[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by ken0042

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.

Fair enought, I just think there are more subtle ways of doing it than that.
I've never really had this problem as most of my friends usually offered.