status thing, not something done out of necessity.
At UCSC there were also parking passes that cost at LEAST $350 a quarter. Which didn't guarantee you a parking spot anywhere near your lecture halls. So at that point you might as well have taken the bus from the start, because you'll need a shuttle to get from the parking lot to any of the campus facilities.
Oh did I mention that the city bus AND campus shuttle service is part of UCSC's tuition fees? I'm sure other universities have a similar arrangement. Might as well take advantage of what you're paying for. Especially if you live in Santa Cruz, which in my opinion has very clean and safe buses. At least compared to San Francisco and Sacramento. - thesonofdarwin, on 10/05/2008, -1/+5You'd be surprised how many students receive ZERO funding from their parents because (should be no surprise) they can't afford it. Undergraduate and now into medical I can say gas prices have been one of my biggest financial concerns. I can eat less, go to the doctor/dentist/optometrist less, live in basic housing, but I can't cut back any further on gas - I walk where I can, and bike weather permitting, but cars are a necessity. Your idea of a typical college student is actually the very small minority. Had you gone to college, you'd know that.
- DivisibleByZero, on 10/05/2008, -1/+4"Gas prices went from ~$1.25 to $3.95 in less than one year."
Where do you live? Gas was $1.50 like 10 years ago when I was in high school. - griffeycom, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3What is maintenance like on something like this? Parts?
It does look pretty simple! Hopefully this idea takes off and we can get that $30k price down. - thesonofdarwin, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3Flummoxer, there are folding bikes. Lots of people in the cities have them in case weather requires they use public transportation to get home.
ChromaVita - for undergraduate, that's typically fine. Many graduate institutions have limited housing for students, particularly since at that point in our lives we are in relationships and/or have kids and need off-campus housing. - KaJuN4, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3It wouldn't be as much of a problem if universities, especially those receiving state funding, weren't being run like businesses. A service fee here, a little cost there. A tuition fee that seems reasonable is quickly nickel and dimed to outrageous expenses. Also, as a commuter student why should I have to pay $30 each quarter for a parking pass that I have no choice but to purchase? Then once I get there the employees (faculty and staff) get to park closer than the customers (students). What's that all about?
- jargetz, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3yeah except room and board in a city is like $5000 more.
- NtHammer, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3"I will use public transportation to go to some places, even though I hate it. And I go for joyrides far less often."
joyrides=bowlcruises - DivisibleByZero, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3The college I went to (Virginia Tech) had excellent town-wide public transportation. And if you lived on campus, you'd be doing just as much walking from your dorm to your class as you would going from a parking spot.
People who lived off campus and drove in only did so because they didn't realize the time they spent looking for a space canceled out the amount of time they'd spend waiting for a bus.
I don't see why college students should care about gas prices any more than the rest of us, - Metasquares, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3This is a plug-in hybrid. One thing about super-high MPG numbers on these that always seemed sort of sneaky to me was that the cost and environmental impact of the electricity was not being taken into account.
- Metasquares, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3People used to say my car looked like a spaceship before the price of gas skyrocketed. Funny, they seem oddly silent about it now :)
- Metasquares, on 10/05/2008, -0/+3The generators cost money, as does the fuel.
Whether this costs more than staying on the grid, taking the incentives from the government that the university is probably getting from this into account, is questionable, however. -
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