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Gas prices: Cary man with 128-mile commute hopes for home sale

Rockford Register Star (IL) -- ROCKFORD — With the home selling season nearly upon him, Tim Enzbigilis is gutting through winter’s spiking gas prices.

Pump prices the past three weeks rose more than 40 cents a gallon for unleaded and for someone who drives more than 600 miles a week, it’s a financial hit. That increase is the equivalent of an extra $60 a month for the 45-year-old Cary man.

But it beats being jobless. After three years without work, Enzbigilis found a job in Rockford spraying polyurethane insulation in late 2012. Until he sells his home in Cary he’ll commute 128 miles a day in his Ford F-150 to and from Rockford. His gas cost: About $25 a day, roughly $500 a month.

“It’s almost unaffordable, but it’s a job and I’ll be moving up here soon,” said Enzbigilis.

Gregg Laskoski, a petroleum analyst for GasB

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tomok Champion Author Portland Posts:32,944 Points:2,343,560 Joined:Aug 2006	Message Posted: Feb 17, 2013 5:43:01 PM Ignore tomok Report Abuse Cary man with 128-mile commute hopes for home sale! You have to do what you have to do, a means of support is very important especially when being unemployed for three years. Moving closer to you job to minimize costs are important too! Until the house is sold and you are out from under its cost, then things will improve. But driving a Ford F-150 for a 128 mile commute is a very bad choice. A F-150 is for hauling large or heavy items or pulling various size trailers, NOT as a daily driver with only the driver at the wheel. Gas prices are too high to make any long distance commute possible or reasonable. 'Coming out of the closet' Sneeky's lousy, smoke and mirrors, lack of jobs, dog and pony show and in the crapper economy, the jobs are Not here. Sneeky's economy is not improving but continues to hurt the population and the job numbers continue to be down and NOT improving! And, Sneeky's spending has gone out of control and gone wild! Drives vehicles with high MPG, are very safe, reliable, have a ‘reasonable’ cost and a good ‘value’ for the money. The price of fuel at the pump is too high!
Gnusman53 Champion Author San Diego Posts:6,993 Points:1,109,495 Joined:Feb 2004	Message Posted: Feb 8, 2013 9:53:40 AM Ignore Gnusman53 Report Abuse Better if he got a used gas-efficient car like a metro for the commute [Edited by: Gnusman53 at 2/8/2013 10:54:50 AM EST]
gravityhurts Champion Author North Carolina Posts:4,078 Points:934,580 Joined:Sep 2008	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 8:02:18 AM Ignore gravityhurts Report Abuse Ouch
CrackedLCD Champion Author Alabama Posts:9,020 Points:1,752,125 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 7, 2013 1:11:46 AM Ignore CrackedLCD Report Abuse Back in the golden days I'd have said, "Quit your whining, buy a smaller car and move closer to work!" But these days, that isn't always possible or practical. I feel for the guy; when I lived in Bumscratch, Mississippi I knew of several people who were working minimum wage or slightly better jobs and commuting hundreds of miles in old jalopies because there is no public transportation out in the country. Back when gas was $4/gallon they were spending more on gas than on food and bills! Makes me really glad I bought into fuel efficient and fun TDI diesels back in 2000. If I had "Cary man"'s commute, 600 a week would be less than one tank for me, and it would cost only $49 to do that each week. That's $196 a month versus his gas guzzling truck's $500 a month. Unless he needs the truck for his job, he'd be wise to sell it (even at a small loss) and buy something fuel efficient and used.
Zonk Champion Author Michigan Posts:6,471 Points:2,100,065 Joined:Oct 2005	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:57:24 PM Ignore Zonk Report Abuse Sometimes you must do odd things to stay afloat.
vulcan96 Champion Author Ohio Posts:26,890 Points:3,101,725 Joined:Aug 2004	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:57:03 PM Ignore vulcan96 Report Abuse did that many times
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Tigercat88 Champion Author North Carolina Posts:3,187 Points:614,915 Joined:Jul 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:52:08 PM Ignore Tigercat88 Report Abuse We are all in the same boat.
WIWalt Champion Author Wisconsin Posts:1,716 Points:413,595 Joined:Mar 2012	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:51:51 PM Ignore WIWalt Report Abuse Good luck
VetteFan Champion Author Indiana Posts:9,724 Points:2,025,555 Joined:Aug 2005	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:47:53 PM Ignore VetteFan Report Abuse With the American public, anything's possible.
Z51Corvette Champion Author Austin Posts:8,475 Points:1,669,245 Joined:Jan 2008	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:39:44 PM Ignore Z51Corvette Report Abuse Good luck selling that thing... I'd just rent a motel room!
CarefreeVT Champion Author Burlington Posts:1,796 Points:256,105 Joined:Aug 2012	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:38:31 PM Ignore CarefreeVT Report Abuse I think it's time we all did something about this situation in this Country.
hybridaholic Champion Author Appleton Posts:8,350 Points:1,553,640 Joined:Dec 2008	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:37:21 PM Ignore hybridaholic Report Abuse Sometimes a job 100 miles away is better than NO job.
Kawibiker Champion Author Illinois Posts:1,165 Points:203,400 Joined:May 2012	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:35:38 PM Ignore Kawibiker Report Abuse sometimes, you just gotta do what you gotta do.. but with the cost of gas, I would have looked a lot closer to home for a job and maybe taken something that did not pay as well, but the gas saving would have helped make it up.. but then a lot of people live way beyond their means, and when that job they had goes away, and you got to look for something else to keep what you have.. that can be very difficult.. better to not live on all the overtime etc.. so when you get cut to 40 hours or less, you can make it..
Rooster922 Champion Author Wilmington Posts:3,778 Points:654,120 Joined:Jan 2009	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:34:28 PM Ignore Rooster922 Report Abuse Who in the right mind will accept job that far unless you take into consideration commuting time, road hazard, truck depreciation and gas factored in. It must be good paying job after all.
southrob Champion Author Tucson Posts:3,590 Points:686,225 Joined:Mar 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:34:26 PM Ignore southrob Report Abuse and we need to drill
NemoIL Champion Author Illinois Posts:3,010 Points:1,310,195 Joined:Aug 2008	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:34:00 PM Ignore NemoIL Report Abuse He needs a Volkswagen Diesel, TDI, 73 mpg.
RAE344 Champion Author Virginia Beach Posts:3,049 Points:658,595 Joined:Jun 2011	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:33:30 PM Ignore RAE344 Report Abuse He is doing what he has to do. Nothing wrong with that. A shiny example to us all.
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tedjm1 Champion Author New York Posts:5,609 Points:800,300 Joined:Dec 2006	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:31:06 PM Ignore tedjm1 Report Abuse Nice story.
REKEY Champion Author South Carolina Posts:8,564 Points:1,696,490 Joined:May 2008	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:29:51 PM Ignore REKEY Report Abuse I am surprised he was able to keep his home!
pa79th Champion Author Pennsylvania Posts:1,767 Points:1,213,925 Joined:Jun 2007	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:29:01 PM Ignore pa79th Report Abuse That's nice, but what does this have to do with the price of gasoline?
Godozo All-Star Author Gary Posts:656 Points:555,765 Joined:Dec 2010	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:28:57 PM Ignore Godozo Report Abuse Hope he can get a newer car soon enough...something that saves money...as well as find a new place to live.
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10k Champion Author North Carolina Posts:21,231 Points:2,252,070 Joined:May 2006	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:23:39 PM Ignore 10k Report Abuse after the company my niece's husband worked for went out of business, the closest thing he could find in his field was 85 miles one way-170 miles daily, 850 miles weekly..fortunately, he has since found a job only 40 miles away, 80 miles daily..
crreed1 Champion Author West Virginia Posts:1,975 Points:2,524,385 Joined:May 2005	Message Posted: Feb 6, 2013 11:23:37 PM Ignore crreed1 Report Abuse must have a good paying job
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