It’s always Autumn in England

Ok, so I here is the thing. I drive an hour to work every day. It is 60 miles each way, so I drive 120 miles per day, 5 days a week. It is actually a really quick trip because it is all highway and interstate, so I put on cruise, turn the radio up loud on the ‘Oldies’ station (the best of the 60’s & 70’s), sing along and just drive.

Everyone keeps commenting on the long drive and the price of gas. So, here it goes.

Driving in America is EASY compared to England. The roads I used to to drive were crazy…narrow - enough to only fit one car; very curvey - enough to make you car sick, even when you are the one driving; and for the most part hilly - I couldn’t stay in one gear for more than a minute or two at a time.

Plus, I used to drive 15 miles each way (and it took 30 minutes). So, I only used to drive 30 miles a day. And, do you want to know what I spent on gas? 65 GBP (Great Britain Pounds) in money.

Here, I drive 120 miles A DAY and I spend about $100 in gas a week. THERE IS NO COMPARISON. So please, don’t ask me if I am worried about the price of gas, or if I am concerned about driving that far each day, or tell me I should get a more fuel effecient car.

In England I drove a 2.0 litre engine in a Ford Focus. IT WAS FUEL EFFECIENT and look how much I paid in gas. And for those of you who don’t know the exchange rate, I was spending around $130-140 to drive an average of 350 miles per tank. Yes, ONE tank of gas that got 300-350 miles. It was a 10 gallon tank. (Yes, that is right it cost me $130 for 10 gallons of gas.)

So please, go back and read yesterdays post about the car I want to buy and when I say it is a Mustang GT with a V8 engine and gas guzzling…to me, it is NOTHING!!! So, the more I think about it, the more I hope my car gets written off and I can buy that Mustang and guzzle the gas to my hearts content.