I just got back from Saint Louis on Saturday. Prices were around $2.50 a gallon out there. I got back to DC and prices were $2.84! While I was gone, the Civic didn't get driven at all. The 4 door pick-up is way nicer to load and unload kids. She did pick me up at the airport in the civic, and she was averaging over 50mpg with the defroster on! I don't know how she does it, but she's good.
I'm betting on 3 bucks a gallon before the first week of June.

While out in Missouri, I helped my dad fix his house up after a terrible storm destroyed the deck and siding last year. I was more than happy to run back and forth to the hardware store in his brand new Mustang GT convertible with 18's! It is a real nice car. He gave me the thumbs up once to run it up, and the needle quickly went south of the 140mph mark, but the gas guage quickly went south too! Nice car, but it begs to go fast and it is hungry.

We also took one of his friends back in a Cessna 182RG with a 540 cubic inch motor. We flew it 4 hours round trip at 15gallons an hour. Leaded gas costs over $4.00 , and unlike my flight club, his has a fuel surcharge. Still, the plane was far cheaper than commercial.
The plane I fly burns 10 gallons an hour and cruises at the same speed. Older guys like big motors....But hate the price of gas. Interesting dilema.