I read that if gas prices hit $3.00/gal, it will cost the average 15,000 mile-per-year driver about $700 extra for $12 months.
That comes out to an increase of about $58.00 per month. An irritant, yes. But hardly likely to break most drivers' banks.
Well as a 30,000 mile per year driver, it's a tad more.
Yep, a cost easily recouped by examining the monthly personal budget expenditures and buying/drinking less beer or going out to dinner one less time per month.