The topic is certainly NOT useless (Y) However, it would have been less debatable had it been named something like Amount / Cash Spent on Fuel 8-|
I thought about this some time back and took some decisions which have helped me a lot...
My office is in Defence and my residence was in Johar. I used to burn fuel of around Rs 300 daily (CNG; as i had to drive approx 100 + 15 Kms every day). Total went to 1800 Per week and hence Fuel worth Rs.7000+ Per month. That was A LOT for me...
1 - I moved to a house from where my office is just 10 Kms, that means not more than 20 Kms per day. This reduced the costs from Rs 300 / day to almost Rs 60 /. Hence a weekly expense of Rs360 and monthly expense of around Rs 1440 (Approx)
2 - After i moved at the new place, i convinced a neighbor to carpool. His office is almost at the same place. This reduced the Expenses to half i.e Approx Rs 720
From Rs 7000 Plus to less than Rs 1000 is quite some difference. Altough im spending almost all of the saved amount in the form of inceased house rent im paying but it is giving me other benefits.
- It Saves almost 90 mins that i used to spend in traffic :d
- Im never tired (H) and it has actually doubled the pleasure that i feel in driving :P:P:P
- Fuel prices are increasing more than 5% per year hehehe where as House rent increases not more than 5% every year
(Y)