Guys im barely making it😥
Wednesday, 12 Mar 2025
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900 for gas is insane, how long is your commute? What do you drive? I’m driving about 100 miles a day on toll roads for work right now and my monthly cost is $450 for gas and tolls combined…
900 gas is crazy. There are people paying less per month for rent. In Boston…
Look for a closer job ASAP
You spend more on gas than my mortgage, and I also drive about 90 miles a day. What’s going on there?
Is driving your job or what?
This is like one of those New York City “I can’t make it on 400 billion dollars a year” posts but for someone rural.
Bud, I do not know how else to tell you this, but you need to find work closer to you. Even if you make minimum wage you will probably bring home more in gas savings alone and I highly doubt you are one of a handful of Americans who is incapable of finding a minimum wage job near enough to you to not have to drive this much.
>90 miles a day
>900 in gas
>2k per month
Yeah your priority HAS to be finding a better job, possibly closer to home. This is literally it, that’s the end of your problems.
$900 for gas?
Just Uber at that cost.
Yeah stop driving as much as you do.
Edit:before you say I drive a lot. I work construction and drive around 120 miles a day with a Jeep that gets 25 mpg and I do not pay that much for gas a month.
It’s a you problem
There’s absolutely no way you’re spend $900 a month in gas. My v8 truck that I drive 60 miles a day still only requires at the most $100 a week.
Wish my rent was $600. I pay $1,250 for a small as studio. 😭
get a closer job, would save you probably $700 a month. If you do the math, a closer job at lower pay might even make you earn more since you’re basically blowing half of your income on gas. If you made $12 an hour with a 20 minute commute, you’d be taking home more money than you are now. 24mpg isnt that bad. Really the only option i see here.
If your phone bill is more than $25 switch carriers and get rid of any phone payments in favor of a cheap/used phone you can pay off in one go.
I mean the obvious answer here is to drop the car and replace it with a bike or something. $900 a month is wild. If you’re getting kicked out move somewhere that’s closer to your job. Between rent and gas that’s $1500 you have toward rent at a closer location. You can also get a part time. Even just a shift here and there is still more income.
Get rid of your car. Get an e-bike and use public transport.
Holy fuck $900 in gas? I know you said you travel 90 miles a day, what do you do for work?
bro you need to find a job much closer. $900 for gas is insane. you’re just burning hundreds of dollars (and hours) for the hell of it
At that cost of gas, it might make more sense to look for an apartment close to work, and even if the total monthly cost of living in that apartment is $1400, that would still be almost $100 a month cheaper due to the gas savings. You could even use the time you would’ve spent on the long commute on a side hustle.
Guys my bad my math is wrong my dad was literally yelling at me ealier its about 600
Why are you driving 80-90 miles a day for a job that pays $16/hour? Around 40% of your take home pay is being spent on transportation. You would be better off with a job within 15 miles of your home that paid less.
Sounds like YOU are working for your CAR! Simplifyyyy maaan
and your parents still want you out?! wtf…
Why do your parents want you to move out?
Ummm did you accidentally put an extra 0 for the gas?
You need a closer job. $900 a month on gas is ridiculous. What kind of car do you drive? $225 on gas a week?? That is not adding up tbh