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Originally Posted by Bring_Back_Shantz
I'm thinking that telling your buddies that this trip to the store cost $0.85, and that trip to 7-11 cost $1.20, is a surefire way to have your friends think you're the cheapest ******* on the planet.
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You're the one breaking it down to the nearest nickel. I was talking dollars.
The point is; know how much trips cost. My 5 km example was just to show that you'd be surprised how quickly you can rack up a 20 km trip; being that a quick trip to the store is actually 5 km. If the OP is doing a 20 km trip every day with his buddies, that's 40 km round trip. $4 per day every day suddenly becomes $120 per month.
But if a person tell his friends that he spends $150 per month on gas; they might think to themselves that they only go a short distance each time with him. Showing non-car owners how quickly it adds up helps them understand.
Yes, I'm now at the point in my life where nobody asks for gas money unless it's a road trip. But we all drive and we also split the driving; now it's more about who wants to drink and who's turn it is to be the DD.