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Somniac December 20th, 2013 7:31 AM

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Originally Posted by Dakota (Post 7996340)
Ahaha, amen to that! How much on average does one spend on gas per month, anyway? I'm trying to figure out if it's more or less expensive than spending 5 dollars (minimum) daily for a round trip.

It'll be entirely different for me than you. UK fuel prices are far far more than USA ones.

UK: £5.96 per gallon (That's $9.74)
US: $3.20 per gallon (Accuracy check anyone?)

Most small cars average 35-40 miles on a gallon of fuel.
My bike does over 60 from my calculations.


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Originally Posted by CC (Post 7996348)
I spend about 35 a week for gas and that's just me...

I am so so so envious.
Mines around 30GBP, which is like $50.

Mark Kamill December 20th, 2013 7:34 AM

Ah 2 jobs, but still that's a grand each, sounds nice. And yeah, I'm unemployed now. Not exactly surprising, worst European economy will do that.

donavannj December 20th, 2013 7:51 AM

But that doesn't factor in the fact that with owning a car you have to pay maintenance costs and insurance.

My monthly insurance average with comprehensive coverage is about $65 (although I only pay a lump sum every 6 months). My weekly gas would be about $35-$40 (depending on the price of fuel and the fuel I choose to use - if it's summer, I'll chose E85, which with the subsidies that bring its price down, I've paid as little as $25 to put 8 gallons of E85 in the summer, though E85 is not a good cold weather fuel as it's managed to gum up the fuel filters on the cars we have that can use it, so we put in unleaded from late October to mid-April), but I average only about 200 miles a week. My brother averages about 400 miles a week, filling up his 20 gallon minivan tank twice a week at between $120 and $140 a week.

Then there's oil changes every 3 months/3000-4000 miles that cost $30 without coupons and between $10 and $20 with coupons. And with my older car I have an average of $200 to $400 worth of work every 3 months or so. If I were a gearhead it'd probably average out to that still, but I'd probably have been able to notice more wrong with it and diagnose more myself and have fixed it. And then every 3 to 5 years (depending on the length of the battery's warranty) you have to replace your battery or you'll have issues where your car may not start because the battery is dead and won't hold a charge. And tires need to be changed every few years, which gets expensive. For instance, on my car, it'd probably be $300 to $400 for new tires, while on my brother's minivan (which needs them now) it'd run us $400 at our preferred shop (which is preferred for us because they don't charge exorbitant fees for labor and parts), and larger tires for larger vehicles could easily climb up near and over $1000.

When you buy a car, you also are taking a gamble on whether it'll have any issues. Often, many people will sell their car rather than fix the problem if there's something they've encountered, so you'd want to ask if you can have a shop look at the car to see if there are any major issues. If they don't let you, they're probably trying to hide some major problem the car has. If the deal sounds too good to be true, it probably is. My car has kind of been a lemon since I bought it. I've sunk around $4500 worth of work into my car (one I bought for about $2800) since I bought it a year and a half ago. Although a large chunk of that went into the cooling system within the first 3 months ($500 for a water pump, $1500 for a leaking and damaged head gasket, plus another $300 or so for other work I figured was worth having since I was probably going to be without it for over a week anyway. And then there were the labor charges).

tl;dr: A car is expensive to own

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 7:54 AM

Speaking of which, another $517 down the drain for winter PE session in my university. That's more than a price of Playstation, just for 6 3hr sessions of table tennis. **** me.

Tsutarja December 20th, 2013 8:43 AM

Is PE mandatory at your university? I know someone who had to take PE classes when they were a senior in college, but they were also enrolled in a liberal arts university.

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 8:58 AM

Yes, it's mandatory to fill 2 PE courses. I just thought to take them in winter or summer because otherwise I have nothing to do over the break.

Sheep December 20th, 2013 9:02 AM

PE was mandatory in my uni too, though it was only one credit and was mostly just a health/discussion course. It was awful.. I honestly think they need to make it worth more credits and put more, you know, physical activity into the course. :(

Tsutarja December 20th, 2013 9:53 AM

Yeah, I'd rather do more physical activity than learning when it comes to PE.. in elementary and middle school, PE was just all working out without lectures and tests.. but in high school, the mandatory PE class we had to take was a combination of working out and taking notes.

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 9:55 AM

Why is PE mandatory even in University? For me I only had to do it until Grade 9.

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 10:03 AM

Good question BiS. I personally don't have a problem with it, though. It's basically free credit.

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 10:17 AM

You're paying for it using your already not-very-subsidized tuition, eh?

Tsutarja December 20th, 2013 10:23 AM

I surely wouldn't want to pay for a class if it was mandatory for me to take, if it's not a core class like English or mathematics.

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by BlahISuck (Post 7996510)
You're paying for it using your already not-very-subsidized tuition, eh?

Tuition? What? You mean scholarship and grants?

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Originally Posted by Zach (Post 7996518)
I surely wouldn't want to pay for a class if it was mandatory for me to take, if it's not a core class like English or mathematics.

Well, I don't want to be in College for more than 4 years. It's the price I'll have to pay for trying to get my core classes out earlier. (or not having any of my future PE courses clash with my existing schedule, or stockpiling PE courses along with my already stressful classes)

Alexander Nicholi December 20th, 2013 12:48 PM

Why they have physical education classes in college is beyond me.

Also, Castform's a winrar. ^^

Nolafus December 20th, 2013 1:31 PM

Oh, you're in college? Here, let me teach you how to run! :V

Nick December 20th, 2013 1:38 PM

Cars are way too expensive. I work in a car parts warehouse and you would be amazed at the price of some of the things there. I spend about $500 a month on just car related necessities. Oil, car payments, and car insurance.

Mark Kamill December 20th, 2013 3:40 PM

We don't have PE, thank the gods. Community College and what not, so yeah. But we do have Wine Tasting, Food tasting, and all that kinda jazz, which is amazing.

Tsutarja December 20th, 2013 4:33 PM

Luckily for now I'm going to be attending a community college and there's no physical education classes required.. although I did like PE my freshman year of high school, I certainly despised it in years prior because I wasn't the most active student thus my grade wasn't the best either.

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 4:38 PM

In PE classes in my university, you don't have to worry about getting good grades because it's based on pass/fail, which is based on whether you came to the sessions or not.

Shining Raichu December 20th, 2013 9:47 PM

Even still that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! Fancy making grown adults do PE class. That's almost criminal.

Tsutarja December 20th, 2013 9:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Shining Raichu (Post 7997287)
Even still that's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard! Fancy making grown adults do PE class. That's almost criminal.

I already thought it was criminal enough for me to have to take PE as a freshman in high school. :p But yeah, I do think that colleges shouldn't make students take a physical education class, especially if it isn't within the student's major.

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 10:01 PM

I could see why people don't like it, but I personally don't mind. I need some exercise anyways, and it's a good way to meet new people.

(And it's actually just table tennis, not a full blown PE course)

Zeffy December 20th, 2013 10:04 PM

Wow you people are weird. We here (in my uni at least) are absolutely thrilled when it comes to PE classes...so long as its the one we want (which is most of time since we can choose which sport/whatever activity we want to do) :]

Aeroblast December 20th, 2013 10:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Zeffy (Post 7997310)
Wow you people are weird. We here (in my uni at least) are absolutely thrilled when it comes to PE classes...so long as its the one we want (which is most of time since we can choose which sport/whatever activity we want to do) :]

Finally someone who's on the same boat as I am in this thread. Thank you.

Kanzler December 20th, 2013 10:08 PM

Over here it's called varsity and extracurricular :S


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