Making a budget for gas

[ariesallover]

This section seemed the best place to ask questions about a gas budget.

With dad gone, I have to come up with a budget for my new family of three. One of the things that I need to compute is how much money I'll need for gas over the next 10 months.

I have an OLD car. I have computed the mileage from my home to each of the places I regularly go (work, hospital, grocery, gym, etc.).

I'm not quite sure how much mileage per gallon my old American car gets. I'll figure that out.

How much should I use for the price of gas per gallon when projecting for the next 10 months?

[MrsMarsters]

How much is gas where you live? I now around here lowest is 1.62. How much does it take to fill up your car?

[ariesallover]

Right now the cheapest I saw in my area was $1.79. Most expensive was $1.87. I have no idea what to expect in prices 6 months from now.

Some info for my car, if it helps:

Size Class

Midsize Cars

Engine Size (liters)

3.1

Cylinders

6

Transmission

Automatic 4-spd

Drive

Front-Wheel Drive

Gas Guzzler

no

Turbocharger

no

Supercharger

no

Passenger Volume

102ft3 (4D)

Luggage Volume

17ft3 (4D)

Here are the projections for my car:

Fuel Type

Regular

MPG (city)

17

MPG (highway)

27

MPG (combined)

21